Newest Links

Since I know you never click on my del.icio.us page over on the right, I want to take a moment to share some of my recent link with you... These are just a few of the great products, ideas, websites, or whatever that I've found recently...

I rediscovered my favorite place to buy chocolate in Chicago. They'll ship anywhere, but you have to eat it fast, since its all natural ingredients, the chocolate is only good for about a week.

Here is a very funny cartoon about the end of the world.

Wanna be an author? I do one day... working on about 3 book simultaneously, but I found a cool self-publishing site that prints your books and places them in Barnes & Noble and on Amazon... You have to do your own marketing though..

I'd love to replace the radiators in my house as they're pretty old and janky, and found this cool company in England that produces modern looking radiators... cool stuff..

Cool photography on what living in Shanghai is like...

Always trying to be aware of what the enemy is up to, I found a site that teaches people who don't want to deal with race how to suppress discussions on race. The way I see it, if you can understand how people are formulating their arguments against race being an issue, then you will be better equiped to counter their argument.

I've been shopping for a new bed as my roommate has offered to buy mine... I'd love to buy the Lipla model from this company in Italy... Anyone have a few grand to loan a brotha?

If I ever return to Madrid, I'll be staying here.. Each floor was designed by a different architect... definitely mucho swankness here...

My local theater company continues to amaze me with the high quality of the productions. I've seen two so far and plan on catching Ed Shockley's The Oracle coming in May..

If you don't make The Host the next movie you see, then I'll be mad at you. This movie had it all.. action, suspense, a good story, comedy, political satire, and (for the most part) some pretty cool CGI. So many movies do one thing well, this one did many things well. If there weren't so many other movies out I want to see, i'd go see this one again and plan on buying the DVD when it comes out..

The Italians are doing it for me lately... My new favorite magazine is from Italy too.. Too bad the subscription rate is $200 a year.. :(

Lastly, one of my favote Obama speeches, given on world AIDS day last year..

~C

Chris Rock On: Gun Control

In light of today's events... I think this is incredibly appropriate..

~C

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Chris Rock Bigger And Blacker Script

What the hell is wrong with these kids?

l got people telling me, ''Come on, Chris.Come up to a school. Talk to the kids.''

l'm like, ''Fuck the kids!

''Do you got a vest? Maybe l'll think about it.''

Everybody wants to know what the kids was listening to.

What kind of music was they listening to? Or what kind of movies was they watching?

Who gives a fuck what they was watching? Whatever happened to crazy?

What happened to crazy? What, you can't be crazy no more?

Did we eliminate ''crazy'' from the dictionary?

Fuck the records. Fuck the movies. Crazy!

When l was a kid, they used to separate the crazy kids from everybody.

When l was a kid, the crazy kids went to school in a little-ass bus.
They had a class at the end of the school... and they used to get out of school at  :  .

Just in case they went crazy... they would only hurt other crazy kids.
And we was all safe.

We was all safe.
Damn, the world's coming to an end.

You'll have little white kids saying: ''l want to go to a black school where it's safe.''

That's right, man.
And everybody's talking about gun control, got to get rid of the guns.

Fuck that. l like guns.

You got a gun, you don't have to work out.
l ain't working out. l ain't jogging.

You got pecs, l got Tecs.

Fuck that shit.
You don't need no gun control.

You know what you need?
We need some bullet control.

Man, we need to control the bullets, that's right.

l think all bullets should cost $5,000.
 
$ 5000 for a bullet. You know why?

'Cause if a bullet costs $5000 there'd be no more innocent bystanders.

That'd be it.

Every time someone gets shot, people will
be like, ''Damn, he must have did something.

''Shit, they put $      worth of bullets in his ass.''

People would think before they killed somebody, if a bullet cost $ 5000.

''Man, l would blow your fucking head off, if l could afford it.

''l'm gonna get me another job, l'm gonna start saving some money...

''and you're a dead man.

''You better hope l can't get no bullets on layaway.''

Nappy Headed Hoes

Finally, something worth writing about... I'm not just going to write some shit, just to be writing some shit... I try to wait until I really have something to say!!! so sorry for the lack of posts lately..

So Imus just got fired... Yeah... we won.... again!!!!!

Amidst all this celebration by the mob I ask myself..what are folk celebrating?

Answer: The same reason we watch the first week of American Idol... The same reason the Romans had slaves fighting against lions... we love to see a mother fucker freefall to their impending doom. We love watching it happen to Britney, we couldn't want to see those boys from Duke go to jail. It is just in our media dominated short attention span shock personality culture to do so...

Face it.. the majority of folks aint political, intellectual or involved in anything except for themselves.... motherfuckers are just spectators at a car wreck wishing and waiting for the sight of the gore soaked, broken and mangled body. A few weeks ago me and the lady were leaving the club and we stood on the corner with about a dozen other people as we watched this drunk girl drive into a parked car, then back up and do it again, then back up and drive into the next car, then back up and drive into a third parked car. We all just sat there and watched and said, 'DAMN, she's fucked up!!!" finally someone flagged a passing cop car. and when it all should've been over, that is when the show just began..

The crowd grew as she had to take a sobriety test, walking the line (barely), finally with the spectacle too much to bear, she just pointed at all the people and said, just make me blow.... who knows what she blew, but she had the handcuffs on her and it was over.. the mob scene disappeared and the poor girl's life is ruined for the next couple of years. No longer entertaining, everyone scattered and we all left, had our entertainment fill for the night, only she will have to deal with the consequences of her actions for the rest of her life.... the rest of us could give two shits...

so what I'm getting to is, nobody gives two shits about Imus or what Imus said. He's just the rallying point of the moment, and his career is over now.

If we look at all of the other topics Sharpton and them could be discussing that would have a more direct impact on black america and how such a lack of concern has been shown. Let a mother fucker bring up a conversation about the world bank, mortgage rates, Darfur, Job Opportunities, Obama, joining book club or getting registerred to vote.... ... you know the deal......... crickets

Then along comes Imus and black folk think its hip to be aware and declare how grave of an injustice it has been... white folks take this as an opportunity to remind everyone just how culturally conscious they are and how many black friends they have... like somehow that makes it all ok.

But what white folks don't understand is WHY black folks get so upset about this shit... it's because it never stops man... everytime it happens, it affects us... they've been firing folks for saying ignorant shit since Jimmy the Greek as far as I can remember... to us, we would think, obviously white folks know if they say ignorant shit, they're going to get fired!! so either they don't care, don't think they're wrong, or just don't think they'll get into trouble... or the way we see it is, probably, it's they way they talk when they're not around us... hell, it's the way I talk when I'm not around nappy headed hoes... but I know better then to say it when I'm around them!!

AND, BLACK FOLKS been saying all kindsa bitch, hoe, nappy dugout, chickenhead comments in our music without one OUNCE of protest, so some 70 year old white guy that nobody gives a shit about says some ignorant shit and NOW we wanna get some religion?? GTFOH with that bullshit...

This shit will last a week tops.. then, pass the titties, the malt liquor, the cocaine and everyone will get back to the business of being full time trifling...

sad ain't it...

~C