Archive for March 2008

“Fast food” vs “restaurant”

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Granted, I have seen Chinese buffets collecting a standard fee at a front counter BEFORE you eat, but there was an exotic fish swimming in a tank next to the counter, and no fast food joint has a fish tank.

Not dead yet

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

What does that mean, someone is dying? By the logic of calling a living person “dying”, we may as well all be described as dying starting from our first breaths.

Developmental milestones

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Two important milestones occurred yesterday in my four-year-old’s development.

Taking calls from the salad bar

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Why in the world did you just answer your cell phone, only to tell the person “I’m busy and I’ll call you right back”? Look, I can tell you have SOME couth because you are not one of those sociopaths who tries to shoulder-operate a cell phone and tong the green olives simultaneously. But why mess with your phone at all in that moment?

Barack Obama speaks the truth

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

If the facts about my life give me any platform to render judgment, hear me when I testify that Barack Obama spoke the truth about race yesterday like no politician ever has. He made it so plain and direct. As he visited the impact of race throughout the generations, I felt he was talking about individuals I know. He gave voice to their perspectives, bringing together the bits and pieces people in my life have shared with me into a brilliant whole.