So I tried to write this post up before, but it was lost in a freak web browser accident. You should see the other guy!  Back to the topic at hand. I’ve been trying to migrate my email list for some time and by “trying” I mean thinking about it, doing nothing, thinking some mo...

Almost a month ago, I was in DC to emcee a conference for YP4, an amazing organization that gives young progressive activists some of the most thoughtful and applicable training I’ve ever come across. While in town, I met up with a few folks at Local 16, a bar in Adams Morgan that definitely w...

via youtube.com Dammit Diddy!! Just stop it. Stop it stop it stop it stop it. Stop making videos. Put the laptop down. No more black power fists advertising your perfume. No more Ciroc Obama. No more P Twitty TV. You’re killing us. Really. Stop killing black people, especially with your YouTub...

While the nation’s economy flounders, business is booming for The GEO Group Inc., a private prison firm that is paid millions by the U.S. government to detain undocumented immigrants and other federal inmates. In the last year and a half, GEO announced plans to add a total of at least 3,925 new be...

via youtube.com Yesterday’s Ultimate Gossip Girl Summit IV at the People’s Improv Theatre was amazing. Not only did we have funky cool panelists, but three actors from the series showed up (Jake, played Chuck 2.0; Matt, played Skull n Bones; Zuzanna, plays Dorota). Sara Benincasa is a sa...

At least those are some of the things I said about the company when it decided to re-direct it's homepage to a Twitter search of results with the word "skittles" in them. My reaction: yay! Here you'll find screenshots I took of my handywork, and a bonus image from folks even more b...

First on TVNewser: Insiders tell us CNN’s “D.L. Hughley Breaks the News” will end its run at the end of the month, and we’re told the decision was Hughleys. From CNN: “D.L. approached CNN about being permanently based in Los Angeles, where his family lives. To accommoda...

used to dread these meetings, until I realized how entertaining they could be, if I just viewed them as if they were intended to be satire of the corporate world, rather than the actual horrible corporate world. e.g. The manager would say something like, “Sales last week were good, but this we...

It’s safe to say I went buck wild on Twitter during my inauguration journey. This short update tool proved quite appropriate as my primary medium of instant coverage. I’m still uploading photos and videos, but Twitter was my live mic. I posted updates from my Macbook Pro on the Amtrak, f...

cross-posted to JJP Hey team, I’m here! This city is abuzz. Bus drivers are excited (and pissed about the added stress to there lives). Black folks are dressed in finery. The alcohol doth flow freely. It’s a magical time to be in Chocolate City, and I’ll do my best to share what I&...