Eureka!

Cable tv has made it extremely easy to get sucked into a new or ongoing series and be caught up just in time for new episodes by way of series marathons. I am a sucker for a Sunday day long marathon. Last Sunday, as I was flipping from HGTV and Jon and Kate plus 8, I landed on my favorite channel for escapism, Sci Fi. Sci Fi was showing a marathon of the show Eureka. I will admit tat I’d seen it before, during the last marathon at the end of the summer, but I’d only seen a few episodes, not a days worth, so I was geeked that I could catch it from the beginning of second season.


Why does this show deserve a write up? Yes its full of sci fi techie science stuff, and yes its funny and imaginative, but best of all it has Salli Richardson! Need I say more? The show is set in a town called Eureka that is populated by a bunch of geniuses. They work for a government operated experimentation center where there big brains get to flex. They are balanced by an average joe Sheriff. Eureka is complete with smart cars, Prius’, automated homes and a diner that serves whatever you have a taste for. To complete the haven called Eureka are the strong, super smart women in high positions that are HOT and just so happen to be minorities. Salli Richardson and another hot tamale by the name of Erica Cerra make this show worth watching, at least for me. It’s also a plus if you like sci-fi and are sick of reality tv. (packing my bags, Eureka or bust!)

Conversate is not a word.: The Thirty Worries

Conversate is not a word.: The Thirty Worries

Independence Day

The 4th of July is upon us once again. For many years I didn’t take this holiday seriously. It was a day off from work and an excuse to crash barbeques. This year, as I read countless blogs containing mixed feelings about the fourth, I’ve come to a realization about this country and the celebration of independence. It has been a long hard continuous struggle for African Americans in this country. Sometimes we don’t feel independent, free, respected, or tolerated. We feel like second class citizens in a country we helped build against our will. We are bitter, frustrated and disgruntled about the view of independence, especially from our perspective. However, this year, this time around I feel something else, I feel HOPE. We have an African American of great intellect and leadership running for presidency. Not only is the man bad, but he stands for and exudes all of the things we want to celebrate in this country. He is unifying the country just by running. He’s unifying the world by giving EVERYONE something to believe in. YES HE CAN and he will and I see so many people getting excited that their contribution to democracy may actually evoke CHANGE this time around. So this 4th of July, I’m proud of America, I’m proud of Americans, and I have faith that with the independence this country grants us, we really do have the power to illicit change and that this is OUR country. All of us.

Yet To Be Realized Potential of a Creative Class Superstar....

by Tiha and Alise

There are the bullies and the bullied
There are the popular and the socially awkward
There are the Bes and the wanna-bes

Some time after high school class culture meets real world life stressors meets survival of the fittest the lines blur and roles change.

The bullies become leaders or dictators (depending on the country)
The popular become entertainers
The Bes are being happy

And the bullied, socially awkward and wanna-bes are in management.
Welcome to cube life!

I think, therefore I am......an outcast in this cubicle nation
Weirdo among automatons scared of recreation...
Not satisfied with status quo and placation
But it is I who is the skeleton key to workplace rejuvenation...
Yet when I cross the cubicle borders I am faced with condemnation,
New ideas faced with scoffs and irritation....


Even complacency is complaining about the tedium of my cubicle existance.
Going against it's very nature, it has planned a mental revolt.
It kidnapped serenity and left a note saying:
give us fulfillment! give us challenge! give us free! or the bitch gets it...


I am a wolf in business casual attire
Ribs are touching..... so I am stalking, staking, slithering, & scoping....
Shuffling around in sensible shoes searching and salivating for something worth sinking my fangs in
Trying futily to fit in with the flock.....
A time bomb with teeth.... tick.... tock....