Memorial Day and What I Learned About Black Confederate Soldiers

It is a pip of a topic. It came to me on the serendipity flyer. I was cruising through Ms. Lady Deborah’s Renaissance Gallery blog. My eyes locked on the name of the video, Black Confederate Soldiers.My brain had an instant system scramble. It made no rational sense to me. Then I started to think; maybe it is a parody video or some kind of joke. It wasn’t. Every history book I picked up contained white men in a grey suit holding a gun. I do not ever recall seeing a photo of black man in a confederate uniform. This is another video that has footage...

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Stoop Status Report or What The Heck Is She Doing?

Miles to go before I sleep but naps are important. Which is a strange introduction but that is the kind of gal I am. Just wanted to give a re-cap of all the going on in my blogging life with some real world accents.I'm still a Contributing Editor at BlogHer. I write about educational topics but I also get to branch out a bit. The deal is I have to wait a bit before I can post what I've written for BlogHer on my site. The bad news is that it might appear I'm not being productive. The good news is that I usually wind up re-writing stuff anyway because...

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Been A Long Day on the Finally Friday Freakout

Normally it would be a long day at Amalgamated Salt Mine and Manufacturing but I have the day off. Normally I don't take time off so I can bank up vacation. This year I needed down time in a profound way.Having only Monday off was not going to cut it.You know that long list of things you swear you are going to do over a holiday weekend and never do? Yep. I'm not doing them. I am just being. The woulda, coulda, shouldas can really hurt you if you let them. I have Yoda on my desk to remind me of "Do or do not. There is no try." Yes, I have a lot...

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A Desire for Cabbage and Some Pot Liquor

For the past couple of days I had a desire for cabbage. Specifically the kind of cabbage that you cook for so long you get the added bonus of pot liquor. For those of you that might make assumptions on my sobriety, pot liquor is the liquid that the essence of what was in the pot with the cabbage such as onions, green peppers, potatoes, garlic, a touch of oil, water, salt and pepper. If you do this right you get to dip bread into the pot liquor and savor everything again in a new form. If you toss in smoked pork neck bones that will elevate you...

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System of Survival on the Finally Friday Freakout

I have been doing more exercising because I don't want to internally rust up. I've been a chair jockey for too long. You really do have to move that thing but with a desk job that is hard to do.Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Seeing as how I don't want to have anything replaced or tinkered with I think it is in my best interest to make time, even if it mean waking up a little earlier than I want to.Believe me, I'm not a natural early riser. Yet I have to say that I can feel something is good is happening. My body is telling me you should...

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Thinking About Meat Loaf and Passionate Singing

I was in the store the other day and a cashier was sharing with a customer about how good the Rocky Horror Picture Show really is and that she would enjoy it. I smiled because I certainly did and the other person waiting in line was nodding his head. The person, who appeared in her early twenties, was not necessarily convinced but she bought it anyway. It won't be the same experience for her. That is ok. There is no way to replicate what it was like to be in the theater and have no idea of what was about to happen. The Bic lighters being flicked....

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Your Book Memory Can Help 1000 Kids - Fess Up!

Ok, here is the deal. You know there is one book that stoked your furnace. The one that just thinking about it gets you emotional. I'm not asking for money, time or a commitment. If you could just swing over to BlogHer and share the one or five books that made you the divine person you are today it would really be appreciated.That is it. Just leave a comment. Have no fear or shame. I know for a fact that Go Dog Go! has a loyal fan club. Steinbeck is in the house. Heck yeah to Road Less Traveled.But that is the thing isn't it? We need 800 more...

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Moving to The Upper Realm - Walker and Burke

This is a day of recognition and sorrow of the passing of two great performers. Dr. Albertina Walker and Mr. Solomon Burke have made their transition to the upper room.Albertina Walker is one of the great ladies of traditional African American gospel music. A body could not move through a Sunday morning without hearing a recording from Dr. Walker or one of the many choirs she created or was associated with. Special shout to her recording with James Cleavland, Please Be Patient with Me, God is Not Through With Me Yet. This is her rendition of Lord...

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Pasadena Bloggers Meet-Up Video May 2010

This is the next video that I have ready. This one shows some of the folks that showed up for the tour and what we did. We listened. We looked. We photographed and recorded. If the Doomers are right then what we are doing is even more important. We needed to pay it forward for the future. If they are wrong than we still need to pay it forward. It is a win-win for everybody.Ann Edman is the pubic information officer for the city of Pasadena, CA. She has an historical blog about the city and the current doings at http://pasadenapio.blogspot.c...

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Ann and the Hidden Whimsy At Pasadena City Hall

Last week Ann Erdman was gracious enough to host a bunch of Pasadena and area bloggers to a tour of Pasadena City Hall. Being that we were bloggers there were also a lot of photos and videos recorded. We can't help it and don't want to.This is a quick video of Ann describing a gentleman who has been keeping silent track of the comings and going of the city of Pasadena. Ann has a blog that has all kind of historical goodies about the City of Pasadena. Hoping to finish up on the rest of the videos so...

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My Squirrel Story or Just Do It

I turn the corner and walk down the block. Actually while my legs were moving I'm was thinking of what I have to do to be worthy of drawing continued breaths. The laundry, the kitchen, updating software on the computer, research, edit video, plan, dream, exercise, blah, blah and blah.My eyes glance down at the ground for a moment. A squirrel is walking up the block with either a kid's ball in it's mouth or an orange. I'm leaning toward orange because there are orange trees on the block. This sphere is 3x the size of the squirrel's head. He/she...

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Darling, It's Alright on the Finally Friday Freakout

I fought the stupid and kept it at bay. I kept my eyes on the goal and the goal was to get to Friday. Time for something new. To me at least. I am so out of the music loop it ain't funny. I gave up when robotics replaced singing. Robotic lyrics, robotic gyrations and nothing really important to say but it goes on and on. Only a good DJ re-mix can save most of what is called popular music today. The poor DJs must be tuckered out trying to make music out of garbage.Anyway, I'm flipping the e-mail pile and I come cross a link to a video by this group...

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Lisa Schrader's Awakening Shakti Video

I might be meeting a bunch of new people today so let me explain that Out On the Stoop is my personal blog. I have a wide range of curiosities and interests. I am open to exploring my world and environment.So the topics and posts you see are what I have come across in my real world and cyber travels. It doesn't mean I accept or embrace everything presented but it is a moment that I want to pay attention to or share with my friends and extended community.This is a video by Lisa Schrader, who I gather has a business that involves re-connecting people...

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Ina's Video on What Women Really Need

I do understand that there is a portion of the population who needs chemical assistance with the hydrologics but it ain't me. For one specific person take you pill pushing behind someplace that has a penis. I do not have one, okay?Being that I am solution orientated I want to heap increase the natural and pleasurable friction between partners. In order to stem the perceived need and fear of not getting any on-going action, I bring to you men folk words of wisdom from Ina Mlekush who will help some of you guys to stop worrying about the plumbing...

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Love Rollercoaster on the Finally Friday Freakout

I picked up an issues of a mighty fine magazine called Wax Poetics because on the cover there was a photo of the Ohio Players. If Parliament/Funkadelic was playing on the radio then it had to be the Ohio Players. And where there was the Ohio Players there was Sugar with that lovely afro and that thumping bass.There is a great article about Sugar's time with the band and how love is indeed a roller coaster when folks you trust don't pay the tax man. It isn't the show part that does musicians in.It is not knowing or understanding the business that...

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Spiritual Sex Explained - Joy Davidson

I am working on writing an essay type piece on Sacred Sexuality. As usual, I had more resources than space to display them all. It is a challenging topic to find authentic, non-exploitative voices. I'm all for the sex positive because we seem to be choking on the negative. This is Joy Davidson and this is her perspective on how she defines sacred sexuali...

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Tim Freke - Philosopher

I will admit that I do pay attention to bald headed men. Can't help it. Think of it as my Picard veteran preference in action. Anyway, this caught my attention. Who is this guy?It is an intriguing concept - a philosopher with a sense of humor or at least a present that doesn't act like a narcotic. Yo, Nietzsche, I'm talking to you!Sorry, flashback. There are other videos but let's see if this guy has got staying power. Love exploring the journey from all perspectives. Enj...

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