A New Week

A new month, a new week with a new day.

Oh the possibilities. Now when do I have time to explore them.

There lies the problems.

No Day but Today

No Day but Today
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Goodbye Love!

Rent on Broadway

I'd be sad if I didn't say good bye to the show that was my introduction to Broadway! I'll miss you.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

The Promise Land

Yesterday marked Martin Luther King, Jr.s 45th anniversary of his "I have a Dream" speech, but this one always touched me because he was assassinated the next day.

Martin thank you for dreaming and inspiring a nation.

I Have a Dream

I've been watching the Democratic National Convention and this if the first time that it has brought tears to my eyes.

I shedded tears for my ancestors that were taken away from their homeland, my forefathers that were brought here during the middle passage to be put to work on plantations, for Crispus, Harriett, Sojourner, Shirley, Martin, Malcom, Nelson, Barbara, Jesse, for my mom and dad that told me stories of injustices that they faced in this country while serving in the Armed Services and for having a supportive, loving and intelligent family to draw inspiration, creativity and compassion from. These people dreamed of a better day for everyone, even people that looked like them.

Yes, I wanted Hilary Clinton to be the next president, but at this moment in the now we have Barack Obama and I'm very proud of him and I think when he's elected President of the United States a shift in politics as we know it occur. It's exciting and I'm ready for the change!

Obama / Binden 2008!!

Please Win!!!!

Obama/Biden Ticket

So America, make sure you VOTE!!! He's not my first choice, but anything would be better than John McCain.

Work

I've been averaging about five hours of sleep a night this week. Today I'm a little frayed on the edges. I can't wait until Saturday, I'm sleeping the entire day!

Do They Think they can Dance

Yes! I found this and thought it hysterical! Go boyz!!

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

I saw the ads on the train platform and I thought I would try the show out from my cable's On Demand station.

Sex, money, drama, Europe and good writing are what you will swallow when you watch this show. Belle is the main character and you can click the title for more info. What I find fascinating is her solitude. She can't discuss her job, not even with her best friend. Instead, you see her frustrations coming out in her work. It's a great character study.

We have sex for different reasons, but all for an objective. Some just make money doing it.

Consumerism

I'm at work and two married co-workers are talking about TV's. One is a father of three(F3) and has flat screens in all of his rooms in his homes, but now because LCD HDTV screens are lowering in price he wants to get larger screens to replace the ones he has. The other is a father of one(F1) and our IT guy. Here's part of their conversation.

F3: "Well, I have a 42 inch, but I saw that the 46 inch ones are coming down."
F1: "Yeah, I saw that."
F3: "I really don't need one, but I want one
F1: "Me too

Let's look at these two guys. The father of three works until 5:30pm everyday and his commute is about 1.5 to 2 hours every day. He's home by 8pm and has to leave for work everyday at 6:30am. His weekends are filled with sleeping and playing with his kids. The other works here and teaches at NYU. When do they have time?

I love technology like everyone else, but goodness, if you already have 42 inch TV's do you need larger ones.

Do American's have to get the biggest and best of everything? With this market I would hold onto as much capital as I could. We need to scale down and focus on quality time with our loved ones. That's what is important.

Now computers are a different story...