February 25, 2004
“We’re sorry; Frances is currently watching the final episode of Sex and the City and cannot come to the phone. Please leave your name and number and whether or not you want a call back after 10 pm.”
Like a lot of good ideas, I had that one after I had fielded the third phone call [...]
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February 24, 2004
Among the things my father’s generation does better than mine is drink. They’ve done it longer, and harder, than their herb smoking children and they can just drink more than we do. I picked up this bit of wisdom the hard way this weekend when attending all the festivities at the Mystery Ball.
The bartender at [...]
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The Sins of the Father
February 23, 2004In the mid-sixties, a radical change shook television like a dog shakes a rat. Black people started appearing in sitcoms and commercials — a small niche previously reserved for a few “safe” black performers. I was just a small boy back then, but I remember this revolt clearly because it was vividly pointed out to [...]