Archives for : November2012

Is Pink Trying Too Hard?

Pink giving it her all at the 2012 American Music Awards

TMI...or just TOO MUCH?

The 40th Annual American Music Awards was held live at the Nokia Theatre last Sunday in Los Angeles, California.  And singer Pink, singing her single “Try,” once again held us captive.  Mostly with fear.  The school-age gymnastics have obviously paid off for Pink.  But it is the teenage angst-filled years of Pink’s not-so-perfect existence—the not-so-soft filling in the middle of songs like “Try”—that have made her fascinating.

Palatable.

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OSU Tackles Rival Michigan This Weekend!

Go Bucks!

Go Bucks! Beat Michigan!

The undefeated and fourth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will tackle rival Michigan Wolverines this Thanksgiving Weekend.  On Saturday, November 24th, watch as OSU valiantly defends a winning season at home at the Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

See you at high noon, college football fans!

Wolverine fans prepare for the shuck of your life!  Children of the blue & yeller Corn will die!

The Brown Sugar Awards

Angela DavisLadies and gentlemen, welcome to the “The Brown Sugar Awards.”  As this is not “The White Sugar Awards,” this show will not be starting on time.  Shirley Chisholm, the first Black person to run for president of the United States—and aside from being dead—is not a finalist.  Here’s why.  Black culture does not celebrate the college graduate.  Black culture celebrates the House of Corrections graduate.  It’s the prodigal son syndrome.  And my people got it bad.  Our brown sugar does not get a pat on her head for being good.  She gets a party (and a pat on the booty) for being so bad she’s good!  Besides, here at Blackbiter.com, we don’t have security for all those Nobel Prize-winning dignitary types.

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STILL President of the United States of America!

President Barack Obama re-elected in the 2012 presidential election.

A decisive victory for Democrats! A decisive victory for the United States of America, the world, AND Big Bird!

After a hard-fought battle, President Barack Obama is still President of the United States!  With the defeat of Mitt Romney, World War III has been averted (for now). Congratulations to the Democratic and Republican winners of this 2012 election season. Now, it is time to get to work!  God bless the President of the United States of America!  And God bless America!  The people of the United States have spoken. Finally!

On Fumes and a Few Ounces of Carrot Juice

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

Crowds gathering for early voting in Cleveland, Ohio today.

After a night of extended “wine tasting,” groggy and a little hung-over, I decided to take advantage of the extended early voting hours at the Board of Elections in Cleveland, Ohio.  I did not go willingly.

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Leaning On a Dream and Motorboating

Taylor Swift at the 2012 Country Music Awards

"Dang! Where's Kanye when you need him?"

At The 46th Annual Country Music Awards fans really listen to the music.  Like the performers—as if holding a tall glass of sweet tea, but afraid to spill it—they hardly move.

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