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the black man's burden…
on new years eve ms scribe and i hung out with brotha shoun…we discussed many things…we talked about this…we talked about that…we talked about…you know… black man stuff…another thing we talked about was a favorite subject of mine…being angry black men…
surprise, surprise…i’ve had issues with anger…i would dare say that at some point in the life of every black american man…there is anger…overwhelming, blood churning, death dealing anger…
i’ve been to that place…and i’ve done some dumb shit when i was there…beyond dumb…stupid dumb…
i call it…i hate myself and everyone like me…no, check that…i hate everything…including myself…
it’s appropriate that on the same night shoun and i were were talking about…the black man’s burden…black men were hatin’ on each other…and one in particular got shot up…no matter who it was…it’s sad…and now people are…shocked…appalled…
problem is…no one is lighting up talk radio about the kid who got stabbed at a party on christmas…hey, that’s par for the course…when a sports celebrity becomes a victim of the same kind of violence that black folk fall prey to everyday…no one’s calling it… incomprehensible…mr williams is not the first and only black man to die a random, senseless, violent death…let’s try not to forget that…
the black man’s burden…
on new years eve ms scribe and i hung out with brotha shoun…we discussed many things…we talked about this…we talked about that…we talked about…you know… black man stuff…another thing we talked about was a favorite subject of mine…being angry black men…
surprise, surprise…i’ve had issues with anger…i would dare say that at some point in the life of every black american man…there is anger…overwhelming, blood churning, death dealing anger…
i’ve been to that place…and i’ve done some dumb shit when i was there…beyond dumb…stupid dumb…
i call it…i hate myself and everyone like me…no, check that…i hate everything…including myself…
it’s appropriate that on the same night shoun and i were were talking about…the black man’s burden…black men were hatin’ on each other…and one in particular got shot up…no matter who it was…it’s sad…and now people are…shocked…appalled…
problem is…no one is lighting up talk radio about the kid who got stabbed at a party on christmas…hey, that’s par for the course…when a sports celebrity becomes a victim of the same kind of violence that black folk fall prey to everyday…no one’s calling it… incomprehensible…mr williams is not the first and only black man to die a random, senseless, violent death…let’s try not to forget that…
please allow me to re-introduce myself…
so you know this is a blog…right…and yeah…the blurb over there…—>…yeah that one…it tells you that this is my fifth year of blogging…and the archives only go back to 2003…you’re savvy…you might say that don’t add up…yet…what you might not know is that there is a year of burnsizzlebleed,…those long deleted posts make up what is the as yet unfinished…hearts of others…
meanwhile…
look for a new chapter of…son…the serial novel…to appear soon…
sometimes i distract myself with taking photos…and making the odd mashup video…or mashup…
like this happy accident…that happened while i was putting together my favorite photos of 2006…
and there’s always helpful friends and neighbors…like shoun…who convinced me to put book 1 of son back out…for anyone who might’ve missed it the first time…
so…that’s a quick map of my little digital world…it’s just one way to get to know me…
tales of shoveling woe…
i won’t bore you…i will say this…i learned two things about myself the last two days…not so much learned…as remembered…
the physical vigor that i assumed started eroding away five years ago…is still in full effect…
and i am a stubborn…non team playing…son-of-a-bitch…gold plated…
in other news…
you know all about our snow here…thanks to WALL-TO-WALL TEAM COVERAGE…but you may be suprised to learn that we have a snow shovel shortage…yes you read that right…i have a theory…my wife likes to call these moments…james conspiracy theories…
this week…my theory is…the shovel shortage is a ploy to get us to buy snow blowers…
BTW, Today is Rudyard Kipling’s birthday…
here’s a sample from a master storyteller…
