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By now, you've certainly caught this week's edition of the City Paper and noted the feature story on local blogs aka the Burghosphere — yes, dear readers, we have yinzerized the blogosphere. The Burghosphere is young, hip, sassy and an “alternative” to the mainstream media (MSM). Or so says all the white guys writing the […]
h/t Pam's House Blend
Not so much fun stuff on tap for this weekend. Ledcat and I are taking my Dad out to celebrate his 66th birthday. Then we cap off the weekend with more carpet-ripping-up and, just possibly, feng shuing the cat boxes. Exciting, no? Sunday is the Family Diversity Festival at the Center for Creative Play, brought […]
Still not feeling up to par so very light blogging of late. Here's a few tidbits that I may explore later: Today (Weds) is the seventh annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. See Tony Norman's excellent column on this very important topic. Former Penn State basketball player Jennifer Harris reached a settlement in her discrimination […]
Ray McGogney of Shaler on homophobia in minority communities: One can spout anti-gay epithets with impunity and cloak the bigotry in religious and moral overtones. <snip> Unfortunately, too few leaders are willing to risk offending their ethnic or religious base by taking a stand against homophobia. Ray writes in response to Tony Norman's recent column […]
