throw away the stereo types

so I was very amused. I watched an incredible event yesterday. It was Michael Phelps' second attempt at a gold medal-the Men's 4 X 100 freestyle relay. It was probably the greatest event in swimming (if not Olympic) history - but that's not what surprised me, yeah USA upset the French, yeah there was a lot of smack. What surprised me is when I noticed the third leg on the relay team; the man's name: Cullen Jones. Cullen is an African American, a world class swimmer! Just when you thought swimming was a sport that didn't feature black athletes, there he was. Amazing, here we are in the midst of an African American Presidential Candidate and now an African American Olympic Gold Medal Winner.

In 1987 former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis, was explaining on ABC’s "Nightline" why blacks could never become baseball field managers or team executives, argued that swimming proved that blacks didn’t have what it takes to reach the top.

"The just don’t have the buoyancy," Campanis told an astonished Ted Koppel. Hmm, interesting comments Al, may all stereotypes be removed and diversity embraced.

is just not right

it's not right how perky and happy the 5 am newscasters are. It never ceases to amaze me the obnoxious joy of the morning folks on TV. I mean they're all giggles and snickering - that's enough of that. Just the facts, just tell us what we need to know.

condition of our logic

are we getting smarter or are the commercials getting dumber? so cassandra and i are watching tv and marveling over the point of commercials. there was a time when we're entertained by commercials, we would laugh or smile - but now, we just find ourselves - well, annoyed. am i being too critical are my expectations too high? am i desperate for a giggle. or just getting old and crabby?

the things we think but dare not say

how insecure is the typical person? are we threatened? are we jealous? if we wore t-shirts that had the words to describe our doubts, fears, angst, or deep feelings - what would it say.