Funeral for a Friend

Well thats it then.
The NAACP buried the N-word the other day, so thats it. Its gone now. Mourn that long-standing noun that has been the heart of so much comedy and tragedy over the past 400 years. Wow, 4 centuries. You had a good run. I mean "honky" barely lasted ten years! Honky-tonk made short work of that word. Cracker's hanging in there but it has to hold up til the year 2355 to even be a contender. So, racists everywhere! We can't hear you anymore. It'll be like those 'dropped call' commercials. You'll be ranting like you always do and then...silence. So find a new outlet buddy.
Seriously, though. Is this how we deal with our problems now? We pretend they die and that makes everything alright? I mean, I've probably used the word more in my lifetime than Strom Thurman ever did. I like it. I miss it, being in a predominantly non-diverse portion of the state. What gives the NAACP the right? Especially coming from an organization that still uses the word "Colored". Hypocrites. And what spelling of the word now lies in the cold cold ground? The dreaded 'er' version or the 'ends in a' one? Is Nucca out of bounds? And what does the headstone say? I mean, how can you kill a word and then put NIGGER on a slab of stone for all eternity? So many questions.
I always thought you took control of a word, not pull an ostrich move and bury our collective and multi-colored (sorry) heads in the proverbial sand. I know that words have power, but so do we, don't we? And can you kill a word thats in someone's heart? Was the NAACP right? Is it Dave Chapelle circa 2005 or is it Back-to-Africa Dave?
Maybe its time to put it to rest. Maybe there's too much stigma attached to the word...
Nigga. pleaz!

This Night We Dine on Poultry!!!

The bald eagle is no longer on the endangered species list. Eat up, kids.

I did notice they still wear that silly white toupee. You're bald!!! Get over it!

Query to the Masses

1. Recently my boss got her hands on a copy of the tales of that American folk icon, Uncle Remus. His tales of Br'er Rabbit, Fox and Bear and Tar Baby are classics. But the setting, pre- and post- Civil War South, depicts slaves as a happy lot, always singing and smiling and speaking in an almost-unintelligible slang that cannot be described. These tales also feature the prominent use of the dreaded N-word (nigger, in case you didn't know), leading to Disney vaulting the film version of the book, Song of the South. Disney is considering a DVD release, which has stirred up some controversy. Is it historically important, not to mention chocked full of great animation and music? Or is it a remnant of a past best forgotten? Do we learn from the past or simply move on, ignoring the ugliness behind us? Let's hear from you.

Movie Qoute Game

What, you think I'm retarded or something?
Yeah Goon, sometimes I really think you are.

Relocation Darwinism

The Loblaw Family has recently purchased and moved into a house for the first time. I decided to save a few hundred bucks (towards my HDTV) and move it all myself. I make some bad decisions from time to time but this was a doozy. This bad idea was on par with the Corvair and the Oprah's Vagina episode of South Park. Spectacularly unwise.
Around Day 4 of this two day move, I came to the conclusion that whatever will fit into the last 2 boxes I had left, was meant to be there. And also that whatever didn't survive the move, regardless of how tight I shut my eyes when I tossed it in the box, was weak and was never meant to have a place in the new hacienda. Darwin must have moved alot.