Ether. 1. An old, bonafied man worked the grounds of Millsaps College, one of my undergraduate institutions. The skinny joker drove around campus in a broke-down blue and white pick-up; I think he called it Pony. Afro-sheen as his witness, Cowboy had the shiniest, salt and pepper handle-barred mustache you’ve ever seen. Besides being one [...]
Ether. I got a really thoughtful note from a young woman/mother/lawyer/wife/friend who reads Cold Drank. I’m hardheaded so it takes me a while to accept my blind spots. This note did it for me. Hi Kiese. I read your note on suicide. When I read your thoughts on suicide, I was reminded of an experience [...]
Yeah, Wassup then and Wassup now? And what we gon’ do about it? Ether.
1. Ether. “I’m not wearing anything with Obama on it,” Mama tells me over the phone tonight, “and you shouldn’t either, Kie, definitely not when you drive down here for Christmas.” This is that rare time in my life where Mama seems as invested in her physical well-being as she is in mine. “I [...]
Ether. -1. Two nights ago, Bill O’Reilly invited me into the No-Spin zone. Bill and I tossed it up about OJ, Rush Limbaugh’s fat foolish desperation, manipulative senior professors, black anger, an Obama victory and racial backlash. After telling Bill to ease up and take his angry muscle shirt off, I went to the bathroom [...]
Ether. I, like you, am a hater. And I, like a few(?) black women, love Bill Maher. Maher has a new movie called “Religulous” where he challenges the validity of faith, God and organized religion. Now, I’m not one to push my faith or set of beliefs on anyone, but sometimes you gotta give advice [...]