Weather: Part 2

Here are some additional pictures from East Worcester.

From WIM

From WIM

From WIM

A tree hanging in my back yard.

Weather: Part 1

With the winter wonderland in full effect, we've been fortunate to not
have any trees knock out any power lines. We did have a tree fall in
our back yard that took out a small portion of our fence.

I've heard from a few friends who are without electricity due to down
power lines. We hope National Gtid is able to get those without power
back up and running. You can only go "off the grid" for so long.

People: Black Folks

The other day I was having a conversation with a friend about the
latest scandals involving Chuck Turner and Dianne Wilkerson and my
friend asked me very candidly,"Do you think that because they're both
Black, it will have a negative impact on other Blacks that choose to
run for office?".

It took me awhile to gather my thoughts and then I responded that it
will have an impact on any Black person who decides to run and folks
will be asking some very pointed questions, as they should of any
person running for a public office. Also, it will take a very
"special" (read into that however you'd like) to run for office in
Boston.

Yes, with the latest "pay to play" shenanigans taking place in
Illinois with Governor Blagojevich, I've always assumed it was taking
place, but now we're seeing folks, of all colors, going down for being
Greedy Geniuses.

Being a public servant takes a certain make-up and some folks enter
politics to stroke their ego, even though they say they're entering
"the ring of fire" because they want to help make changes and what
better way to do so, than from the inside. Yeah, it sounds good when
it's coming out of their mouth, but there is a level of cynicism to
not get your hopes up. Maybe that's why so many folks jumped on the
Obama bandwagon?

We talk about change and the need for more Positive Innovators (PIs),
and some of us may even pray for the "good people" but it's still hard
not to become numb to politics, especially when it affects us all so
deeply.

So, with Wilkerson and Turner fighting to clear their respective
names, I say if you got caught, admit it and then move on. You've
already put a crack in the foundation and there is no need for the
wrecking ball to be called in. And if you did nothing wrong then
"Fight The Power" like Public Enemy!

Green: What Are You Doing?

As the world attempts to become more "Green", the question must be asked, "What are you doing to be more Green?"

Growing up, as a child of the '70s, there was Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood that promoted conservation and taking better care of the planet Earth, then in the '80s there were cartoons such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G.I. Joe. Nowadays there are television commercials and signs that encourage us all to do our part and use less of Earth's resources.

Here we are at the end of 2008 and we see more and more advertisements promoting using less and reducing our Carbon Footprint. What this all means is very difficult to pinpoint, but there is no denying that global warming is taking place.

We do have to wonder what the future holds and will we continue to see more melting of the polar ice caps?

So, what do you do to conserve energy, water and overall waste?

Politics: Worcester On The Real

Now that Worcester has a new educational leader, I wonder if she'll be
given the time or, better yet, have the patience and God-given
strength to put up with the political jockeying that has already begun?

A quick obsevration, that I have, having lived in The Woo for 8-years,
is that there are "few" changes when it comes to politics and few
changes when it comes to the faces one sees on the City Council and
elsewhere.

I wonder what would happen if a young, smart female, who isn't on the
'in' with various families in The Woo, would stand a chance in running
for a Council seat? I really don't know if she could win.

With the President-elect being voted into office by an overwhelming 61-
percent that are White, I would like to know how many people, in The
Woo, voted for Obama/ Biden?

Why hasn't Bill Coleman been able to win an election? Is he the Jesse
Jackson of The Woo? I don't think so, but for a guy that's been
running more than Janet Jackson does through my dreams, he can't get in.

Time will only tell what will happen with Ms. Boone, because as folks
down south say........she'll need Jesus!

The Power Of Money

When I heard about the tragic news about Jdimytai Damour, the 34-year-
old man that was trampled to death while working at Wal-Mart in Long
Island on Black Friday, it confirmed that some people are greedy and
don't care about others, something that I already knew but this
confirmed it.

What's more perplexing is that even after hearing Mr. Damour was
trampled, some shoppers complained that they had to leave the store
while the local police department investigated what took place.

Just think about the employees who knew Mr. Damour and worked with
him. Within a few hours the store was reopened because Wal-Mart had to
get that cheddar.

The entire incident tells me that we've lost our focus as to what is
important and how Americans buy shit we don't need.