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Archives for August 2011
The Keys To Stay At Home Dad Success
There are a ton of good reasons to be a stay at home parent. Here’s how to do it well.
Poll: What Makes A “Black” Project?
We examined what makes a Black project on our webcast, now we let you decide the question!
Things That are Not the Same
Trigger warning for mentions of rape and abuse. Inspired, a month and a half on, by other posts by my co-conspirators on language usage, I’ve been thinking about how we in the movement(s) so often talk past each other, without always immediately realizing it. We use the same words to mean different things. To help…
Comics: Six Days of Blackjack: Alex Simmons on It’s Komplicated [@BlackjackAD] (1 of 6)
Here’s some promotional art to get you hyped for the legendary creator’s appearance on our live webcast.
Movies: @therock Suits Up As Roadblock For G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The most electrifying man in sports entertainment can stand the heat in a promo photo.
Call for new guestposts!
Hi folks, I was overwhelmed and blown away and taken aback (all at once) by the volume and quality of guestposts I received last Spring, so I am putting it out there again: I love guestposts! Please feel free to submit them to me. You can write about anything! The details are here: http://tenthingsivelearned.com/guestpost-submissions It…
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #024, “Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil – Part 4”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
Back on the air
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go get jacked up on Amp. J.R. Today at 1 PM Pacific, I will once again turn on a microphone in a radio studio and say, “What is up Long Beach???” I don’t know how many times I’ve said those words, but they never…
Culture: Awkward Girl Raises Over $50,000 For Web Series [@awkwardblkgrl]
Black America’s favorite web series, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” almost didn’t make it to the end of its season due to financial strain.
Who Has ‘The Right Stuff’ Now?
As the Space Shuttle program comes to a close, Tom Matlack wonders where all the Chuck Yeagers have gone.
Unhappy, Defeated Boys Can Become Happy, Powerful Men
Hugo Schwyzer uses memories of his awkward, unhappy, throughly alienated years in middle school as powerful tools for defeating addiction and self-loathing.
Crisis of Fatherhood Fuels the Fires of London
In the face of the London riots, Chris Flux writes, rather than blaming the lack of father figures, we should encourage fathers to be role models.
Cross-Wired
As our reliance on the artificial increases, Scot Allen wonders what that means for our future survival.
The Essential YouTube Sports Library: Extreme Whipcracking with Adam Winrich
In his latest Essential YouTube Sports Library edition, Max Ornstein explains why Adam Winrich’s “Extreme Whipcracking” is the greatest YouTube video of all time.
Playing a Bad Hand
Before Rashied Davis got a shot at the NFL, he was trying not to get shot in his home town.