TIME traVel vaCation

So I've always had this wack-job idea (no doubt culled from my sci-fi crazy dad) that one day, WHEN time-travel vacations are possible, I'll go back to some eras that seemed cool and taste what it was like. My top 3:

- 70s Manhattan (the disco era, Studio 54, triple X Times Square)
- 30s Harlem (Countee, Langston et al)
- 40s Trinidad (to see my grandmother at her most ascendant)

My wishes have heretofore been more location-centric, but given my long-running lack of companionship, I've now crossed over to the idea of time-travel sex- tourism. My latest fantastic foray centers around a clip I saw today of a young, young MIck Jagger at the studio recording, broadcast live worldwide, of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" (who knew?) back in 1967. His lips were just so luscious, he was so obviously in his prime... mmmm. And what about Henry the 8th of England? Maybe a strong black woman was what was required to keep his philandering ass in line.

And what about you, my one, my only gentle reader? What's your time-travel vaca fantasy?
Holla back at a sister....

MEMO to JAMIE FOXX

Dear Jamie:

Promise me, PROMISE ME Black Man, that you aren't going to do that tired, ghetto-assed call and response shtick when you win at the Academy Awards!! I guess that you're flying so high now that people, especially those around you, are afraid to tell it like it is, so I'ma step into the void: you did it at the Globes, you did it at the Screen Actors, you've done it on every @#*!!& talk show... STOP. NOW. You're a talented guy- WRITE some new damn material!

And while we're on the subject, isn't it wild how the Foxx juggernaut has sunk Don Cheadle's chances? I admit I haven't yet seen "Ray", but after seeing "Hotel Rwanda", with the boomshot performance of the always-incredible Cheadle and given the super on-point subject matter, I was sure that this was Don's Oscar moment. Go figure. I've never seen such a clear race: Swank, Freeman, Eastwood (for Best Director), and Foxx. And OK, I've accepted it. I just really, really want Jamie to respect the tux he'll wear at the end of the month and say something heartfelt and stripped down for a change.

Gee, I just had a revelation: There are so many black nominees this year that I'm actually quibbling about content rather than celebrating inclusion....

euphie