My knowledge of Mr. Jack C. Landau came from his writing. I was familiar with some of his work from his founding of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Jack C. Landau's Obiturary in the New York Times

My prayers go out to his family, friends and his colleagues. Mr. Landau leaves a legacy that will continue to inspire generations. When I think of first amendment rights, I immediately think of Landau.

Today has been a wonderful day in sharing positive love and vibes for my readers who contact me and support me for you know I support you!

Carter Cue definitely is a big part of why I blog so much on a variety of issues such as Art, history and my interests that make me who I am! Carter definitely is my twin spirit and I am blessed he has decided to do a new blog.

Please check him out here:
http://booklios.wordpress.com/

I am enjoying his blog and the range of discussion on research and tying it into African American thought. Totally in my alley!

[[Carter Cue hugs!]]

Wow, Shavar! Your website is beautiful! See ActorGuru.com

For those who are unaware of why I blog I have to give all credit to Shavar Ross for him encouraging me.

When I first found his blog and flickr stream, I was commenting so much, Shavar said, "Jennifer, you should blog" then the birth of all my blogs began. I continue to read and learn a lot from Shavar's blog for I feel like he is a big brother with him sharing lots of wonderful advice on life.

I introduced Shavar to twitter & last.fm and Shavar introduced me to imeem.com so we both tend to share and learn about new web technologies that are introduced to us.

Now, I am so happy to see that he has a new website to help those who are interested in acting.

Please check out and participate in his website, Actor Guru.

Though I am not an actor I am curious to learn about the craft so I definitely will be peaking my head in to see what Shavar is discussing!

**Shavar, I want to be an extra in one of your films but then of course background production is my thing. Hint hint on either opportunity would be KEWL!**

Recent Youtube video of Shavar Ross!

Shavar Ross in Wikipedia (for those of you who are unaware of who is Shavar - remember the character Dudley from Different Strokes?!?! If not, shame on you! (lmao)?!)

Ms. Hines gave a lesson to her readers on the Huffingtonpost.com

For me understanding interracial relationships is personal for my maternal grandfather was mixed so I have heard, seen and know a lot about this situation with it being in my family. I do not know everything about interracial relationships or interracial sex but knowing about my grandfather's situation was the catalyst of my mother's activism which she instilled in me. My grandfather refused to be known as white on his driver's license for he demanded the DMV to list him as Colored. He was very fair with a British accent. No one could understand his background but he was Jamaican and British. White people said my grandfather should identify as white but my grandfather said he was black!!

In addition to my grandfather's biracial ancestry, I have other members of my family who are mixed or who have married outside their race. I am proud that my family comes in a variety of cultures and we all appreciate our rich African ancestry especially understanding all that was fought for the rights of African Americans to be seen as equal in the USA and in the world.

I am proud to be an African American. I grew up in this country and have tried to share my rich cultural experiences in a variety of ways although some people have given me grief over sharing the history of African Americans. I hope people some people continue to be receptive to learning and being open in sharing. That is the beginning of opening a  dialogue with others on our differences.

Please take the time and read the article that Twana wrote. I am extremely proud of her!

I just want to know how you handle what life throws at you, its the true test of character. So, how do you handle?

Thanks for sharing this Duane:

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of farther pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary an bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

--Oriah Mountain Dreamer

If you are a user of pandora.com, this article is very interesting about the problems in keeping Pandora.com running. Main issue is dealing with paying royalties. It is EXPENSIVE. Pandora has been on the brink of being shut down in the past but this time it does not look good. Best way to follow this story is on Pandora.fm's blog here: http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/

The Washington Post - Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb

Now today, the website, muxtape was shut down by the RIAA. Thank you for my friend, Taiwan Brown for retwitting on twitter the article here CNET.com - The RIAA shuts down Muxtape