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I’m an Old who’s been on the Internet since before the “World Wide Web”; back when it was just text-based services: shortly after the ARPANet/ MILNet days. I’d always been and advocate for the WWW / Internet and it’s potential as a platform for freedom of speech to marginalized/isolated populations…

No. This not the first time a Black (African-American) story has been told in Opera, but perhaps not at The Met (aside from Porgy & Bess).

There’s “Koanga” (1899) by Frederick Delius, inspired by George Washington Cable’s book “The Grandissimes” (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12280) and by Delius’s time managing an…

I graduated from Emory University in ‘84, and I remember discussions of a party / picnic for Black Collegians in Piedmont Park during my junior year. I went to a couple of *very* large Picnic/BBQ/Cookouts with my roommate and her boyfriend who was a senior at Morehouse, and a Kapppa. Roommate was AKA (of course).
I…

I’m a 50-something age woman, and I grew up watching the original movie series. I was curious about the 21st century sequels, so I went to one of the fancy movie theaters nearby.

Okay, I’m more than a little tardy to this Lilly-bashing party. I own 7-8 vintage Lilly Pulitzer “standard” sheath dresses, and one vintage LP suit (sheath dress + matching swing coat).

Very much in agreement here. Bessie Smith was openly bisexual way, way back when; like the 1920s.

Here's one more Prince interview, this time on PBS with Tavis Smiley. This time Prince is a full grown-up, at age in his early 50s, and marvelous in a quiet one-on-one interview. It's Prince's first time on PBS, and I believe the interview was recorded sometime in 2013.

Here's the Kevin Smith interview about his encounter with Prince.

Prince says little words now because his interviews early his career (the mid-70s) were completely awful, even to the teenage, hardcore Prince fan like me.

Dakota Meyer's web site looks like a generic web site created as a promotional tool for his book "Into the Fire" by his book publisher (Random House). There's only been one post by the author on the web site in two years. The "Store" section was never implemented, and there's nothing original or author-created on the…

It's not Bristol's "wild ways" that need to be "tamed" so much as her constant pleas for media attention, regardless of the portrayal: good, bad or ugly.

Jazz must have truly wonderful, supportive parents. I'm surprised how little the need for enveloping familial support was acknowledged in the comments below.

I'll be honest, I'm happy for Bristol Palin. Perhaps marriage to someone who's whole adult life was grounded in rigorous discipline might rein in Bristol's overly zealous quest for fame — no matter how fleeting that fame.

See Nicole Ritchie, for one. Or two / three of Kiefer Sutherland's children (now all adults). My family adopted an "at risk" child when he was in his early teens. He was then and is now, my Brother #3. Forever and always.

Sadly, Magic Chef no longer makes gas ranges. Their gas ranges are phenomenal! I bought one for my house in Los Angeles in 2007. I let it convey with the house, with all the other appliances. Looking back, it was supremely stupid decision on my part, but I was moving back to the East Coast, and transporting appliances…

As a child in the '60s and '70s, I spent a tremendous amount of time at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. I was a frequent in-patient throughout elementary and middle school, then outpatient treatment three times per week until I was too old for Children's, and was leaving for college.

Yes. It's very, very illegal. If a bank employee were to publicly disclose a customer's account balance, mortgage status, etc. being fired would be the least of that bank employee's problems.

Willow Smith photographs beautifully. These photos do an excellent job of capturing the pervasive omnipotence of any 14 year-old girl. With or without celebrity parents.

Jennifer Lopez is stunning in these "un-retouched" photos. Having seen her up close, bare faced, in bright Los Angeles daylight, I can attest that her skin is amazing.

Perhaps, the very first apartment Oprah lived in, back when she was scrounging for jobs in the local media? Sorry, I don't know Chicago neighbor hoods very well.