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I want more cowbell!

30 Jan 2009

I’m a big SNL fan.  Check out this classic with Will Ferrel and Christopher Walken, “Need More Cowbell.”

cowbell skit snl – watch more funny videos

Metro Hope Arts Celebration-Oh what a night

27 May 2008

Metro Hope’s celebration of the arts at the National Black Theater went so well last Friday. It was the first time we’ve attempted an artists lounge in Harlem and it was worth the effort. We witnessed an eclectic group of artists who donated their talents to make this night a great success. [...]

Laugh 2008

01 Jan 2008

Our commitment for the New Year is to have more fun and laugh-out-loud. On New Years Eve we had a get-together with some folks from the church, and it was all laughs. We played Scattegories and laughed together until it hurt. It was awesome. And lately we know that that kind of laughter is something [...]

Christmas birthdays, empty streets & zombies

24 Dec 2007

Folks from my church threw me a surprise birthday party at a nearby Pizzeria Unos. This was after our final gathering for 2007. It was a nice surprise and a great end to an adventurous year.
Afterwards I caught, I am legend with my friend Jeff. Will Smith was great and the movie was awesome. The [...]

5 things you probably don’t know about me

21 Dec 2006

My westcoast brother Rudy tagged me on this. So here I go…
1. A squirrel climbed into our first apartment from the fire escape. After a 5-second stare down I ended up running away and making a wierd shrieking noise. It was my first year of marriage, and my least masculine moment to [...]

Scared the wrong brother

04 Dec 2006

Today I was telling my friend Ruben about a time some years ago I was heading to work-I was walking through the subway corridor when someone abruptly grabbed my arm. I had reacted by grabbing the person and banging them up against the wall. It turns out it was my terrified coworker who [...]

“Bet you can get a cab though”

21 Sep 2006

This was Detective Keith Frazier’s response (Denzel Washington) to a Seik bank employee in the Spike Lee thriller, Inside Man. This bank employee had been complaining about the cops taking away his turben, and the fact that he had been facing alot of harrassment since 911.
I like this film because it demonstrates [...]

The Race Experiment

29 Aug 2006

This fall the CBS reality TV show Survivor will have its run on the Cook Islands. This time they’ll split up the teams by race. To me, it’s a sign that ratings are waning, yet according to this article it could prove to be marketing genius.
I wonder what the water cooler talk will be like [...]

Three and a half stars, but still

04 Aug 2006

The new World Trade Center movie with Nicolas Cage received good reviews. Not an event many folks want to relive though.
Culture, news, movie

Pod Preaching & Other Links

28 Jul 2006

1. Updated additional link: My brother Anthony Smith, Steve Knight and Rod Garvin have started a podcast called “Practicing Pentecost.”
2. Been listening to podcast sermons from Efrem Smith, Pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in North Minneapolis. He weaves together a love for God with a theology for the city. He’s definetely a “right now” kind [...]

If you can find humor in politics…

25 Jul 2006

click here.

The Screwtape Letters

13 Jul 2006

For those who happen to be in New York in August, from the works of C.S. Lewis.

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