Archive for 'Culture'

Signs of Friendship

Posted 28 January 2008 | By Funchilde | Categories: Culture, Family & Friends, Funchilde - isms, Life. Love. Laughs., Work. Life. Money., YouTube | 4 Comments

A five hour dinner followed by a 2 hour breakfast the next day. Random You-tube clips of the Chapelle Show and a 3 way conversation on race, religion and relationships. Pinot Noir and a toast to new loves, prolific careers, “dufflebag dogs”, and how if we put all of our travels together, we would have [...]

Signs Your Housemates May Not Be African-American

Posted 27 January 2008 | By Funchilde | Categories: Bloggie, Culture, Family & Friends, Funchilde - isms, Life. Love. Laughs. | 5 Comments

“Surprise! We got you Ice Skates for Christmas!”

Signs You Might Be Black

Posted 26 January 2008 | By Funchilde | Categories: Culture, Ear Holes (music), Family & Friends, Funchilde - isms, Life. Love. Laughs. | 2 Comments

When it’s 15 degrees outside and a spontaneous Fish Fry & Mary J. Blige dance party erupts in someone’s kitchen, resulting in random Chapelle Show quotes, the dispelling of a myth that a celebrity died in the basement and someone hiding “the good tequila.”

A Heart for Service

A Heart for Service

Posted 22 January 2008 | By Funchilde | Categories: Culture, People, Photos, Quotes, Work. Life. Money. | 3 Comments

                             Marian Wright Edelman One of the many benefits of working in and around institutions of higher education, is the general plethora of socio-cultural programming available at most schools. Couple that with an Ivy-League nametag and you’ve got out of this world [...]

MLK Jr

MLK Jr

Posted 21 January 2008 | By Funchilde | Categories: Bloggie, Culture, People | 2 Comments

The road is long, and the battle is not yet won, equality eludes us on many fronts. But let’s take a moment and rejoice (versus debate) the fact that in the running for President of the most powerful nation on earth, we have choices. A man of color, a woman, a devout Mormon, a former [...]