Reality Check

In case you have lost your perspective on life - or just need something to freak out about - I've put together a short list of global concerns that you can occupy your time with:

• Aids Prevention
• Ending Extreme Poverty
• Human Rights: Children Soldiers
• Availability of Clean Water

Feel free to choose one or more of these topics to get behind - or even research one on your own! Heck, you might even choose something more local such as:

• Adult Literacy
• Homelessness
• Hunger
• Mentoring our Youth

You see... there are so many things in this world to be concerned about - worth talking about - crying about - or even FIGHTing about.

Chicken or the Egg?

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals were on David Letterman last night (June 28, 2007). Please note Ryan sporting a Casio Calculator watch. I have also heard rumors of someone in his entourage rocking an Ear X-tacy t-shirt. It's synergy.

Daily Report for thefedmusic.com

Trash just blew up.

No Sean Celosos

Specs:

• Regular timekeeping
• Calculator mode
• Stopwatch mode
• Dual time mode
• Daily alarm mode
• Hourly time signals

Reviews:

• "I love this more than my wife!"
• "A required accessory..."
• "The ultimate watch"
  

Don't be jealous of my new water resistant Casio calculator watch.

All Eyes on Africa

Thanks Margaret for lunch and the rag.

Mom on the Move

I received a post card from my mom today from Vina del Mar, Chile. This stop was part of a two week trip through South America that included Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

60 Seconds in Dupont

This video was taken today in Dupont Circle. [double click the image to play/replay]


It works!! Haha

Kakalaka

We went kayaking on the Potomac this afternoon. The water was very calm. Although the city is extremely humid on the streets today - you never would have known on the water. Here are some photos of the trip.

What Do We Know?

Title: What Do We Know?
Artist: kb
Album: Lifecycle



"What Do We Know?" was recorded @ the Woodner, Washington DC. ©2007
Vocals, Drums, Mixing and Sampling by KB
Samples:
Sun Is Shining>Kaya>Bob Marley and the Wailers
Time>Dark Side of the Moon>Pink Floyd
The Scoop>Ill Communication>Beastie Boys

Babies Having Babies

"Abstinence is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy."

-...UNLESS YOU STINK AT IT! Come on people! Let's have those tough conversations.

iGoogle

I love my iGoogle!

It Gives Them Wings!

Fox News never ceases to amaze me! When did illegal immigrants drinking red bull become a news story? Where are you Soulless Bureaucrat? I preferred the days of Aguilerian Hot Dogs.

Read it here.

Jazz at the Sculpture Garden

Last night we experienced Jazz at the Sculpture Garden (Every Friday at the National Gallery of Art). It's a real place to see and be seen. Get there early with a blanket and some food or you'll have to wait in line for pitchers of Sangria or beer! Get there even earlier (before 6) and you can have front row seats to live jazz with your feet in the pool!

Space

I took this photo, titled "Space", with my picture phone in the fall of 2004, right after I moved to Petworth, Washington DC . This photo captures how I saw the street corner of 13th and Buchannon NW on an average night.

Too Swanky for Me

I promised myself I wouldn't be negative on this blog - but I have to admit that Tabaq is just too swanky for me. If I never go back - it will be too soon.

Back to the Hotel

In case you were worried... Kentucky is still there. Here are some photo highlights from my trip and Jacks wedding.

Teaching Mom

So, I am teaching my mom how to use Blogger because she might want to start her own blog.

Adkisson Greenbelt Park

For Fathers Day, my dad and I hit the trail on his Cannondales and hit the Horse Fork Trail and a good portion of the West and South Trails of the Adkisson Greenbelt Park. The ride was easy and beautiful. Rabbits and dragongflies were abundant. And near the end we even stopped at the Dairy Queen on 231 where mome met us for Blizzards!

Blue Skies

So.... I had to rent a car to drive from Louisville to Owensboro KY this morning... and as always I couldn't help myself

See Ya Later...

I had some real good times and learned a whole lot here.

Not saying Goodbye - just, "See Ya later!"

Self Portrait

The Vunda-Land!

"You've got to try the Motor City chili dog. The only mistake I made was that I had one before we began our set (Sorry to Corey from the Fed who used my mic after us)"

~Michelle

*sigh* those were some fun days.

Read the whole review here.

I'm going to figure it out.

Click here to view the project kb header with a flashing background. Woo-hoo.

Togolaise Apartment

I found these photographs (by Leslie Gardner) of the apartment that I will live in for 10 months in Lome, Togo.

The Fed: On Hiatus

"I guess the word hiatus doesn't quite say it as well..."
~Anonymous post on 100 years of Trash
June 8, 2007

The Sopranos

Is anybody else pumped to watch the series finale of the Sopranos tonight? I don't want to give anything away - but - I heard somebody important was going to get snuffed tonight. Any ideas?

I can't wait.


**POST-SHOW UPDATE**

Knocked Up

We went to see the new Katherine Heigl movie, Knocked Up, at the Dupont AMC tonight. I had no idea that this is pride week. I was surprised at the amount of profanity used - but have to admit that many parts of the movie were like pages from my *ahem* friends diary. A must see.

The Music of Life

Title: The Music of Life
Artist: kb
Album: Lifecycle



"The Music of Life" was recorded @ the Woodner, Washington DC. ©2007

If you're keeping score that's:
1. An Open Letter to Mr. Walters
2. Grilled Cheese: A Tribute to Bradley Nowell
3. The Music of Life

HRUS

Gangstarr

Tonight, my sister came from Kentucky to live in DC. We all met down at Mandu near 18th and S street NW, Washington DC at Mandu. Their happy hour features $2.00 beers and fantastic Korean appetizers. On the way home ProjectEB and I took this picture with L'il Trash.

Old School

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>>Specs
>>Get your own

The Alma Awards

The Alma Awards! What?? This is awesome! We never had Alma Awards with latino commercials on tv when I was a kid! Prince just finished blowing my mind.... Eva looks great. Wow! Commercials in Spanish!!!!

It's amazing.

Je ne mange pas le jambon!

Today I accepted a Fellowship sponsored by the Department of State and Georgetown University. The fellowship will send me to Lome, Togo (West Africa) for ten months to teach at L'Ecole Nationale d'Administration and American Corner at the University of Lome.

So... yeah. wow. I am scheduled to leave in September.

The World Awaits You

the warm world
sits and waits for the one
who is willing to stand up and take charge
to say that this is the way it is going to be
the world sits and waits for the one brave soul

(like the ant charging the spider
the mouse biting the cat)

I wait with the world
on nights like these wondering
if anyone will stand up
to take charge
and bite the cat
and fall sound asleep in the spider's web
with a smile

hmm....

Market Inn

The speakeasy at 200 E street, SW DC, called the Market Inn, offers a fantastic Sunday Brunch. Made to order omelets and waffels. Riper than ripe fruit! Live Jazz. "Anonymous" could have warned me that the place is plastered with photos of nude women before I suggested it to my suegros - but they were cool with it. No harm. No foul.

Jamboree Record: 5-1-1

The bus arrived at 8:30 am. Game day logistics: 2 home teams, 19 students, 8 family members, 2 guest appearances, 7 soccer games, 4 opposing schools. and 1 coach - me. In the end, it was a beautiful day for soccer at my Alma Mater. We walked away from the day long tournament with two winning records. The boys soccer team ended at 3-0-1. The girls team ended at 3-1-0... and I walked away with this sweet rain jacket.

It's Like That...

Title: An Open Letter to Mr. Walters
Artist: kb
Album: Lifecycle



"An Open Letter to Mr. Walters" was recorded @ the Woodner, Washington DC. ©2007