Why I have opened the window!

Amerykah has turned a corner and we should all turn with it. I have thoughts ideas and suggestions but I also have patience and desire for us to be whole and one. I have been speaking a lot lately of the human condition and the generations of Black Americans. i will entertain any and all conversation as long as we can be respectful and grown up. Let the healing begin......
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Feeling much better


Thanks to all who sent emails and such to check on me. Feeling much better now, and will be back to full posting strength come Monday. Have a good weekend.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Full Lid


Happy Birthday to Ewan McGregor and Christopher Walken…


Tomorrow will be the series finale of the American version of “Life on Mars”. When will Hollywood learn, stop trying to recreate success from British shows that are not reality based…your not brave enough!


Luann de Lesseps, the countess from "The Real Housewives of New York” got dumped by her husband “The Count”. Seems he feel in love with an Ethiopian beauty! She says she is going to keep her Countess title!

The Unemployment Olympics were held in New York on Tuesday. A laid-off computer programmer came up with the idea to lift spirits of the jobless with events including Pin the Blame on the Bosses, a telephone toss and a race to the unemployment office.

Facebook Inc. said its chief financial officer, Gideon Yu, is leaving the Internet Company and that it has begun searching for a replacement with experience at a public company. The move is the latest shakeup in the executive ranks of the closely held Palo Alto, Calif., company, whose employees and investors are anxious about Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's plans for the social-networking site.

Whoopi Goldberg will undergo therapy live on U.S. TV to cure her fear of flying.
The aviophobic actress hasn't flown for a decade, but an upcoming business commitment in London means she has to step on a plane once again.
Goldberg will undergo a special course on talk show The View tomorrow courtesy of Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson.


And that Ladies and Gentlemen will do it for us at Derrick’s Window. Were calling a full Lid. See you tomorrow!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Full Lid


As my favorite fictional Press Secretary use to say at the end of the day “ That’s a full lid!” which meant that unless something huge happened there was no more news for the day. So I decided to adopt the same things here at The Window. The things I find interesting that don’t need a full blog entry.

Happy Birthday to Hair Diva Diana Ross!

Also a happy birthday to one of my favorite pop culture aliens, Leonard Nimoy who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek.

I read today that there is a Nutty Professor III in the works. What the hell?

Dragon Ball Evolution The movie based on the long running Anime has had it’s opening pushed back from April 8th to April 10th (Personally they can push it back to never for me…it looks too much like Jump and Push)

Fear dot Net has a 37 minute series called “Stream” starring Whoopi Goldberg. It’s no so much scary as interesting and a little freaky, but I enjoyed it.


And that ladies and gentlemen is a Full Lid ……

Today's Favorite Photo

Monday, March 23, 2009

Breaking the Silence, beating the drum


I spent two days trying to write about this program, but the UN made a video for International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.




I wish I were in New York I would love to go to this one night program. Some of my favorite stars are going to be there.

Danny Glover

Phylicia Rashad

Liev Schreiber

Harry Belafonte

And of course one of my super favorite Whoopi Goldberg

Sunday, March 01, 2009

In honor of the end of Black History Month

Black History Month is over but I wanted to list 28 Black things that I like in honor of the Month of learning and celebration.

Here they are in no particular order.


Ester Rolle & John Amos (The first black tv parents)

Fredrick Douglass Style and substance

Freema Agyeman the first companion of color in the Whoverse

Alex Haley C'mon you have to ask? (Roots for those who do have to ask)

Whoopi Goldberg Thru ups and downs she has always been The Whoopster!

The Black Family (Yes even mine)

Wanda Sykes (Thanks for opening that community door just a little bit wider)

A tear jerker & a history lesson all in one.

A classic movie that increased the enrollment in HBCU's (Oh and Wake Up)

Jeffrey Wright black actor (not like most, this one actually knows and understands the craft)

Tananarive Due Sci-Fi writer extraordinaire!

Rod McCullom of Rod 2.0 From our old days in Chicago when he would answer all my tedious writing questions!

Oliver Copiel Black French comic book artist

Paul Mooney Just as good as George Carlin

Macy Gray She finally made me Happy!

Eric Holder Teller of truth and bringer of justice! (he is like Wonder Woman only black ,male and real!)

Egypt not full of people that look like Elizabeth Taylor

Black Cats, who says they are bad luck???!!!!

Happiness is a thing called Joe! (And Lena Horne and Ethyl Waters)

Queen Ororo Munroe and King T'Challa Marvel comics royal couple!

Another Spike Lee movie, so real and on point it was sad!

Warren Brown (You know I love a man in the kitchen)

Barack and Michelle Obama. For very different reasons.

Aaron McGruder...The Boondocks

Comedian Andre Kelley Former roommate and continuous inspiration.

Erykah Badu "Anne don't wear no panties" but she gives me hope in the music scene!

Cleopatra Jones Blacksplotation at it's best.

And Corey Baker Mayor of New Jersey and upcoming political power player.