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https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2007/06/back-to-middle.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Back to the Middle It's me again.... I'm back after what seems like ages. Like TV..... It seems like I go through more mid-season replacements than ABC. I ... back tobuddahdesmondplacemiddle https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/11/graduation.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Graduation I thought this poem was fitting considering I'm less than three weeks away from finishing my MBA program. Gotta keep the faith! Graduatio... buddahdesmondplacegraduation https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-39-out.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 39: OUT (Written in Honor of National Coming Out Day) In honor of National Coming Out Day, here's a piece that I wrote entitled "OUT." Nothing worse than being silenced, especially in an envir... in honor of https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/10/morally-reprehensible-william-bennett.html BuddahDesmond's Place: The "Morally Reprehensible" William Bennett and Other Musings By now, the name William Bennett should ring a bell. Bennett, the former Secretary of Education under the Reagan administration, made rather... william bennettand otherbuddahdesmondplace https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/09/day-101-teedra-moses-lioness-live-in-dc.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 101: Teedra Moses, The Lioness Live in DC Image by Everyday LaVan Photography c/o The Howard Theatre . On September 7, 2012, after seven years of waiting, I was finally blessed ... teedra moses https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2009/07/rip-michael-jackson-1958-2009.html BuddahDesmond's Place: R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009) Legend. Icon. Innovator. Trendsetter. Humanitarian. You were truly gifted. An inspiration to many. You were the greatest entertainer in the ... r imichael jacksonbuddahdesmondplace https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2008/06/surrender.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Surrender come to me let me show you the way to my heart come with me let us escape to the place where lovers go to freely express their love... buddahdesmondplacesurrender https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-35-gift-curse.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 35: The Gift & The Curse The further you run away or ignore life's gifts, the more they will haunt you. The haunting can make them seem curse-like. It's a callin... the giftbuddahdesmondplacedaycurse https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/09/101-days-project-prevail.html BuddahDesmond's Place: 101 Days Project: Prevail One of my biggest accomplishments this year has been the release of my first book Prevail: Poems on Life, Love, and Politics . Prevail... buddahdesmondplacedaysprojectprevail https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/07/ BuddahDesmond's Place: July 2005 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacejuly https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/02/80s-albums-that-changed-my-life-part-1.html BuddahDesmond's Place: 80's Albums That Changed My Life (Part 1) There's something about the music of my childhood that continues to influence, shape, and inspire me. As a child who grew up during the 80s... my lifebuddahdesmondplacealbums https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/12/influences-maya-angelou-and-her-poetry.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Influences: Maya Angelou and Her Poetry in "Poetic Justice" Image courtesy of Maya Angelou's Offic ial Website . Maya Angelou's poetry didn't hit me immediately when my mother and I went to see J... maya angelou https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2008/ BuddahDesmond's Place: 2008 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplace https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-16-round-midnight-tribute-to.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 16: Round Midnight: A Tribute to Great-Grandpa On the afternoon of March 14th, my great-grandfather died. He was 95 years old. He'd been sick for the last several months. He was sem... round midnight https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-holidays.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Happy Holidays! We are all so blessed. Blessed in ways beyond measure and comparison. The gift of life, love, health, prosperity, the pursuit of happines... buddahdesmondplacehappyholidays https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2007/11/tag-im-it.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Tag! I'm It.... Sean Stone tagged me. The rules of the game are: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random... i mbuddahdesmondplacetag https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-dl-chronicles-returns-episode.html BuddahDesmond's Place: The DL Chronicles Returns is Another Triumph for Gossett and LeNear Image courtesy of 2 Cents Productions . SWERV Magazine recently sponsored the DC premier screening of The DL Chronicles Returns: E... https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-13-at-fork-in-road.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 13: At the Fork in the Road I've been sitting at my computer for several hours this evening... Much of it was spent staring at the screen, staring into space, or stari... at thebuddahdesmondplacedayfork https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/10/best-thing-my-love.html BuddahDesmond's Place: The Best Thing, My Love Ok, here's a poem I wrote back in high school (in the 11th grade to be exact). This one always seems to stand out. It's a trip when you go... the best thingbuddahdesmondplacelove https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2008/07/traveling-traveling-3rd-blogiversary.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Traveling, Traveling + 3rd Blogiversary!!! Greetings! Hope you're somewhere cool - trying to beat the heat. I'm chillin'. Just got back from Dallas. My team is conducting field re... buddahdesmondplacetravelingblogiversary https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-wanna-thank-you.html BuddahDesmond's Place: I Wanna Thank You 2008 has been a year of change, surprise, madness, happiness, craziness, and resilience. But I made sure I didn't lose myself (or my sanity... i wannabuddahdesmondplacethank https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/02/happy-black-history-month.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Happy Black History Month Image of Dr. C arter G. Woodson, Father of Black History, cour tesy of the ASALH sit e. Today marks the beginning of Black History M... black historybuddahdesmondplacehappymonth https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2008/12/ BuddahDesmond's Place: December 2008 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacedecember https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/10/stevie-wonders-time-2-love-finally.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Stevie Wonder's 'A Time 2 Love' Finally Sees The Light Of Day!!! Good news, good news. There is a confirmed released date for Stevie Wonder's highly-anticipated (and that's an understatment) new record A T... https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/09/day-96-michelle-obama-at-dnc-2012.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 96: Michelle Obama at the DNC 2012 Image courtesy of The Washington Times Communities site. Michelle Obama is the epitome of what a First Lady should be. She exudes cl... michelle obamaat thebuddahdesmondplaceday https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-charm-and-brilliance-of-zadie-smith.html BuddahDesmond's Place: The Charm and Brilliance of Zadie Smith I mage courtesy of the Black Enterprise site. A li ttle over a week ago, m y partner and I attended a reading by the charming , b r... the charmbuddahdesmondplacebrilliancezadie https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-thanksgiving.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Happy Thanksgiving! buddahdesmondplacehappythanksgiving https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2009/05/buddahs-thoughts.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Buddah's Thoughts I was really psyched about seeing Beyonce on tour - until I found out how much the tickets were. I just can't bring myself to pay $100+ for... buddahdesmondplacethoughts https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2006/11/buddahs-thoughts.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Buddah's Thoughts I had some things on my mind that I wanted to share. Some of which are related to the events--political, personal and otherwise--of the las... buddahdesmondplacethoughts https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/03/five-inspirational-jams-that-lift-me-up.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Five Inspirational Jams that Lift Me Up Music has always been a constant in my life. During the ups and downs (and all that lies between), music has serv ed as an extension of ... buddahdesmondplacefiveinspirationaljams https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/10/be-on-lookout.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Be On The Lookout..... If you're looking at the time of this post, you're probably wondering what I'm still doing up. Well, I've been keeping myself pre-occupied ... be onbuddahdesmondplacelookout https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/12/time-for-change-loves-in-need-of-love.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Time for Change: Love's In Need Of Love Today Good morn or evening friends Here's your friendly announcer I have serious news to pass on to every-body What I'm about to say Could me... time for changein needbuddahdesmondplace https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/10/video-buddahdesmond-reading-poetry-at.html BuddahDesmond's Place: BuddahDesmond Reading Poetry at OutWrite 2012 [VIDEO] There's something about performing that makes it unlike anything else on this planet. The energy you get from the audience is intoxicating.... reading poetrybuddahdesmondplacevideo https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2007/11/ BuddahDesmond's Place: November 2007 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacenovember https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2009/07/never-knew.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Never Knew Never knew I could feel this way about someone I always thought about it Always dreamed about it Fantasized about it Prayed for it But never... buddahdesmondplaceneverknew https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/06/day-43-closure.html?showComment=1340042777977 BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 43: Closure I've searched my mind so many times in the last few days to find whatever it is that I did to be whited out, erased, terminat... buddahdesmondplacedayclosure https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-10-julia-camerons-artists-way-every.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 10: Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way Every Day" For the last few weeks I've been reading Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living. I find the informat... julia cameronthe artistbuddahdesmondplaceday https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2006/03/thesisits-bad-word.html?showComment=1143121200000 BuddahDesmond's Place: Thesis....It's a Bad Word! Wassup ya'll! Hope all is well. I've been away from my blog a lot longer than I anticipated. The life of a grad student - craziness! I'... buddahdesmondplacethesisbadword https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/11/weekly-musings-on-life-love-and.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Weekly Musings on Life, Love, and Politics - Week 4 Without further adieu, here are the latest weekly musings: Tolerance is limiting. It leads to a dead end road. It means that total under... musings on life https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/02/shopping-habits-buying-power-of-lgbt.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Latest MUSED Article - Nielsen Study Highlights Shopping Habits, Buying... Image courtesy of MUSED Magazine Online Nielsen released some interesting f indings fro m their latest consumer study about the shopp... https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2007/10/ BuddahDesmond's Place: October 2007 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplaceoctober https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2006/03/thesisits-bad-word.html?showComment=1142370660000 BuddahDesmond's Place: Thesis....It's a Bad Word! Wassup ya'll! Hope all is well. I've been away from my blog a lot longer than I anticipated. The life of a grad student - craziness! I'... buddahdesmondplacethesisbadword https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2009/06/voice-returns.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Whitney - "The Voice" Returns.... Well, well, well.... The time has finally come. Whitney Houston will be returning with her first studio album in 7 years on September 1st.... the voicebuddahdesmondplacewhitneyreturns https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/09/spirit-women.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Spirit Women "Sisters in Spirit" by Synthia SAINT JAMES . Spirit women, Singing songs for the world, Baring gifts for our hearts and souls; ... buddahdesmondplacespiritwomen https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2006/03/ BuddahDesmond's Place: March 2006 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacemarch https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-19-real-greatness.html?showComment=1286600233578 BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 19: Real Greatness You may be the best at what you do. Amazingly gifted and talented. But none of that matters if you aren't using what you've been blessed... buddahdesmondplacedayrealgreatness https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/02/dress-code-at-grammys-check-out-my.html BuddahDesmond's Place: 'Dress Code' at The Grammys? Check Out My Article on MUSED Magazine Image courtesy of MUSED Magazine . Grammy night has come and gone. But discussions about the performances and the outfits are still ... https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/12/ BuddahDesmond's Place: December 2012 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacedecember https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2009/05/inherent-throwback-poem.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Inherent - A Throwback Poem What's goin' on folks?! Hope you had a happy, safe holiday weekend. I'm good, or shall I say better. I just got over a two-week illness t... buddahdesmondplaceinherentthrowbackpoem https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/08/day-82-get-over-it.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Day 82: Get Over It Get over the fact that no one will ever be the same. Get over the fact that there are multiple umbrellas, and everything and everybody will... get overbuddahdesmondplaceday https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2013/03/latest-mused-article-looking-for-black.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Latest MUSED Article - Looking For Black Leadership? The Savior Lies Within Image courtesy of MUSED . In my la test article for MUSED " Look For Black Leadership? The Savior Lies Within ," I propose the (urge... https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-america.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Our America (Written in Praise of President Obama and Vice President Biden's victory in the 2012 Election.) Image courtesy of Just Jared ... buddahdesmondplaceamerica https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/10/book-signing-in-alexandria-va-100512.html BuddahDesmond's Place: An Evening To Prevail Book Signing in Alexandria, VA 10/05/12 https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/10/alice-walkers-democratic-womanism.html BuddahDesmond's Place: Alice Walker's "Democratic Womanism" Image courtesy of the New York Daily News site. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine; a way that ack... alice walkerbuddahdesmondplacedemocraticwomanism https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2006/01/ BuddahDesmond's Place: January 2006 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplacejanuary https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2012/10/101-days-project-music-tributes-reviews.html BuddahDesmond's Place: 101 Days Project: Music Tributes & Reviews As those who read my blog know, music has always played an immense role in my life. I feel irregular when I don't hear it, feel it, sing al... project musicbuddahdesmondplacedaystributes https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/ BuddahDesmond's Place: 2005 My many fascinations, passions, and thoughts on everything from music and entertainment to life, love, relationships, and social issues. Anything goes in... buddahdesmondplace https://buddahdesmond.blogspot.com/2005/08/my-favorites-for-summer-music.html BuddahDesmond's Place: My Favorites for The Summer - Music I've been listening to a lot of music this summer. Much of it has been very good. 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