August 17, 2008 archive

To the left is a photo out the car window one of the times we passed through Cajon Pass.  I think we passed through it a total of three times each way, for our ear-popping pleasure.

On the Saturday before we went to San Diego, we took a trip to Lake Arrowhead, which is 19 miles or so as the crow flies and about twice that far driving.  Debbie’s parents had a house cabin near there at one point.  Picture driving up one of the hills in the Tour de France.  I became quite nauseous, but managed to stay just this side of car sick.

Inside are a few pics from that trip.

Please join me for a quick tour of some interesting things going on in the diversosphere.

From Black Canseco at Racialicious, an essay titled Why We Want Our Kids Back Too.

I grew up in the inner cities of Chicago-places where buses hate to stop, and cabs hate to come. My parents worked hard. Most of our neighbors worked hard. Some people tried. Some people just gave up. Others gave up while they tried and vice versa.

When there was violence, we cried and tried to stop it. When there was death we cried, wondered why and tried to deal with it. But we had to do these things alone.

There were no crush of grief counselors when our 11 year olds got shot by strays or on purpose. There were no pundits filling column space and air time when our girls got raped or became pregnant too soon. And when our children came up missing… when our children came up missing…

When our children came up missing there was silence. Silence and indifference. There still is….

We Want Our Kids Back, Too is a viral web campaign that combines picks of missing and endangered children of color (Black, Hispanic, Asian, mixed race/multicultural, etc.) with commentary challenging all to consider disparities in coverage, outrage and concern.

Check out this Photobucket page where you can find posters like this.