I'm the Proud Mom of a New Marine!

Top row-second from left.

Yes, that's right. My son Vernon will graduated from Marine boot camp on July 29th at MCRD in San Diego, CA. He's wanted to do this for quite a while. I am so very proud of him. You can read about him and his success at http://sylviasthoughts.hubpages.com/hub/OO-RAH-The-Making-of-A-Marine.

The ghettos were created

By LadyFae

The ghettos were created
the ghettos were made
giving all sorts of people 
reasons to hate

Black men pushing
that terrible dope
with as a result 
life without hope

But do you know
where they got if from
where they got their drugs
that make them do wrong?

Who needs superpowers? Real People Take Over Comics!

President Barack Obama’s 2008 appearance in Spider-Man’s comics was one of the most commercially successful instances of real people appearing in comics books.

Nowadays, musicians, politicians, comedians muscle in on Superman and Spidey

Slower than a speeding bullet. Not nearly as powerful as a locomotive. Completely unable to leap tall buildings. Yet real people, many with all-too-human foibles, are muscling in on the likes of Superman and Spider-Man on comic book racks these days.