show me the money?

here is a list of opening weekend, total domestic and total worldwide sales for black movies dating back to 1971.

most of the numbers are from thenumbers.com and the movie titles link back to the movie’s profile on the site. i added a few additional movies and filled in missing data where possible from boxofficemojo.com.

given this info, what is your prediction for the opening weekend of think like a man?
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5 ways to fight crime without killing people

i had written a clever intro for this blog post with calculations of how often george zimmerman called 911 in the weeks before killing trayvon martin. but then i found out that the 46 calls he made to 911 were over a period of 8 years, not 2 months. womp, womp. still, 46 is a lot of emergencies.

most of zimmerman’s observations, alerts and issues didn’t warrant a call to 911. they were more appropriate for what we here in new york would report to 311 (the things 311 handles). the daily beast compiled a summary of zimmerman’s numerous calls and you can see the complete history of calls here from the city of sanford. i must say, this small town has released way more information that i would have expected.


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the long walk (almost) home

it’s springtime! almost. spring officially starts on march 20th, but mother nature was kind enough to give us a preview today with temps up to 70 degrees! and with warmth like that, what new yorker can pass up an opportunity to spend some extended time outside?

i planned ahead and wore my sneaks to work. i also brought sweat pants to change into so that i’d be comfortable on my walk. the goal: walk from work in midtown east all the way home to bk. google maps said it would be a little over 8 miles.


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good stuff!

well, this show went by pretty quickly and i think we’re getting beterrrrr. listen to the full audio below.

SO SORRY we didn’t get to sanctimonious santorum and his anti learning brigade, but what is there to say? i mean really! we ended up talking oscars, rhi rhi, c beat ‘em breezy and touched on some of the issues facing today’s young people.

i have just a few brief thoughts that i want to share about ricky boy. hopefully i get to that in the next day or so, so check back!

a testy talk

the convo between nikkiyo and krisirisi got a lil heated this week. interesting perspectives in light of the latest republican debate and the candidates going even further off the deep end.

check out the full audio below and tune in monday @11pm for the 4th installment of our Sister Chat.

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