Baby I Love You

As Sung by Aretha Franklin as well as Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway


If you want my lovin
If you really do
don't be afraid baby
Just ask me
You know I'm gonna give it to you
Oh and I do declare
I want to see you with it
Stretch out your arms little boy,
You're gonna get it
Cause I love you
ain't no doubt about it
Baby I love you,
I love you, I love you
I love you, baby I love you

If you feel you want to kiss me
Go right ahead I don't mind
All you got to do is
Snap your fingers and I'll come running
I ain't lying, I ain't lying
I heard you once little boy
You know you got it
I'd deny my own self
Before I see you without it
I love you
Ain't no doubt about it
Baby I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, baby I love you

Someday you might want to run away
And leave me sittin' here cryin'
But if it's all the same to you baby
I'm gonna stop you from sayin' goodbye
Baby I love you
Baby I need ya
Said I want ya
Got to have you baby
Don't let your neighbors
Tell you I don't want you

Something Really Stupid

One day, in teaching RS's class, we were discussing poverty in the United States and the effects of Urban Renewal and the creation of underclasses in the United States....and I compared the situation of plunging people into pockets of incredible poverty in this country(ghettoes) to the conditions which brought on the French Revolution. Somebody in the class picked their head up and said with great alarm in her voice, "Isnt that France? I mean, how can you even compare?" I got sort of a kind of look on my face which is probably on it now as I write this, and then I tried to perhaps walk around that. Lord Jesus have mercy upon us. Folks are dumb as shit these days.

When I was at Huntingdon, there was a great little pizza/italian place right down the street. They had some good food.....I can't remember the name of it.

I just finished grading all of my papers....Ah.....

Sometimes I hate time to collect projects.....My students hand me some kind of doohickey that looks like an enema....and I am supposed to figure out what to do with it.

I just realized that my blog timer was set on L.A. time. Oh well, wouldn't it be better to be in L.A.....?

Why are Jewish settlers in the West Bank recieving $250,000 to move out?

Delta pilots and other airline workers are rightfully considering a strike to stave off having their benefits cut in order to save Delta Airlines from bankruptcy. I believe that this strike should be supported.

Ever since I was a very little boy, there have been two imaginary spinster sisters named Susie and Rita that have lived in the upstairs attic,sometimes with their grandfather, first at my Aunt Johnnie's house and ours(which was right across the street), and from each place then on. They were always the explanation for everything that happened in the house that didn't have an explanation-noise, etc.

When I was very young, I saw a film called Hannah's War that made a very big impression on me. It was a powerful film and I remember crying endlessly after watching it.

Be Real Black for Me

Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway
(Donnie)
Our Time, short and precious
your lips warm and luscious
you don't have to wear false charms
cause when I wrap you in my hungry arms
Be real black for me
be real black for me

(Roberta)
Your hair soft and crinkly
your body strong and stately
you don't have to search anymore
cause I got your love at home
Be real black for me
be real black for me

(Together)
In my head I'm only half together
If I loose you I'd be ruined forever
darling take my hand and hold me
hold me
hold me
hold me
hold me

(together, alternately)
You know how much I need you
to have you,really feel you

(together)
you don't have to change a thing
No one knows the love you bring
Be real black for me
be real black for me
Be real black for me
be real black for me
Be real black for me
be real black for me
Be real black for me
be real black for me
Be real black for me
be real black for me

If I had been Francis Farmer, there would not have been a penis left in either Hollywood or the medical profession. She died in Indianapolis. I would love to find out something about how she ended, about her last days.

What a luxury it is to have a warm bed and four walls surrounding you.

Sail Away

By Randy Newman

In America you'll get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle
And scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American
Ain't no lions or tigers
Ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Ev'rybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard, little wog
Sail away with me
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
In America every man is free
To take care of his home and his family
You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You're all gonna be an American
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston

I heard the guest speaker today on the Diane Rhem Show say that Trent Lott was back on the rise. I think someone is suffering from a terminable case of wishful thinking.

whats going on with this blog?

I see bits of myself in all three: Henry, Anais, and June.

I must say that one difference between myself and June, or at least the way that Anais details June, is that I am reflexive, or at least I try to be.

Go to this website to find out about the atrocity taking place on the Northside of Chicago. The Chicago Public School system, at the behest of the Bush Administration no doubt, is installing a NAVAL ACADEMY at Nicholas Senn High School. Thousands are up in arms and they need all of the support they can get.

Since 2000, Bush has spemt 275 days in Crawford, Texas.

The Voice is of absolute importance.

Will the Circle Be UnBroken?

There are loved ones in the glory,
Whose dear forms you often miss;
When you close your earthly story,
Will you join them in their bliss?


Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home waiting
In the sky, in the sky?


In the joyous days of childhood,
Oft they told of wondrous love,
Pointed to the dying Saviour
Now they dwell with Him above.


Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home waiting
In the sky, in the sky?


You can picture happy gatherings
Round the fireside long ago,
And you think of tearful partings,
When they left you here below.


Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home waiting
In the sky, in the sky?


One by one their seats were emptied,
One by one they went away;
Here the circle has been broken.
Will it be complete one day?


Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home waiting
In the sky, in the sky?

I am sitting here quite giddy and proud of myself because I figured out how to do the sidebar thing.HA!

I am quite pleased with the CDs that I bought in Chicago,Bougaloo and Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway. My favorite picks from Roberta and Donnie would be, Baby I Love You, Be Real Black for Me, and I Who Have Nothing. Message to Leila: Girl, I could have been your mother.

I met a lovely boy tonight named Mohammed. I hope to see him again.