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I, TOO, SING AMERICA

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

Besides, They’ll see [...]

More cowbell!

Shimano Shuns Cables for Full Electronic Shifting

Japanese parts manufacturer Shimano is launching an electronic shifting system for high-end road bikes that it claims will vastly improve performance and reduce maintenance. By replacing the conventional levers that pull wound-steel cables through protective housings with solid-state switches and rubber-coated wires, there’s no chance for road [...]

Good news in Mississippi

While Hillary Clinton crows about her victory in an essentially uncontested primary in West Virginia, better news for the Party comes out of a Republican stronghold in Mississippi.

Dem beats Republican in a race that may predict November – CNN.com

(CNN) — Based on early returns, CNN projects that Democrat Travis Childers defeated Republican Greg [...]

More Poetry Friday

DREAM BOOGIE

Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred?

Listen closely: You’ll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a —

You think It’s a happy beat?

Listen to it closely: Ain’t you heard something underneath like a —

What did I say?

Sure, I’m happy! Take it [...]

Poetry Friday

LONESOME CORNER

I went down to the corner. I stood there feeling blue — I used to go round the corner, Babe, and call on you.

Old lonesome corner! People pass by me — But none of them peoples Is who I want to see.

  — Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967), African-American poet, novelist and [...]