Taking a break

I am taking a break tonight.  I am glad to be back and I have been for a while.  

The Road Less Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

We all matter, including black lives matter.

I am only basing this on experience.

Why is it that some black people in the US claim Egypt so much? I do believe that there is black history in Egypt and that Hollywood has whitewashed it, why do so many of us claim ancient Egypt? The Ancient Egyptians were spiritual and very much technically advanced, but blacks in the US carry trace our DNA to West and Central Africa. The Ancient Egyptians, such as the Nubians, as well as the Sudanese, and Kenyans are Northern and East Africans. Nubians, Sudanese, and Kenyans are by and large a black African people who probably are not the ancestors of the black America. Most of us are descended from Western and Central. At there worst, the ancient Egyptians were ethnocentric and like many ancients practiced slavery. Also, for that matter, why do some black people have romantic or other wrong views of Timbuktu and African slavery in general? It wasn't just Europeans that benefited from slavery. Africans and Arabs also benefited from the slave trade.

The truth is, while we all descended from somewhere in Africa, the "typical" West or Central Africa looks nothing like the Nubians, Ethiopeans, and Kenyans. Just saying. This means that there is a huge diversity of looks, cultures, and genetic codes among North and black Africans. Have some black people been so brainwashed that some of us will claim anything because of what we have been taught about us? If our history did not start from slavery then why don't black kids learn about Mali or Songhai, which were West African. My ancestors are probably from the Biafra (Ghana and Nigeria), Angola, and Senegambia (Senegal and Gambia) because of DNA testing. While some of us as black people may have Ethiopian or some Malagasy blood, most of us will end up have ancestry from Nigerians, Ghanians, Angolans, and Cameroonians. Have some black people been brainwashed to hate ourselves so much that many don't want to know the truth? On a sidenote, a few pro-black or "God of Heti" or "Black Egypt" people seem to hate white people more than they care about black people and just try to better ourselves. That has been my experience. I don't mean to dog my people. It is just things I have noticed.If you agree that for the most part, black Americans should not claim Egyptian ancestry? If you disagree, then you must explain why?

Baby Jesus Representations

African American baby Jesus

 Ethiopian Mother and Child

 Japanese Mother and Child 

 Caucasian baby Jesus

Luke 2:1-20

In those days Caesar Augustusq issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.r 2 (This was the first census that took place whilea Quirinius was governor of Syria.)s 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehemt the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to himu and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angelv of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.w I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Saviorx has been born to you; he is the Messiah,y the Lord.z 12 This will be a signa to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,

and on earth peaceb to those on whom his favor rests.”

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.c 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.d 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising Gode for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus

I just love to laugh. These are comedians of the past and present.

 "Amos and Andy"

 Moms Mabley

 Rudy Ray Moore

 Michael Blackson

 Chris Rock

 Steve Harvey

The art and science of cooking

I love the taste of sweet potato pudding.  I like it better when it is sweet, but not too sweet.  Cooking is like a science.  One has to get everything right and food is no exception.  Whenever I bake, I make sure the eggs don't curdle, so I have to temper it with either milk or cream.  An example of that is mac and cheese, which I love.  How would any of us like a bit of scrambled eggs in baked dishes?  That is why the science of cooking is as well as an art.  Today was no exception.  My cooking turned out
pretty well.  See, cooking can be a science as well as an art.