Amalgamated North Pole Industries. L.L.C.
100 Candy Cane lane
North Pole, Arctic Circle
10001
To Whom it May Concern,
The management of A.N.P.I. would like to take this opportunity to offer a public statement regarding the recent alleged incidents in Florida involving two of our employees. Let me assure the citizens of this community that the elves in question have been reprimanded and placed on administrative leave pending resolution of all legal matters.
Three days ago, a pair of elven sled mechanics had been hitting the eggnog a little too heavy at the …

By CHRIS SIMMONS
It’s eulogy time for two “urban-based” situation comedies. To be more precise, it’s more like the end of an era. Again.
The CW’s decision to cancel EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS after four seasons, and THE GAME after three, means that the netlet (an industry term which, loosely translated, means “a little network that WOULDN’T”) will no longer air comedy series starring (and created, written and directed by) African-Americans.
We’ve been here before, right? Remember back in the day when FOX ran entire nights’ worth of shows like …

I hope all of you had a splendid Mother’s Day. I hope each of you had someone to celebrate or were celebrated. Here’s to love and laughter:
A groovy kind of “dozens”

Mother Lovers

Amalgamated North Pole Enterprises. L.L.C.
100 Candy Cane lane
North Pole, Arctic Circle 10001
Date 12/24/08
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Recently, a group of reporters, who were in our area working on post election stories, acci-dently dropped a newspaper which was regrettably found by one of the elves. They were shocked and then angered when they saw the pay and benefits that the U.A.W. had been re-ceiving. Taking into consideration the fact that for years they have worked for little more than candy canes and eggnog, their threatened strike …

Uneven, but kinda funny.
“We’re drilling in Brooklyn right now!”
If you are hunting for laughs as much as I am right now, John McCain calling non-tax paying, lying, attention craving ‘Joe the Plumber’ “an American Hero” and “my role model” notwithstanding, have a look.

A’ight = Slang for ‘alright’
From the Onion – Gifted Youngster Sells Cookies To Buy Attack Ads
Precocious Youngster Sells Cookies To Buy Attack Ad
Via Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Lil’ O’Reilly takes on Barney Frank. Thanks N-2-Me-I-C!

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MUCH more fun than the original – dontcha think?

Do did you see Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live? What did you think?
Maybe it’s just in my head but I felt a small tug of discomfort watching as Palin played with the others. Try as everyone might, the interactions between the cast and Palin fell a little short of breezy. Why? Who knows? The cause could be as simple as poor cue card placement.
To Palin’s credit, I thought she looked appealingly silly bopping along to Amy Poehler’s ‘Palin Rap.’ And certainly did herself no harm by showing up …

So sad. A little less laughter in the world. Bernie Mac’s keen, streetwise observations of family and social interactions were priceless and gut busting hilarious. His television show which aired more than 100 episodes was sharp, funny and presented a multi-dimensional portrait of black family life.
A clip from the “Bernie Mac Show”

The highest grossing comedy tour of all time, “The Original Kings of Comedy Tour” inspired the wildly successful “Blue Collar Comedy Tour.”
A clip from the original “Kings of Comedy” (warning:language!) His analysis of why and how black folk …

A maverick has passed.

On August 15th, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Ben Stiller are set to star in Stiller’s latest comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’.

According to reports, Downey Jr. plays a white actor who takes a role originally written for a black actor and dyes his skin to play the role as a black man. His character does all this in hopes of winning an Oscar. Frankly, I like Ben Stiller’s comedy so reading about ‘Tropic Thunder’ I am laughing out loud and queasy at the same time.
Here are two of my favorite …

Amalgamated North Pole Industries. L.L.C.
100 Candy Cane lane
North Pole, Arctic Circle 10001
December 17, 2007
To Whom it May Concern,
Last january, in a moment of tequila induced mayhem, the naughty elves trashed a bar in St. Thomas. A probation officer assigned to one of these little trolls recently disclosed to government officials that I had been running an “International Airport.” I was immediately served with innumerable fines, environmental impact studies, licensing fees and what not. They set up a security screening checkpoint and brought in a slew of anti terrorist …

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her column Faith in Color to Allaboutrace.com.
The hubby and I have taken in our son’s friend’s Pit Bull, Hemo. Lord knows, I was scared about having a Pit Bull in the house. But Carmen and several …

Since 2001, I am always somber when 9/11 arrives. My husband and I were walking beneath the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the first plane hit, a few blocks from our home. Everything went from bad to worse and we found ourselves running from the debris spewing, collapsing North Tower a little later on. It’s true that 9/11 “happened to all of us,” but with varying intensity. Having watched firefighters line up and then charge straight into their fire filled doom crystallized an indelible prism in my …