We did the family thing at my mom's house today. I was reminded of one of the benefits of extended family gatherings: stories about our foibles and humanness never grow old; they are retold to successive generations. Ugh.
We watched Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story tonight. It's a Jamie Foxx movie about the founder of the Crips. He's still awaiting execution in San Quentin. Been there since 1981. He's been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and a Nobel Prize for Literature for his attempts to stop gang and youth violence. It's not a great movie, but it is a fascinating and at times inspiring story. He has a website if you're interested.
Last and ickiest, someone found the blog tonight by searching for "13 year old whore." Just in case you were wondering what pedophiles do on Thanksgiving. I'm going to go throw up.
Just thought I'd add a note saying Stan was executed in Dec. '05. Amazing how one person can have such a negative and then positive impact.
Posted by: Kalel | August 09, 2006 at 01:54 PM