The Salon

The last week has turned out fairly well. Intrepidblackwoman is back in the house (toilet seats are down again) and the place has that womanly energy again. I was never a believer in that sort of thing, but, hey, there is a difference. The presence of a woman just makes men act differently (this can be a good and a bad thing, but in Intrepidyoungman and my case its a good thing).

This past Sunday we kicked off The Salon. Every second Sunday we are hosting a group of folks to chat about a topic and eat up our food. Sunday's topic was "What is the Green Economy." The discussion was cool, we talked about the tension between just branding old jobs green (i.e. is a sanitation worker a Green worker?) and actually creating new jobs, methods of production that reduce the carbon footprint.

There were some hot side discussions about commercial rap music (the stuff you actually hear on the radio) and of course no group of black folks can get together without talking about "the struggle," in some way. It was all terribly good and I'm looking forward to the next Salon. The topic is, "The utility of marriage."