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To Tell or Not to Tell: That is the Question…

Someone I know posted this article on their Facebook page yesterday. It’s about an openly gay Israeli soldier who proudly served in his military. The basic point of the article was to pose the question “if a country like Israel allows homosexuals to serve in the military without incident, isn’t it time to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’?” I say no. A little background for those of you who don’t know me personally. I happen to be gay. My sexuality is not […]

Chartstalker: 2/18/10

Valentine’s Day & Sade? Can’t beat that combination. Wanna know how I figured that out? Well, according to this week’s Billboard albums chart, the venerable British band debuts on top, selling an amazing 502,000 copies of “Soldier of Love”, their first album in just under a decade. 2010 has just charted, but it’s easily the best first week for an album this year, and will probably retain that statistic for a while to come. Sade’s success speaks very strongly to […]

The Blerd's The Word

So, what the hell is a Popblerd? Well, the name of this blog has two meanings for me. First, a “blerd” is a black nerd. I first heard the term used by Donald Faison, who plays my favorite character (Chris Turk) on one of my favorite TV shows (“Scrubs”) during an interview on one of those late night shows (might have been Letterman). I tried like hell to find the interview on YouTube, but someone must’ve taken it down. Well, […]