I've seen it done extremely well, and it hurt to watch P. Diddy mangle it.

This. I wanted it to be good. And when he wasn't on screen, it was.

I was talking about Raisin in the Sun with the receptionist here, and we were trying to figure out who could have played the lead other than P. Diddy, and neither of us could come up with a decent African-American actor in his late-20s/early-30s who doesn't look like a kid and could pull of the part. Any ideas out there?

I loved David Oyelowo (Joseph).

I'm glad I watched it, even if it meant I was up until almost 2am doing my homework. Now I have to Netflix the original.

Okay now I want a chicken salad sandwich. But from where, Sox???

Today is the first baseball practice of Little League.

This makes me weep, because I just looked out the window, and the weather is doing what I can only describe as "pouring down" snow. Not a blizzard, not a snow shower, not a snowstorm -- pouring down snow.

Snowing cats and dogs, if you will.

There is no Little League practice in Cincinnati today.

neither of us could come up with a decent African-American actor in his late-20s/early-30s who doesn't look like a kid and could pull of the part. Any ideas out there?

Watch The Wire. There are a number of cast members who fit that bill.

neither of us could come up with a decent African-American actor in his late-20s/early-30s who doesn't look like a kid and could pull of the part. Any ideas out there?

Don Cheadle? Harold Perrineau? Chewitel Ejifor?

I've heard that Andre 3000 is a pretty good actor (have not seen him, but remember reading reviews praising his work in Four Brothers )

Watch The Wire.

Yes, this.

neither of us could come up with a decent African-American actor in his late-20s/early-30s who doesn't look like a kid and could pull of the part. Any ideas out there?

Taye Diggs (maybe pushing the age). Larenz Tate. Mekhi Pfifer.