Oliver's World
Victory Is Ours
So, everything went well with CK's little procedure. He had been throwing up and was backed up, turned out to be a big time episode of constipation, but at his age (almost 10) he had to go through anesthesia to have it taken care of. Plus I am a big baby when it comes to him. But ...read more
Please Help Me Think Good Thoughts Today
CK, the weiner dog of infinite justice, is not feeling well and has an emergency medical procedure scheduled in the next couple hours. It isn't anything life threatening but I'm of course not in a good state of mind on it, he's never been really ill in any way before. Anyways, ...read more
Moms Rock
Remember, if you do anything today, remember to tell your mom Happy Mother's Day. Here's my mom: ALSO Congrats to my best friend Mark and his wife Vivien who became a mommy again yesterday with the birth of baby Luca. Mark and I have secret plans to make him an NFL player, ...read more
Who Is Awesome? I Am Awesome.
The year is 1981. I went to a foreign country for the first time, a little place called England you may have heard of. My grandmother on my father's side lived there, and my mom and I went for a little visit. Flash forward to today and my uncle just happened to have a few ...read more
Life Is Too Short
One of my mom's closest friends just suffered a horrific tragedy. ...read more
Mom Blogging
My mom's blog is now up and running. Go check it out. She's mostly writing about Jamaican politics right now (you'll see where I get my passion from) but add her to your feeds and whatnot. ...read more
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Embrace Change
Thought I might move things around a bit here, so here we are. I'm sure there are a few fixes to be made long term, but everything should be working in general. No TARP funds were used in this redesign. ...read more
My Mom On The Obama Inauguration
As I noted on Twitter, the whole AT&T cell network on the Capitol lawn bit the big one during the Inauguration, and my mom was trying to call me to share the moment. But she did leave a voicemail from Jamaica. I know I'm prejudiced - it's my mom, after all - but the emotion of ...read more
Area Codes Don't Matter
My friend, who is in the Navy and currently on base in Illinois, has a Florida-based area code at 954. Yet, he's lived for the last couple years in Nebraska, Milwaukee and the caribbean. The days when you could see a 954 number and think "Oh, Florida" is OVER. Welcome to the ...read more
The N.E.S, Christmas, & Me
Phase 1: Now You're Playing With Power In 1986 I had just moved back to America after living for 2 years in Jamaica. It was my first time stateside after my parents had broken up, and as it has been for most of the rest of my life - just my mom and I. I had to get used to quite ...read more
31
Oh look at that, I'm having a birthday again. 31 years ago today the skies opened up, a celestial choir sang, and Lloyd Oliver Willis Jr. began the slow battle for control of Earth-1. Of course, the one who endured the actual pain of that day and decided she would never do it ...read more
Friday Dog Blogging
My dog C.K. brings the awesome, a week in advance of him turning 9 years old. He has a Batman tag because I moved since he had the Superman one and I haven't been able to find a pet store that still has the Superman ones in stock. Also, Fall is the time of year that ...read more
Personal Note
I want to write up a longer blog entry about What It All Means to me and my family (particularly my Mom in Jamaica, who has been alternating between Obama chants at the top of her lungs and sessions of jubilant crying) but I just can't collect my thoughts yet, still. I'm a ...read more
My Anecdote
I just spoke to my 80-something year old grandmother who lives in Georgia. She got her citizenship a few years ago, and recently voted in her first presidential election. I asked her if she was happy to vote for John McCain. We laughed. So, um, go vote. ...read more
Olivers Of The World, Unite
Oliver Clark questions McCain There are not a lot of guys in America named Oliver. There are even less black guys in America named Oliver. So when one makes the news, I have to give him props. I tried to get in touch via Facebook with Oliver Clark, the man who McCain said ...read more
Burn!
This is me versus my best friend in Madden. I'm the 'Skins, of course. EA SPORTS World: Madden 09 Video Highlight ...read more
OW.com In Vacation Mode
I'm on vacation right now which is why updates are not as regular as usual. I'm not going anywhere exciting like Hawaii, but I'll be in the real world for a while. ...read more
What We Do In The Willis House When Its This Hot Outside
[Homer] Mmmmmmm.... air conditioning.... [/Homer] ...read more
It Is 8:37pm EST And It Is 90 Degrees Outside
Now I remember why I hate the crap out of summer. ...read more
100 Meters Record Broken By Jamaican
For some reason, Jamaica is really good at track and field. The Reebok Grand Prix meet took place at Randalls Island on Saturday night, but it was a home crowd for Jamaica’s newest sprint star at 100 meters, Usain Bolt. And the 6,490 fans were greeted with a stunning ...read more
We're Going To Denver!
Denver Broncos Cheerleaders are in Denver. Hmmm. And by we, I mean me. OliverWillis.com is one of the blogs officially credentialed to cover the Democratic convention in Denver. I've never been to a convention (a political convention, that is, I've *ahem* been to a comic book ...read more
The Destruction Of 1000 Connecticut Ave NW
I took this picture almost two weeks ago. I don't know much about construction, but I think it's amazing you can destroy then build a new building in a major city like this and not have the entire block fall over. Science! ...read more
Greensboro News & Record: Brand Democrat, Me, And Obama
Columnist Ed Cone explains in the Greensboro News & Record how I saved the Democratic party and created Barack Obama. Well, not exactly, but he has a good column on the GOP's "brand" woes and features me heavily. In 2004, blogger Oliver Willis launched a viral marketing campaign ...read more
Some Things I Think Are Overrated (In No Particular Order)
- Dan Marino - Fight Club (the book) - The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (the movies) - Dr. Strangelove - The 1960s - Maureen Dowd - Dane Cook ...read more
The First Term: Echoing John McCain, Oliver Willis Looks Back From 2013
RELATED: John McCain's First Term 2013. Wow, we're finally here. It feels like just yesterday it was 2008 and the world was so different from how it is now, in 2013. My, how things have changed! And strangely, everything changed for the better, especially for me. It's as if I ...read more
He Won't Sell Us Out To The Cylons (I Think)
I ran into commenter Gyuss Baaltar on the street on in DC today totally randomly. (Don't post any BSG spoilers. I'm in season 3 now.) ...read more
Dog Blogging: Walking With C.K.
There is something in this room that I want and I will have it. So help me Dog. Yes, yes, you have a new camera. Nice. Open the frakking door! Thats better. Bonus: This fire alarm is in the hallway outside my apartment, and I don't trust it. I don't think if there ...read more
NAA/ASNE : McCain/Obama
I'm planning on attending this event with McCain and Obama tomorrow (thanks to Mediabloggers). I'm probably more interesting in observing the press than the candidates at this point. I'll report on if there's any actual swooning for McCain. ...read more
Portrait Of A Weiner Dog In Red
Portrait Of A Weiner Dog In Red , originally uploaded by owillis . ...read more
My Initiation Into The New World Order
On Monday a guy who I couldn't see well in the dark in a car I didn't know called out to me in front of the Council On Foreign Relations building (the CFR is the nexus for many conspiracy theories) and shook my hand and told me he liked my blog. Clearly I am now a part of the ...read more
Annalise Tran, My Best Friend's Daughter
The kid is so farking cute. Four and 1/2 months old. ...read more
CK, The Weiner Dog Of Infinite Justice - 6/10/07
It's clear my dog is the most awesome dog in the world. With great power comes great responsibility. "You want anarchy!" "Throw it. Throw it. Throw it. Throw it. Come on. Throw it." "Yeah, thanks. I like it when you flash the camera right in my face like that. I like it a ...read more
Do Not Read This Blog Because I Am Black
I wrote this in response to this because it was well-intentioned but kind of annoying too. ...read more
Who Are You?
Some results of the recent blog reader survey here at OliverWillis.com. ...read more
How British Is My Name?
Very. Thomas was third with 5,921 names, with Joshua and Oliver rounding out the top five. #5. I don't think Oliver even cracks the top 500 here in the USA. ...read more
Celebrate Me
Myself and my family have an official month. A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America During June, we recognize Caribbean Americans and celebrate the many ways they contribute to our Nation. Generations of Caribbean Americans have helped shape the spirit ...read more
Blog Reader Survey
Please take the survey in case you haven't already, some really interesting trends. ...read more
The Woman Responsible For OliverWillis.com
This is my mom, Paulette. She is the best mother ever, times a million. For the love of God, turn of the computer and go tell your mom Happy Mother's Day! ...read more
Who Are You?
Please take my blog reader survey! Please take this reader survey so I and advertisers who want to line my pocket with money know who you are, plus it gives the world a better idea of who's reading what, etc. So take it, please. ...read more
Moment Of Personal Vanity
This is my Grandma (Pearl), who turned 80 on Monday. She is the most kickass Grandma ever. Yay for my Grandma! (She is close in age to Queen Elizabeth but nobody is required to curtsy, bow, or wear white ties in her presence) ...read more
New Frontiers In Dog Research
Why are the Italians ahead of us in this vitally important dog research? When dogs feel fundamentally positive about something or someone, their tails wag more to the right side of their rumps. When they have negative feelings, their tail wagging is biased to the left. A study ...read more
Talk Talk
Because I've always wanted a message board to mess with and have too much time on my hands, please join Washington Fix to talk politics (or whatever is tangentially related). ...read more