I’m going to attempt to put a week’s worth of thoughts into 1500 words or less. Bear with me. Oh yes, and before we begin #NotAllMen and #NotAllWomen. Some of you people are Cinderella’s step sister, forcing your foot into the proverbial slipper of my observations that was not intended for you… I hate a […]
“I wish I had been better prepared for this moment.” “You are the descendant of a mighty people…of kings and queens. Their blood flows through your veins and they have prepared you for this moment.” -Paraphrased conversation between Coretta Scott King and Amelia Boynton Robinson in the movie Selma A few friends and I […]
It’s pretty hard not to be in the know where Mo’Ne Davis is concerned. Even if you were previously unfamiliar with her name, you certainly heard of her story. She is that (now) 13 year old girl who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and is the first girl to earn a win […]
MOOOOM Squaaaaad! Happy Monday to one and all. There’s so much that I want to talk about today that I can’t decide which topic to tackle first. And since I only have an hour left until I have to pick up the kids, this was definitely easiest on the to do list. What is “this”? […]
Dear Ancestors and Sweet Baby Jesus: Whatever I have done to offend you, I repent for it! Okay! I yield. I give up! Ah. Warrenthis? Oh. You want to know what has me so agitated, eh? The title should have served as a clue. I am overwhelmed and confused as to why I cannot secure […]
Did you know that today was the International Day of Happiness? No really. It’s an actual, real thing. Here is a blurb on www.dayofhappiness.net on why the day was created and sanctioned: After years of happiness research, one thing has proved fundamental – the importance of our connections with other people. But modern societies are […]
The worlds of high fashion and pop culture were set ablaze this week when Dolce & Gabbana were asked how they felt about homosexuality, family values and procreation. These are the quotes that were attributed to them: “We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one,” Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce recently […]
It has been pretty well established that if Jesus Christ were alive today, nobody would like or follow that dude. Republicans would be so averse to his teaching that they would have denounced him as a Middle Eastern radical socialist whose only purpose is to serve as drone fodder – but that’s only if he […]
Interracial dating and marriage can be a very tricky thing, depending on your geographic location. My sister went to California a few years ago with her Black American boyfriend and came back to report that they were the oddest couple in whatever city she was in. (I forget.) NO ONE was dating anyone of the […]