There are certain groups of people I tend not to ridicule if at all possible. Gays, people with disabilities and the mentally retarded are clusters that I tend to spare any derision. We’re not at the point where we can mock these groups without being bullied into a false apology by interest groups and in […]
As of this morning the teachers’ strike in the city of Chicago continues and there is only one group of people I feel an iota of sympathy for: the families affected by the strike, and more specifically that parents of the children whose children will be out of the classroom for a sixth day. As […]
There is an adage that says real life is stranger than fiction, and it is a rare treat to encounter someone who is stranger than real life itself. Honestly, I thought they stopped manufacturing women like Shri Bangcroft in the early 90’s. Encountering her was like someone handing me a device run on MS DOS […]
Beverly took in a deep breath and looked around at her newly cleaned surroundings. It had indeed been years since her house had felt and looked so sanitary. She ran her hand along the top of the white wooden ledge where she hung her badge, keys and purses. An image of her smiling face and […]
As a housekeeper, you never know what manner of mess is going to befall you when you enter a stranger’s house. However as time has gone on, I’ve come to anticipate what might greet me at a client’s home based on their name. If they’re Indian there will be human hair everywhere. If they’re White, […]
I’ve spent that last few days deep in thought, pondering over what point I should introduce you all to the Housekeeping saga. I finally made a decision this evening. To paraphrase Bilbo Baggins, the most adventurous of all Hobbits, it is best to begin the telling of all tales at the beginning. I work for […]
I remember how quickly I fell in love with the city of Atlanta. As a first time visitor in 1999, it was like no other place I’d ever seen or lived in before. There was so much glitz and glamor at every turn. When I stepped outside of the doors of my friend’s apartment, opulence […]
I’m always so excited when I get articles from Field Ruwe. His insight and observations are always timely and bring me back into focus. He is a true son of Africa, whose heart and mind is never far from the Continent. Am I gushing? Undoubtedly, and without shame. The man is an excellent writer and […]
Let’s just come out and be honest. When it comes to perception in America, Black women rate lowest on the totem pole. You’ll have to ask an expert or someone from another race as to why that is. For reasons still unknown to me, the general public seems to believe that they can disparage and […]
There is a disturbance in the Realm of Natural Hair. I can feel it coming, and I don’t like it. I don’t like it one little bit. I went natural many years ago for esoteric reasons, all centering around ‘love of self’ and ‘the way I was created by the Almighty God’. However, I’ve stayed […]
In the human breeding world, there are hierarchies within parenting. On a macro level there are: Perfect parents Parents who think they are perfect Parents who are just trying to keep their kids alive and breathing People who should have a gonadectomy at the earliest possible opportunity Within each of these sets exist a number […]
LMFAO penned and performed so sublime an ode to the subject of drunken disorderliness that it would be almost criminal to attempt to make it analogous to anything else. The song “Sorry for Party Rocking” is a testament to all that can go terribly wrong when one is overtaken by a substance that has the […]
He’s like the drunken frat boy that shows up in the auditorium while you’re in the midst of defending your senior thesis, spewing obscenities and waving his shriveled penis at the distinguished panel in mock contempt. He is the Evil Kool-Aid man of the Executive Branch. He bursts onto the national scene with verbal and […]
It’s 3:33pm and I’ve just woken from a lovely one and a half hour nap. The house is silent save for the hum of my ceiling fan and the tapping of my keys. With the advent of back-to-school my afternoons – at least in part – are lazy and I can spend them as I […]
One of the first stories I heard when I got off the cruise ship (the one opportunity I had to decompress these last 3 months) was about the tragic shooting in Colorado during a screening of the Dark Knight Rises. Watching the hourly updates on the event in the airport terminal and listening to them […]
I didn’t think I was going to make it through the summer, and yet by some miracle I survived. If the frequency of my posts is any indication of the amount of personal time I had available to me, you will see it was not very much. I think I posted 4 articles all summer. […]
“Dude. Chick Fil-a. What do you think?” “Awww, man! You were the first person I thought of when this whole thing went down. I know how you like to get down on some Chick Fil-a!” “Dude; you know it! I’m down for Chick Fil-a 24/7/365 and 366 on a leap year!” “It’s all bull sh*t. […]
This is one of those blogs that the lucid part of me is wondering what the negative repercussions will be following the moment I hit “post”. However, because the lucid part of me is overwhelmingly overshadowed by the ‘drugged up’ me, I don’t even have enough a command of my faculties to fathom or anticipate […]
Ever since I tried to broker a peace accord between two married friends of mine a few years ago, I have vowed to do one thing: To never get personally involved in anyone’s marriage ever again, even when solicited or invited. NEVER. I however never said that I would never indulge in public commentary – […]
…or should I say “shoe off”? Whatever the case may be – Parents! I want you to reach down to your right foot and take off your Stacey Adams, your Kelly & Katies, your China made chaley wote and raise it in the air in solidarity with me. Look at your child(ren) and say the […]
Before she was a BAWSE on 227, Marla Gibbs played Florence Johnston, George and Wezzie’s snarky housekeeper on The Jefferson’s. I knew George was a bit of a douche and not a nice guy over all, but as a child watching the show, I never quite understood what Florence’s deal was. Why was she so […]