Tales from the Hood
Life is full of surprises, and all I can do is roll with them.
Show Me (the Way Outta Here)
So this popped up in yesterday’s news. Sure, shitbirds like this infest every state in the Union. My Show Me homies don’t have a lock on white supremacy and regressive thinking. But there are Red states and Redder states, and I sometimes hesitate before telling new acquaintances I’m from Missouri. Or that my home town, […]
It Burns
May was nice. June too. But now it’s July and scenes like this are fading memories. We’re in a prolonged heat wave. They say people in Phoenix are being hospitalized with second-degree burns (third-degree in some cases, per CNN) after collapsing on 180°F sidewalks. If it’s happening in Phoenix, it’s happening in Tucson. Walking the […]
Saturday is a Rant Day
Journamalism these days!
Calvinball
More and more, I see the pronoun people, like some members of the LGBTQI community, as participants in a giant game of Calvinball, scrambling to keep up with changing rules and shifting goalposts.
Going Down the Rabbit Hole with Stepin Fetchit & Sleep ‘n’ Eat
Best had some shining moments in The Monster Walks. I could see there was more to him than a copycat Stepin Fetchit.
Note to Self
Stepstools and ladders and stairs, oh my.
You Want Change? We Got Change!
King Paul decrees adoption of the 13-month calendar, outlaws organized religion. Yeah, that’s the ticket!