“We shouldn’t have started something we didn’t want to finish”

Dak has a strong, Eastern Massachusetts accent. Sort of like Boston+. I only mention that because it adds a bit of flavor to some of her funnier remarks. We’ve been talking a little, here and there, about some of my obsessions, and she asks questions about Massachusetts’ place in American slavery. This morning we were…

Reason 1 to do this thing

Reason 1 to do this thing: Tolanda Elizabeth. I really miss that African Queen. She was the absolute best. She told me I couldn’t just talk to everyone in the hood so she took me downtown to the shelter where a woman had just been tased to death in front of a huge crowd and…

I mangled Batmish’s binocular case for my own selfish ends

That’s just how I am and I think you should know that about me My feet look hilarious in this. So, you’re welcome. When you came out of the bar yesterday and I was doing an extra-loud, extra-energetic: I love you I hate you I’m on the fence it all depends whether I’m up I’m…

“Yesterday he killed her”

In 2014 an Ohio judge punched his then-wife 20 times and slammed her head against the dashboard of his car five times, breaking her orbital bone in front of their children. He served only 9 months and was subsequently hired by the Mayor of Cleveland. Yesterday he killed her. twitter.com/ohjuliatweets/status/1064253045834436614