You’re here, lecturing people who most assuredly are not here, on how best to deploy there creative energies? Ok. 

Hominy is soaked in lye. 

A racist piece of shit? You are too charitable.

“Owed an apology” may be a predictable construction, but Kai’s use of the idiomatic/vernacular “owned” plays against that expectation. Her use of the definite article “the,” is an embedded cue; while not precluding the use of “owed,” it does tilt the syntax in favor of “owned.” The writer meant what she typed.

Sports in general: 84%. Football’s share is 65%.

Swarming honey bees are not aggressive. They are in transit, looking for a place to settle and build a new hive. While in transit, their primary concern is to form a mass around their queen, maintaining her body temperature and general safety. They are not worried about defending their hive, their young, or their…

I’m close with a big Puerto Rican family, and the thought they could have a party that wasn’t loud by WASP standards would raise a huge laugh. It’s a force of nature. (I can see it now, Norma yelling from one end of the table to her brother at the other end, “BUT I AM BEING QUIET! THIS IS QUIET! YOU’RE THE ONE…

Yeah, you have to be extra extra extra careful not to offend the good ones. Fragile, self aggrandizing, worse-than-useless dipshits that they are.

On the radio a few hours back they reported that a police bullet had struck a nearby house. Maybe someone will catch a charge for missing his/her victim, like Hankison, the weak link in Breonna Taylor’s hit squad.

Yeah, he comes across as a real font of credible introspection.  

I’m currently reading, “Occupied Territory,” by Simon Balto. It’s a history of policing in Chicago. Neither cheerful nor surprising. A good book. Among other things, Balto details the various reform efforts that have washed over the CPD in the past century, each one leaving the racist mandate of the organization intact…

It’s almost like living in a systemically unjust society can have negative ramifications for people who don’t deserve the shit that comes their way.

I thought that was country AND western...

He likely meant “slew.” It’s from the Irish “sluagh,” and means a lot.

Eewww.

Over forty people failed to treat you with the appreciation and respect you feel was your due? Great, I’ll go check it out.

Thinking is for commies. 

Oh please. Zombies? Pretty sure I don’t want to be part of your revolution, given your apparent stance on dancing. 

Well, you’ve at least convinced me that you are a duck. Great keyboard skills, considering. 

Over at The Guardian, Derecka Purnell has a few thoughts to share on all this: