Dammit!

Nope, I don't take it as your calling me "obscene", but your terming it "your society" is extremely silly, unless you're posting from North Korea or an alternative universe. Personally, I wouldn't plunk down $2500 for that particular orange suede purse, so by no stretch of imagination is it "mine", but I still…

"Obscene" in what context? That you can't afford it and someone else can? That you don't get to determine what people blow their money on so you'll insist on judging them instead? That the person who produces a unique object cannot put their own price on the product of their labors, because unless it's affordable…

Oh, forgiveness GRANTED!

Who is "King of European-Americans?" Is it Ted Cruz? He does have that "z" in his name (Ted Cru-Z?). Oh, shit - is it Robin Thicke? Brad Paisley? My God - Skrillex? It's gotta be Skrillex. He's VERY popular, says popular culture. Or Dane Cook? I know he's called himself king of something before. Just look at him. A…

A reeeeal cliffhanger for a minute there. I mean, black people say things like "rapper X is king of the blacks" all of the time so it was hard to tell. I just took a wild guess. A super. wild. guess.

Ah. But you have some kind of graduate degree in the study of Jay-Z's subjects, yes? Something that would lead you to believe you were in the prime position to make this designation - even in jest- as though it were warranted or made a lick of sense? And that those who question it just haven't gotten over themselves…

Oh, I absolutely know what you mean. Daft, problematic adherence to the notion of a monolith is something I've encountered before.

Uh ... He certainly isn't my king. Nor do I think my parents consider him their ... king. But, I also wouldn't base my assumptions on who black people have named their king (really, now) on what Jezebel, of all places, writes.

I ... wouldn't bother with this one. They don't seem to be equipped with much of a capacity for logic. Or much of an understanding of how socio-economics work. It will be a long haul, my friend.

I recently spent $35 on a purse. There are hundreds of thousands of people on the planet who could stretch a $35 food budget to feed a family of four for almost a month. Does that mean I have spent too much money on a bag?

Why are you making this an issue of poverty? Why would you assume that the person who bought this purse lived at or near the poverty level? Because she's black? Thats where the racial profiling comes in, congrats on missing the point.

I hope my black brothers and sisters will exercise an option we Irish found to be quite effective. We named it after the person we aimed it at. Boycott.

I'm wearing my Trixie Camp 2013 t-shirt this morning. That camp was the first one I'd been able to attend but it was fantastic. The woman who owns Julie Campbell's house let us tour the yard and take a million photos. She bought the property from Julie in the 70s without realizing at first from whom she was buying.…

Greenwich is a better book. Spookier AND more grounded at the same time!

Sometimes, second-hand bookshop owners will offer to notify you when they receive stuff that you're looking for, especially when books are part of a series. There's a shop like that in my neighbourhood, and the owners were very faithful about calling whenever they got a stash of (in our case) Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew…

I'm moving and just found my copy of the entire The Dark is Rising sequence in the basement of my mother's house. Out of all the wonderful books still buried down there, guess which ones I immediately set aside to re-read as soon as possible?

So, yes, girl power! Main character who's a woman. But honestly, what was with her taking of her space suit and revealing she was only wearing a tank top and short-shorts underneath? The "strong" woman main character still has to have at least one sexy outfit on in the movie, is what I got out of that.

Yes, thank you. As much as I was in awe of its artistry and technical difficulty, I just left feeling nauseous, uncomfortable and unfulfilled emotionally. So while everyone I know is talking about how great it was, I can't quite seem to use that word to describe it. It was really well done, but it left me feeling...…