watching some people react to having a black president has been mind blowing for me— people have been melting down and losing their minds for 6 years and to see that a journalist can actually say that the president of this country shouldn't be eating at a restaurant where their bill is more than the take home pay of a…

Could be lighting. Could also be the time of year when they took the pic. I'm black and my skin tone changes CONSIDERABLY if you have a pic of me taken in August after a long sunny spring and summer and compare it to one taken in February.

I wonder also, how many drivers service this area regularly. I went to school in this town for a couple of years and I imagine that an uber driver would be coming out from at least the outskirts of Philly to pick this person up—-that they were not from the West Chester area so from the driver's side of it, the amount…

I do NOT understand agreeing to surge pricing. I lived in West Chester for a couple of years and it really would have been easy enough to call a cab company and wait for the cab to come and pay about 15 dollars tops. Of course, you'd have to wait a half hour or so for the cab—- because it is West Chester afterall, so…

I don't think the ethnic background of the person makes a difference. I'm a part of a minority group and if I used language that others thought touched into a stereotype, I wouldn't take the 'well I'm X so you are wrong to be offended' road.

I'm grudgingly getting into sweater dresses again —— but why oh why is fashion looking back to 1985-87???? That wasn't a cute time.

so it is a problem to being up a stereotype when we run into it? I've only ever heard "sweepy" as baby talk for sleepy. If others commonly use "sreepy" I'm just not familiar with that. I am happy to learn something new. I am however familiar with the l/r stereotype and when I run into stereotypical situations, I…

seriously. The 'Asians can't pronounce the l sound' joke is sickening. Not funny. I clicked to read to give the benefit of the doubt that Mariah made the joke—- but it looks like the person who wrote the title did?

Betty dodson. Have you tried reading her books or her blog?

SEPTA subway cars are a bit cleaner than other cities because it is sort of a mini-subway that doesn't go to many places.

This is Beeps! She's nearly 17 and came to me 14 years ago as a stray who ended up on one of my coworkers doorsteps. It's just occurred to me over the last year or so that she is a senior kitteh and these are her golden years—- so she does this a lot.

You just find the best things, Burt! What a lucky and beautiful dog.

I was sort of spoiled by going to an undergrad institution (and a state school at that!) with a really strong woman's center that was also connected with the county women's center AND provided their counseling services and hotlines to any women from the community — supporting survivors who had been abused at any point…

I actually didn't know who piven was before I watched Selfridges, so for friends who liked Entourage (?) they weren't feeling mr. Selfridge, but I enjoyed it. Season two was MUCH better than season one and they are a bit stuck plot wise because they have to follow a real guy's very crazy life. Season 3 starts in a few…

She's in the christmas episode trailer, in a group servant scene celebrating xmas upstairs —so whatever may or may not happen in the first 6 episodes(i know but won't say), Jullian Fellowes managed to put her back into it for the end of the season.

Poitier and belafonte were amazingly active in the civil rights movement in ways that could have damaged their careers. I know the belafonte marched in a number of protests (Poitier probably did too)

You laugh, but I've wanted a corded phone that actually SOUNDS GOOD for ages and I just didn't know if they still existed. Every cordless house phone we've had over the last ten years has sounded like junk, even though they were (what used to be) good brands like AT+T and Panasonic. So if I can buy a corded, no frills…

Finally. A woman's college is the last one to show him the door because of the money involved, sad bit at least they finally made the right decision.

Haha! YES I don't know why I wasted $ on that stuff, or what was actually in it? But boy, I was hot when I finally noticed what it was doing to my hair!

Yup! I just deleted my Facebook last week after being off of it and deactivated since last April. I am in a bit of a social black hole because of the decision, but I'm SO much happier in my day to day without it. FB was great when I first started with it and had a handful of very close friends as friends, but my…