The two weapons aren’t holstered on the same side of the hip for that reason. They don’t use the same firing safety mechanisms either. She ‘confused’ them the same way someone might confuse Michael Jordan for Gilbert Gottfried.

Defense called for a mistrial on the grounds that all the testimony was making their client look guilty.

Yes! My god, that traumatized me so much, since both my parents were chain smokers. I thought the house would go up in flames 50 times a day 

It’s because schools used to show a Disney movie about fire prevention that ended with the family dead, and their dog wandering among the ashes looking for them. It was deeply traumatizing! I  am paranoid about even leaving my crockpot or Instant Pot on when I leave, even though I know it’s completely safe

Cosign, mostly. In my grandma and mother’s houses turning on the stove light shows that the house is Orderly with respectable, God-fearing, good-living folk living there and the evidence is the cleanliness of the kitchen (& house) that the light showcases. Which means it ain’t the partying, cussing, drinking and being…

I really don’t think these two actually love each other LIKE THAT. I think they have love for each other, but I’m just not convinced that their romantic connection is as strong as they want it to be. Like, I think they love each other as friends and for filling the gap in that space of their lives at this point but…

*There not their. I’m posting under the influence as I celebrate the McMichael verdict.

He’s not going to get any better. People just need to accept it. This is who he is now. He’s Dennis Miller.

Also, don’t lie to kids. It builds distrust about important things that lasts for a long time. IN ADVANCE: Tell them the truth matter-of-factly, Explain in detail the why’s and how’s and Play-Practice in with real-life pain they’ve already felt (remember when your finger got caught in the door or you fell, it’ll hurt…

One of my favorite scenes is when Aunt Vi cast Nova out of the family. She deserved it.

I hope that lawyer enjoys her stay in the 9th circle of hell. R.Kelly deserves no quarter.

The problem with innocent people is that they tend to not have as much money

I wont even bother getting on my Toni Morrison soapbox today.

THANK YOU. This kid knew exactly how to play his little bigot of a mother just to get out of reading a book, and made her a national laughing stock for at least half the country. 

Isn’t it more that Blake was about to get a bad grade in his future securing AP English class because he didn’t even finish the assigned reading, so his mother went full Karen, blaming the book, the school and everything in this Black excellence blessed world but her insufficiently scholarly offspring? Is that not the…

Sure, they want to ban Beloved. I wonder if Huckleberry Finn is still on that reading list?

I did, indeed own some Platinum FUBU women’s wear pieces. I wish I had kept them b/c I feel like I could make a cute coin selling them online nowadays.

this is one of those “you the real MVP” type comments.

If you go to the Target website they have the 13.5oz bottle for $5.29. If you have a Target Red Card (you can link it to your debit card if you don’t want the credit card version) you can have it shipped for free and you get another 5% off. 

It’s a telenovela in which all the main characters are English speaking Black people and I’m all for it.