It’s unfortunate, given my experience with Coke Blak was quite pleasant. Other than being a tiny bit sweet for my taste, it was quite good.

Oh right, I forgot how Apple stopped selling MacBook Pros for months in early 2016 for no reason. They stopped on December 31st of 2015 and resumed in late 2016. Odd, that.

Honestly, I’d just keep an eye out for late 2015 to early 2016 15" MBPr for sale on Craigslist or refurbished, particularly those with maxed out CPU, RAM, and SSD. The new one’s barely faster and has the same battery life, plus its connectivity is too dongle-icious for my tastes.

I think a better title might be

I’ve watched the video clip in question. Van appears to be talking especially about optics, warning that Trump celebrating a Navy Seal and his widow would appear presidential to Americans who have been on the fence, the “let’s wait and see” people (idiots). He’s not saying that Trump was presidential, in fact he says…

I spent about 5 years living in a low-income area of St. Louis when I was a kid, one of the few white kids at the school. I don’t know that this somehow endowed me with some special insight, though. I’ve never experienced institutionalized racism or societal racial class discrimination.

...45 caper in chief.

Yeah, it occurred to me as I was writing my reply that I didn’t want to imply that Cube was unintelligent or not capable of representing himself as a black American, particularly given I’m some white guy and I have absolutely no business policing or providing an informed perspective on the issue of the black American…

Is Ice Cube the best choice for explaining why this isn’t 0kay for the millionth time? Certainly the man experienced the horrors of institutionalized racism and, once upon a time, was part of a cultural movement to bring awareness to white America about the black American experience. He has a voice and a legitimate…

Considering how easily that slipped out, and the innocuous comment that triggered his use, he uses the term in private enough for it to comfortably be part of his lexicon. His apology doesn’t mean anything if he’s using this term with any level of comfort or carelessness.

An upstanding parent would monitor the digital diet of their child or children. Even if this aggression is coming purely from media (and, honestly, I don’t think that’s likely based on available research of delinquent and violent behavior in children and young adults), parents can teach about the true nature of media…

So we’re giving this person the attention they want? On purpose? Okay, then.

This is likely the result of a long series of failures. Clearly this kid has learned that anger, aggression, and threats of violence are an appropriate way to solve problems, which suggests he’s been on the receiving end of that kind of lesson in his life (probably his dad). Clearly this kid has internalized a pretty…

If this bar really wanted to get in on this, they could do a solidarity night in which 10% of all profits will be donated to the legal fees of the alleged (who are we kidding) victims.

No school can discriminate.

This is why I find it so difficult to agree with people who argue that Jim Crow ended. Between the drug war and mass incarceration, and instances like this, while things are better now we’re still seeing most of the major markers of what made Jim Crow what it was. We have laws on the books which clearly target…

If the teachers and administration are concerned with eliminating harmful distractions, perhaps they can begin by addressing the teachers and administration who obsess over hair instead of obsessing over academics. I would imagine being hassled by my teacher and being sent to the vice principle’s office over nothing…

1) Movies make for crappy first dates. No talking, no seeing each other, and assholes talking and on their phones. Why not take a one-night cooking class that requires teamwork and results in good food to eat while chatting? Why not go to a museum or art show where you can whisper about how that painting reminds you…

Pantatonix uses parallel fifths and octaves in four and five part writing. Maybe that’s why he’s leaving? I’d leave over that.

This is very simple: if you say “All lives matter” you either don’t understand the message of BLM or you’re purposely trying to misrepresent it. There’s no third option. Based on the comments, Chilli is the former and needs to educate herself before feeling she’s entitled to share an informed take on this complex set…