I heard folks say the 2022 election was lackluster and boring, but I don’t agree. Candidates’ realistic chances of winning notwithstanding, I think we had a race with a huge amount of choice–maybe not in every ward, but certainly on the mayoral ballot. As my friend Lorraine put it, ...
From me to you, from my heart to yours, from my soul to yours, I send you these thoughts and messages enveloped in the aura of pure love. You have been a sweet person in my life. I have met the most beautiful girl in the world. I love you my sexy baby! For my darling, My l...
Janelle [James] is the opposite of weak. I watched her yoke a guy in New Orleans when we were down there for Essence Fest because he grabbed her arm, and I was like, "Oh, there's going to be a fight. Oh OK, I guess we're doing this." But she didn't go off. She didn't ...
Lunchtime in Seoul. A radio host comments on ways to beat the heat, one of which is to see a scary horror movie (for the chills). She says ghosts aren’t only found in abandoned houses wearing nightgowns, but may be among us in the everyday world… A group of office employees head...
She heartbreakingly cries out to Mom over and over, saying that she’s sorry, that she was wrong, that this isn’t how it was supposed to be. Mom listens from inside, her heart breaking as she holds herself back, wanting so much to let her in, but unable to. She says aloud to...
61. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe “If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut of...
Me: Are you insane? I have to climb up to it, it’s going to see me approaching, that should freak it out and then it might fly right at me. I’ll have a heart attack! Milton: Hit it with a broom! What is this about people wanting me to hit this poor creature with a broom...
and suddenly Hye-ran steps onstage with a mic. She admits that she must be evil because she doesn’t like seeing Ae-ra excited, but she doesn’t look one bit sorry about the fact that she’s just deliberately taken Ae-ra’s MC job. Heartbroken, Ae-ra pushes her confused father awa...