I agree with everything in this article except for the repeated use of “secure the bag.”

If you had a bad day at work, and want to vent, I’m listening. But if you consistently have bad days at work, we’re loading up LinkedIn and creating solutions. It’s not healthy for you to hate whatever you’re upset about, or to be honest, enjoyable for me to listen to it.

I’m trying to think of a gumbo-related analogy to describe how well this was written, but it is evading me. Also, seems disrespectful to the New Orleans Saints to do that on this topic. But yes, to all of it. As an advertising professional, it is tough to forego the commercials, but I’ll do so in honor of Colin…

“I’m not quite sure if the popular sitcom trope of the meathead man and his patient and smarter (and much younger) wife existed first or if that was already such a prevalent thought that the trope just reflected it.”

Even though I save some of my favorite shade for Panda Express, it’s likely part of some cognitive dissonance because I really love Panda. It’s my favorite guilty pleasure. But I know it’s bad for me, so I talk trash to justify my poor decisions. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

Laura Dern does love black men...

Last week only deepened my disdain for Kevin. Meh.

Where is Sandra Bullock?

This is definitely the worst thing I’ve listened to as a pregnant mom. But I can’t stop. It’s extremely interesting, infuriating, and heartbreaking all at the same time.

“I will say that its kinda heartening to see the full-throttle defence we got from Black America. We need to work better as a collective + i hope this was a wake up call for *some of my fellow Africans too who come to the States and fall for the “you’re not like THEM” respectability mess.”
 

Thank you for articulating that nagging feeling I had about those perfect immigrant stories but couldn’t quite put into words.

My parents never played and the spades games that my extended family engaged in were for grown-ups only. By the time I got to Howard, it was too late. I had missed my opportunity. If I had learned then, I’d be competing with folks who had played for years, and it wasn’t worth losing the little street cred I had by…

This is funny. It assumes that she’s never told him anything ever in their years of marriage that he just ignored. And we all know that’s not true.

Interesting take. But nah.

I sure did! Hey Bison fam! :)

“I thought I heard thunder outside, so I made those same grandchildren turn off all of the electricity as we sat in silence and prayed that the lightning wouldn’t come.*”

I can’t even appreciate being #1 on a list that has Hudson Tillerson as #4. I know I spelled that wrong. It hasn’t earned the right to be spelled correctly yet.