Gave a dad on the subway a look once, his toddler was eating a donut at 7am, seemed like a lazy breakfast choice, none of my business but I judged anyway.
Heard him on the phone a few stops later, talking to what sounded like a nurse, confirming an appointment time, mentioning the donut was the only thing that stayed down before infusions.
Kid had leukemia. The donut wasn't a lazy choice. It was the one food that gave him enough calories to survive a treatment that made everything else come back up.
Sat there the rest of my ride replaying the look I'd given him.
Try to remember that now anytime something looks careless from the outside. Usually just means I don't have the whole picture yet.
People forget that white people hid black people during slavery. People forget that white people bought slaves so families could be reunited. People forget that only like 2% of people owned slaves, and they were rich people. Not your everyday folks who work a 9-5. People forget that white people fought a whole war and lost their lives to end slavery.
Love Beyond Color
"Special editions were $100 back then too!"
Yeah, and they came with limited edition packaging, a fancy case, an art book, a fucking figurine, the soundtrack, a booklet signed by God himself, and a PHYSICAL DISC INSIDE.
🚨BREAKING: A Texas father who beat a man to death after finding him raping his 5-year-old daughter was not charged.
The father found Jesus Mora Flores sexually assaulting the little girl after a witness saw the man take her to a remote area. The father ran toward her screams, inflicted blows to the attacker’s head and neck, then called 911 saying the man was dying.
A medical exam confirmed the girl had been sexually assaulted. A grand jury declined to indict the father, finding he was legally allowed to use deadly force to protect his child. Prosecutors announced he would face no charges.
Tim Curry Dead: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Star Was 80
I did Congo and Mchale’s Navy with Tim. A bundle of talent. During Congo, Tim told me he got letters from small movie theaters thanking him for Rocky Horror - it kept their theaters alive. Sail on! https://t.co/14XqHiAzVb
RIP, Peter.
Our team teared up hearing you record as Thaedus the first time, and our eyes are misty again now.
You’ll ALWAYS have a coalition of fans in us.
Rest easy, friend.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was the best contribution to child literacy ever made by a celebrity. Our paths crossed once, in the 90s, backstage at a talk show, and I was completely tongue-tied and starstruck. RIP Dolly. You were a complete, irreplaceable one-off.