Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:
@RickiTarr One of the greatest things America has ever given to the world is “Black” music. Davis, Coltrane, Parker, etc. are worshipped in France, Japan, and pretty much everywhere else in Earth. Where would we be without Redding, Simone, Pickett, or a hundred others. Give me a tiny break. Anyway, this will always be the most beautiful song ever for me.
Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola!
@RickiTarr So many novelty coffee cups at the second-hand store. Daughter and I, when she was maybe 4-5, cruised these stores one day to muster a “proper” tea set. What a hodgepodge haul we ended up with, and then we had a fine tea party that afternoon. She’s her own young woman and I’m an old man now, but those cups won’t be going back.
Truly and honestly, I have a great time here, because you all make it great. You boost, you reply, you encourage, and inspire! It is crazy to me that I get to talk to people from all over the world every day. I get to be friends with people I'll probably never actually get to physically meet. I was born into a pre-internet world, and this still feels a little like a miracle to me.
@unclepj@RickiTarr A friend of mine can’t watch early Sasha Baron Cohen for that reason. Too embarrassed for the people he made fools of. A different kind of reality TV.
I kind of miss when Bond movies were completely ridiculous. There would be some woman named Iva Wetpussy, and she'd not wear bottoms the whole movie with no explanation. But we need to make this more inclusive, so there also needs to be a man named Colin Allbutts that wears chaps the whole time, and an Ace named Ima Notinterested, who actually gets all the work done.
@RickiTarr Ima is an intriguing character possibility. They presents as attractive, gender mysterious, and witty, but just can’t be bothered with that other layer of “nonsense”. An ace icon.
What is a little white lie you were told as a child, that you believed for too long?
I was way too old when I figured out a human couldn't actually get sucked down a drain or flushed down a toliet. I used to cling to my little brothers, and pull them out of the bath any time my Mum would pull to plug.
@RickiTarr 1- we gave the dog to a family with a ranch, 2- if you turn the overhead light on in the car dad will be arrested, 3- if you swallow a watermelon seed you’ll get appendicitis and probably die, 4- your grandmother is not a violent sociopath who hates you because you’re half Asian, 5- …. You know, the usual stuff.
@Alice@LoganFive This is a sneaky angle on wage theft. Doing two jobs temporarily should get you double wages in a logical, rational, merit-based system. 😆 Anyway, now you have a broadly sought after component to your resume, I would think. Good money people are hard to find.
@RickiTarr Couple folks wearing me out to the boss, their legislators, our sup ct, whoever, about the lazy, stupid people working at a specific courthouse. I invited them to volunteer for a week just date stamping and filing stuff. After two days they gave up. Said they had no idea how the staff kept up and kept going with the insane workload. They apologized.
P.S. This is a place to discuss your own personal opinions about yourself and your choices, or ask earnest questions of others if they wish to answer. If you've come here to preach or degrade other's choices, that is a block from me.
@RickiTarr I am 100% sure I’ve retired from the game, and 85% happy with the decision. My mistakes have left me without faith in my own suitability for romance. Now that I’m on the sidelines, I’m so impressed with how much energy is spent on love and nookie. I just want to “sit here in this bank of sand, and watch the river flow,” as Joe Cocker said.
@purplepadma@hosford42@Itty53@RickiTarr All these sweet stories of hope and realized joy are really nice. I am grateful for them. Unpersuaded, but most grateful.
I legitimately don't understand pride in where you were born or where you live. You had nothing to do with it, and probably your parents didn't either, most people move for economic reasons. At best, I guess, it makes sports more interesting, and at worst, it leads to genocide. If some places seem better than others the reason is usually money, better infrastructure, better schools, which is a whole other rant. Nothing wrong with enjoying the place you are, but feeling superiority about it, is just cringe.