Dunbar Village Miscreants Get Life While A New Set Arrested For Setting A Teen On Fire

I was just reading the post at What About Our Daughters regarding the reaction of the family and supporters of those convicted in the Dunbar Village case as their sentences were issued. The relative youth of some of those criminals regarding getting a life-term is up for debate amongst some people. Even after the fact. [...]

Can I Say How Disgusted I Was By the Teen Sex Show On Oprah Today?

Look, I’m not a parent so perhaps this is all over my head, but I have a real problem with the way kids have been exposed to explicit sexualization at such a young age. Not that I may ever have any children. After the episode from a few days ago where some pampered and spoiled [...]

Tyra Did Her Own Show on Teen Dating Violence

Phew I didn’t have anything to record this with but it was more harrowing than the Oprah episode from last week. I see parallels in how there’s been a lot of social gains but other core basics have been ignored and a lot of social ills have emerged more virulent than ever. Apparently the [...]

Oprah Show On Dating Violence

Oprah’s Thursday episode she asked Tyra BanksĀ to be her co-host as they discussed dating violence amongst teens. Is it being petty to point out that with such a serious discussion someone really should have talked to Tyra about her how distracting her hair (too many blonde highlights with the wig) and makeup (she looked [...]

When Coloquialisms Run Amuck

I was having a conversation with a passerby while in a customer service line yesterday. We briefly spoke about the Inauguration and the weather in SF compared to DC. We separated and went about our business. As the woman left she turned back to say goodbye to me but what she said stopped me [...]