Have a Great Weekend.

Thank you for making your donation!

I was wondering if/hoping you would post about This is America! I still don’t have the right words for how it made me feel, but I felt like I was witnessing something historic.

I’m so impressed with Childish Gambino. He’s a rare trifecta of talent, creativity and intelligence.

THANK YOU for telling us about the National Bail Out– I just donated. Amazing organization and cause. #freeblackmammas

“This is America” is all I thought about this weekend. So powerful. Thank you for sharing. Also the bail-out link too. I’m so frustrated by the inequality in our prison systems, in our workplaces, and society in general, it feels productive to be able to do something.

For your reading pleasure: criminally accused benifit most when they have a good advocate! It can affect their bond requirements and the outcome of the whole case.
http://sdfla.blogspot.com/2018/05/prosecutorial-misconduct-especially.html?m=1

Thank you so much for posting things like “This is America.” It shouldn’t be a remarkable thing, right? But it so is. You are using your influence and likability (I mean, really, you’re so darn likeable!) to give voice to the voiceless, to be a force for justice and change, and it’s admirable. Thank you!

“Gift giving” feels like, here is something from me, maybe you’ll like me for it…What you’ve described is giving to someone in need. Which is a beautiful way to think and live. Certainly nothing unethical there, in my opinion. I think it’s beautiful.

I’ve been making purple mashed potatoes lately with those pretty blue taters. I add soy milk, a little greek yogurt, butter, salt & pepper and a bunch of green peas and sometimes some garlicky mushrooms. The purple and green color combo is really pleasing. Also, I’ve found that a dough blender is perfect for mashing potatoes. Cooking for one is an art!

Thank you for the note and donation – glad to learn about this issue and know a way to contribute.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making that donation and for paying attention to such serious social issues.

What’s with all the sudden links to the NYT? I don’t subscribe. Do most of your readers?

I love the idea of mashed potato for one, but was puzzled by the potato ricer utensil – I’d never heard of such a thing before. Why not just use a potato masher?

While sometimes bail puts an undue hardship on families during a trying time, sometimes (and, frankly, most of the time if everyone is being fair) it is necessary to ensure public safety and/or prevent the defendant from fleeing. Bonds are set after all actors take on many considerations, including harm to public safety, likelihood of fleeing, criminal history, etc. When a public defender or a criminal defense attorney thinks bond is unfair, they have every right to bring it up at any time (and do during bond hearings). I think it’s noble to take on this issue for Mother’s Day, but please don’t over generalize.

Thanks for drawing my attention to National Bail Out. What an excellent initiative. Thanks for donating and inspiring others (like me!) to donate too.

As a nurse sometimes those small gifts mean the world to the persons you provide care for! I had a person whose husbands birthday was a day she in the hospital. We got her a balloon and her husbands favorite candy bar for her to give him when we arrived to visit her that day. I think both of them were touched by the gesture! Such small things can mean the world to people.

This is America. So powerful and so important.
As a white mother of a white son I strive each day to provide my child him with the tools that will help him grow-up with a self awareness of what this has meant in America history. I recognize that it is so very important that I do more for him then just teach him to be a kind, thoughtful person; at a minimum, unconscious bias and white privilege must be part of the discussion as well. These are difficult conversations that must take place and I continue to be astonished at the lack of resources that are available at the primary school level – just teaching tolerance is not enough.

Donald Glover brought an afterparty into my basement once in 2011 and I was suuuuper grumpy that The Great Bambino was keeping me up before my night shift. I had an “A HA!” moment when Community came out.

“Over 60 percent of people in jail in the United States are being detained while they await trial. They’re not serving time as a punishment. They’ve been found guilty of no crime. Instead, in the majority of cases, money is the barrier to freedom… ”

Isn’t this like, a medieval business model? How it is still legal to do this?