Dude. This totally happened to me in the middle of the best interview I’d ever had. Lunch was great, tech was great, rapport was great… then he asked about my last boss. ‘Unyielding pain in the butt’ is not how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Office humor is usually restricted from talking about race, religion, and politics. For some reason, I tend to have conversations and jokes on all three topics often. Hmmm, perhaps why the comic… just kidding. The real reason is still #100.
No lie, this one actually happened. Me and the gang were driving way out in East Texas when we saw a barbershop called Karl’s Kountry Kuts, with the K’s all nicely lined up. We did NOT stop in that town.
Living in Texas, it does often feel like anyone not born here is ‘naturalized’ after a few decades, and everyone else is a foreigner. I’ve live in the Lone Star State since I was seven, and albeit my accent isn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just because we’re all from the same Cradle of Life doesn’t mean we have to get along. I think it speaks to humanity’s need for inclusion that we constantly find people to call our own, then label those who don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I actually didn’t know this until I researched the specifics for this comic. It’s interesting to realize the migration patterns of our ancestors. Haitians are about as Hispanic as Spaniards. My family is a rather mixed bag of everything, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Triumvirate Returns! Back in The Hood, the neighbors began referring to John as The Captain due to his constant wearing of sea-faring gear and beautifully cropped beard. His love of Gordon’s Fish Sticks didn’t really help matters.
I’ve actually been in one of these conversations – where I’m talking about one thing, and it’s completely over the head and around the corner of my companion. …and yes, sometimes it’s just about jokes.
This one’s a salute to my neighbor Bill. He was glad I arrived, because I doubled the minority population in three blocks (he’s Jewish). But the source of the line happened when I was talking on the phone with a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This only actually happened to me once, and not in The Hood. But it is interesting to note the different reactions people have (both black and white) when a mixed couple arrives one at a time. Women tend to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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