Many years ago, I taught this kid in Elizabeth, New Jersey. I often stopped Derrick in the halls to tell him to keep his head up. Last year, I ran into him and I almost passed out to see him healthy and growing. Our story became my first children's book--PUB DAY TODAY.

He could read and write. Not sure where that came from…

Literally every album I came here to say--it's here.

yo, the comments here are amazing.

You did the fucking thing. Again.

Ex-Factor by Lauryn Hill.

The husband is talented. Hire him and he might roll up wearing hoochie shorts. Bonus!

both.

The Cosby Show. Cliff finally gets the doorbell right and it turns into jazz music. Cliff and Clair walk off set and into the studio audience who is giving a standing ovation.

Green Eyes. Erykah Badu.

when was the natural hair movement? either way. big chop in 1993. [!!!] I went back to creamy crack almost thirty years later, in 2019. I'm rocking perm indefinitely.

Is it weird that I don't know which one is me and which one is my husband?

Is it weird for not-actually-old Mandy Moore to act against actual older women?

I randomly heard That's What Friends Are For today. I was only 12 when it dropped. Today, Elton John's vocals hit different. He was singing-singing on that joint. Like, welcome-to-the-cookout-singing.

Don't Wake Me I'm Dreaming by Christopher Williams.

I had to give up Diet Coke a while back. I miss it. This picture had me feeling things.

you. dodging a bullet.

Jay-Z, Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life. I was walking to my job at The Source. I knew I wasn't gonna get a freebie copy cause I was too low on the masthead. 🙄

...that moment when you see a Tweet and immediately want to tag your husband. And then realize he wrote it.