Wait, what?

Was driving with my grandmother and in broken English she says “no eyes… no nose… no face. Don’t trust.” To which I looked around wildly in search of this omen of ill portend.

Me, on the welcome desk in the library: Good morning, how are you today?

The Library!

me hanging out with black people in the summer: “aye, yall don’t forget to put on sunscreen”

@flipflibberinflippinghell

“While incidence of melanoma is higher in the Caucasian population, a July 2016 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed it is more deadly in people of color. African American patients were most likely to be diagnosed with melanoma in its later stages than any other group in the study, and they also had the worst prognosis and the lowest overall survival rate.”

Zinc (and other minerals - titanium - but it’s usually zinc) is what’s used in most sunscreens and it’s what tends to make dark skin look ashy. Look for chemical barrier sunscreens! They’re expensive but they do a really good job without changing the color of your skin.

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

This too shall pass...

KICK THE CAN!

This is the Cleansing Post.