Alien Tea Shoppe

This unsettling story came to my attention today;   A Heroic World War II Nurse Is Finally Being Honored For Intentionally Giving STDs To Nazi Patients . I understand that WWII was a different time, that some things done were not considered taboo; in example the bombs on Japan as well as a story like this.  I also understand the adage, 'All is fair in love and war'.  Only I've never really agreed with either. One might call me a Nazi sympathizer; I wouldn't be surprised if they did, considering I've been called a Southern sympathizer (as in routing for ole Johnny Reb; the American Civil War.)  Really, I just like the facts, while also allowing for the grey area's that most certainly make up the life of the human race, which in both 'sympathizer' aspects, are, in fact, true and not mere human emotion playing make believe. And just as one can be referred to as a Nazi or Southern sympathizer, depending upon the group, one can also be called a Haulocost ...

There are two things lately that have made me do a lot of thinking.  A lot of thinking on societal issues as well as my own life.  Being in between; being nowhere.  Living two lives and yet neither completely. The first was an article published in Ebony magazine in March of 2012 by Joyce Clark Hicks entitled, Dear White Folks: Black People are Sensitive to Race , which is Hicks' written response to someone's questioning on why she is so sensitive to racial matters, which touches on her experiences as a black woman in a white world.   The other being the Tumblr, We Are Not Trayvon Martin , which are reader submitted reasons why they are not Trayvon Martin in order to distinguish the difference between race in this country and how we, as a society, have been trained to view Black vs White, in an effort to enlighten and put an end to the fear mongering. My parents starting their family early with a bunny who would become a giant. These are my pa...