The Melanated Nerd Says Check On Your Strong Friends

Don't think you know someone by the façade they present on social media. Check on your friends ask them to hard questions. How are you really doing? Are you OK? Wish them well give them encouragement even though they swipe away those things. And if you find that they really aren't doing well try to … Continue reading The Melanated Nerd Says Check On Your Strong Friends

TNFro Is Being Kind But Still Fussing, Eating, Editing my Sci-Fi Book Listeners, and Playing with my dog, Ethel Mertz Baxter

I  used to scoff at people making this statement. Maybe because of its simplicity or maybe because it sounded more like an admonishment that I was being everything but kind. But then when I started investigating it for myself that’s when I realized, that I was confusing politeness with kindness. Politeness is a fake superficial … Continue reading TNFro Is Being Kind But Still Fussing, Eating, Editing my Sci-Fi Book Listeners, and Playing with my dog, Ethel Mertz Baxter