"What utilitarian personal items to you have at your office/desk?"
I always have:
travel steamer one pair of black loafers in case I forget my shoes (it's happened) umbrella lotion chapstick hairbrush Tide pen Steak knife dining multi-tool Damali gave me in last year's Secret Santa
8. "Always within reach.Don't tuck into a drawer at all. I let it shine as a" In response to Reply # 7 Wed Dec-17-14 09:59 AM by FLUIDJ
beacon of Blackness. Solidarity. Not a lot of brothers come through the office in my line of work.... But on the rare occasion that they do, and i'm not at my desk, I want them to feel a sense of comfort that there's Blackness amiss here....
6. "There's something to be said about still having somethingtheycan't co-op..." In response to Reply # 5 Wed Dec-17-14 09:56 AM by FLUIDJ
no amount of wiki, culture vulturing, assimilation, studying, etc. will ever lead to the intimate understanding and connection and importance of this meager staple of the Black collective diaspora.
23. "WHOA I thought that was just me" In response to Reply # 14
>when I talk to people. > > >********** >"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then >they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson > >http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
25. "I check my face before any major face to face convo, mostly for" In response to Reply # 23
dry skin.
When it was high school I was deathly afraid of talking to someone with a booger in my nose. Kept a mirror in my pocket for the exact purpose of checking for boogers.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
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