Getting Out

Thanks for the guest post by Kristofer Bartlett

My family is really big on getting out and about in fall and it’s our busiest time of the year because all three of my boys play football. Two are in high school and one’s still in middle school, though, so that means I’m constantly shuttling between the practices and trying to make it to every game. My husband’s really big on college football so this year we got a satellite tv family plan and he and the boys are going to spend every Saturday and Sunday hunkered down in front of the TV, I’m sure. I don’t really mind it though since their friends from football come over and at least I know where everyone is. I like to know they’re safe and happy and when they’re at my house they’re definitely never going hungry, I can tell you that! It’s amazing what a group of growing, football playing boys can eat in one sitting – I should ask everyone to contribute $20 when they come over from now on!

You Have To Be White To Knock Down My Door

You are sitting in your living room watching tv and an add comes on showing a man knocking down the door of a usually helpless woman. Sometimes, she will have her child with her. This message is brought to you by Brinks which is now known as Broadview security. Now, there are many other adds on TV with the same theme but did you notice any thing strange about them? The bad guy in the add is always white! Wow, how can this be? Maybe, it is because the whole town is white. Maybe the security company does not know any black actors. Or maybe the company is not really living in our world where people vary in ethnicity good and bad. So just note this next time you are watching tv.