Moving Day Vignette


From the original article on January 19, 2008. Author: Chateau Heartiste.

I was woken up this morning by the sounds of movers hauling out my neighbor’s belongings. Lots of banging, scraping, and foot shuffling. I could tell the movers were black guys by their voices. Thanks to the miracle of walls that actually amplify outside sounds I was able to hear some of their conversation.

“White people’s furniture all look the same.”

A dog barked.

“And white people’s pets, too!”

I laughed because it’s true. Well, true of yuppie whites living in NW DC. I bet what they moved looked like this:


conspicuously displayed conde nast magazine sold separately.


answers to ‘Tinky Winky’.

Stereotypes... dey not pulled out kitteh’s ass.


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