No, just got in a mess. Girlfriend graduating tomorrow and discussions on what assimilation, acculturation, reparations, and alladat really pushed any writing time out of the way, which I don’t mind. But I think I got some good posts for you all. In the meantime, riddle me this, Batpeople:
What is a friend?
Yeah, easy right? Right …
I repeat, what’s a friend to you?
jose, who’s keeping it reeaaalllly simple tonight :-)
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My name is Jose Luis Vilson, teacher, writer, public speaker, activist, Syracuse University and City College grad, poet, hip-hop enthusiast, and (certainly not least) father. I've been featured at CNN, Huffington Post, Education Week, Scholastic, TEDx, and GOOD Magazine. For more, click here.
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Some know me as Jose. Others as Mr. V. Educator, writer, activist, and father. Here I'll be posting thoughts in all those voices. 
Jose Vilson said: @TrojanPhysics yes. Double yes.This happened about 6 hours agoJose Vilson said: @BeChicMag @somedayactress that was pretty much my reaction just now ...This happened about 7 hours agoJose Vilson said: @phillipcantor @Lula_K exactly Phil.This happened about 8 hours agoJose Vilson said: @marydpadilla that is pretty cool.This happened about 8 hours agoJose Vilson said: RT @joegerstandt: Rt @thinkprogress White people stopped by New York Police are more likely to have guns or drugs than minorities http://t.co/nH89TuF8rNThis happened about 9 hours agoThe Jose Vilson, A Thesis Production.
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questions me when I need it, doesn’t when I don’t.
and vice versa
A quick and dirty definition — to me it is somebody who I have known for a decent amount of time, with whom I share interests of some sort, whose patterns of behavior I can make sense of and rely on (even if I can’t rely directly on the person), and who I can be reasonably sure isn’t working directly against my interests. That’s loose but if someone fits those I’d consider them a friend.