I'm sad to see the news from "Charm City" this week. The triangulation of anger is just outrageous to someone like me watching it all on television. So cops mishandle a prisoner causing fatal harm to him. Then hundreds of people who didn't know him personally throw rocks, loot a liquor store, and burn down a CVS. That's like bombing a veterinary office when you don't like your tax bill. I know it's more multifaceted than that. But I do know that you can't say stop treating us like criminals or we will act like criminals! And it is immature to think that would work. "I'll hold my breadth until I get my way." It didn't work when we were two. And it doesn't work now as adults.
I saw a particularly aggravating snippet on Fox News (I know, I was channel surfing.) last night. A roving reporter was being shouted at by a man saying things like "They need to hear us!" So the reporter put the microphone to the rioter's mouth and said "What do you want to say?" The man said nothing for several seconds before stumbling out "I mean... I'm like...you know what I'm sayin'?"
NOTE TO SELF: When you are looting a liquor store because you are not being heard, you better have something to say when a national news source gives you the floor in a live feed. Or else you look kind of silly.
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Michelle Tomko's comedy is a fervent blend of tomboy sensibilities courtesy of the older brothers she grew up with in the Midwest and the barrage of perimenopausal chaos the East Coast world has heaped upon her. She pulls her humor from everyday observations and classic stories of family, travel, pets, and adversity. With razor-sharp crowd work and improvisational skills to the rock-solid timing of a veteran performer, Michelle’s act is not to be missed!