I went to bed early last night. The dentist sucker punched my ass and had me in la-la land earlier than usual.

But I woke up this morning to 2 sad stories.

First S.ean T.aylor passed away after being shot in his home. You don’t have to be a R.edskins fan or a fan of football. Just know that another black man died due to a senseless act of violence. 24 years old. Fiancee and 18 month old daughter in the home at the time of the invasion. There are so many pieces to this story that don’t make sense but I’m not in law nor am I in law enforcement for me to speculate or comment on the details. But home invasion? They do this while he’s sleeping. At home. Isn’t home supposed to be the safest place for you? Other athletes have been victims of home invasions, tied up while the intruders take what they can. And these are just the people we hear about. There are tons of other home invasions that don’t make the news. (SIDE NOTE: So here’s a guy S.ean T.aylor that dies and yet some news programs on TV and news websites have the most …….unappealing picture of the dude….that’s the best word I could use to describe it. He’s cleaned up, nice cut all neat but yet these media outlets found him without a shave, unruly afro, hair locked up….I mean c’mon). My neighbor is a military person. He has a gun and from the psyche of this dude, he will not hesitate to let’em fly if someone comes in his house. But does that mean we all have to go out and exercise our constitutional right to bear arms?

Granted these types of crimes can happen at any time but it’s holiday season now so please be careful.

Story #2 – Look at this graphic

*photo courtesy of The Washington Post

On the real, please protect yourself. Those statistics are no joke and that’s just in the District of Columbia. Ladies, don’t fall for the “I don’t like the way condoms feel” excuse. Fellas, don’t fall for the “I’m on the pill” excuse. The pill doesn’t protect against STDs. My co-worker said that she had a talk with her 11 year old daughter about oral sex. 11 years old?!?! Why? Because apparently one of the girl’s friends engaged in it at a party or whatever with a boy of same age WHILE THE PARENTS WERE HOME but downstairs. Wasn’t it just last week that two 8 year old boys were accused of raping an 11 year old girl? They just get younger and younger.