Lawrence Ross
@alpha1906.bsky.social
The Most Famous Person You've Never Heard Of.
32 yr Husband. 26 yr Dad. 40 yr Alpha man. Life member for all.
Author: The Divine Nine & Blackballed
Metaphor Club Owner
ManU. Lakers. Cal, Lakers fanatic
32 yr Husband. 26 yr Dad. 40 yr Alpha man. Life member for all.
Author: The Divine Nine & Blackballed
Metaphor Club Owner
ManU. Lakers. Cal, Lakers fanatic
Do you have workshops and classes centered around any of these topics:
Hazing
Leadership development
DEI and identity work
Title IX and consent
Risk management
Brotherhood/sisterhood building
Financial literacy
Mental health and wellness
Then I want to talk to you! Email me: [email protected]
Hazing
Leadership development
DEI and identity work
Title IX and consent
Risk management
Brotherhood/sisterhood building
Financial literacy
Mental health and wellness
Then I want to talk to you! Email me: [email protected]
July 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Do you have workshops and classes centered around any of these topics:
Hazing
Leadership development
DEI and identity work
Title IX and consent
Risk management
Brotherhood/sisterhood building
Financial literacy
Mental health and wellness
Then I want to talk to you! Email me: [email protected]
Hazing
Leadership development
DEI and identity work
Title IX and consent
Risk management
Brotherhood/sisterhood building
Financial literacy
Mental health and wellness
Then I want to talk to you! Email me: [email protected]
Join themetaphorclub.com. We're building a community w/o racists, misogynists, homophobes, anti-intellectuals, and oligarch owners. $99/yr. Only join if you value community, selflessness, and relationships.
The Metaphor Club – The Human Social Media Platform
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June 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Join themetaphorclub.com. We're building a community w/o racists, misogynists, homophobes, anti-intellectuals, and oligarch owners. $99/yr. Only join if you value community, selflessness, and relationships.
How many of y'all would like to participate in a weekly Black trivia contest? Now, you'll have to sign up for TheMetaphorClub.com after our inaugural one, but for this one, I'd like to have a HUGE group of folks ready to go
The Metaphor Club – Write. Create. RelaxError
TheMetaphorClub.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How many of y'all would like to participate in a weekly Black trivia contest? Now, you'll have to sign up for TheMetaphorClub.com after our inaugural one, but for this one, I'd like to have a HUGE group of folks ready to go
If you’re tired of shallow convos and empty timelines, pull up to TheMetaphorClub.com.
✍🏽 Creatives
🎙️ Thinkers
💬 Builders
It’s $99/year. No fluff—just real folks doing real things.
Let’s build frfr.
#TheMetaphorClub #BlackJoy #CreateWithPurpose
✍🏽 Creatives
🎙️ Thinkers
💬 Builders
It’s $99/year. No fluff—just real folks doing real things.
Let’s build frfr.
#TheMetaphorClub #BlackJoy #CreateWithPurpose
The Metaphor Club – Write. Create. Relax
TheMetaphorClub.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If you’re tired of shallow convos and empty timelines, pull up to TheMetaphorClub.com.
✍🏽 Creatives
🎙️ Thinkers
💬 Builders
It’s $99/year. No fluff—just real folks doing real things.
Let’s build frfr.
#TheMetaphorClub #BlackJoy #CreateWithPurpose
✍🏽 Creatives
🎙️ Thinkers
💬 Builders
It’s $99/year. No fluff—just real folks doing real things.
Let’s build frfr.
#TheMetaphorClub #BlackJoy #CreateWithPurpose
We created a new platform based on our Metaphor Club. We're tired of the algorithms, and we're tired of being surrounded by anti-Black racists, misogynists, homophobes, and anti-intellectuals. $99 per year, and that helps us pay servers & keep those folks out. Want in? Email: [email protected]
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We created a new platform based on our Metaphor Club. We're tired of the algorithms, and we're tired of being surrounded by anti-Black racists, misogynists, homophobes, and anti-intellectuals. $99 per year, and that helps us pay servers & keep those folks out. Want in? Email: [email protected]
You have until 9:30am to join my So You Wanna Be An Author workshop. It starts at 10am, is two hours, and is $30. Email me: [email protected].
May 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You have until 9:30am to join my So You Wanna Be An Author workshop. It starts at 10am, is two hours, and is $30. Email me: [email protected].
If you've ever wanted to learn about the book process, from book idea to book shelf, then join my Zoom class, So You Wanna Be An Author?, this Saturday from 10am to noon. It's $30, and I've been giving it for over twenty years. Email me: [email protected]
May 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you've ever wanted to learn about the book process, from book idea to book shelf, then join my Zoom class, So You Wanna Be An Author?, this Saturday from 10am to noon. It's $30, and I've been giving it for over twenty years. Email me: [email protected]
When you saw this dude lick his lips in a '90s movie, you knew that he fucked everybody on that girl's trip...
April 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When you saw this dude lick his lips in a '90s movie, you knew that he fucked everybody on that girl's trip...
Had a great time seeing my sands for our 40th anniversary since we crossed at Cal. Our real anniversary is April 21st, but this was the closest date we could meet. Love 'em to death! #2, #3, and #6. #1 is out of the country, #2 out of town, and #5 RIP
April 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Had a great time seeing my sands for our 40th anniversary since we crossed at Cal. Our real anniversary is April 21st, but this was the closest date we could meet. Love 'em to death! #2, #3, and #6. #1 is out of the country, #2 out of town, and #5 RIP
I don't give a damn if Target renames their stores Martin Luther King department stores, I ain't shopping there, and Al Sharpton ain't my spokesperson.
April 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I don't give a damn if Target renames their stores Martin Luther King department stores, I ain't shopping there, and Al Sharpton ain't my spokesperson.
Over the past seven years, the Metaphor Club has done a bunch of Q&As with Black folks we've been proud to bring to the club:
April 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Over the past seven years, the Metaphor Club has done a bunch of Q&As with Black folks we've been proud to bring to the club:
Okay, y'all. I just got a request for my "So You Wanna Be An Author, Now What?" Zoom workshop. So I'm doing it this Sunday, March 30th, from noon to 3pm PT
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Okay, y'all. I just got a request for my "So You Wanna Be An Author, Now What?" Zoom workshop. So I'm doing it this Sunday, March 30th, from noon to 3pm PT
Awesome MetaREAD tonight. Big ups to Ugo Obioha from UTA for coming out and giving feedback to our writers. One of the strongest group in a minute, we were able to rock eight writers tonight with great acting. Thanks for coming out!!!
March 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Awesome MetaREAD tonight. Big ups to Ugo Obioha from UTA for coming out and giving feedback to our writers. One of the strongest group in a minute, we were able to rock eight writers tonight with great acting. Thanks for coming out!!!
My LA writers, remember to come and listen to six writers and their scripts during our cold table read. We'd love for you to offer feedback.
The Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw Blvd, Leimert Park
The Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw Blvd, Leimert Park
March 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My LA writers, remember to come and listen to six writers and their scripts during our cold table read. We'd love for you to offer feedback.
The Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw Blvd, Leimert Park
The Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw Blvd, Leimert Park
Since the Metaphor Club opened in 2018, we've held a monthly cold table read for screenwriters, particularly Black screenwriters. We believe in the value of a writer's community. If you'd like to give feedback on Tuesday, come! Free!
Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw, Leimert Park
Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw, Leimert Park
March 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Since the Metaphor Club opened in 2018, we've held a monthly cold table read for screenwriters, particularly Black screenwriters. We believe in the value of a writer's community. If you'd like to give feedback on Tuesday, come! Free!
Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw, Leimert Park
Metaphor Club: 4333 Crenshaw, Leimert Park
Well, well, well...The Good Guys with another win. That's six in a row, and we're tied for second. And that's with Rui and Reaves out.
LeBron and Luka...Feeling good...
LeBron and Luka...Feeling good...
March 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Well, well, well...The Good Guys with another win. That's six in a row, and we're tied for second. And that's with Rui and Reaves out.
LeBron and Luka...Feeling good...
LeBron and Luka...Feeling good...
In April, The Metaphor Club is considering hosting an overnight, Friday night to Saturday morning "Get It On The Page" event from 7 pm to 7 am. Two rooms, one social, one non-social (meaning, no talking, just tables and chairs).
March 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In April, The Metaphor Club is considering hosting an overnight, Friday night to Saturday morning "Get It On The Page" event from 7 pm to 7 am. Two rooms, one social, one non-social (meaning, no talking, just tables and chairs).
February 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Metaphor Club will host its monthly MetaREAD cold table read on Feb. 11th from 7 to 10 p.m. You will bring the first ten pages of your script, which the actors will read. We will then give feedback.
If you'd like your page read, email me: [email protected] with the WRITER in subject
If you'd like your page read, email me: [email protected] with the WRITER in subject
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Metaphor Club will host its monthly MetaREAD cold table read on Feb. 11th from 7 to 10 p.m. You will bring the first ten pages of your script, which the actors will read. We will then give feedback.
If you'd like your page read, email me: [email protected] with the WRITER in subject
If you'd like your page read, email me: [email protected] with the WRITER in subject
Now that we're in Jim Crow 2.0, Black people are supporting Black businesses. That's great. As one of The Metaphor Club's partners since 2018, I would like to give you tips.
February 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Now that we're in Jim Crow 2.0, Black people are supporting Black businesses. That's great. As one of The Metaphor Club's partners since 2018, I would like to give you tips.
Trump's new conference isn't surprising. DEI is just another version of 'blame the nigger'. Because as Baldwin said, white people invented the idea of the nigger as a cudgel. DEI/DEI Hire is just the latest. Welfare queen, Affirmative Action hire, were all the same.
January 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Trump's new conference isn't surprising. DEI is just another version of 'blame the nigger'. Because as Baldwin said, white people invented the idea of the nigger as a cudgel. DEI/DEI Hire is just the latest. Welfare queen, Affirmative Action hire, were all the same.
Something is depressing about watching the structural gains of the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and the Civil Rights movement get gleefully eviscerated by oligarchical billionaires while being cheered on by people who think they'll benefit from their community being poorer,
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something is depressing about watching the structural gains of the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and the Civil Rights movement get gleefully eviscerated by oligarchical billionaires while being cheered on by people who think they'll benefit from their community being poorer,
Last chance to sign up for my Advanced Storytelling class at the Metaphor Club in Leimert Park.
It's a twelve-week course that begins this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Although you won't write your novel in my class, you will learn all the components and foundations needed to do so.
It's a twelve-week course that begins this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Although you won't write your novel in my class, you will learn all the components and foundations needed to do so.
January 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last chance to sign up for my Advanced Storytelling class at the Metaphor Club in Leimert Park.
It's a twelve-week course that begins this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Although you won't write your novel in my class, you will learn all the components and foundations needed to do so.
It's a twelve-week course that begins this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Although you won't write your novel in my class, you will learn all the components and foundations needed to do so.
SoCal nonprofits and small businesses: Do you have less than ten members and need a space to meet and work? If so, The Metaphor Club has a deal for you: contact me contact@themetaphorclub.
December 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
SoCal nonprofits and small businesses: Do you have less than ten members and need a space to meet and work? If so, The Metaphor Club has a deal for you: contact me contact@themetaphorclub.
If you want to take my Advanced Storytelling course, this is your last chance to enroll. It's $1500 for the twelve weeks, and we meet at the Metaphor Club once a week from 7 pm to 10 pm. We start mid-January (day of the week TBD)
December 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
If you want to take my Advanced Storytelling course, this is your last chance to enroll. It's $1500 for the twelve weeks, and we meet at the Metaphor Club once a week from 7 pm to 10 pm. We start mid-January (day of the week TBD)