It's an important question to contemplate if your plans for the New Year involve beginning a new relationship. So what's your answer? Would you? Or are you still contemplating the question?
Think about how you would answer it. All men would say th ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:58PM
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Just saw several on-line articles announcing Vivica Fox's engagement to a 27-year-old concert promoter. I'm calling out the Indy native. Her age was listed at 46; she's not. Normally, I don't care how old people are...in this case I do.
In an age, ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:56PM
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I'm punchy this morning. lol The headline sounds like a Geraldo Rivera show. I have had maybe three hours of sleep. I was up almost all night comforting my tween. She came in my room, broke my sleep by turning on the light, and slowly walked up my st ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 11:35AM
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Who watched the debut of OWN network on January 1st? That Oprah Winfrey is a smart business woman. The day after New Yea'rs Eve. While stations are running repeats and old movies, the Queen of Daytime kicked off the New Year in style.
Her network ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 11:30AM
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When you're sick, who does?
Right after the holidays, I got that horrible scratchy throat. The next day, I got a dry cough and had a low grade fever. I was out of medicine and needed some. So I went into mommy panic mode. I had my daughter call a ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 11:20AM
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Most of us know comedian Jay Real as the funny man, the host, or emcee of the LMAO (Laugh My A** Off) Comedy Showcase that celebrated its first anniversary in Rochester last month. For those unfamiliar with him, he is somebody to watch. At the tender ...
Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 4:28PM
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This past week, I have been enjoying the taste of the holiday season. A little too much. One my girlfriends is a master baker. My children were too little to remember. Years ago, Auntie Gwen used make one of her creations and I was a happy woman. Tha ...
Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 4:24PM
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Every year, people make promises to change something about their life. People say that this is the year they will lose weight, stop smoking, start a new exercise program or put off that long-awaited project. And ever year, that promise is broken.
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Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 1:25AM
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All I have to say is that last night's Kennedy Center Honors was memorable. The honorees included Oprah Winfrey, Bill T. Jones, country singer Merle Haggard, but the night belonged to ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. During a medley of songs, Mavis Staples ...
Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 1:22AM
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I can't imagine a world without them. However, it's slowly happening. Newspapers and magazines closed its doors this years. Thousands of writers lost jobs. Some still don't know what to do. Others are headed to the world of the Internet. Our attenti ...
Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 3:01PM
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When he was a little boy Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones) wanted to play the trumpet and be like trumpeter Miles Davis.I mean why not. He grew up next to Sara Vaughn. Instead of using words to make music; he used words to create a his own language.
He ...
Posted Sunday, December 19th 2010 at 5:18PM
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I won't be watching the Wizard of Oz with my daughters anytime soon. My yearly holiday watch was ruined last night. Now my daughters know this is my favorite movie. Last night they couldn't help, but see the cracks in the story. They enjoyed pointing ...
Posted Sunday, December 19th 2010 at 5:15PM
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was watching The Today Show yesterday and heard about the New York critic who gave a bad review to the show, The Nutcracker, because he thought the dancer in the show was too fat. She was on the show to respond back to his comments. I expected her to ...
Posted Tuesday, December 14th 2010 at 2:14PM
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Let it snow? My butt. I live in Upstate New York. In the past week, we have had nearly six feet of snow. Another foot is expected tonight. I used to like snow until I had to drive in it and shovel it. These days, I just drive. Someone else shovels th ...
Posted Tuesday, December 14th 2010 at 2:11PM
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Epiphany Events will kick-off the Black History Month celebration on Saturday, February 12 with a male-only reading discussion of Rhode Scholar and author Wes Moore's book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, from noon to 2 p.m., at Mood Makers ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 9:13PM
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(QM's Note:Thought I'd share this with you. Enjoy)
When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that e ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 7:59PM
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(QM's Note: A friend sent this to me about President Obama. Article was done by a Canadian author. Check it out and tell me what you think.)
There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied roun ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 7:03PM
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Thank God, my hometown is doing something about saggy pants. Particularly, one city school. If a male student is caught wearing sagging pants in school, they now issue what is called an "Urkel Alert." The student is sent down to the principals office ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 6:27PM
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(QM's Note: I wrote this poem in honor of World AIDS Day.)
Tony Johnson died today.
He had full blown AIDS
but wasn't gay
Tony, Jai and Anthony
were friends for years
The others never saw this coming
I watched them at the funeral--
Jai ...
Posted Saturday, December 4th 2010 at 1:31AM
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Tonight, I will be participating in a concert: Embrace Life: A Mosaic. The concert will celebrate that December 1st is World AIDS Day. It has been 10 years since my friend and fellow artist Thomas Warfield has been coordinating this concert. The even ...
Posted Wednesday, December 1st 2010 at 2:16PM
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I survived the Thanksgiving holiday. No Black Friday or Cyber Monday for me. My bed was a comfy refuge for me. I used the long holiday weekend to decorate our tree, finish X-mas cards, bake cookies, pull out festive decorations, clean my house, and p ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 1:23PM
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Or in my case, people. I'm really angry this morning. However, you couldn't tell. I'm not yelling or screaming. I'm definitely not sulking. But, I could be.
Last night, a member of another writing group sent out an e-mail. Lissa's e-mail basically ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 1:20PM
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(QM's Note: Great Ideas From Media Expert Pam Perry.)
1. Write down ideas for your book during a brainstorming session.
2. Choose a topic that you have passion about and have knowledge to share.
You need a topic that you can be committed ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 1:08PM
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QM's Note: Social Media Guru Pam Perry's advice is golden.)
1) Ministry Leaders and Lay People
Publishing a book presents a unique opportunity for ministry leaders and lay people in the church. Christianity depends heavily on education and tr ...
Posted Saturday, November 20th 2010 at 1:23PM
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I thought about this the other day. When did I realize that? It didn't happen overnight. Time is slipping away, though. It seems like just yesterday, l graduated college, found a job, and lived on my own for about 10 years. The first few years out; I ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 4:24PM
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