Have you noticed?
With each passing day in the White House, more and more gray is popping up on the Presiden't head. His face and manner may appear cool, calm and collected. President Obama's head is telling a different story.
When he first got ...
Posted Friday, July 23rd 2010 at 12:43PM
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This past week, I was without my computer. A week with no Facebook, Yahoo, and every other web-based program known to man. My writing life was disrupted temporarily, but I was surprised. I reacted well.
I used the computer at the library. I couldn ...
Posted Monday, July 19th 2010 at 11:57AM
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Mel Gibson. Those two words just get on my nerves these days. If I see one more news report about him, his baby, and his ex-girlfriend. I can't stand his foul mouth, his violent streak, and his girlfriend's reaction or rather lack their of.
I l ...
Posted Friday, July 16th 2010 at 2:10PM
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Boy, are my kids playing the Summer Vacation ticket.
They sleep in late. Stay up late. I don't get to see TV and foods is disappearing faster than Houdini pulling a rabbit out of his hat. They are constantly reminding me that this is their summer ...
Posted Thursday, July 15th 2010 at 3:35PM
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I'm sorry, but the other day I heard a kid in my local library tell a patron that he had to go to his Summer Enrichment Math Program. The man was shocked and asked him your Summer what???? The young child said he goes from 9 a.m. to noon everyday so ...
Posted Thursday, July 15th 2010 at 3:24PM
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(QM's note: When student Bryan Garcia volunteered to write a story about his teachers at School # 16, he promised he would interview them and give me some tidbits about them that I wouldn't know. He didn't disappoint me. :) )
Mrs. Joan Cowles w ...
Posted Monday, July 12th 2010 at 3:28PM
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(QM"s Note: Rayquan Saulsbury hates to write and gave me such a hard time about this assignment. I told him if we wrote me just one paragraph, I would be happy. Here's what he came up with.)
Have you ever been to School #16 and met our princ ...
Posted Monday, July 12th 2010 at 12:36PM
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(QM's Note: Jahlasja McLarty submitted this article to me about The 19th Ward's Presbyeterian Nursing Home. She didn't realize that it wasn't a hotel for older citizens. Its residents are mostly people of color and the children visit it during Hallow ...
Posted Monday, July 12th 2010 at 12:29PM
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(QM's Note: Should kids wear uniforms or clothes to school? Fashionista-in-training Fphasieth Jimmeson, a student in Ms. Cowles and Shaw-Elliott's class, wanted to know what other peers thought. This was the story plus coupon that she wrote.)
C ...
Posted Thursday, July 8th 2010 at 12:17PM
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(QM's Note: Sashaline Smith turned in this letter to me about former President George Bush.)
George W. Bush was the forty-second and forty-third president of the United States. He made some bad and good decisions. Some people think that her was ...
Posted Thursday, July 8th 2010 at 12:03PM
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(QM's Note: Rohel Duncan's aunt is the owner of LJ's in Rochester, New York. He also was a student in my writing class at School # 16 with Mrs. Cowles and Mrs. Shaw Elliott. This was what he wanted to share with me about his family and himself. Enjoy ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2010 at 1:26PM
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(QM's Note: Yasir Riggins, a special needs student in my writing class at School #16 class submitted this letter as his writing sample to me. His interest and letter blew me away. This young man is smarter than everyone thought. He became one of my f ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2010 at 12:54PM
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If you're with someone who you suspect is having a heart attack, you need to take action quickly. What to do first?
Know the signs. Sure, chest pain is the most common symptom, but someone having a heart attack may also have pain in the arms, bac ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2010 at 12:42PM
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(QM's note: Another thing, I wanted to share. See how much you know.)
1) After a heart attack, to help your heart heal you should avoid exercise.
False: Cardiac rehabilitation, a medically supervised exercise program, helps you get your str ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2010 at 12:57PM
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I'm sitting in front of my air conditioner writing this blog. Man, it's hot. Weather men are predicting that at 5 p.m., it should reach a high of 93. We (the northeast, I'm three hours away from Canada, usually don't get these temperatures.) Anything ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2010 at 6:15PM
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One hundred years ago, yesterday, Jack Johnson defeated Janes M. Jeffries (one of a number of Great White Hopes) for the heavyweight championship of the world. Johnson's victory sparked race riots in 25 states. Geoffrey Ward's well-researched book is ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2010 at 6:12PM
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What are the best foods for you, if you are a diabetic?
Go easy! Keep your portions small.Avoid regular soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, and other sweetened drinks. Choose water and caloric-free drinks instead. Cut back on high calorie snack foods, ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2010 at 6:09PM
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(QM's Note: A friend sent me this. Thought I'd share this. Enjoy!)
For Every man’s edification:
In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question:
'What kind of man are you looking for?'
She sat quietly for a m ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 2:57PM
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Yesterday, I sent my teenage daughter to a summer church camp an hour a way from home. She had been bugging me about going to this camp for two years. She has a late birthday and has to be 13 to go. This year, she's going. This past week, I filled ou ...
Posted Monday, June 28th 2010 at 11:08AM
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If you haven't heard about or seen this movie....see it. "Just Wright" her new film also stars rapper Common, Phylicia Rashad, James Perkins, Jr (the chief from Grey's Anatomy) and has a fascinating cast. The movie takes place in New Jersey and Latif ...
Posted Monday, June 28th 2010 at 11:05AM
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This date June 25, 2010 marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. I know where I was when I got the news. I had just gotten out of the shower and my daughter brought the phone upstairs to me. My best friend, Sharon called and told me ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 10:33AM
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As I left for the library with my crew a few minutes ago, I saw a white and blue moving truck backing over my lawn and sighed. New neighbors were moving in and the girls and I looked at each other. What were we in for now?
For those who read this ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 9:39AM
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Madison checked her watch. It was one minute later from the last time she looked. It was six thirty-two; Jaymz was forty minutes late. I’ll give him five more minutes, she thought. Jaymz had called and begged her to meet him at Edwards. He said he ha ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 9:35AM
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My youngest daughter had her school's annual end-of-school outing to Seabreeze Amusement Park. It's a right of passage event for third, fourth and fifth graders. She has been waiting to do this for the last three months and constantly questioning me ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 1:26PM
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This morning, no 5 a.m. alarm clock went off. I didn't help anyone with homework. Didn't sign a permission slip. Had no heads to braid or curl. And didn't have to do a time check to make sure my little one caught the bus. The last day of school was T ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 1:24PM
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