You know I just don't remember school being so stressful when I was a kid. As a student, I went to classes, did my homework, studied for tests, hung out with friends, and was upset when I missed a day.
As a parent, I dread when one of my kids shov ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2010 at 9:26AM
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Don't know how many of you watched Saturday Night Live when Gabourey Sidibe hosted it? If you missed it, you mised something special. The girl was phenomenal. She sang, danced, and was just plain funny. (This actress can master accents like nobody's ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2010 at 9:06AM
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This week, my children are out of school for Spring Break. So this year, I decided to put a spin on it. If they can have a Spring Break, why can't I? I took it a step further. Since my cash funds are low, I decided I wouldn't spend my time being a wo ...
Posted Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 10:37AM
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(Queen's Note: April is National Poetry Month. Mood Makers Books, in Rochester, New York, hosted its ninth annual "Poetry on the Wall" contest and two of my poems were selected. "Goodbye, Springfield" was one of them. Thought I'd share this with you. ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2010 at 1:31PM
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(Queen's Note: April is National Poetry Month. Mood Makers Books in Rochester, New York hosted its ninth annual Poetry On The Wall contest. I entered this poem and it not only was selected, but it won the Poem of Honor Award. The exhibit will be up u ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2010 at 1:29PM
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A recent videotape performance of singer Whitney Houston is now circulating around media outlets. It's not pretty. It shows Whitney Houston struggling to sing her own songs. And her signature hits: "I Will Always Love You" and "The Greatest Love Of A ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 9:55AM
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A recent video tape performance of singer Whitney Houston is now circulating around media outlets. It's not pretty. It shows Whitney Houston struggling to sing her own songs. And her signature hits: "I Will Always Love You" and "The Greatest Love Of ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 9:54AM
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Last night, I felt like I lost a dear friend. After four years, the campy, but fun show, Ugly Betty came to an end. In case you missed it, Betty left Mode magazine and took a new job in London. Over the course of the show, I got to see her manner of ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 9:09AM
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I won't be buying this book, Oprah: A Biography. The author Kitty Kelley spent four years researching the book. First of all, Kitty Kelley is complaining because people like Larry King, Jay Leno, and David Letterman won't have her appear on any of th ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 9:28AM
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I can't believe the state of our schools. This past week, I've seen at least six stories on air about kids fighting in school. The most disturbing aspects of these stories? Four of the fights involved girls.
What happened to the days when kids we ...
Posted Friday, April 9th 2010 at 11:06AM
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On TV this a.m., I was stunned by something I saw. As the whole world knows golfer Tiger Woods cheated on his wife numerous times. He is going through therapy and trying to make his marriage work. Everyone (including me) has had something to say abou ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 12:05PM
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NBC Today Show contributor Tikki Barber is another casualty of the "intern" scandal. Apparently, the former NFL player had an affair for months with a 23-year-old blonde intern and left his eight-month pregnant wife, who is carrying twins, along with ...
Posted Wednesday, April 7th 2010 at 9:22AM
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Happy Belated Easter. How did you celebrate? My family and I attended service (my daughter played her trumpet), I bought an Easter lily to honor my maternal grandmother and then headed to my mom's for a family dinner. The weather was in the 70s (abou ...
Posted Tuesday, April 6th 2010 at 9:57AM
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I woke up this morning and remembered it was April Fool's Day. This morning, I was busy getting half-asleep children out the door. It was no laughing metter. They both were running late, but made their respective buses. I can't wait until they come h ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 11:43AM
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Imagine being an 18- or 19-year-old Black male athlete. You get drafted by one of these organizations to play for their team. You go from having no money to making millions of dollars. You start buying all types and kinds of material possessions. You ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 2:34PM
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Did you know the month of March is Women's History Month? Here we are: March 30th and I really haven't seen this month celebrated properly. Selected by the National Women's History Project in honor of their 30th anniversary, the national theme is "Wr ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 11:18AM
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There was a survey on NBC's Today Show. It seems that a growing number of single women (ages 40 and older) would rather be single than be in a bad relationship. This age group included divorced and widowed women. Why?
This trend is occuring for m ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 11:15AM
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I love my church. I enjoy going to worship. Unfortunately, the looks on other people's faces might tell a different story. Some members are so serious and even scowl. If Reverend Kenneth Q. James mixes humor with his sermons, most members laugh, but ...
Posted Wednesday, March 24th 2010 at 6:22AM
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President Barack Obama's Health Care Bill passed. His presidency depended on it. The Democrats accomplished something. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is gloating. Now what?
The President will sign the bill into law. Now the real sparks are going to f ...
Posted Monday, March 22nd 2010 at 9:00AM
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It occured to me the other day that I need to have something in my home to commemorate the election of our first African-American President Barack Hussein Obama. I have a t-shirt and a few hats, plan on buying his books this spring and already have s ...
Posted Friday, March 19th 2010 at 9:07AM
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(QM's Note: Last year, I taught an eight-week writing class for middle school students in Ms. Cowles and Shaw-Elliott's classes at School #12 on Post Avenue in Rochester, New York. I worked with four classes and the students and teachers were wonderf ...
Posted Friday, March 19th 2010 at 8:50AM
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I'm playing catch up on my DVR. I just watched Barbara Walters's last Academy Award special and especially her interview with comedienne Mo'nique. I couldn't believe that she and her third husband, Sidney, have an open marriage.
What's an open ma ...
Posted Thursday, March 18th 2010 at 9:35PM
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I'm being nice. I'm calling her a fool. I really want to call her the name of a garden utensil.
Riehle Hunter is a fool. She slept with a married man who was a presidential candidate, John Edwards. His wife, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer. She go ...
Posted Thursday, March 18th 2010 at 9:25PM
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