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Give me a break. I know my football. I'm not a t-shirt wearer and I'm not a jump-on-the-band-wagon fan either. When I tell people that my newest novel, Win...Win is a tale of love in the world of semi

I have heard some crazy statements made about black folks. I've been told by others both black and white, that we: * don't own pets * have water droplets bounce off our hair (and it ) doesn't ge

I was minding my own business. I did some laundry and was folding up clothes when the radio station played an oldie, but a goodie, Rob Bass's "It Takes Two." I remembered my NYC trip with friends. We

This question drives my mother crazy. When I was in elementary school, my teachers would meet my mother at parent-teacher conferences. She would sit down with them, introduce herself, and they would f

Any good comic working today has stolen material from comic icon Richard Pryor. It's true. I'll list a few for you: the late Bernie Mac, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Dane Cook, and Eddie Murphy. Yes

This morning, my daughter's alarm clock went off for 30 minutes. My heart skipped a few beats at first. She slept right through it. Having to listen to 30 minutes of loud and annoying sounds is not th

I don't like being a "responsible" adult at times. I know too many people are familar with the phrase that I used to title my blog. The simple fact of the matter is that nobody told you being a magici

Before my nine-year-old daughter leaves the house for school, she makes sure I get my morning "mommy" kiss. I love that. She may have a difficult knot in her sneaker that she is desperate to unravel b

I missed the memo on this one. I turned on my TV set to take a break from housework and when it came on singer Wayne Brady was trying to get a woman dressed as a ketchup bottle to trade her $600 f

This is the time of year, I dread as a disabled person. I'm trying hard to take care of outside errands before snow graces my presence. When snow comes down, I have to be even more careful because if

It's a fact of life, I've learned to deal with. I'm used to the stares, the mumbled comments, and the off-colored comments made when people think I'm out of earshot. I wasn't prepared for the way

As the mother of two daughters, I have their best interests at heart. Last year at a family holiday gathering, my brother-in-law stressed the importance of making sure when they get older that my daug

How true those words are. As I get older, I really don't care what other people think. I dress the way I want. I do the things I want. I'm happy. All that matters is what I think of myself. When I

I vowed I'd never say some of the things my mother said to me when I was a kid. When I became a mom, I held true to my promise. I was doing well and then one day it happened. My eldest daughter wa

I remember going into my youngest daughter's preschool class a few years ago and be introduced to some of the kids in her class. There was a Dyquan, Jacquan, Canei, Jayron among others. I just bit my

I made a deal with myself early on when I was pregnant with my second child. Whatever I did for my first child; I would do for the second child. It was only fair. That way, each child would be treated

I'm so sick and tired of seeing well-bodied, healthy, and able people parking in handicap parking spaces. These days, I look for and at handicap license plates and parking tags that hang from rearview

I may live in Western New York, but I'm not a Buffalo Bills fan. I wasn't one when running back OJ Simpson was a player. I wasn't one when quarterback Jim Kelly led them to four Super Bowls and they l

How would you finish this sentence? My answer is really easy. The last thing I did for myself was buy tickets for Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple, buy shower gel at Bath and Bodyworks, go to physica

I heard a young female radio announcer make this statement. I was perplexed. She apparently didn't think her premise out. If she had, maybe, she wouldn't have made that proclamation over the airwaves.

This season's fall line-up does nothing for me. I'm watching a few favorites like Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, and Law and Order: SVU. When I'm not home, I DVR what I can't

Timeout doesn't work in my house. You know why? My children have a black momma.I refuse to put up with, tolerate, and deal with any child that thinks it's alright to kick, yell, or scream at me. No ch

I came very close to physically killing my teenager yesterday. Her alarm clock went out off, she shut it off, and went back to sleep. When I got up and inquired why she wasn't in the shower, she repli

I'm sitting patiently waiting for singer Jeffrey Osborne to call me back. We have played a horrible game of phone tag and now he's it. Osborne is one of my favorite male vocalists a