This probably is the best season of Oprah that I can remember. She's doing it with the guests. Getting people on her show that she wants. All I know for sure...is that I wanted to see Diana Ross. At 63, she looks smoking hot and glamorous. WOW!
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Posted Monday, February 28th 2011 at 2:40PM
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I know I rarely talk about him. However, I have two great loves because of my dad: football and movies. That's the order he would have it in; I would have it the other way. I will never forget the first movie my dad took my sister and I to King Kong. ...
Posted Monday, February 28th 2011 at 2:31PM
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OK, here's the deal. I'm suppose to ask myself and think about why I put my health needs last on my priority. Here's my problem: I never did. My doctors know I make and keep appointments like clock work. Eye appointments are made a year to the date. ...
Posted Sunday, February 27th 2011 at 12:33AM
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Some things get better with time: Bell, Bi and Defoe proofed that last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. As the Roots played for them, you could see the group still had the right stuff. The dance moves were tight. The raps were still on and the ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 1:50AM
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So much for women's health care. Planned Parenthood might loose $300,000 in funding if the GOP has its way. The big discussion has divide America pro lifers and the naysayers. Not one dollar goes to fund abortions, but the naysayers are putting that ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 1:40AM
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The beauty of Facebook. I found my Purdue classmate and New Directional Players actor compadre, a Black drama club, Jai Poole, an environmental engineer, who I hadn't seen since 1983. I sent him a friend request. Though he didn't remember me initiall ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2011 at 3:23PM
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Yesterday, I participated in a film screening and a panel discussion about the Underground Railroad called "Flight to Freedom" starring Cicely Tyson. In Upstate New York, where I live, my hometown of Rochester, was heavily involved in that movement. ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2011 at 10:58AM
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I work from home...most people know I do this. My day starts at 5:30 a.m. My teen gets ready for school. While she's getting ready, I sit in a pair of comfy pjs, turn on my screen and go to work.
My writing day is divided up in five sections: hot ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2011 at 1:47PM
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As I cleaned up the dishes from my kitchen sink last night, it finally struck me why my mother got mad as one of us would bring a dish to sink just as I thought I was done with dishes. She used to specifically ask us to bring all the "dirty" dishes i ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2011 at 12:43PM
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Three years ago, something very MAJOR happened in my life. On Super Bowl Sunday, I suffered a stroke and didn't know it. I showed none of the classic signs. My speech was fine. I had no headaches. I felt fine except for the fact that I had to go to t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 9:50PM
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Cairo, Egypt-- Egyptian President Mubarak has stepped down after three decades of rule and 18 days of peaceful protests. He has left the country and the streets of Cairo, Egypt are joyous celebration. More than 18,000 people are on the streets; it is ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 11:32AM
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I strolled down memory lane with Oprah Winfrey. She saluted soap acting stars Darnell Williams and Debi Morgan, daytime TV's super couple Dr. Angie and Police Chief Jesse Hubbard on the soap "All My Children", as well as Susan Lucci (femme fatale Eri ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 9:32AM
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What is it with politicians from Western New York. Republican Representative Craig Lee resigned suddenly yesterday. Turns out the married politician and father of a young child, placed an ad on Craigslist in their single's section. He sent a woman ph ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 9:19AM
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This announcement upset me. A man in my hometown has announced that this is the day that we will cease to exist. This prediction is going to now get major ink and airtime on TV and radio. My "baby" asked me if this was true. I said "No."
I would h ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:55AM
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I'm keeping this brief. I forgot how man wonderful jams vocalist Chaka Khan has created over the years. During the UNCF salute, I was reminded over and over again. Songs like "Through The Fire", "Ain't Nobody," "Tell Me Something Good", "I'm Every W ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:47AM
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My children are eating me out of house and home. lolol I went grocery shopping almost two weeks ago. Replenished my pantry and put away groceries in the fridge and freezer. They lasted maybe five days or so it seemed. My teenager is going through a w ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:39AM
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I went to the bank the other day to make a deposit. As I walked up to the desk to grab a deposit slip out of the container on the desk, I could help but notice the white woman who felt the need to move her purse as I found a spot to fill out my slip. ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:14AM
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(QM Note: I live in Upstate New York. I live closer to Canada than to New York City.I love when people complain about their weather. My friends in Chicago and Minnesota have a reason to complain. If you've never experienced an Upstate winter, you're ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 12:30AM
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Plan on watching the Super Bowl? Rooting for the Steelers or Green Bay? I'm backing the Steelers. Hoping for a close game and not a blow out. Looking forward to seeing the television ads. They are usually funny. For a 30 second ad the cost was $3 mil ...
Posted Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at 10:02PM
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Plan on watching the Super Bowl? Rooting for the Steelers or Green Bay? I'm backing the Steelers. Hoping for a close game and not a blow out. Looking forward to seeing the television ads. They are usually funny. For a 30 second ad the cost was $3 mil ...
Posted Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at 10:01PM
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Plan on watching the Super Bowl? Rooting for the Steelers or Green Bay? I'm backing the Steelers. Hoping for a close game and not a blow out. Looking forward to seeing the television ads. They are usually funny. For a 30 second ad the cost was $3 mil ...
Posted Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at 5:51PM
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"The worst thing about work in the house or home, is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste, or eaten within 24 hours."
Don't I know it. In my house, I refer to this as "double cleaning." I hate doing this. When I give my long speech (as ...
Posted Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at 5:10PM
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Our schools in Upstate New York were closed today. The weathermen expected this BIG monster storm that left two feet on snow and ice in Chicago. People were stranded in cars on expressways and the historic Lakeshore Blvd. As news about school closing ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 11:39PM
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February 1st is bitter sweet time for some. My high school friend, Peter Doyle, replied to my Facebook post. My status was the title of this blog with Happy Birthday Rick James added to it. James was born in Buffalo, New York. An hour away from Roche ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 11:36PM
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When Newsweek asked this question this week, I was so mad. My gut reaction was it's Oprah's company, she can hire who she wants. In the communications business, people usually hire who they know. That reputation comes from who you know and the qualit ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 11:32PM
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