My days of just being Marsha Jones have long been gone. When I became a wife;. I had a new identity. After the birth of my first child, I was now somebody's mama. It was a shock to my system. I thought my identity would stay the same but it evolved. ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 11:28PM
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I can't put this CD down. I mean it literally. My teenage daughter heard me listening to it and when I stepped out of my computer room to grab a quick bite. She was caught taking it out of my CD player. It's the first time that we both agreed on some ...
Posted Friday, January 28th 2011 at 3:20PM
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Described as a writer who presents the truth the way she sees it, widely read and known poet and Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni gave Rochester Institute of Technology's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr address by calling on us to study the effect ...
Posted Friday, January 28th 2011 at 12:15PM
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I'm another year older as of yesterday. I don't mind. This year's birthday celebration, my youngest child planned. She was slick. My baby used my cell phone, my address book, and my e-mail to gather phone numbers of friends and family. She made a lis ...
Posted Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 3:18PM
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I was minding my own business on Sunday night, when a troupe of six actresses and one male guest ambushed me and I found myself laughing in near tears for nearly two hours .The hysterical women of EstroFest (Marlena Dater, Dresden Engle, Andrea Holl ...
Posted Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 1:10PM
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Regis Philbin is finally calling it quits After hosting his daytime talk show for 28 years, Live With Regis and Kelly, he's hanging up his microphone. He's turning 80 this year. If they decide to keep this show on the air with Kelly Ripa, it's a chan ...
Posted Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 12:16PM
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Sometimes, I wonder how I am really related to my family. Ever have those moments? I mean I look like my dad, I have my mom's features, and my sister and I looked like twins as children. Yet, I still don't see how I fit in.
My mom doesn't have my ...
Posted Tuesday, January 18th 2011 at 1:42PM
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There is no such thing as a "little white lie." Period. A lie is a lie. The effects of a lie are just the same. A lie hurts people's feelings and creates a lack of trust. Honesty, forget about it. Lies aren't color blind. Just because you choose to l ...
Posted Tuesday, January 18th 2011 at 1:06PM
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Now what? I watched coverage on my TV set yesterday. I saw choirs singing, people walking, speakers spreading their interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's words and work. On Facebook friends posted speeches, videos and one showed a video clip ...
Posted Tuesday, January 18th 2011 at 12:37PM
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I only have one word for Will Smith's movie, Hitchcock: BLAH! Plain and simple. It was advertised that he was a superhero with issues. Unfortunately, it is a misrepresentation of the whole movie. Another one word description that could be used to des ...
Posted Tuesday, January 18th 2011 at 12:21PM
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I woke up this morning and heard The Today Show's Meredith Viera announce that the zodiac sign I have come to LOVE for more than 40 years may not be mine . There is now a 13th sign that astrologers have known about for years, but never said anything ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 10:33AM
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The homeless man with the golden voice. By now, everyone knows about this rags-to-redemption story. The former radio announcer is getting a second chance like nobody's business. He did crack, committed petty crimes, and committed fraud. The man left ...
Posted Wednesday, January 12th 2011 at 3:41PM
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I made the mistake of asking moms on my Momslikeme.com, if they celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. And if they celebrate what they do? One mom's answer upset me. Her reply was that she used that "three-day break" to spend time with he ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 1:52PM
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I took a trip down memory lane yesterday afternoon and saw The Wiz with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Richard Pryor. Watching it now: it seemed rather ahead of it's time.
There is one thing that hasn't changed since this movie w ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 1:50PM
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All weekend, I've heard nothing else, but about the shooting in Arizona. I feel bad for the nine-year-old girl that died as well as the judge and the attempted assassination of the congresswoman. She still remains critical and is fighting hard to sur ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 1:47PM
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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 12:51PM
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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 12:40PM
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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 11:10AM
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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 10:57AM
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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 10:39AM
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I started my New Year with tears. I watched the DVD Invictus (with Academy Award nominated actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon) and while a friend warned me that I would cry; I didn't believe him. He was so right.
The film is based on the true st ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 3:13AM
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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 4:19PM
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Can you believe December 30 is tomorrow? The New Year is almost here. If you had to rate 2010, what would you say? I would tell you that I'm glad the old year is on the way out. It's probably...no, definitely, the worst year that I ever remember.
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Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 2:44PM
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"Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor only a fool insists on quarreling. Proverbs 20:3"
If there was one thing I learned in 2010, it was that you couldn't pay me to be President of the United States of America. However, I could walk in his shoes: n ...
Posted Thursday, December 30th 2010 at 2:27PM
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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 1:30AM
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