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Voter registration status …
Just another friendly reminder to check on your voter registration status. And, if eligible, GO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY! Oh, and don't forget to check on "absentee voting" processes, if applicable. PEA
In the Wild ...
The upcoming U.S. Presidential election wasn’t the only “hot topic” I was involved in last week. Anyway, I don’t remember exactly how the conversation started, but the subject was dating. At any rat
You’re fryin’ em now?
Fried Deviled Eggs Recipe courtesy The Neelys See this recipe on air Monday Jul. 21 at 1:30 PM ET/PT. Show: Down Home with the Neelys Episode: Southern Hospitality 1 dozen eggs 1/4 cup mayonn
Doll carries on the perpetual controversy of perception and affiliation
(Link) - http://www.theroot.com/id/47216?GT1=38002 (Excerpt) Lay Off Soror Barbie! By Raven L. Hill | TheRoot.com Don't let outdated stereotypes about AKAs stop us from celebrating the new black
Another HBCU Opinion Defined
The never-ending debate over the relevance of HBCUs led someone I know to forward the link I’ve pasted below along with the contents located in that Web page. My ultimate response to such a “defi
The Artfulness of Mixed Messages in Media Related Writings ...
Focus on this. Wait! No, focus on that, but the real focus is ... Oh heck, derive from it what you wish. But, I meant to focus on ... The above rhetoric may be confusing, but it's what I thought of after viewing/reading the following posting (click on the following link- http://www.slate.c
Talk About Going Into "it" With Your Eyes Wide Open ...
Albeit humorous (at least to me), this scenario (click on link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuWYBeFu9bg&feature=email )could be applied to many aspects of life. THINK ABOUT IT! Peace, Jane
Like a bedbug ...Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean ...
Like a bedbug that is always somewhere on a mattress near you, hate groups are always there waiting to cause you some type of irritation. Here's an excerpt (and the Web link) on an interesting piece
When's your "hometown" state's primary election being held?
Just another friendly reminder to check on your voter registration status. I am gearing up for my state's (NJ) Februrary 5th primary election. "I'm so excited!" Jane P.S. Remember to focus on
Loving one's mother has nothing to do with it!
Just heard a woman make the following statement, “If a man loves his mother, than you know he’s a man that’s gonna treat his woman right.” Where are those men? I have personally been told by cert
Check Your Voter Registration Status!
It’s just never too early to start getting your “ducks in a row” for the 2008 Presidential election. It'll be time to cast those ballets for our country's next president before you know it, so make
Hip Hop vs. America?
Do they (hip hopsters) have a valid point of view? Is there really more to the Hip Hop culture than some refuse to understand? I don’t know, but I do know that recently my perspective on the art for
What the heck!?
Just curious - Has anyone viewed the YouTube video clip, BET - "Read a Book"? My initial reaction/thought was one of astonishment at what I was viewing/hearing. Go (I'm not providing that link o
Check Your Voter Registration Status
This is yet another reminder to keep on top of your voter registration status, for those of you who will be first-time voters and for those of you who have done a little "hometown shuffle." And don
Guard Against the Virus of Negativity at Work
It never ceases to amaze me at how subtle negative attitudes can spread throughout a place of employment. After reading an article, stated to be authored/written by Alexandra Levit, about that very topic, I know of several instances wherein a person would be friendly to another one minute a