“Good afternoon pretty lady. How are you doing?” What started off as an ordinary commute on an ordinary day became a bit more interesting after I noticed a handsome uniformed man staring intently from the other lane as we waited at a stop light. “Hi.” “Are you single?” “Uh-huh.” “Well, how about seeing if we can… Continue reading Standards vs. Settling in Relationships
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Sex As A Weapon: ‘Blameless’ Boys, ‘Guilty’ Girls & One Misguided Mom
Last week, Darius turned in his first assignment for World History class, a project requiring him to assemble top news stories from the year he was born. In newspaper format, my son listed 1997’s hottest film (“Titanic”), the price of gas ($1.22 a gallon!) and the fact that William Jefferson Clinton took his second oath… Continue reading Sex As A Weapon: ‘Blameless’ Boys, ‘Guilty’ Girls & One Misguided Mom
EW&F: The “Now, Then & Forever” MOC Preview/ST Interview
When a band has been around long enough to have advanced from reel-to-reel to the digital-driven social media era, influencing countless musicians and racking up dozens of awards and accolades along the way, they usually feel tempted to reinvent themselves with each new project. However, every band is not the lauded and legendary Earth, Wind… Continue reading EW&F: The “Now, Then & Forever” MOC Preview/ST Interview
No Hilarity In Self-Hatred: An Open Letter To Sheryl Underwood
Dear Cheryl Underwood, Before you were added to the five woman panel of CBS’ daytime show “The Talk,” your rise as a professional comedian was a sure and steady one. You had regular appearances on HBO’S Def Comedy Jam, hosting duties on BET’s Comic View, a Sirius satellite radio slot and film cameos. So given… Continue reading No Hilarity In Self-Hatred: An Open Letter To Sheryl Underwood
Miley Cyrus, Swaggerjacking & The Myth Of ‘Sister SuperHo’
In Spike Lee’s 2000 film Bamboozled, Damon Wayans portrays the pretentious Harvard-educated Pierre Delacroix, a writer and executive at a fictitious television network. After his previous sitcom pitches are rejected by a superior as too “antiseptic” and “white-bread,” the frustrated Delacroix hopes that his latest idea, a satirical variety program entitled Mantan: The New Millennium… Continue reading Miley Cyrus, Swaggerjacking & The Myth Of ‘Sister SuperHo’