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I don’t care that Britney Spears was released from the hospital. Really I don’t. I do hope she pulls it together, but the up-to-the-minute coverage I can do without. There’s way too much real shit going on in the world. Five people were gunned down during a hostage situation in the Valley last night/this morning, […]

My nerves are aflutter, my fingers, crossed. I can barely wait for the numbers to come in… Made a post office run and a quick Starbucks drive-by before heading to the booth this morning. It would have been great if the powers-that-be could’ve suspended alternate side of the street parking restrictions, but I figured, “Hey, […]

OK, I shall stop fronting right now because I am completely sports-illiterate, so much so that my own mother is ashamed to call me her own. Embarrassing confession #2: I totally dug Paula Abdul back in the day (it was the choreography, I swear!), so I was a bit curious to see her performance this […]

“Honey” Erykah Badu is about to turn it out, trust. Check the video. It’s kind of major. I cannot wait for this album.

THINKS that Dr. King might be appalled to know how we behave today, as a human race. IS beyond thrilled that Ruby Dee earned her first Oscar nomination – at 83, no less! WISHES the blood-thirsty media would fall back on the Heath Ledger situation until there are confirmed facts. LIVES for Chrisette Michelle’s Be […]

Who knew that you could get sick from being too high up in the mountains? Sadly, everybody but me. It’s called Altitude Sickness and it’s left me feeling, well…not so great. The short version of it is that I’ve had a strange headache for the last two days and feel as though I need to […]

OK, anybody who knows me well knows that I’m not a fan of brisk temperatures. So imagine my shock yesterday when I boarded Delta flight #1136 at Ontario International and the pilot said that it was 19 degrees in Salt Lake City. I gasped! Luckily my coat and gloves are warm, but sadly, I have […]

What a dizzying, near-sleepless last couple of days. Got a lot of work done…not all of it, but a big ol’ chunk. Each time I hit “send,” it feels like a tiny bit of the world’s weight has lifted off my shoulders. That’s a beautiful thing. Went to the farmer’s market at Larchmont Villiage on […]

OK, before I start rambling about the small stuff, a well-deserved shout-out is in order for Mr. Obama for totally working his show in Iowa. Who could be mad? Just got in from the premiere of The Wire’s final season. I’m so addicted to the show, have interviewed a handful of the cast and am […]

It’s 2008 and to quote my comrade, Karen Taylor Bass, “Deepness!” I think I’ve finally reached a point in my life where making New Year’s resolutions doesn’t seem to cut it anymore. Those always-broken promises to get in shape and drink eight glasses of water every, single day have gotten a bit stale. Instead, I’m […]