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January 19, Day 5 The next 24 hours -- really, the next 48 hours -- are going to be what I call "brutally fun." Brutal... in that I will get hardly NO sleep, but fun in that it is all self-inflicted. Tonight we are headed to the Crime and Puni  «Full Post»

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January 18, Day 4 The Gala last night was cool. Not crazy, but cool. We missed Kindred because we got there too late, but it was ok. There was a cardboard cut-out of Barack Obama people could take pictures with though. That was funny. Apparen  «Full Post»

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January 17th, Day 3 Good news! Finally we scored some gala tickets. Can I just tell you: trying to get tickets to inaugural events right now WITHOUT THE HOOKUP and even WITH A HOOKUP is bananas! Anyway, a friend of my boyfriend's came through a  «Full Post»

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January 16th, Day 2 The city is not too nuts -- yet. It's like that false sense of calm before a big game when you know tailgaters, noisemakers, and a band are about a mile away headed your way for the big game. You just made it there first.  «Full Post»

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Thursday, January 15th I rolled out of bed at 12:30 this morning, eager to get on the road after just a few hours sleep. Left my house by 1:11 (yes, I looked at the clock for the exact time) and set out on the road. It was pitch black, except fo  «Full Post»

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It is 11 o'clock. November 4th, 2008. And I have lived to see a black president. Let me repeat that: I have LIVED to see a BLACK president. I can't describe to you the emotions swelling in me, this bubbling wave of disbelief and stunned belief  «Full Post»

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What was Kanye thinking? Love Lockdown? And Common's 'Announcement?' Come on guys! I love you!!! I LOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEE YYYYOOOOOOOUUUU!!! But I can't hang with this. Don't give me the "Kanye is eccentric" talk. I know he is. He is a creative g  «Full Post»

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It came to my attention to today that a fellow radio show host, Bob Lonsberry, had this to say on his show about a recent young mothers' honor ceremony he read about in the paper: "There's a story about, um, girls who got pregnant in high scho  «Full Post»

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I can't believe I am actually blogging about something that has to do with that obnoxious Rachael Ray. Apparently there is some firestorm brewing because Ray decided to wear a scarf in a Dunkin Donuts commercial that closely resembles a keffiyeh, a  «Full Post»

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OK -- So, I was asked to be one of "The Insider's" five bachelorettes (there were also five bachelors) for Valentine's Day -- a person they could bounce ideas off of about love and romance. Here is how the conversation goes (via email) -- it has not  «Full Post»

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Today (January 24), members of several law enforcement agencies will meet the body of a Rochester native and Atlanta police officer who was gunned down least week. Twenty-six year old Ricky Bryant, Jr. was off-duty working as a security guard at a  «Full Post»

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"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS, J.J. ABRAMS? HOW COULD YOU?!?!" Those were the words that kept running through my head as I watched a movie, that for some reason, I thought would be good. Why did I think it would be good? Because of the previews! Th  «Full Post»

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1) My Family and Friends 2) Having a job I LOVE 3) My health 4) My new vow to spoil myself (massages, getting my hair done, shopping, being a girly girl) 5) That I am learning to cook more (and actually am not half bad!) 6) My re-newed vow to pa  «Full Post»

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The government should pay for it. That's really all I wanted to say. Germany, Iceland, The Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and several other countries that I am sure I am forgetting offer free college education. The tho  «Full Post»

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Ain't this some mess! I was live on air the other day and these cats tell me "Oh, you know there are ghosts in here" all nonchalantly as if I am NOT going to freak out. At first, I ignored them because, well, I often ignore the boys, but then they  «Full Post»

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Since when did texting become a substitute for having an actual conversation -- especially if you are trying to game a girl??? Ladies, we all know how lazy men can be -- refusing to do much more than pick up a video game controller or remote -- so  «Full Post»

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I got a call from one of my friends the other night who recently got married. Of course she is drunk with bliss, which always makes me smile. She is the type of person who deserves every happiness in this world and has been through a lot to get to  «Full Post»

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It's sad to me when people speak about things they know little about, but dangerous when they have the power to influence the masses. Here I am this morning, preparing for the morning show, amped for MusicFest this weekend, when I see the newspaper  «Full Post»

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Call it a second coming. The birth of a voice conceived through the spirit of classic greats like Billie Holiday, the neosoul of Jill and Erykah, and the jazz of yester years. A voice that transcends its 24 years on this earth and lifts its listene  «Full Post»

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Sooo... yesterday I woke up at 4:00 a.m. as usual to get ready for work, stepped out of bed, and proceeded to fall straight to the floor. Any normal person would have been alarmed, but since it has happened before I knew what to do: hop myself right  «Full Post»

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If I had my way, this would be the last time "Imus" and "hip-hop" would be used in the same sentence. By now, we all know about Don Imus' "nappy-headed hoes" comment and the stir it created. But what has spawned in its wake is an open attack on  «Full Post»