Have you ever run through emotional stop signs? Fighting that niggling feeling that something isnt quite right and later living to regret it? OR hoping against hope that your usually impecable senses might be wrong? Don't beat yourself up. It happens to the best and worst of us. We all want happy endings and often hold on long after all the good is gone out of a situation. It is at times like this that chocolate can be your friend.... Thank goodness Easter just passed. I have plenty of chocolate...

I know I know I should have watched it years ago but I finally got around to watching "8 Mile" last night . Putting people "in the dozens" or "toasting" have always been a part of the African American and Carribean traditions. Hip hop has reached middle age at this point but I was thinking in light of my rant that Creative Dis offs online might not be such a bad thing. Done in a spirit of fun with both individuals as willing participants it could be an interesting alternative...

I am really sick and tired of the nastiness that people feel they have a right to spew for whatever reason here on this board. Each and everyone of us has a life separate from this place that affect how we deal with one another. FOr that reason I apologize...Here it goes

I am sorry if your love life is not going well. I am sorry if your mother dropped you on your head as a baby, I am sorry if you don't have the job you want, I am sorry that you have a big stick stuck up your ass and...

SO often you hear women complaining about there not being any good men left or decrying that all the good ones are gay. Well, I want to say why I appreciate all the men in my life that I am lucky enough to call friends.

First, they give me a view into the mysterious world of men. They tell me like it is about many of the irksome things that we girls do. For gay friends, I know that they love me for me and not because they want to get into the PANTIES! They will tell me truly if my...

Sometimes art imitates reality and sometimes its the other way around. Though I cant totally relate to her issues in this song I can truly relate to her "Dont look at me and dont speak to me " attitude. For all those ladies out there who feel this way every month or so enjoy ( as I sit here feeling like a water balloon ready to pop while drinking herbal tea at 5:00 in the morning) Thank you Angie Stone. I am feelin' you, my sistah!

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