My son has a really great sense of humor, often times pretty wacky! He got that from his dad…..and me too come to think of it! He’s always regaling me with some funny stories or giving some funny repartee in his conversations with me. Like his dad, he keeps me laughing, sometimes loud guffaws or hysterical laughter. This morning while getting ready for work, he comes into the bathroom where I was putting my make up on. He goes, “Mom, do you want to hear something really funny?” I look...

I don’t know if I should write this or not. I’m in one of those moods today. One of those reflective, helplessly-wondering-if-anything-will-change moods, as I look around me at what is going on in our world today. I’m really feeling at my lowest, emotionally bruised and battered by what goes on in our society. When do I wonder will it change? When will there be no worry as to what I am? Or who you are? Or what are they? I look at my children and wonder if I can adequately prepare them f...

Before Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that happened to New Orleans (N.O.) I really didn’t pay attention much to that state except when it came time to Mardi Gras because that was featured on television a lot. Then of course there were the movies about N.O. or the musicians and the movie stars who were originally from there. I knew N.O. was a diverse state (racially) but I wasn’t aware the black population was higher than any other group, 67%, has mentioned by Citallion who gave an ...

I had my very first mammogram this morning…..my God I’m still reeling from it. The nurse was very nice and very helpful trying to make it go easy but I can’t begin to tell you how I felt. First of all I forgot that I had this appointment scheduled more than four months ago...that’s how popular and how widely used the company who provide these services are and they also do X-rays and such so there’s a long waiting list hence being scheduled so far down the road. They called to remind m...

So last week before Hurricane Katrina, in between reports of that missing girl (not naming her because she’s not the focus here) and also that woman who was protesting the death of her son in Iraq (I’m not naming her because this thread isn’t about that) there were quite a few discussions on a variety of news programs regarding the President’s vacation and how much time he actually took off. It made me wonder what is considered vacation time here in America. Did most Americans agree with ...

Some people want to forget that there was a Disco era. And who can forget that those years were the time of drugs and sex! (that’s possibly why some people want to forget too!) While I personally didn’t get into the drug habits or have wild sex with Tom, Dick, Harry or Susan…it was all around me, at the clubs, the music studios where I used to hang out and anywhere people were having a good time. Two reasons why I loved those years were because it was kind of a time of liberation fo...

“Have a happy period” so says the narrator (is that what the person voicing a commercial is called?) at the end of the Maxi Pad commercial. Are they kidding me?! Yeah Right! Let’s see….break out like a teenager! Cramps! Bloating! Cravings! Going to the bathroom eons of time in one day! More cramps….. More cravings….. Even more bloating…. PMS with major tude!!! Grrrrr!!! Snap!!!! Oh and let me not forget….more BM than you want to have…like taking a laxa...

READING Sixteen days ago I read an article that said smoking can kill you; The next day I stopped smoking. Twelve days ago, I read that too much red meat can kill you; The next day I stopped eating red meat. Eight days ago, I read that drinking can kill you; The next day I stopped drinking. Yesterday, I read that having sex can kill you; This morning I stopped reading. _________________________________________ FEMALE COMEBACKS Man:H...

READING Sixteen days ago I read an article that said smoking can kill you; The next day I stopped smoking. Twelve days ago, I read that too much red meat can kill you; The next day I stopped eating red meat. Eight days ago, I read that drinking can kill you; The next day I stopped drinking. Yesterday, I read that having sex can kill you; This morning I stopped reading. _________________________________________ FEMALE COMEBACKS Man:H...

I was watching C-Span yesterday. I don’t watch this channel often. I watched because David Welch Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs was answering questions as to the US response or involvement with what’s happening in Israel with the Gaza Strip. A lady (whose name I don’t know) asked Mr. Welch what the United States is doing to help with the situation there? (Not her exact words) I asked myself why? Why should the US get involved? Are they going to get involved in...

I'm sitting here going noooooooooooooo! Not again! Not another Hurricane! Just this morning my son said to me that we seem to be so lucky this time around because there’s been a lot of Tropical Depressions and some bad weather but no hurricane. I agreed with him. It looks like we talked too soon. Because here comes Hurricane Katrina bearing down on our neck of the woods! NOoooooooooooooooo! I can’t take it! Now here goes the scampering for gas and water and canned food ite...

Would you be feeling too deprived if you didn’t watch the news or knew what was going on in the world for a day? If you tried to only watch programs that makes you laugh like comedies or other enrichment programs on the television or even bury your head in a book for an entire day; or just focus on family and didn’t listen to the news of the day, could you do it? I’ve done it before and believe me, when I went back to the television to catch up on the news I missed I turned it off in disg...

There seems to be a great divide in our technology friendly world. What, you might ask am I talking about now? I’m talking about that chasm that is opening up between my generation (the 30 and over crowd) and Generation “X” and Generation “Now”. That penchant for our younger folks to just Google anything they want to learn about (and us too). Not too many folks read to obtain information anymore. Mention a word, a phrase or a name it’s off to Googleland to find out any and all in...

I’ve always had a love affair with books ever since I could read. When I was in grammar school (as it was called then back in the day on my Island), I had a talent for reading and spelling. Those two were my favourite subjects. Give me any book and I could read the words, tell you what it is about and could complete the spelling test faster than anyone in my class. As I got older I my love of books continued as I discovered mystery novels like Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and The Bob...

I'm sorry I seem to be flooding my site with articles today! I was just talking to my friends about this... Link Kanye West is calling for an end to gay bashing by rappers! Well, that's good news I thought. I mentioned the report to my friends who thought that was great but then they all wondered, is he gay? Now this makes me think, if they're asking that, won't everyone be thinking the same thing too? And another thing, why would they wonder if he is gay just because he's aski...