Hey if you’re over 30 then I know you know most of the songs on the VH1 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs List and video classics that accompany them. One of my favorites, Snoop Dogg’s Gin & Juice, is definitely on the list. http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1590079&vid=19411 What’s your favorite Old School Hip Hop Song or Video? Leave a comment [...]
October 1, 2008
Hey, Hey, Hey all you Hip Hop Heads (myself included), don’t forget to tune into Vh1 on Monday, October 6 at 10pm. Really 10pm?!? Dang, you really gotta be a hip hop devotee to stay up that late on a Monday night. So eat your Wheaties Monday morning, come home take a power nap after work [...]
September 17, 2008
Every year on my birthday I usually do some sort of creative writing to signify the passing of yet another year. I started doing this when I turned 30 because, to me, this decade of the 30s deserves to be chronicled so that when I turn 40 I am able to look back and recognize [...]
November 28, 2006
I just heard on the radio that the literary world lost writer Bebe Moore Campbell, author of Singin’ In The Comeback Choir; Successful Women, Angry Men; 72 Hour Hold; Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine (one of my favorites), and Brothers & Sisters just to name a few (see her bio attached to her picture). She [...]
November 20, 2006
Hey Ladies…..As many of you know, I love to celebrate my birthday (and for you to celebrate it with me), however, I will admit that I am terrible at remembering and or sending cards for other people’s birthdays, anniversaries, etc….Well, I discovered this site last night as I was frantically trying to figure out what [...]
August 22, 2006
Tonight filmmaker Spike Lee’s documentary about the Hurrican Katrina disaster airs on HBO. Unfortunately, I don’t have expanded cable, only basic, and that’s free cause for some reason I refuse to move off campus….hmmm, I wonder why (but that’s another story!). Anyay, those of you who do have HBO please try to support this film [...]
June 21, 2006
As an up and coming and ever so busy thirtysomething, I am always concerned about how I spend my weekends and about how much I spend. In my effort to save money this summer, I have been searching far and wide for events and activities that won’t send me home crying and broke after [...]
June 13, 2006
If you are inclined to artsy fartsy types of events (which are plentiful in this area), if you think that you might be a poet (and didn’t know it – like that huh?), or if you think you are the next big thing when it comes to movie directing, then some of these events might [...]
June 13, 2006
Okay, this is an attempt to distribute some fun event/activity ideas for the 30 and over crowd that might be viewed as “mature” events. So below, please find some FREE and some NOT SO FREE events for those of you in the DC/MD/VA area. (Although, I don’t know how “mature” I will behave [...]
April 14, 2006
It’s interesting when you cross into the 3rd decade of your life. Everything begins to speed up and you wonder where all of the time went. You start to wonder if you will have enough time to finish all that you have on your checklist. Then your checklist becomes shorter in the hopes that you [...]
October 1, 2008
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