I expected the LA Lakers to lose, but damn … that was embarrassing. Even though I’m a Lakers fan, I felt the Celtics deserved some rings. Not because I’m huge Celtics fan, but Kobe has three rings and Los Angeles has not suffered such a drought as Boston. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen…

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Michelle Obama is taking a seat next to Whoopi, Sherri Shepherd, Joy Behar and Barbara Wah-Wah Walters today on The View. (Conservative chatter and John McCain fan Elizabeth Hasselbeck isn’t scheduled to be on if you believe Yahoo’s TV listings.) In St. Louis the show will be on at 10 a.m. on ABC-affiliate, KDNL-12. She…

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Stories of Love and Pain and the Complex Bond Between Mother and Daughter In an ideal world it would be just like the movies. Mother would be loving and wise. Daughter would be adored and proud. But that would be a perfect world. A Donna Reed-by-the-way of Claire Huxtable world where mother knows best and…

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Almost forgot to post this. (And how could I? Bad me!) It’s pictures of the Obamas on Sunday where Barack gave his Father’s Day speech. He talked about the importance of fatherhood. Depending on who you ask it was either a generalized call for responsibility in America or a targeted message to the black community.…

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I didn’t run my celebrity photo essay on Friday (I was helping a friend out that day. She’s pregnant and I offered to help out around the house.) So this is a make-up feature with some new material from over the weekend. Including an Essence gala feature Kanye West’s ex-fiancee Alexis Phifer, notables frightening me…

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Hello Readers! As I’ve stated before, I enjoy sports so yesterday was a pretty good sports day with Tiger Woods getting a birdy on the 18th hole to push the US Open at Torrey Pines to an 18 hole playoff today. I was loving the double fist pump and the look on golfer Rocco Mediate’s…

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I’ll be spending my day with Papa Snob, watching a sad edition of “Meet the Press.” We get together every Sunday morning and watch it. I just can’t imagine the show without Tim Russert. What a way to go, at your desk, at work. There’s been nothing but wall-to-wall coverage. It oddly reminds me of…

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