Before I put my serious writer hat on I need to get this out of the way … the thing we all want, no scratch that, NEED to see! Pictures of Michelle shining like an emerald with her jewel-toned dressed, perfectly heart-melting, adorable daughters, and a proud Barack and Michelle almost crying when she saw…

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While the adults prepared for speeches did a walk through and answered the stray media question, Sasha Obama seized the gavel and gave it a bang on the podium. It’s Michelle “Mommy” Obama’s big night. She’s the one giving the speech, but for the youngest Obama, who always looks a little bored during such events,…

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I forgot TJ Holmes’ birthday! Eeeeee! It was Aug. 19. He turned 31. Sorry TJ! The Black Snob still loves you!

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“Reasons To Be Beautiful,” Hole To get over my divorce seven years ago, I drove myself, my cat and our things to St. Louis playing nothing but No Doubt’s “Return of Saturn” and Hole’s “Celebrity Skin,” two rock albums about the absence of love, death (actual and romantic) and self-loathing. As big of an R&B…

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Everyone’s here and everyone’s adorable. Michelle, Malia and Sasha are showing the family flag, representing for the man who may be the 44th president of the United States. Per usual, the girls looked charming and were causal. Michelle went casual too, white blouse and what appears to be skinny black pants with a pair of…

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I wrote earlier about CNN’s Betty Nguyen referring to Sen. Joe Biden as “Obiden” repeatedly on the air. (My man TJ Holmes called her out on it. West Memphis, represent!) And as I was writting up a different version of this story for DailyKos it occurred to be how dangerous this “Obiden” mess could be…

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These family pictures are from Aug. 22 in Chicago where the Obama clan went out for dinner and the photographers were out to catch their comings and goings. Per usual, the girls? Darling. The parents? Full of steelo.

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