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Proud Mary is the Coffy and Foxy Brown for the Millennial Generation

As a young adult, I remember going to see a movie called Coffy staring Pam Grier. Grier portrayed a nurse who was out for vigilante justice against inner city drug dealers after her sister became addicted. At the time, Coffy was viewed as the female version of Shaft. She was a bad mother ..SHUT YO MOUTH.

Then came Foxy Brown--another Pam Grier movie---where she played a crime fighter who used her sex appeal to battle the bad guys in and out of the bedroom.

Now more than 40 years later, we have another bad mama jama to hit the screen and we know her as Proud Mary. Taraji P. Henson, best known for her role as Cookie on the highly rated Fox TV show Empire, portrays, what I will say, "a hit woman with a heart." The movie opens up with Mary killing a bookie who was over $100K in debt to the mob boss she worked for. (Mob boss played by Danny Glover). After she executes him, she discovers a little boy in a back bedroom. She then grabs a photo of him off of a table and leaves …

Illiteracy in Trump's America

As we all know, the Third Monday of January is the day we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the past several years, the holiday is marked as a Day of Service when we, as Americans, go out and do our part to make a difference in the lives of others in some form or fashion. This year I decided to start early by using my skills and expertise to give back to the Durham Literacy Center. The DLC is a place where people go to study and prepare for their high school equivalency exam. They are drop-outs for one reason or another. Because of my journalism/communications background, the Program Director thought I would be a good tutor for someone studying to pass the Language Arts portion of the test.

On January 11, 2018, I became an "official" volunteer with my first student. Initially, I was supposed to be paired up with a young woman--but she didn't show up on time and this young man was already there so he and I were assigned to each other. To b…

Survey says Christmas is about the Experience not the Gifts

If there's a survey out somewhere, you can believe I'll find it and share it----like this one on what Americans say they want for Christmas.

E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E! Yes, according to a report released by IfOnly, an overwhelming 81 percent of respondents said they preferred an "experience" over any other type of gift.

Okay, so the next question is, what kind of experience?

39 percent said go on a helicopter tour
32 percent said go on a private tour of a museum
27 percent said pet a panda at the zoo

But get this: 36 percent of those who took the survey said they would rather spend the holiday with a wild animal than with their in-laws.

75 percent of Millennials said they would do anything in exchange for an incredible experience while nearly half of those surveyed said they would give up an hour of sleep for the entire holiday season to have an incredible experience instead of receiving a gift certificate.

And for those of you who have been complaining about lack of intimac…

There's a Survey for Thanksgiving

Another survey has come out and this one is just in time for Thanksgiving. Delta Dental has come out with its Third Annual Thanksgiving pie survey.

The number one pie enjoyed by families across America is pumpkin once again. Thirty-six percent of those surveyed favored it over pecan pie, which came in a distant second at 17 percent.

In other survey results,pumpkin pie is enjoyed most in the West and least in the South. That's not a surprising statistic because Southerners love their sweet potato pies loaded with lots and lots of sugar. A dentist's dream.

Apple pie came in third with 14 percent, followed by sweet potato at 10 percent, chocolate 9 percent, lemon meringue 4 percent, blueberry and cherry tied at 3 percent and strawberry at 2 percent.

Of course, while this survey may or may not be relevant, Delta Dental's message is that whatever pie you eat this holiday season that you "remember to take the time to brush and floss away the sugary remnants."

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Beverly

While doing some Fall cleaning, I came across a poem that had been written exclusively for me by a talented, creative writer named Vanessa Vendola. She and I met during one of the many networking events I've attended over the years.

I am sharing what she wrote with you here because it was only today (6 years later) that I realized how true and powerful her words were in describing ME. And the fact that I am still that woman!

Beverly Her innovative energy In her directive manner Focused on each matter Intense enthusiasm Translating in the pool of Passionate personality Traveling in spheres of Creative developments Her controversy leaping. Surrounding your logic Wake up, relate or debate A woman of high rated Broadcasting power Generating in a tower of Powerful Communicative Talents
By Vanessa Vendola May 2011

This Survey Stinks for Baby Boomers

The majority of baby boomers do not wash their underwear enough! That's what an online survey by Mulberry Cleaners revealed recently. The results were published in Reader's Digest.

I have to admit I was very surprised to read the results, which indicated 16 percent of middle-aged folks reported NEVER washing their underwear. Now, 16 percent may not sound like a large number but that's still 16 percent too many, in comparison to 85 percent of millennials who said they toss their undergarments in the laundry after one or two wears. Only 10.3 percent of millennial women said they never washed theirs, which might make sense if these young women had parents who were enablers and never taught them to do much of anything, especially how to wash clothes.

When it comes to washing bed sheets, 43 percent of women said they wash them every week, compared to seven percent of men who said they had washed their sheets only once in six months. But even worse than that is the fact th…