The Usual Dithering Archive

President Obama Has My Christian Vote

Posted on May 10, 2012 | 11 Comments
My Biblical Break-down of Why I’m Riding with Obama Yesterday, President Obama came out of the closet to say: ”For me personally it is important for me to affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.” And then the world imploded....
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Celebrities Flock to MSNBC’s White House Correspondents Dinner After Party

Posted on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
For YEARS I’ve dreamed of going to nerd prom (B.K.A. “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner). This year, I at least got to go to MSNBC’s amazing nerd prom after party at the Italian Embassy as a correspondent for EBONY.com! And all the nerds and celebrities...
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New York, I Love You

Posted on May 6, 2012 | No Comments
The first time I was supposed to move to New York, I was ten years old. I was a fledgling actress fresh off of a guest-starring role on the PBS Series The Puzzle Place (which, thankfully, cannot be found on the internet) and my Manhattan-based manager,...
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The Most Revolutionary Statement about Christianity — on GLEE!

Posted on April 26, 2012 | 5 Comments
Something MIND-BLOWING happened on Fox’s musical show Glee this week. And no, it wasn’t the awesome tribute to the dearly departed Whitney Houston (though seriously, that was kind of amazing). Did you catch it? Since I watch all of my television programs a day later...
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Secular Love Songs That Make Better Gospel Songs: “A Thousand Years”

Posted on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
People suck and disappoint. It’s in our DNA. It doesn’t make it o.k., but it is a reality of life. I had an encounter with such a reality of life today, and as promised, it sucked and was disappointing. It cut me to discover (in...
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Dating Double-Standards

Posted on February 24, 2012 | No Comments
I have them. Lots of them. For example, I would NEVER do online dating, because even though I find myself perfectly acceptable, I would assume that any guy dating online MUST be a complete loser if he has to resort to such measures. Yeah, I’m...
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R.I.P. Whitney! A Lesson Before Dying

Posted on February 13, 2012 | 3 Comments
“Whitney Houston is dead,” my god sister said Saturday after scrolling through a text message from her brother. ”No she isn’t.” I immediately dismissed it, shaming Twitter for causing yet another death hoax. It was nearly 10 p.m. and we had been without cellphone service...
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Eddie Long Crowned “King”?! Where They Do THAT At?!

Posted on February 6, 2012 | 7 Comments
New Birth, in Atlanta Georgia, apparently. No, for real, watch this video wherein Jewish Rabbi Ralph Messy Messer declares that, after being wrapped in a “Holocaust scroll,” Long ”now is raised up from a commoner to a kingship”: Now, don’t get me wrong: I like to...
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A Not-So-Funny Thing Happened On the Walk Home from Work

Posted on February 1, 2012 | 8 Comments
I was nearly mugged by two Riley-looking teen boys, one in a blue-hooded coat and the other in a red-hooded one, less than a block away from my home. While I am thrilled to see that the Crips and the Bloods are now working...
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No Romance on Valentine’s Day is No Reason Not to Love

Posted on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments
There’s a triple-negative in the title of this post, but I can’t think of any other way to say it. So many people have expressed a desire to enter my Valentine’s Day Giveaway of $150 dinner for two at Georgia Brown’s, yet have not entered...
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