Bellas, it's my Wednesday deadline for work and this week is especially rushed because… I'm going to Chicago tomorrow! I LOVE Chicago!! That's where my in-laws are from and we'll be celebrating my mother in law's birthday all around downtown. So if you see someone who looks like me happily wandering around downtown Chi-town this [...]...

That was the punchline of a joke that Chris Rock made when I recently saw him at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. It came at the end of a classic Rock anti-terrorism, pro-steroids rant about the ongoing athletic witch hunt. The crowd roared with laughter, and Chris Rock got his overall point across — [...]...

On today's News and Notes blogger's roundtable, I discussed issues weighty and lighthearted with hostess with the mostess Farai Chideya, and bloggers Robert Redding of ReddingNewsReview.com, and Jasmyne Cannick. We touched on Obama's visit to Iraq, David Paterson's allegations of "accidental" racism, Michelle Obama's blog, and… sigh… Star Jones and Al Reynolds. Specifically, Al Reynolds' [...]...

We preen, pluck, and primp. We go on insane and obviously unhealthy diets. We shove our feet into pointy toed high heel shoes that can cause long term health effects, and pay a pretty penny for that pleasure. We get our wrinkles disguised from the inside out with fillers, or we have known poisons injected [...]...

I appreciate the fine folks behind the Michelle Obama Watch — they're keeping their eyes on the media to make sure the Obama family is being fairly represented. For the most part, the attacks against Michelle O and the kids anger me tremendously. But a recent blog post about Malia Obama's Access Hollywood interview actually [...]...