A New Year’s Dawn By Reggie Legend

A New Year’s Dawn By Reggie Legend

For those that are single (or are in relationships but acting like you’re single), be careful who you hook up with as you start out the new year.  Realizing that some of the craziest parties are getting lined up to b/ring in the new year, does it not make sense that they may attract some [...]

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What I’m Not Gon’ Do In 2012

What I’m Not Gon’ Do In 2012

what i’m not gon’ do in 2012 this year, i am choosing not to make any resolutions. instead, i am going to talk about what i’m not gon’ do in the new year. 1. apologize for who i am and for the choices i make: i tend to be a people pleaser. choosing to apologize [...]

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Resolutions Schmesolutions

Resolutions Schmesolutions

how many people make a resolution each year? How many of those same people break that resolution within the first month? I personally never make a new year’s resolution. I don’t see the need. for some people this is a way of setting goals, but oftentimes these goals are either too broad or too unrealistic [...]

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What Is Your Ideal Vacation? By Gresham Harkless

What Is Your Ideal Vacation? By Gresham Harkless

My idea vacation is to be with my family going to some place out of the country.  For my ideal vacation, I would love to be able to go sight-seeing and do some adventurous things.  At the end of the day, I want to be able to see things and meet people that I would never have [...]

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Success Requires Sacrifice By Jarrai Stephens

Success Requires Sacrifice By Jarrai Stephens

Jarrai Stephens is an Internal Auditor for the Department of the Navy. Best described as “rare and rarely forgotten,” she is an outgoing, charismatic, results-driven lady with swag. This morning I breezed through my usual morning routine: woke up at 5:30 am, watched the news while getting dressed, rode the 6am bus, transferred metro lines, [...]

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Would you accept a position with less pay but doing something that you love or more pay but you hate what you do? Gresham Harkless

Would you accept a position with less pay but doing something that you love or more pay but you hate what you do? Gresham Harkless

Gresham is a freelance writer and entrepreneur.  He graduated from Howard University and Georgetown University. He regularly blogs at his personal blogProgreshion.com……, edits documents at Exemplary Editing and contributes at Hearpreneur.com….  He has been published in the PW Business Magazine, The Prince William News & Messenger and Patch.com…….* “Would you accept a position with less pay but [...]

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Success Is The Work Of Your Hands

Success Is The Work Of Your Hands

Brandelyn N. Castine is the author of 2 novels, Everybody Plays the Fool and U.G.L.Y. She is also the author of Spoken Silence, a volume of poetry and dreams are not concerned, the forthcoming volume of poetry and prose due out June 2011. Please visit the website Website: www.beencee.com… or follow her on Twitter: @BeeNCeedotcom. ["Usually there's a deeper truth submerged [...]

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Filthy Rags To Riches by Reggie Legend

Filthy Rags To Riches by Reggie Legend

We’ve all heard the saying – often uttered out of a sense of humility and Biblical scripture:  “Well, we’re all just filthy rags!”  Well what if it could be revealed scripturally that this mindset is wrong?  I’ll not delay the revelation of scripture until the end of this entry; rather, I’ll just quote it directly [...]

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It’s Not As Black And White As You Think By Crystal Marie

It’s Not As Black And White As You Think By Crystal Marie

*I’m Crystal Marie and I’m the writer for www.awordorthree.com….  I like to say I’m the sole member of “Team Awesome,” but that’s just crazy. All the people that read my blog, follow my tweets, friend me on Facebook, etc are also awesome. As you can see, I’m also modest. Me in Threes   Dane Cook, Kevin [...]

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Are Interracial Relationships Still Taboo? By Bengemin Grehe

Are Interracial Relationships Still Taboo? By Bengemin Grehe

If they aren’t, then why even ask the question?  Clearly some degree of taboo has to exist for situations occurring like the one in Mississippi right now.  They’ve never been taboo to everybody everywhere, and so I suppose the issue is subjective to the relative parties and their immediate environment.  But racism still exists and so long as [...]

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Poland: A Day to Commemorate Tragedy Turns Tragic

If you have not hear since this morning, the President of Poland died in a plane crash today. “We could not have conceived a more horrible, poignant, tragic occurrence than our president going to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the murder of 20,000 Polish officers at Katyn, himself dying with his wife, with the army [...]

 

Finding Myself…

Ok not so much. By finding myself I actually am talking about my blog.  I think it is time to revamp and restyle my blog! I am currently exploring web design mumbo jumbo (please pray for me) But hopefully I can have a new and different look for the blog, ripe with features that enhance [...]

 

No Seriously, We Are Trying to Address the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy…

I really had to laugh out loud when I read this article about Sen. John McCain today and his position on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy that has discriminated against gays and lesbians in the military for longer than people have been painting and believing in blue-eyed, brown-hair Jesus (okay maybe not that long, [...]

 

19 / 30 : spill.

spill i used to be a glass half full but my contents are running over the sides and flowing down the counter and flowing down the sides of my face i can only hold as much as i was designed to so when you pour all this shit  into my frame  i can’t hold it [...]

 

Fort Hood Tragedy: The Accidental Terrorist

The news today about the incident at Fort Hood is tragic.  Reports have confirmed numerous wounded and 12 dead, including the shooter. As details begin to leak out slowly in the midst of the confusion and tragedy, many will be concerned for loved ones and friends.  Others will be shocked at yet another tragic and [...]

 

Writer Spotlight: Chrissy Begemann

How did you become interested in writing? I have been a voracious reader since I was six and that has definitely influenced my writing. I enjoy the structure writing brings to unorganized thought. Why did you decide to pursue freelance writing as a career? I had a wide variety of jobs while I was in [...]

 

another music sharing lawsuit…

It seems like record companies are getting serious about file-sharing music. A Boston University grad student has to pay $675,000 for downloading and distributing 30 songs. It appears that people who download and distribute music are the ones the record companies are hitting hard. This student has to pay $22,500 per song. Seems kind of [...]

 

YWB Spotlight: Liz Niemiec & Little Wish Foundation

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On: My Life not being a Rom-Com…
So…I’m always having these in depth talks with my girlfriends regarding the status of our love lives…or lack there of.  As a first generation immigrant family, my parents have this idea of the perfect fellow for me to marry and start my life with. He has to be of this descent, be this [...]
Posted 08 February 2012 by PharmChic  Add comment

Our Lady Peace Releasing New LP
Our Lady Peace Our Lady Peace will release their eight studio album, Curve, on April 3. “This is the record we’ve been trying to make for the past 10 years. There’s something to be said about being beaten up and being able to dust yourself off and get back in the ring,” [...]
Posted 07 February 2012 by Eardrum Krushez  Add comment

Motivational Monday- 2.6.12
Thank you for visiting Mocha Writes! Content on this blog includes motivational quotes, motivational articles, business and writing tips. Hope you enjoy! Source Article from www.mochawrites.com……Motivational Monday- 2.6.12www.mochawrites.com……www.mochawrites.com…Mocha WritesMotivation + Tips for Business & Life
Posted 06 February 2012 by Jamie  Add comment