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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On Health Care Reform: You Can Hate It Now, But It Won’t Stop Now

Hate Me Now – Nas & Puff Daddy “We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare” –President Obama The Senate version of Health Care Reform legislation passed the House on Sunday – seemingly the final [...]

 

Motivational Monday – 4.30.12

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 – 4.30.12www.mochawrites.com……www.mochawrites.com…Mocha WritesMotivation + Tips for Business & Life

 

Code-switching: Professional & Mature or Denial of Identity?

“i kno u not comin at meh! u shud kno better den dat” “ain tryna splurge on no real **** so it is wat it is…dey say da cheap **** getchu rt” “The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me…” “Yo’ ole father doan’ know yit what he’s a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he [...]

 

Iraq – Open Letter From The President

Sincere – Tonight marks the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. As a candidate for this office, I pledged to end this war responsibly. And, as President, that is what I am doing. Since I became Commander-in-Chief, we’ve brought home nearly 100,000 U.S. troops. We’ve closed or turned over to Iraq hundreds of our bases. As Operation [...]

 

A “Coalition of the Willing” Begins Air Strikes in Libya

Yesterday, air strikes against Qaddafi’s forces ensued in Libya.  I know my personal reaction has been one of shock that this situation has escalated in the month since the protests in Libya first began.  In the face of rising opposition from Qaddafi, fighters in Libya have been crying out for the help of the internatonal [...]

 

The Act of Trying

Have you ever tried to do something and it never happened the way you wanted to? You knew you had all the steps right and everything was PERFECT! But to your dismay the outcome was not what you expected. It was…in so many words a failure? So what do you do after you tried so [...]

 

Auto Industry: "Cash For Clunkers" Program Now Cashless?

The Cash for Clunkers program, or the Car Allowance Rebate System is such a great program.  Individuals that are looking to buy a new auto can go and take their car of less than 25 years old I believe and some other requirements and they can get a rebate for it of up to $4500 [...]

 

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Motivational Monday – 5.21.12
Motivation + Tips for Business & Life Source Article from www.mochawrites.com……Motivational Monday – 5.21.12www.mochawrites.com……www.mochawrites.com…Mocha WritesMotivation + Tips for Business & Life
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[Music Review] Great Boldness by Rod Jackson
Most people my age can agree that music isn’t what it used to be… It doesn’t really bother me because I love to listen to the old school stuff and can do without radio playlists.  However, when it comes to my son… well, that’s a different story. He doesn’t have the appreciate for the type [...]
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Ask a Bougie Chick – So I’m Dating this Black Guy…
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