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Five Signs You May Be Falling in Love or Not By Guest Blogger Shelia M. Goss 1.   You can’t stop thinking about him. He crosses your mind throughout the day no matter what you’re doing. He’s part of your thoughts whether you’re sleeping or awake. No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop thinking about him. Be careful that you don’t neglect others (family/friends) while focusing so much energy into your new man. 2.   You get butterflies every time you hear his name. You haven’t felt this way since your first love. The strange feeling leaves you feeling a little fluttery. It’s a feeling that comes over you every time you hear his name. Be sure this feeling isn’t trying to alert you to something else. 3.   You see yourself dating him exclusively.    You’re at a point you want to commit to him and him alone.  You’re willing to take a chance to an exclusive relationship. Don’t go fantasizing about matching tow...

This is the last year that the CIAA Basketball tournament is contracted to be in Charlotte. Here's my hope, I hope another city comes in and takes the tournament away. Yes, I live in Charlotte. The greatest CIAA school in the world, Johnson C. Smith University, is in Charlotte but the City of Charlotte doesn't deserve this tournament. Over the last nine years, the city has made an average of $50 Million. The CIAA has made $9 Million for the member schools scholarships. That. Is. Not. Right. According to The Charlotte Observer , "Last year, the CIAA rebuffed the city’s request to exclusively negotiate a contract extension. Instead, the association has said it will issue a formal request that all interested cities submit proposals. At stake is one of the city’s biggest tourism events, estimated to generate more than $40 million in economic impact." If the City of Charlotte is making that much money off the league, there is no way in habanero hell that th...

Oh how I wished I lived in Richmond, Va. Iris Bolling, author of the wildly popular Heart Series, has taken her books to TV on her terms. Bravo! I saw the first episode on YouTube. And baby, I'm hooked. I'm glad Iris is the writer and producer of this series. I'm glad her baby is being well received --cause it is good -- and it shows that writers know how their books should be presented. Bravo to Iris Bolling, my hero. My role model. And if you want to bring this series to your local CW, sign this petition !

I just realized that Richard Sherman is my nephew. What, you ask? My oldest nephew is 25. So is Richard Sherman. My nephews are smart. So is Richard Sherman. All week we've heard about Richard Sherman's rant. Why haven't we been hearing about the other things Richard Sherman is known for all season? He's a graduate of Stanford. He graduated from high school, number two in his class. He runs The Blanket Coverage non profit organization that helps kids get the most out of their education. When he launched this in September, I don't remember hearing a damned thing about it. Didn't see wall to wall coverage on it. But his post game rant is still being played. And you know what, I'm not going to call it a rant. I rant every day. And when I do, you can best believe there is some colorful, sailor like language going on. Richard Sherman did none of that. NONE. OF. THAT. But this Vine is funny. I find myself looking at people wanting to shout, "D...

Call her the four million dollar woman. But know you, you're probably going to talk about Pam Oliver's hair. Here we go. Black women who cover sports get no respect. And how do I know? Cause I'm one of them. I'm not impressed by Pam Oliver's hair, but she doesn't ask dumb ass questions like Suzy Kolber. And her shag haircut is not always impressive on the sidelines either. Whenever Pam Oliver is on camera she comes across as knowledgeable, informed and trust worthy. But all y'all can talk about is her hair? Yes. I mean that from the bottom of my heart! Pam Oliver is a sportscaster for the NFL and NBA who has a net worth of $4 million. Pam Oliver earned her net worth through her years as a news reporter, sportscaster and sideline reporter for FOX, ESPN and TNT. She was born in Dallas, Texas in the U.S on March 10, 1961. She attended Florida A&M University where she was an All-American track star. She graduated in 1984 with a broadcast jo...

If you’d like to get the full schedule of where Bettye’s characters are visiting this week, please check her blog . Secrets & Sins by Bettye Griffin In this sweeping, 115K-word novel, Bettye Griffin introduces readers to the Cheeks family of Zion, Illinois: Eldest daughter Faye, whose placid, orderly life is about to be disrupted in a way she never could have imagined...middle child and only son Scott, who brings new meaning to the phrase 'midlife crisis'...and youngest daughter Robin, who is divorced from but not exactly rid of her former spouse. At the center of the story is their mother, Julia Scott Cheeks, who along with her devoted husband Melvin, has tried to keep two scandalous family secrets hidden and has been successful for 55 years...but when Robin mentions the name of the former classmate she has a romantic interest in, Julia fears that the events she has tried so hard and for so long to keep her children from knowing are in danger of being ...

Charlotte City Councilman Theo Baxter hated everything that wasn't a republican. Imagine my surprise when I saw him on the site. I didn't even have to use my expensive ass software to know who he was. Bax369 had been his screen name. It made me wonder if he'd actually been trying to hide his cheating ways. Then I began to question why the media hadn't gotten wind of this. After all, this would've been John Edwards love child big — in the city of Charlotte, at least. It took him a while to respond to my sultry messages. I told him in the first message that he looked as if his dick was candy covered and sweet and I could wait to taste it. It was corny and a little much, but the man said in his profile that he wanted a woman who loved oral sex.   I could play that role, because his penis would never ever touch my lips. When I sent my second message, a week later, which was a picture of my lips wrapped around a banana, he responded with a list of demands. Be...