What's Your Brand of Fatigue?

You hear yourself constantly saying, "I'm tired." You feel overworked, chronically fatigued, harried and stressed. Well, you aren't alone. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that nearly a third of all Americans are sleep deprived. If you have a case of the "yawns", it doesn't mean that you're not getting enough rest. To sort...

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Memories of Summertime Fun in Chicago

As a transplant from Chicago to Las Vegas, I seem to miss the Windy City the most in the summer. Don't get me wrong-I love Las Vegas, but I have so many memories of Chicago through the years from childhood to becoming an adult. Then I got to relive fun in the summer with my children and grandchildren. Let’s walk and take a nostalgic tour of places...

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Millionaire at 15: Jaylen Bledsoe

Today's media market makes you think that young black men are behind bars, victims of fatal shootings, or unemployed baby daddies. Here's one of the big secrets that the media doesn't readily share. It's the story of Jaylen Bledsoe, a young, black entrepreneur who has assured his future at the tender age of 1...

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Blair Underwood's "Ironside" Re-boot

  Most of you won't remember Raymond Burr's distinctive series "Ironside" highlighted in the '60s and '70s. Burr played a San Francisco chief of detectives forced to retire when a sniper's bullet paralyzes him from the waist down, leaving him wheelchair bound. He gets himself appointed as a "special department consultant. "Ironside"...

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On The Record: Samuel L. Jackson Revealed

While researching for an article on long lasting Celebrity marriages, I learned two things about actor, producer Samuel L. Jackson: first, I learned about his marriage to his college sweetheart La Tanya Richardson and second, I found that Jackson has lead the kind of interesting life worth writing about. After further...

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