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Throwback Thursday: Circles, Squares & Me.
Note: This post first appeared on my old blog, Far AboveRubies, on September 21, 2012. ~Alisha When I sat in that doctor’s office over a year and a half ago, being…
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Flashback Friday: That time Flip Wilson and Bobby Darin had prayer with Elvis at the Sahara in Vegas.
Clockwise from top right, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, and Flip Wilson. (Google Images) According to Kevin Cook’s “Flip: The Inside Story of TV’s First Black Superstar”, a biography of comedian Flip…
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Throwback Thursday: Great(ly different) Expectations.
Note: This post was first published on my old blog, Far Above Rubies, on December 31, 2012. ~Li Princeton University. I did not attend. I did, however, drive by a number of…
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Some Sunday Stuff: July 23rd.
Zoe is 6! Happy Sunday! It was quite the week in news- Kermit got fired, R. Kelly may be head of a creepy cult, the Juice is (about to be) loose,…
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Flashback Friday: The Newark Riots.
(Image Source: NJ.com) I heard the story countless times growing up. My grandmother had warned my grandfather they shouldn’t go into Newark that Sunday in July of 1967. Not *that* Sunday.…
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Throwback Thursday: “You’re HUGE” & Other Dumb Things Not to Say or Do to a Pregnant Woman
Note: This post was first published on my old blog, Far Above Rubies, on March 30, 2011. Enjoy! ~Li (Photo: Flickr) God bless ’em, the jerks who have thought it all in…
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PSA: So you noticed I’m disabled…
… and I am. Now get over it. It’s summer, and the more I go out, the more I run into people who get spontaneous, explosive, diarrhea of the mouth because of…
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Some Sunday Stuff: July 16th.
I love these flowers. Like a little bit of the tropics. (Photo taken by me) Happy Sunday! Let’s get to the links. First up, I have to strongly recommend Crash…
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Flashback Friday: The 1977 NYC Blackout.
(Image Source) Forty years ago yesterday, New York City, which supposedly never sleeps, went dark. And then, went mad. From Time: The blackout that hit New York on… July 13, in…
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These are a few of my favorite themes…
So, I made you all a little video. Please watch and then comment with some of your own favs, and be on the lookout for more in this series on…
