Photo Credit: Courtesy of Norman Rockwell Compare the two scenarios. One is all about a multi-generational family gathered together around a delectable feast of Thanksgiving meal staples. The next step was usually everyone gathered in the family room in various states of what has been called a carb-induced com; often with the Thanksgiving Day football game playing unseen. The video is indicative of a large part of the population that has replaced the lazy evening with the sh

Photo Credit: Arsenio Hall Facebook Page Last night, 11/19/2013, was one of the better nights in the annals of late night talk show history. Two of the funniest men alive, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall were reunited on the Arsenio Hall Show. Arsenio Hall frequently had Eddie Murphy on as a guest during the first incarnation of the Arsenio Hall Show more than 20 years ago. They were flying high at the time, riding the waves of success. Murphy, clad in a fitted red leather

Photo Credit: Courtesy of WritingMyDreams.com ***I am so honored to be a guest blogger today on author C Michelle Ramsey's blog. Please enjoy the my guest blog that was featured on Michelle's site today. "Today I welcome guest blogger and fellow author, Pamela Kay Noble Brown to Writing My Dreams. She's here to open up a little bit about what's really going on behind the scenes in an author's life, for those of you who want to be in the know." ~ author C. Michelle Ramsey Do

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Google Images Mention the word taxes and some people slip into instant disdain mode. Others pop their eyes like a deer caught in headlights, afraid that the tax boogeyman has found them at last. Still others are just fed up with the complex taxation laws of this country. Count rock star Tina Turner in with this last bunch. Ms. Turner has always been known as a world class jet-setter; hitting far-flung spots on the globe like most of us would hit the

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Gamecocksonline.com Anyone who comes even close to Gamecock territory in Columbia, SC, knows that University of South Carolina fans love their teams. They are some of the most vocal and loyal fans around. As a matter of fact, when ESPN College GameDay traveled to Columbia to cover the USC Gamecocks vs. the Georgia Bulldogs in 2012, the ESPN analysts couldn’t stop raving about USC’s school spirit. Even veteran Senior Coordinating Producer Lee Fitting

Photo Credit: Courtesy of USATSI On November 5, 2013, NFL Denver Bronco lineman John Moffitt sent out a tweet that was quite startling in this economy. He announced that after three years, he was going to leave football and all its glory. It's interesting that he would leave one of the big three cash cows (baseball and basketball being the other two) of sports. When you look at the economy right now, everyone is hustling to try to make an extra buck. So many companies that h

Photo on the left courtesy of Sean Raygood and Photo on the right courtesy of Jonathan Sharpe We all flood out to the national elections and this is a good thing. We have a right to want to participate in electing the person that will serve as the leader of the most powerful nation in the free world. We know that our country will be led by this person for the next four, and possibly eight, years and we want to take a part. Today I want to remind you to make sure you take that