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Coming out isn’t about the parents
By Janice Anderson “How does this affect me?†is often the thought family and parents have when their loved one comes out. I thought that. I wondered how it would
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A little chicken for your pot
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Did you think fall would ever get here? Still feels like summer to this old broad. You all know how Paula loves chicken — I’ve
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5 Tech-Savvy Ways to Stack Your Savings at Target
By Mikey Rox Fact: You can’t go to Target without spending a hundred bucks. You know how it goes: You enter the store armed with a list that you plan
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Fresh and light every week of the year
By Jim Ayres I was always curious about Seasons 52, a local outpost of the upscale “low calorie†chain. It’s part of the restaurant group that includes Eddie V’s and
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Jane Lynch and Cyndi Lauper really want a Golden Girls reboot
By Romeo San Vicente You’ve seen Shark Tank, so you know what a “pitch†is. No? OK, it’s when you’re a screenwriter and your agent gets you a meeting at
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Hold the water, bring on the shoes!
By Forest Riggs Just when folks were finally able to get back into their Hurricane Harvey damaged homes, the bottom fell out and along came a Tropical Storm named Imelda.
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Bullying, depression, and other complications of life
By Randall Jobe The Music Box Theater presents Keep It Brassy 3, featuring songs by Chicago, Bruno Mars, and the Temptations. 2623 Colquitt. Ongoing. Tickets: TheMusicBoxTheater.com or 713-522-7722. Main Street
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People Will Talk | The 2019 coming out edition
By Nancy Ford “When people did ask us, especially early on, it was just kind of a weirdness because it was like guys in their late 20s, early 30s asking
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Steven’s Story
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, y’all! This past April, in Missouri, a jury took less than twenty minutes to convict a very sick man on felony charges for possession of
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Candidates seek to shift race in third Democratic debate
By Colby Etherton Going into the third Democratic debate on September 12, one thing was evident: Former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts, and U.S. Senator