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Imagine my fear as I tried to put the final touches on pages 1 and 2 of the last edition and my computer system froze. No disk space!! I looked at my computer like it was on a crazy mission to ruin my day. I called one of my good friends and she tried to calm me down about the whole situation.
I talk to my oldest son, Gianni, all the time about being the kind of person who does not just talk about getting things done but actually gets things done. He is 13 and I do not think that he is listening to me at all. So I will share my feelings on the subject with you.
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Studio: Columbia Pictures (1 hr. 41 min.)
Plot: The mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi returns.
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Ruben Blades
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ****
Soaring On Clipped Wings
By Darcel Williams
ISBN: 1-930586-96-5
Publisher: Millennial Mind Publishing
Available: www.darcelwilliams.com or www.american-book.com
In the year that I mother died, I head God speak! Talk about a difficult time to listen to God. With the death of my mother, I and my siblings were "officially orphans!" I didn’t want to talk to God! Yet, the year that Mama died, I heard God speak!
Despite grassroots attempts to stop it, the Gonzalez family is still set to be deported. With one week left, residents are making a final push to save their neighbors.
Grammy-winning R&B icon Luther Vandross, whose distinct tenor powered such classic ballads as “Here and Now” and “If This World Were Mine,” died Friday at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, NJ He was 54.