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  The Urban Erma: Here Comes Honey Who?

  When realization dawned that this was not a Saturday Night Live sketch but indeed the actual show, I began wondering if white folks are as horrified by "Honey Boo Boo" as black folks were by "The Flavor of Love." Honey would break the loving resolve of even Uncle Ruckus.

  • Posted 172 days ago
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  The Urban Erma: I’m Going to Get Gas, Cover Me!

  They say history repeats itself but there’s some stuff you don’t want to see again: slavery, neon leg warmers, and gas lines. I've heard my parents talk about the gas lines of the 70s. It sounded like all the other crazy stuff they’ve told me about like all the things you could buy for a nickel and gas only costing $.25 a gallon. So I never thought I'd actually...

  • Posted 183 days ago
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  The Urban Erma: Grown Folks Shoppin’

  My washing machine died. I can’t be mad. I had it for 15 years so I more than got my money’s worth. But this meant I had to get a new washer and dryer since I had a laundry center, stacked combo. And shopping for a washer-dryer is not like shopping for shoes. It’s not cute. It’s not sexy. And it’s definitely not an impulse buy.

  • Posted 188 days ago
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  The Urban Erma: Home for the Hurricane: The Great Bundle Debacle

  New York City has been devastated by Hurricane Sandy. There was loss of life, power, and property. Honestly, I really didn’t know it was going to be this bad. It wasn’t the dire warnings of the Weather Channel that finally got through to me. It was when the City suspended parking meters and alternate side of the street parking. That’s a sign of the apocalypse isn’t it?

  • Posted 195 days ago
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  The Urban Erma: Coloring Outside the Lines

  I didn't know my maternal grandmother very well, but her name was Nana. She was not a warm and fuzzy grandma. She was tough. She didn't complement or coddle. My dad (whom she made no bones about not liking) nick named her Axie, short for Battle Axe. They say, “It's always better at grandma's.” Not at mine.

  • Posted 205 days ago
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