By Walden Brooks - What is a work wife? In layman’s terms it’s a member of the opposite sex with whom one shares a platonic relationship that in many ways mirrors a real marriage. There are the inside jokes, the shared interest of the others family and the general distain for work. Often[...]
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Real Talk: The Good (Work) Wife’s Guide
Real Talk: Proposition… Great
By Walden Brooks - Last fall voters in California passed Proposition 8 that banned same-sex marriages and afterward a firestorm of efforts to repeal the new legislation was launched by numerous groups including GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Fiercely (and I mean FIERCE!) [...]
Real Talk: Cash for Clunkers?
By Walden Brooks - I have to admit when I heard the words “Jon and Kate Gosselin from TLC’s ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8’ are separating”, I was crushed. You see I have a genuine love for reality television. Especially, the shows that take me on that amazing thrill ride of human misery and [...]
Real Talk: Another Media Victim
By Walden Brooks - Ever wonder why is it today that it seems every affair involving celebrities, marquee athletes or politicians has to be played out in public? Really? I mean no profession is immune. Kobe, Shaq, McNair and A-Rod from the sports world. Mark Sanford, Elliott Spitzer, John Edwards[...]
Real Talk: Victory for America
By Walden Brooks - The United States, arguably the world’s last super-power, is engaged across the world in a number of fronts. There is Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, where U.S. forces have stepped up their war as Washington touts a new strategy to root out terro[...]
Real Talk: Steve McNair, Personal Foul
By Walden Brooks - The shocking death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair highlights what we’ve already known: That infidelity among sports stars is running rampant among all families of professional athletes, stars and most recently and desperately republican politicians. McNair who had be[...]