On March 6, 2009 at approximately 1:30 pm, I entered the Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indiana. I had taken a late lunch, hoping to run in & run out of the mall to return a pair of sunglasses to the Sunglass Hut kiosk. The person who works the kiosk was not there, so I waited. [...]
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Cropsey! If there was ever an urban myth that I thought was real, the kid-snatching Cropsey legend was it. Growing up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, I was fortunate enough to go on hiking trips in Staten Island and the Cropsey camp fire stories were always the best.
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I binged on Michael Jackson music videos for awhile immediately following his death in June.
Styling myself an alternative rock and hip hop fan long ago, I swore off Jackson in my early teens; but now I’m back—death has a way of doing that—and I want it all. I crave the hopeful expectation of pop glory [...]
At some point in our lives, many of us come to witness the extreme outcomes of a relationship breakup. Lost love may leave some victims detached and uninspired by their surroundings, while others may fall into an undetermined fit of reckless behavior. In other cases detachment sparks a rebirth, where loss has transformed into boundless [...]
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The world fell in love with his sexy voice, eclectic style, and expressive lyrics in 1996. Maxwell burst on the scene that year with the neo-soul hit album, Ascension. His look and sound were reminiscent of 1970s soul music, complete with the proper dress and wonderfully free ‘fro. He made the ladies [...]
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