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I was born and raised in Knoxville, TN. I spent my college years in Memphis, Orlando, and Los Angeles. I graduated with a degree in Communications from The University of Memphis in 2001, and moved to Austin, TX in 2002, where I currently reside.

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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections 2008 Republican presidential candidates and the black vote: 1 of 9

The Republicans' failure to capture the black vote in the past two presidential elections has certainly not hurt them, but without a candidate of the stature of George Bush in the running this time around, they may need to pull out all the stops to reel in black voters before all is said and done. Who are the top 2008 Republ...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Assessing the lasting power of the soap opera television genre: 3 of 12

What makes soaps last is a paradox. It's like asking someone why he or she loves who he or she loves. On the surface, the person could probably rattle off a bunch of viable and sound reasons why their beloved is their beloved, but deep down inside I'd bet he or she would truly have no idea what the driving force behind their...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends New soaps: Assessing the rising popularity of reality soap operas: 1 of 4

Forget less is more. The combination of reality and soap opera has begun to yield a virtual smorgasbord of highly entertaining trash TV, and millions upon millions of viewers are eating it up like Oscar the Grouch. It's a marriage made in purgatory, however, as while they both sure up the other's weaknesses, they also share ...
Home & Garden > Home Interior Creating a bedroom decor in rainbow colors: 3 of 10

When creating bedroom decor in rainbow colors, you have to know when to say when. What I mean by that is that too much of anything is not good. You have to have some balance between what you love, which is, in this case, rainbow colored bedroom decor, and whatever offsets it. It's hard to appreciate something that's everywhe...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends How reality TV has affected the soap opera genre: 3 of 7

Reality TV's affect on soap operas has been two pronged. On the one hand, reality TV has stolen a lot of the soap opera's thunder, but on the other hand, reality TV has lent a lot of credence to soap opera stories. Think about it. Reality television is filled with moments that you absolutely have to see to believe, and if th...
Home & Garden > Home Interior Great finds for decorating a dorm room: 3 of 7

Dorm room decoration is what it is. It's a lot more about function than form. A dorm room is not somewhere most students stay permanently, but instead for a school year or two, so as long as it's comfortable and study friendly that's all that matters. Besides function, dorm room decoration is usually also a product of the ti...
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News A look at the Leoma Patterson scandal: 4 of 9

The Leoma Patterson scandal is definitely one for the books. It is an unsolved murder mystery in which the murderer has been caught, and the mystery lies in who lies beneath Leoma Patterson's tombstone, because many believe it's not Leoma. Who is Leoma Patterson? A divorcee, who went missing. What is the Leoma Patterson scan...
Style & Beauty > Shoes Best wide calf boots for winter 2008: 2 of 4

What are wide calf boots? Well, that's sort of self-explanatory, but it'll still be explained in the following. More importantly, what are the best wide calf boots for winter 2008? Well, that's not so self-explanatory, but it'll still be explained in the following. Wide calf boots are made for women with bigger calves, wheth...
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Book recommendations for the game programmer: 1 of 2

The market is absolutely flooded with books about everything that's anything, and since game programming is anything, it is certainly well represented. In my opinion, some of the best game programming books out there are the ones I am about to recommend, and that's why they are the recipients of my first annual Game Programm...
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development Changing settings in Visual Studio: 1 of 1

Visual Studio is an integrated development environment by Microsoft. Settings are defined as customizations to the integrated development environment (IDE), like editor defaults and available dialog box options that can be saved, imported, exported, or reset to ease IDE usage. Settings can be broken down into two parts, whic...