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Are you an organ donor? Share it on FB

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata 3 weeks ago

I need my kidneys right now, but when I'm done with them I hope someone else gets a chance to put them to good use. Same for my liver and corneas. I'm an organ donor, it's on my driver's license but today I thought I'd give Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg a hand and let all of you know via FB

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Smurfilicious spring

Smurfilicious spring

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata April 7, 2012

On nights when it gets below freezing I've been covering my blooming tulips with old sheets. I think I'll stick to the plain colored ones, waking up to Smurfs all over the tulips is a little too weird.

Of course looking at those Smurfs makes me think of all the Smurf toys my kids used to col

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Category: Around Flint, Flint News Tags:
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I miss the old-time Easter Bunny

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata April 4, 2012

I miss writing on hard-boiled eggs with those ridiculous wax pencils and then dipping them into cups with pellets of color that smell like vinegar. I miss wrapping baskets in transparent colored paper with bright ribbons. It's no fun buying stuff fo

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Category: Around Flint, Easter, Flint News
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Pay That Ticket or a Strip Search is in your Future

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata April 3, 2012

Albert Florence of New Jersey was a passenger in the family car being driven by his wife, when they were stopped by a New Jersey state trooper. The officer found that Florence had a warrant for an outstanding fine

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Motorcyclists, to Helmet or Not to Helmet?

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata March 30, 2012

My Facebook page (friend me if you haven't already) lit up this morning with comments from riders who seem perfectly happy keeping their heads helmeted while riding. Governor Rick Snyder may have the opportunity to sign a bill that would repeal the state's helmet law for motorcyclists age 21 and older

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Who Knows Where Nude Pregnant Photos Will Take Us?

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata March 14, 2012

We've come a long way baby. I think.

In 1952, Lucille Ball announced to the world (via her crazy, whacky TV personality Lucy Riccardo) that she was expecting. CBS would not let her use the word pregnant

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MSU’s College of Human Medicine Dean on WFNT

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata March 14, 2012

Jeffrey Dwyer, Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, was a guest today on WFNT's morning talk show with Brenda Brissette-Mata and Dan Foley

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Category: Health
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Commentary: Birth control does not make you a slut

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata March 2, 2012

Rush Limbaugh thinks a young woman who uses birth control does so in order to act like a slut. Sandra Fluke, a third-year student at Georgetown University Law School, spoke before a Democratic hearing about birth control

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Category: National News Tags: ,
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Commentary: And We’re Off….

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata January 4, 2012

Iowa is in the pocket. Done. Kaput. Time to move on.....

Are you ready for New Hampshire? South Carolina? Is the intrigue and drama more than you can stand?

Sorry, tongue firmly in cheek while that was being said

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Commentary: Sick of Party Politics

11251_194819602181_671742181_3214797_2539634_n By Brenda Brissette-Mata December 20, 2011

Will they pass the payroll tax cut? Won't they pass the payroll tax cut?

At this point, I don't care. Honestly, I'm full. Filled to the brim with disgust at the inability of most legislatures to see beyond the end of their nose

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