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We all remember when T-Pain was on every radio station a few years back. The world questioned T-Pains ability to sing without autotune. You'd swear that we just discovered the 8th wonder of the world. The question puzzled all of us who heard his songs. I'm sure i'm not alone here when I say this, but when I went on some late night drives and that "buy you a drink" song came on. I would be lying if I said I changed the station. You bet I turned that volume up... "Baby girl, what's your name, let me talk to...

What if the answer to happiness and success was simply staying optimistic about everything around you? It's extremely hard to do because, the easy way out of any situation is to walk away without resolution or get mad over it. Finding a positive mindset towards negative obstacles that you are faced with in life, is what seperates the ones who succeed and the ones who fail. There's always a solution to every problem. You just need to find that optimistic view or what I like to call it, an "Optimistic Formula" to solve each problem. The more formulas that you...

It's that time of year again, where slasher movies saturate every channel and candy is advertised down every grocery store isle. Yes, Halloween is approaching! It's also that time of year to go get a pumpkin. This year i'll test out my carving skills. I"m going to carve the Rookie Rise "Rook-A-Lantern" design. Check it out and download it for free! ROOK-A-LANTERN DOWNLOAD. As a kid, I didn't really care how round my pumpkin was, or if it had a stem or not. I just wanted one that made me grunt and turn beat red when I attempted to pick...

A couple years ago I was at a party when my brother in-law pulled out his phone and asked me "have you ever heard of Lil Dicky?" I was a little put off by the name. I was like who the hell calls themselves Lil Dicky? My brother in-law insisted that I listen to one of "LD's" songs. He showed me a music video called "Ex-Boyfriend" I started to laugh as I listened to this guys lyrics. The video was hilarious. I realized that this Lil Dicky guy was actually a good rapper, really good! Although his rap name will...

It was the frist semester of the school year, September 11th 2001. I woke up to the sound of my alarm. I walked into our front room and my mom was standing, facing the TV. I asked what was going on. She turned to me and said that two planes flew into the world trade centers. I couldn't help but stare at the television screen, as I watched two huge buildings burn and smoke profusely. I never expected to see what happened next. A building that once stood high above New York, came crumbling to the ground. I held my...