(From shine.com)

Whether you’re the sender or receiver, it’s pretty hard to avoid the Late Night Booty Text these days. We’ve already shared ways to compose a good LNBT, but here are the top ten we hope you never send a guy.

10. My friends and I are going out for a big Mexican dinner. Can I stop by after? Steer clear of ever mentioning your grande order of beans and cheese; he’ll likely be mucho turned off.

9. Wanna have a sleepover? Most guys have been tricked into a night of cuddling this way, so you better make it clear you’re not interested in sleeping.

8. I wanna get you in the back seat, windows up, that’s the way I like to do it!!! When you can’t think of anything else to say, don’t turn to the lyrics of the rap song blasting at the club you’re in.

7. I neeeeed to see you tonight. I promise I’ll make it worth your time! Try to be a little more Debbie Does Dallas and a little less Debbie Does Desperation.

6. You can just come over here to watch the game! If you don’t know a thing about football and are just planning to tackle him when he walks in the door, he’ll be annoyed he ditched his friends.

5. I want to pole dance … you come over and bring the pole. An actual text suggested by Cosmo. Sorry, but we beg to differ until you find a guy who can read that without LOL-ing.

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Queen of Comedy Mo’Nique will make history tonight when she becomes the first African American woman to host a late-night talk show.

“The Mo’Nique Show” premieres tonight on BET and her first guest will be comedic actor Steve Harvey. Yes, it’s another first for blacks and black women specifically. How did it happen?

“The same way that I got called on to the ‘Apollo’ is the same way that I walked into this talk show,” Mo’Nique said of the pioneering opportunity. Just as she had received a call from show producer Suzanne DePasse about hosting “Showtime at the Apollo,” she got a call from another African American female pioneer for her new show.

“This amazing sister named Loretha Jones, who is now president of programming at BET called me up and said, ‘I am going to be the new president at BET, and I would love to be in business with you. Can you come in and talk and have a meeting?’ I said, ‘Sure.’ When I went in and sat down with her, I immediately knew that she got it,” she said. “I’ve met with every executive that’s ever been at BET, but when we walked out of the room with that sister, we knew that she got it.”

Monique said that it was her husband, who also co-executive produces the show with her, who came up with the idea for a late-night show for her.

“I actually had three other talk show pilots. The first one I had with Disney. It was me, Wendy Williams, and they kept switching up the third lady, so we didn’t know who that was going to be. That didn’t go,” Monique said.

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Here are some tips from wholeliving.com:

You don’t have to be a naturally early riser to enjoy all that the morning has to offer. With the right perspective and a few small adjustments, you can turn your morning into one of the most relaxing and energizing parts of your day.

Reset Your Natural Alarm
First things first: You’ll never enjoy the morning if you don’t get a good night’s sleep. For some people, that means a solid nine hours of uninterrupted slumber; for others, seven hours of shut-eye will do. Sleep expert James B. Maas, Ph.D., author of Power Sleep, notes that eight hours of sleep is the average — but only an average, not a rigid goal. When you’re not getting enough sleep, you’re the first to know. Shifting your sleep schedule is possible, says Maas, but it requires commitment. “If you’re a night person, and you want or need to become a day person, you can do it, but you have to be serious about it. You can’t flip-flop,” he advises. Here’s how to alter your habits in favor of an earlier (and happier) morning.

Has your job become your life?

Make a gradual shift. If you find it hard to fall asleep at night, take things slowly when it comes to establishing a new time for bed. Try hitting the hay five minutes earlier each night, and in less than two weeks you will have shifted your bedtime by one hour.

Click here for more tips.

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Looks like Wanda Sykes will be back on nighttime TV! The comedienne reportedly landed her own late-night show aimed to replace the canceled MadTV. Says Yahoo!,

Actress-comedian Wanda Sykes and the Fox network are finalizing a deal for a Saturday late-night show.

The hourlong show, slated to premiere in the fall, will succeed the recently canceled sketch comedy show “MadTV.” It will be topical, featuring a panel of recurring guests sparring over issues concerning politics as well as pop culture. Sykes will appear in field segments as well.

Known for her outspoken comedic perspective, Sykes will host the 2009 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The actress, who co-stars on CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” previously headlined the sitcom “Wanda at Large” on Fox.

Would you watch a late-night show featuring Wanda? Let us know!

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