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Michael Arceneaux is a Houston-bred, Howard-educated freelance writer and blogger currently based in Los Angeles.

While he was a student at Howard University he took on a number of internships spanning difference facets of the media. These includes stints at Radio One, C-SPAN, the now-defunct Blender magazine, and MTV News Online. And shortly before graduating college Michael also took part in a comedy-writing program founded by Chris Rock and sponsored by Comedy Central.

Since graduation Michael has worked as a freelance writer where he was written pieces on pop culture, music, television, politics, race, culture, and sexuality. As a blogger for the Washington Post’s The Root,

Michael helmed “The Recession Diaries,” which chronicled the financial crisis from the black perspective.

Michael has also penned several others essays for the site, covering subjects like the suicide deaths of two nine-year-olds faced with gay bullying, how reactions to hip-hop concubines and dances point to lingering black elitism, and which members of his race he’d like to trade off for new models in a Dave Chappelle inspired racial draft.

Similarly, Michael worked as columnist for Aol News and currently serves as a regular contributor to NBC News’ The Grio. Michael has also contributed to BET.com, TV One Online, Essence.com, VIBE, Pop Matters, XXL, Comedy Central Online, MSN’s Wonder Wall, among others.

But, you can find Michael in his most natural state on his Web site, The Cynical Ones. Originally intended to solely serve as just another means of honing his craft, The Cynical Ones has morphed into a humor blog filled with commentary on politics, pop culture, and personal anecdotes – netting one million hits since its 2005 inception. So what if TMZ and CNN get that in a day? It still means a whole lot to him.