R.I.P. MAURICE MURRELL....MODEL, ACTOR, ALL AROUND GREAT GUY....

Maurice D. Murrell, 32, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at St. John's Baptist Church, 2387 Morse Ave., Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076-2139. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the church, with the homegoing service following. Cremation will follow at Somerset Hills Memorial Park, Basking Ridge, N.J. To send condolences, please go to higginsfuneralhome.com. Maurice was born in Plainfield, N.J., and raised in Scotch Plains, N.J. He attended the College of New Jersey, where he graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He was an actor, personal trainer, special education teacher in the Irvington school district, bartender, model, dancer, poet, and writer. He also received a black belt in Capoeira and published a poem in a book. Maurice especially loved traveling, Italy being his most memorable trip. Surviving are his mother, Sheryl Murrell of Piscataway, N.J., and his grandparents, Milton and Doris Murrell; also surviving are a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family and friends.

THE "BISHOP" SETTLES OUT OF COURT....

Disgraced New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Bishop Eddie Long has one thing in common with the late Michael Jackson: he paid serious bucks to make his sexual indiscretions go away quietly.

According to online reports, Long settled out of court with his 4 male accusers, who were teenagers of legal age when he plied them with cash and gifts in exchange for sex. Maurice Robinson, 21, Anthony Flagg, 22, Jamal Parris and another man, claimed the Bishop “coerced” and “enticed” them with exotic trips, clothing and cars. In one case, he paid the young man’s college tuition.

Barbara Marschalk, who represents New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and LongFellows Youth Academy, said she anticipates ” the lawsuits will be dismissed, with prejudice, by close of business tomorrow.”

Long was a fierce opponent of gay marriage and often preached anti-gay sermons from the pulpit. All the while a fire burned inside him that only the touch of young boys could extinguish.

Long vigorously denied the allegations when the news broke last September. Throughout the ordeal the Bishop’s long suffering wife and their four grown children stood beside him. Their support never wavered.

V-103 Morning Show co-host Frank Ski, a longtime member of New Birth, called an Atlanta blogger to show his support for his pastor, and to dispute allegations that his show was biased.

There are unconfirmed rumors that Long paid each man $1.5 million and an apology behind closed doors. But according to media personality Star Jones, who was in Atlanta yesterday, the terms of the settlement have not been made public.

LOOK AT ME NOW......

I'M BACK.....

I JUST GOT BACK INTO TOWN FROM VACATION IN MIA AND AS ALWAYS, IT WAS OFF THE CHAIN....LOOK OUT FOR PICS FROM THE TRIP AND SOME NEW POSTING COMING....

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT MEMORIAL WEEKEND...NOW BACK TO THE "REAL WORLD"!

HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE....

You are responsible for the energy that you bring to yourself and the energy, positive or negative that you bring to others!

WEDNESDAY LAUGH BREAK.....

MYTH BUSTER ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE MOVIES.....

Here’s a Hollywood myth buster: A new study finds that 81 percent of the movies seen by African-Americans don’t prominently feature an African-American cast, lead actor or storyline.

Matthew Barnhill, senior vice president of market research at BET Networks, said: “The African-American community has diverse tastes, an appetite for quality movies and entertainment that can range from blockbuster mainstream action films to African-American romantic comedies."

BET conducted the study. BET’s programming is aimed at African-American viewers.

In the study, only three of the top films in 2010-11 mentioned by African-American moviegoers had a predominantly African-American cast or storyline, or a lead African-American actor, according to the study.

The study shows the film genres that gained the most money from African-Americans are:

• Comedy ($3.6 billion).
• Action adventure ($2.8 billion).
• Romance ($1.6 billion).
• Science fiction/fantasy horror ($1.2 billion).
• Animation ($1.2 billion).
• Drama ($1.1 billion).
• Mystery/suspense ($1.1 billion).
• Children/teens/family ($835 million).

The study reveals some of the key characteristics of African-American moviegoers:

• On average, African-Americans go to the movies 13.4 times a year, compared with 11 times a year for general moviegoers.
• Sixty-two percent of African-Americans say they’ll see a movie several times.
• For African-Americans, the top three sources of information about movies are TV commercials (65 percent), in-theater movie trailers (55 percent) and recommendations from family and friends (54 percent).
• 39 percent of African-American movie patrons are 16 to 24 years old.
• 30 percent of African-American moviegoers are college graduates.
• 35 percent of African-American moviegoers make at least $50,000 a year.

BET, a division of Viacom Inc., performed the study through an online panel of 2,500 African-Americans, Hispanics and whites ages 16 to 49. The study was done in March and April 2011.


Read more: http://technorati.com/entertainment/film/article/study-most-african-americans-gravitate-toward/#ixzz1NNPCesrg

BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH...THIS DUDE SHOULD BE EMBARRASED!

CLASSICALLY HANDSOME...NOTHING BETTER THAN A GOOD LOOKING BLACK MAN.....

SEASONS, REASONS, AND LIFETIMES....

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

WE WERE MADE FOR STRUGGLE.....

We were made for the struggle. The human race has shown an amazing ability to be resilient in tough times- we all wouldn’t be here otherwise. Exposure to struggle, setbacks, and adversity can steel us to function better than expected with future challenges. It is similar to an inoculation that gives us the strength to resist future exposure to a disease.


Often the deepest joy comes from going through crisis and growing into a stronger, more vibrant person. Meaninglessness in life comes not from having too much pain, but from having too much pleasure. As much as we might not want it, inevitable adversity leads to a depth of meaning that can be garnered no other way.


Becoming a stronger person because of adversity and setbacks is one of the deeper satisfactions in life. However, in order to thrive in the midst of them, we must make a choice. As was previously mentioned, you can either choose to let the situation shackle you with weakness and insecurity or you can choose to lean forward into the headwinds of the storm and find the strength to walk on through.


Choice is the choice to give up choices. When confronted with a difficult situation you must make the choice to give up the choice to give in. It must not even be an option in your mind. You must have a whole hearted resolve to face the difficulty full on and accept the pain that comes along with it. It’s tough though. And there’s the kicker. The weaker response of giving in to adversity is the easier way. That’s why so many people wallow through life. Giving up rather than getting up is a cowardly response that doesn’t take much effort. It’s also surrendering to self-pity and inactivity- the enemies of resolve.


Getting up from tough times takes courage and strength. Its a battle, and a tough one at that. It’s the wounds of that battle that leads to wisdom. I call it “scar tissue”. People who have scar tissue healed by resilience are the wisest, most vibrant of people I know. They become the sages that people seek out for insight on their own quest to thrive. So, be strong rather than weak, spunky rather than dull, and feisty rather than flaccid.

LIFE LESSON.....

By the time you reach the age of 30, you should be able to make lemonade (or lemon cake, lemon pie, etc. ) with the lemons that life sometimes throws you.

Make the most out of the WORST situations.

STILL NO SINGER BUT THE PERFORMANCE IS HOTTT......

LOOKS WHO'S BACK ALREADY.....PREMIERING MAY 30TH....

VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip

OFFICIAL THEME SONG.....ROCKO GOES IN ON SOME FEMALE....

LIL KIM REPLIES....TALKING WITH SOME COMMON SENSE FOR ONCE.....

U got that right. We are not friends. The same way U take friendship seriously i take loyalty serious. The whole world has seen me extend my hand to u over and over again. Only someone who’s trying to build a sincere relationship does shows 4 free & supports. u did not pay me a dime 4 none of that. That warrants some type of loyalty and respect. Friend or no friend i would have never let anybody disrespect u on my record but i can’t expect everyone to be as real as i am. At the end of the day karma is as real as i am and it’s coming to get u. oh wait…if it hasnt got u already… My love & loyalty to u got u a hit, ur friendship with ur friend got u a flop. looks like u need to choose ur friends more wisely dont u think? #teamlilkim LEGGGGOOOO… Loyalty and respect has nothing to do with friendship…BOOM… Loyalty and respect is about returning a kindness. Have you ever came out and supported me at my shows? i dont think so.

YOU GOTTA LOVE AN OLD BITCH THAT DOSEN'T CARE WHAT COMES OUT OF HER MOUTH.....

(WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DO LOVE BARBARA WALTERS EVEN IF SHE DOSEN'T LIKE OR RESPECT BLACK PEOPLE)

STAR'S WHO FINALLY REALIZED THEY AREN'T THAT RELEVANT....

In a series of tweets last night and this morning, Keyshia wrote:

That awkward moment when u realize in everyone’s eyes your not the sh*t anymore. #POW. I’ve officially got the memo. Thank mtv/bet… These types of thing R the way they R. I’m not upset about any of it in any way. I hope everyone that goes has a wonderful time… N while we’re addressing everything, Lil Kim and I a r not “friends” I take that term very seriously. We made wonderful music. That is it.

I DON'T CARE IF HE'S YOUNG OR OLD, JUST MAKE HIM BEAUTIFUL....

FOOD FOR THOUGHT....

“In Any Mansion…It is the Maids and The Whores That Know The Most.”

BIN LADEN'S BLACK MISTRESS SPEAKS OUT.....AND SHE HAS A LOT TO SAY....

Kola Boof has been telling her story for years now, and finally after Osama Bin Laden’s death her story is being heard and legitimized.

With the recent death of bin Laden, to whom she affectionately calls “Somi,” Kola took to The Daily Voice to share her thoughts on the man she calls “a monster, a genius, a poet, a racist woman-basher and a very passionate, deeply sensitive confused being.” She speaks candidly on one of the most elusive men in world history, her relationship with his “head wife,” and being vilified by the American press; while claiming that though she was the first to give facts about bin Laden such as his men using cell phones, his marijuana gardens and obsession with Western culture (including his obsession with Whitney Houston), she was ignored and now people are finding out that they were true.

She ends the lengthy piece with, “In Any Mansion…It is the Maids and The Whores That Know The Most.”

The Rumors

A week ago, my favorite television news anchor Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) stated that I was Somi’s “ex-wife” (because members of the Sudanese government authored a book claiming this). In Los Angeles, one of the top Black stations reported that because I tweeted about Osama’s demise two days before he died; I must be working for the CIA and was aware he was about to be killed. The cover of the National Enquirer claims that I was kept chained in Osama’s compound. None of this is true.

Being a Black Woman

I think this statement spoken in my own voice reveals a lot for those who have intellect and can understand that the “Monster” Bin Laden was a real multi-dimensional person for those who knew him; not a media contrived cartoon. I have been greatly demeaned and disrespected by the U.S. press regarding my affiliation with him and I would like to say one thing straight out–Ninety percept of the media’s problem with me is that I’m a Black Woman who looks Black and not mixed. It has been said to my face. Connie Chung and her producers at CNN asked me point blank, “Why would a man of Bin Laden’s wealth and stature have a black mistress?”

Exotic deceitful monikers like ‘sex slave’ and ‘chained woman’ are applied to my image but were never applied to Patti Hearst–who was held against her will for more than a year and had sex trains with the nine Black men holding her–yet was not given a single exotic title. And unlike the garden variety White public mistress (Monica Lewinsky, Camilla Parker Bowles, etc.), my word alone nor my stature as a strong African novelist, activist and poet is enough to accrue common respectful treatment towards my person or my image…

Her journalistic credibility

Extraordinarily literate facts and information I wrote about Osama years ago, things that could have helped them find Osama, are ignored as they focus on tabloid-like single sentences from my memoir (Osama lusted for Whitney Houston!; he was a Pot head). It was me, after all, who said ten years ago that Osama’s guards used cell phones (I was crucified by Peter Bergen for that; though they discovered last week that it’s true). It was me who reported ten years ago about Osama inventing the “kidney dialysis myth”–me who reported on his marijuana gardens and his obsession with Western culture. It was me who first wrote about his hatred for Sadaam Hussein.

Male journalists like Morgan Spurlock (who says he laughed about my rape) and supposed Bin Laden expert Peter Bergen (whose published facts have now been proven to be less accurate than mine) discuss me as though I’m a deceased taxi dancer or a maid who stole coins from their nightstand. Sadly, because Black Americans can’t decipher anything until White people confirm and approve it for them–I have been just as unfairly treated by Black journalists and so called Black academics and intellectuals. Which makes me shudder to think what would have happened to Thomas Jefferson’s slave Sally Hemmings had she dared write in her own words about her affair with the President of the United States. How would her claims of child rape turned to a forced long term relationship to eventual love been received by her own people?

How Bin Laden treated her

Osama raped me the first night we met. But out of my fear and determination to survive we became comrades; lovers; we wrote poetry together, I did his hair, I cooked for him, he gave me jewels and money; sent me to Milan on shopping sprees; buried one of his guards that I killed and made it so I only did one night in jail. Living at La Maison Arabe was hardly the life of a slave–I wasn’t in chains, honey. I supervised Osama’s men despite not being allowed to leave Osama. And let’s not forget that half the wives of Arab rich men live that exact same way–many are married against their will, fathers give away daughters, women are snatched off the streets. Women had no rights in the Arab Muslim world when I was there modeling, acting and “hostessing.”

It hurts to have so much valuable information; so much intelligence and to be so truthful and articulate–yet have “white powerful news controllers” decide that you’re not the right image for what they’d like to promote. Therefore, part of history is always missing.

Talkin’ Sh*t About “Somi’s” Wife

Osama’s wife, Najwa Bin Laden, who wrote so snidely about me in her memoir a few years ago is now forced, at last, to recognize me. I’m sure she’d rather have me killed than see me collect money from her husband. According to her I was Somi’s “abeed lan sharmuta” (nigger slave whore). But that’s alright. I’m the one he kept for pleasure and not mere Islamic duty–as she well knows and sleeps alone with–and always slept alone with. Pitiful head covered door mat jockey.

TUESDAY INSPIRATION.....SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE NEEDS THIS....ENJOY

A WELL DRESSED MAN.....THE SUIT....

If you all would be so kind, visualize a 5-button chalk-striped suit. Next, visualize a trash receptacle. Now, visualize that 5-button disaster going into that trash receptacle. That is all. To be quite frank, it would appear that men of color have been subconsciously indoctrinated to questionable suit selection ever since their introduction to a lime-green Easter suit. The gaudiness ends now. Your corporate uniform: 2 or 3 button single breasted wool suit in navy or charcoal with a notch lapel. Flat front trousers for lean silhouette, or pleats to accommodate a few pounds in the waistline. Faint, and we mean faint, pinstripes optional.

BIG APPLAUSE....

CNN’s Don Lemon, who last year stunned audiences when he said he was molested as a child, has revealed he is gay.

Lemon, 45, has a new memoir coming out called “Transparent.” He told Bill Carter of the New York Times of the inherent risks of coming out as a news personality.

“I’m scared,” he said to the Times. “I’m talking about something that people might shun me for, ostracize me for.

"BISHOP" LONG WILL HAVE TO THROW THOSE 5 STONES IN COURT....

Remember when Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation that he had 5 rocks and he hadn’t thrown one yet? Well, he just heaved one, according to the Atlanta Journal.

The AJC reports that the judge overseeing the Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal case has set a trial for late Summer. The news indicates that settlement negotiations that have been ongoing for months have broken down and the case will go to trial.

This is actually good news for Long and his dwindling flock over at New Birth Missionary Baptist church, which was once 25,000 members strong.

Long found himself embroiled in a sex scandal late last year when a young man alleged that Long coerced him and other young men into sexual relationships with him in exchange for clothing, cars and trips.

The pastor has long maintained that he gave the four male plaintiffs gifts, including cars, clothes and assistance with rent, but he denied that the endowments were in exchange for sex.

When the news first broke last November, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and the LongFellows Youth Academy filed responses saying they could not confirm or deny whether sexual misconduct took place.

But Long’s attorneys pointed out that there was no law against having sex with consenting adults.

All of the plaintiffs admitted in news broadcasts and in court documents that they were fully grown men when the consenting sexual acts took place.

Life Lesson #18....

When someone calls you and the first thing out of his or her mouth is “What are you doing?” you better be prepared with a cleaver response (e.g., “I’m headed into work for a few hours to work on a mandatory project.”), if not you will get pulled into doing something, for them, that will probably involve a lot of driving and consuming most of your day.

Thank Marc

CLASSIC FUNNY....EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LAUGH...

GROWN AND SEXY MUSIC....CAN'T WAIT FOR THE VIDEO....

BEST USE OF A THEME SONG.....(I KNOW IT'S OLD, BUT IT'S HOT)

(GOOD LOOK TWEET)

KILLING IT LIVE....ROLLING IN THE DEEP

FRENCHIE DAVIS EATS UP TARRALYN....NO COMPETITION....

(THIS REALLY WASN'T A FAIR MATCH UP...)

LEARN SOMETHING....MEMIN PENGUIN COMIC BOOK

Memín Pinguín is a fictional character from Mexico. Stories featuring him, a very poor Cuban Mexican boy, first appeared in the 1940s and have remained in print since.

The character is known as Memín Pingüín by some Mexicans due to a publisher's change, when they found that the word pinga, whence pinguín, was a slang term for "penis" in some countries, but later it was restored to Pinguín. Memín was a creation of the late and famed writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché, and currently, there are talks about making a motion picture based on the magazine and its characters.

Comic book cover featuring Memín Pingüín and his mother.Memín was first featured in the 1940s in a comic book called "Pepín" and was later given his own magazine. The character originally was created by Alberto Cabrera in 1943, and later was drawn by Sixto Valencia Burgos. Valencia exaggerated the character by the instruction of Yolanda Vargas Dulché. Valencia also cites Ebony White as an influence. The original series had 372 chapters printed in sepia, and it has been republished in 1952 and 1961. In 1988 it was re-edited colorized, and in 2004 was re-edited again. Valencia worked on the reissues over the years, updating the drawings (clothes, settings and backgrounds) for the re-edits. It contains comedy and soap opera elements. However, since 2008 Valencia no longer works on the comic, having departed publishing house Editorial Vid.

In addition to Mexico, Memín remains a popular magazine in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Panama, Colombia, and other countries. At its peak, it had a weekly circulation of one and a half million issues in Mexico; as of mid-2005 it sells over 100,000 issues a week.

Although Memín is a comedy comic, it resembles soap operas in that the comic's story is a continuous one. Every week, the newest publication of Memín begins where the last publication had left off. In addition, because of the elements involved in the comic magazine's story, such as poverty, parental abandonment, death and alcoholism, there are dramatic moments in the magazine often as well.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A LAUGH....

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BEFORE THERE WAS JUVIE....SHOUT OUT TO NEW ORLEANS....

WHO RAN IT....ORIGINAL VS COVERS??

J.L. GOSPELLY VERSION?

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ORIGINAL

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KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES....

"Keeping up with the Joneses" is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority.

The philosophy of "keeping up with the Joneses" has widespread effects on some societies. According to this philosophy, conspicuous consumption occurs when people care about their standard of living in relation to their peers. The term was re-coined or re-introduced into US narrative in 1976 when a small article was written about current parenting style. It has been a commercial and cultural watchword ever since.

According to Roger Mason, "the demand for status goods, fueled by conspicuous consumption, has diverted many resources away from investment in the manufacture of more material goods and services in order to satisfy consumer preoccupations with their relative social standing and prestige."

Social status once depended on one's family name; however, the rise of consumerism in the United States gave rise to social mobility. With the increasing availability of goods, people became more inclined to define themselves by what they possessed and the subtle quest for higher status accelerated. Conspicuous consumption and materialism have been an insatiable juggernaut ever since.[6] The desire to increase one's position in the social hierarchy is responsible for much of the social mobility in America. The upward mobility over the past few decades in America is due in part to the large number of women joining the labor force. US women have slowly and steadily increased their participation in the labor force from 46% of all women (age 16+) in 1974 to almost 60% in 2004.

Even in countries where the desire for upward social mobility via consumerism and conspicuous consumption is strong, the poor may not be able to better themselves. Doug Henwood observed that "both the US and British poor were more likely to stay poor for a long period of time: almost half of all people who were poor for one year stayed poor for five or more years, compared with 30% in Canada and 36% in Germany. And, despite claims of great upward mobility in the US, 45% of the poor rose out of poverty in a given year, compared with 45% in the UK, 53% in Germany, and 56% in Canada. And of those who did exit poverty, 15% of Americans were likely to make a round trip back under the poverty line, compared with 16% in Germany, 10% in the UK, and 7% in Canada."

Inability to "Keep up with the Joneses" might result in dissatisfaction, even for people whose status is high.

The number of college and university graduates is at an all time high, and between 2007 and 2016, enrollment is expected to increase by 14%. With more people receiving higher levels of education, and more women entering the labor force, there may be an increase in upward mobility and attempts to keep up with the Joneses.

One area in which "living above one's means" has caused negative social effects is that of credit card use. In the first quarter of 2002, total credit debt was $660 billion. By 2005, the total credit card debt had increased to $735 billion.

America's average credit card debt in 2007 was $8,400 per household. By the end of 2007, consumer debt in America had risen to $2.5 trillion. According to the Federal Reserve, over 40% of households spend more than they earn.

MONDAY NIGHT MOTIVATION.....ARE YOU BEACH READY???

SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE TENDERONI'S OUT THERE...PAST AND PRESENT.....

Tenderoni is a slang terminology used to describe one's younger male or female love interest or someone too young to talk to or become involved with. It is composed of "tender", which is a synonym for young and "roni" which usually serves as an affectionate diminutive towards a male or female. It denotes your younger sweetheart, your younger better half, your younger boyfriend/girlfriend, and more recently used as an alternate word for jailbait.

The word is also commonly used to simply describe young women, without the connotation of them being too young. This definition of the word is common in popular music. In the 1970s the word tenderoni was commonly used to identify a younger male or female that an older individual was interested in talking to or dating. Or a younger person one needed to stay away from because of their age. It was not uncommon to hear someone say, "I have a tenderoni in my life", "that's my tenderoni" or "Don't talk to him/her because he/she is a tenderoni."

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, which defines tenderoni as "a sweet young girl", dates the word to the 1980s, attributing it to black teenagers in the United States. The word gained renewed attention when Bobby Brown used it in his successful 1988 hit "Roni" to describe a young beautiful girl. The term has surfaced in other pieces of music as well.

THIS THING ABOUT CONFIDENCE....

"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong." ~~Peter T. Mcintyre

MY PRESIDENT IS A G....!!!

THE THING ABOUT CLASS....

Class is something some people spend their whole lives trying to acquire while others spend their whole lives trying to run from.

You are either born with class or without it. You can't buy it and having money doesn't mean you have it. Pay attention to what you do, how you do it and how you treat others.

That will determine if you have class or you don't.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

One of the early calls to celebrate a Mother's Day in the United States was the "Mother's Day Proclamation" by Julia Ward Howe. Written in 1870, it was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe's feminist belief that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level.

In the years after the Mother's Day Proclamation, Ann Jarvis founded five Mothers' Day Work Clubs to improve sanitary and health conditions. In 1907, two years after Ann Jarvis' death, her daughter Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother and began a campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday in the US. Although she was successful in 1914, she was already disappointed with its commercialization by the 1920s.

WORDS OF WISDOM...

What goes around REALLY does come around.

Be careful how you treat people because one day you may need that very person you did wrong.

EYE CANDY ALERT....(DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE SONG)

DAMNNNNNN

COUGARING OR PIMPING AT IT'S BEST....YOUR CHOICE....

THROWBACK...I MISS THE 90'S....

CHECK OUT THE BACKGROUND SINGER, THE DANCERS, THE RAMP FADE AND THE BIG ASS GOLD CHAINS....

THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID....(SWEAR TO GOD)

“I Don’t Stab You In Your Back, I Stab You In Your Chest”

NeNe Leakes

And Then There Were None: Blacks In The Boardroom....

Continuing the fine American tradition of a small, white, wealthy minority being vastly overrepresented in large institutions, the Alliance for Board Diversity released a study that shows how things have gotten worse when it comes to the whitewashing of corporate America, not better.

“While research points decisively to the benefits of a diverse boardroom – including enhanced financial performance – white men continue to dominate corporate boards and have, in fact, increased their presence since 2004. Woman and minorities are still vastly underrepresented,” the ABD said.

So not only have diversity efforts stalled in America’s biggest board rooms, they’ve been altogether reversed. How did this happen? We had such great momentum for a while there. Remember affirmative action? Unfortunately, I am compelled to lay the blame on us, the black community. We know that people never voluntarily give up (or share) power; change has to be forced. If we stop fighting to loosen the ruling class’ grip on things like seats in the board room, then what do we expect? For them to just give us the jobs?

This is not to imply that there is a lack of qualified candidates of color or that we aren’t setting our aims high enough. Instead, I’m saying that we have collectively become unforgivably lax in our fight for justice and inclusion. Do we still care enough to demand our presence in the board room? Was the removal of the “white only” signs enough to appease us? I propose using our collective voice to go after things like institutionalized segregation, especially in meaningful places like the board room, instead of using what muscle we do have to be the “n-word police.” You know?

THAT DAMN TAMAR....(GOLD DIGGING AT IT'S BEST)

Public perception is that you are in a loveless marriage and that you are only with your producer husband, Vince, for personal gain. What do you say to those naysayers?

Absolutely ridiculous! I find it highly offensive because me and my husband dated each other for seven years, but we’ve only been married for [a little more than] two years. I mean, who’s gonna be with someone just ’cause they got some money and be miserable? I ain’t doing that! If I didn’t love my husband for who he is, then why do I want to work and have my own career? That doesn’t even make any sense. Me and Vince are regular. Some days we cool, some days we want to pull each other’s hair out, but that’s real life because [two people] are not going to agree on everything. It also depends on what your definition of love is, it’s different things for different people. Some people think hugging and kissing someone in public all the time is love, but when Vince told me [thatsthetruth.com], it was out of love because he didn’t want me looking crazy, throwing temper tantrums without understanding that there’s an order to things in this business.

Wait a minute… She dated THAT guy from seven years before he put a ring on it??? He musta really wanted to make sure she wasn’t a gold digger!!!

WHICH ONE IS WORSE....

Having a HUGE EGO or LOW SELF ESTEEM?

WORDS OF WISDOM...

When you take ownership of negativity and hate that is directed towards you, you take the power of the words away from the person and they are often left with NOTHING ELSE TO DAY.

Look at you; you're black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman. You're nothing at all.
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I'm poor, black, I may even be ugly; but dear God, I'm Here! I'm Here!

Mister had nothing else to say....

HE'S REALLY A RAPPER, NOT A MODEL.....

WHO RAN IT....SIMILAR SONGS AND VIDEOS....LOVE THEM BOTH......

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SIDENOTE: THE ASIAN MALE MODEL IN K-COLE'S VIDEO IS SUPER HOT!

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HE AIN'T YO HUSBAND, HE AIN'T YOUR BOYFRIEND.....

Intro
You know there comes a period in every womans life,
when she gets frustrated and fed up, with her man and
all his silly hang ups. You know a woman wants a man
she don't have to have no drama behind you, just
somebody who can love her down with no strings attached,
and his name is Splackavellie

verse 1
Tell me what kind of superman, would take you to his
bedroom baby, and hit you wit some front back and side to side.
Like hydraulics on a stormy nite and break you off something proper like.
Ain't no need for you to to perpetrate 'cuz u will accommodate and you will appreciate
the way he flips you up, down and round and round, in and out make you scream and
shout."shorty put your thing down down"

Bridge:
He ain't your boyfriend, he ain't your husband just somebody you can call
when your body needs a fix, he'll put you in the mix, then you'll hear him
asking whats my name, say my name Splackavellie.

Chorus:
Every woman needs her own Splackavellie, a brother
she can call when her man ain't doin her right.
He can work it all night.
Until the morning light, make her feel right right right.
Every woman needs that one Splackavellie, a brother
she can call when her man ain't doin her right.
He can work it all night.
Until the morning light, make her feel right right right

verse 2:
Tell me what kind of superman, would make you feel
good with his mouth, and kiss you from your earring to your
belly chain, and then go down a lil' further mane.
Its all right baby ain't no shame
Drop the top on his Mercedes Benz, so her legs can
feel the wind as he hits it again and again and again and again.
Its all good yeah. 'cuz i'm 'bout it 'bout it baby.. i'm 'bout it 'bout it baby

repeat bridge 1x
repeat chorus 2x

Yeah it's all right... it's all right right... right oooooo
whats my name, spell my name...
s-p-l-a-c-k-a-v-e-l-l-i-e.. splackavellie baby baby

repeat chorus 2x

verse 1
Now tell me what kind of superman.would take you in his
bedroom baby and hit you with some front back and side to side.
like hydrolics on a stormy nite and break you off something proper like.
Aint no need for you to to perputrate cuz u will accomodate and you will appreciate
the way he flips you up down and round and round in it and out make you scream and
shout."shorty put your thing down down"
chorus:
He aint your boyfriend.He aint your husband just somebody you can call
when your body needs a fix .He'll put you in the mix.Then you'll hear me
screaming whats my name .say my name splackavellie.
Every woman needs her own splackavellie and brother
she can call when her man aint doin her right
he can work it all nite.Until the morning light make her feel
right right.
repeat chorus
verse 2:
Tell me what kind of superman.Would make you feel
good with his mouth and kiss you from your earring to your belly chain
and then go down a lil further mane .Its all right
baby aint no shame
drop the top on his mercedez benz .So her legs can
feel the win as he hits it again and again and again.
Its all good yeah. cuz im bout it bout it baby.. im bout it bout it baby
repeat chorus 2:
Yeah its all right... its all right right... right oooooo
whats my name spell my name
yeah s-p-l-a-c-k-a-v-e-l-l-i-e.. splackavellie a baby baby
i dont think you hear me s-p-l-a-c-k-a-v-e-l-l-i-e
ooooooo.. yeah yeah.... Toni needs a splackavellie,
Lisa needs a splackavellie,Gina needs a splackavellie,
Wendy needs a splackavellie,Brandy needs a splackavellie,
Tanya needs a splackavellie,And Cocoa needs a splackavellie,
repeat
Splackavellie... cuz im bout it bout it baby

BIG UP TO D. TRUMP FOR SHOWING PRAISE WHERE IT IS DUE.....

In a well-meaning gesture that was probably meant to sooth anger over his racist rhetoric, presidential hopeful Donald Trump congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama for killing 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Mr. Trump, who was roasted by Obama at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, took to his Twitter page last night and tweeted:

I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men women of the Armed Forces for a job very well done. I am so proud to see Americans standing shoulder to shoulder, waving the American flag in celebration of this great victory.

We should spend the next several days not debating party politics, but in remembrance of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those fighting for our freedom. God Bless America.

STEPPING AT IT'S BEST....GET IT DAWGS....

STEPPING 101....

Stepping is a unique dance tradition created by African American college students. In stepping, the body is used as an instrument to create intricate rhythms and sounds through a combination of footsteps, claps and spoken word. The tradition grew out of the song and dance rituals practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities in the early 1900s. Stepping comes from a long and rich tradition in African-based communities that use movement, words and sounds to communicate allegiance to a group.

Though stepping is traditionally aligned with college fraternities, the art form is universal and highly appealing to young people. Today, stepping can be found in high, middle and elementary schools across the US as well as in churches and community-based organizations. The form is also spreading its wings to new venues and participants, such as Latino and Asian American Greek-letter organizations.

Stepping is without question a rising art form and an important part of America’s artistic and cultural heritage. As stated by historian Jacqui Malone and author of “Steppin’ on the Blues”, stepping is “one of the most exciting dance forms to evolve in the twentieth century.”

MUST SEE TV....HOT POLICEWOMEN IN FLORIDA.....

Police Women of Broward County is the first of TLC's Police Women documentary television series, which follows four female members of the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Broward County, Florida.

The series features four women, following them at their jobs as law enforcement officials and at home with their families. Throughout the show, the officers provide commentary on the particular incidents shown that they were involved in.

The first season of Police Woman of Broward County aired 11 episodes and ran from August 6, 2009 to October 15, 2009. The second season of this series (the sixth in the Police Women franchise) debuted on TLC April 7, 2011; the second season was preceded by Police Women of Cincinnati.

Both seasons of the series features Julie Bower, Shelunda Cooper, and Andrea Penoyer. The first season featured Ana Murillo, who was replaced in season 2 with Erika Huerta.

SHE TOLD IMPORTANT NEWS VIA TEXT MESSAGE!!!!

I want to call attention to a disturbing trend I have noticed amongst one half of the text messaging populous.

We can talk all day about the ways people have allowed text messaging to get out of hand. I hear the complaint especially from women about how guys don’t pick up the phone anymore. They never call, they only text. When they text, their spelling is awful. Back and forth we go, punching keys, touching screens, shortening words in an attempt to express complete thoughts.

Yes indeed, things are out of control. It’s not about how often we text, but how much of our life we want to text away. Texting is cool, but must we text so much? What, if anything at all, is a subject we should never text about? These are serious questions because I have three friends who recently have been sent text messages from women about things that frankly, shouldn’t be discussed over the screens of our cell phones.

The first text message was sent to a friend of mine in the middle of the night; some girl he had hooked up with a couple of times. This was about two weeks after they stopped hooking up somewhat abruptly. He was trying to get a hold of her a couple of times, but to no avail, so he made up his mind to move on. But then comes this text message. The girl asked him via text message if he had any STIs. As my friend tells me, he was half asleep when he got the text, full awake when he read the text. He didn’t even think to respond to her with a text. Instead, he called her back immediately, but the phone rang, then went to voice mail. My boy was recently tested, so he knew his status was clear, but what he really wanted to know is why this woman was texting him so late at night with a question of this magnitude.

He sent her a text backing explaining his recent test and wanting to know why she was asking this question over text. She said people who knew him were saying something different. Again, she said this with a text message. Again, he called her back. Again, she did not pick up. He responded with another text message telling her he had no idea who she was talking about and if she really wanted to talk about it, she needs to call him instead of texting him. She said she would call him the next day or later on in the evening.

My friend told me that’s when he put his phone on silent and went right back to sleep. Not only did he know whoever was saying something about him was telling a lie, but he also knew the situation wasn’t dire because who would ever tell someone they slept with that they got an STI by sending a text message. As my friend said, no doctor’s office sends test results to their patients with a text message that says, “You’re good.” My friend insisted the girl get tested herself, and she obliged. When the test results came back and it was revealed she was good, he told her to never call him or text him again for anything.

Two of my other friends reacted the same way when two women they were dealing with sent them text messages to tell them they were pregnant. Both instances, my friends never responded with a text. They did what I assume most reasonable adults would do, they called the women and told them to explain everything. One of the girls said she actually wasn’t pregnant but thought she might be because she was “late”. He told her to get a pregnancy test and when she and the result was negative he told her to lose his number.

My other friend who had a woman tell him she was pregnant through a text message was a different story. When he called her she said she did get a pregnancy test and it came out positive. She said she went to the doctor and it came out positive. Initially, when my friend told me the news he told me all these details about this woman with whom he only had a one night stand. I told him to calm down and assured him there was no evidence the child was his. He needed to make her take a DNA test because he hadn’t heard from the girl since they last hooked up so there was no telling who else it could be. I also pointed out that all of these tests she said she got were not done with anybody around. She could have been making all of it up just to get his attention. After all, after their tryst she attempted to see him again, but he casually ignored her.

But none of these factors were more telling the woman was making up this whole pregnancy thing up to me more than when he told me how she told him she was pregnant. I asked him, “How did she tell you?” He said, “Text message.”

I nearly threw the phone across the room, but kept it in my hand and told him, “Man, look. She’s not pregnant or she is and she doesn’t quite know it’s yours. Either way, you have nothing to worry about.” My boy, still worried and jarred from the news asked why, to which I said, “If a woman is really pregnant she doesn’t tell you something like that over text message. The news is too important. She would only be so passive aggressive if she was making it up to get attention or wasn’t sure if it was yours.” He said he understood my point, but he would take a wait and see approach. He tried to reach out to her and didn’t hear back from her.

About two weeks later, he sends me a text message, this time a forwarded text message from a number I didn’t recognize. The text message said, “No worries. You’re good.” I called him and asked what that message was about. He said it was from the girl who told him she was pregnant with his child. She sent him a text message to tell him not to worry because as it turns out, she wasn’t pregnant. He told her to lose his number too.

In the magazine business, whenever the same thing happens three times in three different instances, it’s considered a trend and thus deserves a closer look to consider some coverage. I write this post today because of the three different instances I noticed a disturbing pattern of women telling men some important news through a text message instead of a phone call. As we can see, men really aren’t into this phenomenon, and I certainly wouldn’t say all women are suddenly into sending men pregnancy news or STI statuses via text message. At least, I would certainly hope they’re not. Unless of course, it’s acceptable for men to start proposing with text messages that read, “Will U Marry Me?!” But I seriously doubt a woman would ever take me seriously if I asked such a question through a text message.

THROWBACK....LOVE IT....IT'S ALMOST SUMMER.....

MUSCLES....MUSCLES....I WANT MUSCLES......

PRESIDENT OBAMA GOES IN...GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR

YEFA SHE STILL HAS IT.....THE LOOKS I MEAN....

(SHE HAS NEVER BEEN A SINGER)