What’s up my folks!? It’s that time once again and I am so tired from running all week…I think those folks at work are trying to kill me! But it’s all good…gotta be grateful for having a job that allows me to show my skills. That’s real…
So let’s do this…
10 - What You Know About This?
video credit: originally uploaded to YouTube on July 10, 2007 by wakemeupb4ug0g0
9 - Myron Rolle
Mr. Rolle arrived at Florida State University as the #1 high school football recruit in the country. He has had an All-American season with the Seminoles, both on and off the field. He graduated from FSU with a degree in pre-med and a GPA of 3.75. You see, this is no average student athlete. This young man will know tomorrow if he is one of the 32 winners of a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious (and hardest to get) accolades in the academic world. Because of his attention to his studies, he has been criticized for being “too studious”…but that has not stopped him. The article is worth a read…here.
What I love about this story is the fact that you can have everything…if you work for it. Oh, Mr. Rolle may be an exceptional case, but why can’t we all be exceptional cases?
Update: Myron Rolle earns Rhodes Scholarship…read the story here.
h/t to Symphony at Essential Presence for the story…thanks, Lady!
8 - The Internet Is The Debbil
A teenager committed suicide in front of a live web cam and by the time folks figured it out and called the police, he was dead. The camera was on fro 12 hours! People watched for 12 hours and it took that long for folks to figure out that he was seriously going through with this? The article on MSNBC.comsaid that the stream showed Abraham Biggs taking some pills and then appearing to go to sleep and breathing for a few hours. What trips me out is that out of the people who watched this, some of them encouraged him to kill himself, some tried to talk him out of it, and others discussed whether or not the amount of pills he took were enough to kill him. WTF?!
7 - Proposition 8
I haven’t said much about this issue, because it is one that is so controversial that I chose to keep silent. But this is my space, right? And I can say whatever the hell I want to say. So here it is: I have a gay friend, let’s call him Craig, who I adore. He has told me stories about his 2 ex-husbands and every time that he does that, I still get thrown for a loop. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he has loved someone of the same sex…it is that he uses the term “husband.” Do I think that gay people should have the same rights to take care of their significant others just as a traditional couple does? Absolutely. But I honestly think that folks get turned off by the “husband/wife” terms. I’m not saying it is right, I’m just saying it is what it is. I find absolutely no fault with anyone who loves who they love, and feel that everyone has the right to do what they feel is natural to them. What they do is between them and their God…I stand in judgement of no one. But if I, as open-minded as I am, am uncomfortable with my beautiful gay friend speaking of his husband, imagine how the rest of the nation, operating on fear and ignorance and close-mindedness, thinks. That’s all I’m saying. What I say to my gay friends is: call your partner husband/wife if that is what you want…I don’t care…my hangups are something that I will get over. But maybe in the eye of the law, ”marriage” isn’t the wisest choice of words.
6 - Enough Of That…Grab Your Lighters!
video credit: originally uploaded to YouTube on February 3, 2007 by AndersonCouncel12
5 - I Could Look At This All Day…Amazing!
4 - A Bad (But Funny) Joke
Maybe you have to be drunk to enjoy this one…I had a margarita before Ms. Jeannine told it to me and we giggled all the way home!
What’s the difference between an epileptic oyster shucker and a prostitute with diarrhea?
The epileptic oyster shucker shucks between fits…
3 - Feature Movie Of The Week
I’m sitting here watching Rosewood. For me this is one of those movies that is hard to watch, but I can’t seem to tear my eyes away from it. It represents everything that we’ve come from, yet where we have to go. It’s one of those films for me that shows how lies rage out of control and damage people that you never knew they would reach. It also shows how indifference and ignorance can ruin society. Rosewood is a true depiction of the story of the town of Rosewood, FL and how it was burned to the ground based on a lie. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. Learn a lesson from it…
video credit: originally uploaded to YouTube on September 28, 2006 by undys
2 - Love Is What You Make It
It was Friday morning and a young businessman finally decided to ask his boss for a raise. Before leaving for work, he told his wife what he was about to do. All day long he felt nervous and apprehensive. Finally, in the late afternoon, he summoned the courage to approach his employer, and to his delight, the boss agreed to the raise.
The elated husband arrived home to a beautiful table set with their best china and lighted candles. Smelling the aroma of a festive meal, he figured that someone from the office had called his wife and tipped her off. Finding her in the kitchen, he eagerly shared the details of his good news. They embraced and danced around the room before sitting down to the wonderful meal his wife had prepared. Next to his plate he found an artistically lettered note that read, “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the raise! This dinner is to show you how much I love you.”
Later on his way to the kitchen to help his wife serve dessert, he noticed that a second card had fallen from her pocket. Picking it up off the floor, he read, “Don’t worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! This dinner is to show how much I love you.”
Dr. Joe Harding
From Chicken Soup for the Soul
1 - Funniest Comic EVER!
I found this article during my Stumbling that rated the top 7 funniest Black comics of all time. They are:
- Richard Pryor
- Redd Foxx
- Dave Chappelle
- Eddie Murphy
- Chris Rock
- Robin Harris
- Bill Cosby
Let me throw in my 2 cents…first of all, we all know that Richard Pryor is the Ultimate King of Comedy…there will never be no other. If anyone else had been # 1 on this list, I wouldn’t have even paid any attention to it. But Eddie Murphy in his prime…definitely #3. And Chris Rock before Bill Cosby? Nah…And what about Martin Lawrence, Bernie Mac, Paul Mooney?
That’s all for me…everyone have a wonderful Saturday!
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