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The parents of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old girl gunned down just a week after she sang at the President’s inauguration, will be attending the State of the Union Address as guests of the President and First Lady.
Michelle Obama, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Education Secretary Arne Duncan attended Hadiya’s funeral service this past Saturday to pay their respects to Cleopatra and Nathaniel Pendleton Sr. and console the family amisdt reports out of Chicago of January being its bloodiest month in more than a decade due to gun violence. The President is expected to be re-emphasizing his position on gun control during his address to the country this evening.
Is it just me or is anyone else getting the feeling that there’s more to the Christopher Dorner case than meets the eye?
It was was reported that the ex-marine went cra-cra after being fired in ’08 for misconduct by the LAPD (there’s an oxymoron in there somewhere), accused of falsely claiming his training officer kicked a mentally ill suspect in the course of an arrest.
In 2008? He’s just getting fired up about it 5 years later?
He then goes berserk and kills a cop and two civilians, vows to kill other cops and their families and then goes on the lamb for which he disappears off the face of the earth?? He now has a million dollar reward on his head and a War Drone searching for his ass.
And last Friday, the LAPD announced it would reopen its investigation of Dorner’s firing and his claims…the story’s not all here pilgrims…
Seems like there’s some historical inaccuracies in the movie “Lincoln“ by Steven Spielberg. Political representatives from the state of Connecticut contend that their’s was wrongly characterized in the movie as having three of its four legislative forefathers voting against the 13th Amendment, when in fact the delegation voted overwhelmingly in favor of passing the bill that technically ended slavery in all its forms in the United States of America.
Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat from Connecticut, wrote a scathing letter to Spielberg earlier this week emphasizing that although he is aware of the use of artistic license in the movie business, he was still demanding that the film be corrected before “Lincoln” comes out on DVD.
Guess the difference between license and lying was lost on the movie’s screenwriter.
And on a final good note: Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite couple, Veronica & Marcus. Their’s is a story of Love lost and found, that never fails to give me hope, warm my heart and lighten my Spirit, stuff of which we all can use more of…♥
Realizing that they are collapsing under the weight of their own foolishness, the Republican Party has begun to sound more and more like “bleeding-heart liberals” than Conservatives.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was on Meet the Press Sunday afternoon, rattling on about poor and unemployed “Joe Smoe”, who along with his family, suffers silently under this terrible economy. And there was the little girl he just met who has cancer but doesn’t have healthcare coverage to pay for her chemotherapy.
With his lower lip slightly trembling, Cantor wanted moderator David Gregory to know that the GOP is terribly concerned over the plight of all those little bitty immigrant children, who through no fault of their own are brought to this country illegally by their mean parents, and when caught, have to face the uncertainty of deportation and being separated from family and the only real home they’ve ever known…then in the exact same breath he claimed not to know what the Dream Act was…
LLCool J was the illustrious host for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, looking as fine as ever! He was all kinds of hospitality during his time on stage, even at one point wishing everyone on the east coast safety during the storm Nemo. Luved it!
The show started off with Taylor Swift’s hit “We’re Never, Ever Getting Back Together” with a sort of freak-circus-Alice-In-Wonderland-not-in-your-wildest-dreams stage setting. Lots of fun theatrics that set the mood for the rest of the show. Taylor romped up and down the stage doing a cute, campy rendition of the song. Luved it!
Jennifer Lopez, feeling she stayed within the guide lines of the 2013 Grammy dress code memo that went out to all the stars (her past Grammy outfits were probably to blame for that lol!) rocked the Carpet with a black, single-sleeved wispy gown, strategical designed for one sexy leg to show clear up to the hip-meat at all times. Way to flaunt that post-twins body JLo! You look maaahvelous! Luved it!
So mad that the innovative Miguel only won Best R&B Song and not Best New Song as well. Or, that he wasn’t even allowed to sing in full his monster jam “Adorn” for the audience!! What a complete rip-off! Stay strong Miguel. Hated it!
Fun‘s performance of ” Carry On” was already titillating even before it starting raining on stage! They won Best Song of the Year for “We Are Young.” Luved it!
The glamorous Alicia Keys sang her autobiographical “Girl On Fire”, in a simmering duo with Maroon5 ex-lead singer, Kevin Levine. And something new: Alicia accompanied herself on the drums! Luved it!
Frank Ocean won Best New Song?? I don’t get it. What is all the hoopla-about this guy? He sings like he’s on the verge of suicide or mass murder. Last night his debut song for the Grammys was an ode to Forrest Gump?? Miguel, once again-you was robbed!! Hated it!
Justin Timberlake brought it back Retro-style! The Big Band vibe was large and in effect with the stage lighting creating a nostalgic B&W ambiance. Boy was in rare form I tell you. Didn’t catch the title of the two songs he sang but they were off his new “The 20/20 Experience” CD. JayZ‘s usual ‘Don Corleone’ demeanor was missing last night as he got onstage to accompany Timberlake with a lil rap-a-toire. Luved it!
Good to see Sting up there turning it out with his distinctive use of the English language. He and Latin cutie Bruno Mars sang a string of Bob Marley hits in tribute to the famed Reggae artist. Luved it!
They were later joined by Rhianna and Marley brothers Ziggy &Damian for the finale “Could You Be Loved.” Luved it!
Speaking of Rhianna, I must say I was impressed by this young performer’s expressiveness on the Red Carpet and the dyn-O-mite slow burn jam she performed with some dude I don’t know, who would’ve been better off just continuing to sit in the dark quietly. Rhianna sang like, ‘Hey, I got this!’ Luved it!
Kelly Clarkson made a strange remark while accepting her Grammy about not knowing who Miguel was but that they should cut a record together…? She made up for that awkward moment with her performance tribute to Carol King & Patti Page. Luved it!
Chris White (literally) and his all-girl band on one side of the stage, his rockin’ & rollin’ crew on the other, put on an electrifying mini concert. He sung a duet with a pretty brown-skinned sistah and the contrasts were flying all over the place lol! Luved it!
LL rocked the bells with his finale “WHADDUP!” Chuck D gave him a hand and it was all about Ol’ Skool as he hustled all over the stage, gathering up energy for the last “whaddup! before the lights came up! Luved it!
ON THE CARPET:
Adele, Adele, Adele…you did not represent us full-figured chicks with that hideous dress! What were you THINKING! Ugh! Looked like something from the Piccadilly Circus. And did you see her look when she got out her limo to walk the carpet? It said “I dare any of you skinny bitches to say something about my dress..I DARE YOU!” Love that voice tho’ Girl!!!
Beyonce was dressed surprisingly demure in a simple black and white outfit, her hair pulled back and her signature red lipstick. Poor child-probably still glamed out from the Super Bowl.
Nas‘ “I was ordered to be here or else” stance threw things off temporarily on the Carpet. Loved that light bronzed colored jacket with the old school pocket chain tho’, Way to stay street Nas! Someone mentioned that he cut a record with Amy Winehouse. Sounds like something worth investigating!
Katty Perry had on the best dress for the evening in my opinion, a cloud soft mint green stretch knit with a wild mix of matching sequin applique around the plunging neckline. She held up well tho’ , obviously balking at the Grammys “no puff ” ban on exposed titties parts.
The Purple One, Prince, came out onstage slightly limping with a silver cane and dark remote shades to present Best New Album to the duo Gotye and Kimbra for “Somebody That I Used To Know”. (Prince murmured that he loved that song. Me too!). Rumor has it Prince needs knee surgery but would get it only if it were a bloodless procedure cuz he’s Jehovah Witness and they don’t believe in blood transfusions…well, if that don’t beat all! Them high-heels must have takemn their toll.
Got just one thing to say to Amber Rose, “What in the world are you carrying in that stomach?” It is GI-NORMOUS! even with the black ensemble, which btw was the sexiest mommy-to-be outfit I’ve seen for awhile. She was positively radiant tho’! Her man Khalifa; well–let’s just say, he’s cute and all, but I would’ve said “No” to 1/3 of those tatts he has crawling all over his body!
All in all, it was a fantastic show with tributes to late Greats and short, succinct and humble acceptance speeches. Lots of energetic performances. As far as the who got what award, I’m sure whoever got one deserved it and its too bad that everyone couldn’t get a Grammy. Like I said earlier, I thought Miguel should have walked away with something. There’s always next year!
Watching the Grammys last night I got the sense that the music being created now is going to be less commercial, less hard sell and more “I make music, because I AM a musician and this is what I do! Like it or not, I’ll still be creating it.” LUV IT!
President Obama‘s Administration is looking to secure the same policy to declare war as the George Bush Administration had before him. Whats different about Obama’s policy is that war will be carried out not by soldiers on the ground, dispatching in huge battalions to remote areas of the world risking life and limb, but with the technological advancement of The War Drone.
Will this be our new mode of war, carrying out exempt strikes with laser pinpoint accuracy, taking out the enemy in the middle of the night while the rest of America sleeps soundly?
A new report by Stanford and New York Universities today, claims that just one in 50 victims of American drone strikes in Pakistan are terrorists while the rest are innocent civilians. The study lays much of the blame on the use of the ‘double-tap’ strike–where a drone fires one missile and then another as rescuers try to get to victims.
All is fair in war, right?
Obviously warfare has changed exceedingly from when we used spears, muskets, cannons, and bomber jets, detractors still say that there’s enormous opportunity for abuse in having such a lethal program run entirely by executive order, maybe not with Obama but certainly some future President with a long list of perceived enemies who may use the weapon as a personal means of retribution…
Mark R. Jacobson, a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States who served with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, created a 5 point lists of misconceptions about President Obama and the Drone War (abbreviated here):
1. Drones are immoral.
Drones are neither autonomous killer robots nor sentient beings making life-or-death decisions. Yet, with the “Terminator”-like connotations of the term, it is easy to forget that these vehicles are flown via remote control by some 1,300 Air Force pilots. Drones are an evolution in military technology, not a revolution in warfare.
2. Drone strikes cause inordinate civilian casualties.
Armed drones are some of the most precise weapons used in conflict; we hit what we aim for. But any lethal force results in some civilian casualties, and the use of drones beyond “hot battlefields” means that the civilian-combatant distinction is harder to make.
3. Drones allow us to fight wars without danger.
The allure is simple: A drone swoops in while its operator is safe, thousands of miles away, and the precision-guided ordnance hits a target, with little risk to our troops.
But drones should not give us a false sense of security. After all, the intelligence required for targeting may require U.S. boots on the ground. And drone attacks will not improve governance in a nation that offers a haven to terrorists.
4. Drones are technologically complex weapons that only rich nations can afford.
Armed drones are neither as simple as model airplanes nor as complex as high-performance fighter jets. Of course, a remote-controlled helicopter that you can build in your garage is certainly not as capable as the $26.8 million MQ-9 Reaper, the primary U.S. hunter-killer drone. But drones are much less expensive than fighter aircraft, and in an age of increasing austerity, it is tempting for nations to consider replacing jet fleets with armed drones.
5. Obama will be remembered as the drone president.
The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq compelled the United States to boost the speed and accuracy with which it targets terrorists. But it was not until the Obama administration that U.S. technology and intelligence caught up with the need to take down terrorist networks rather than just individual leaders. As a result, there have been three to six times more drone strikes under Obama than under Bush. While the use of drone warfare has come of age under Obama, whether he comes to be defined by this weapon is very much a political question. ~ h/t The Washington Post
Why drones? Better yet, why war period? I’d like to see that discussion on the table one day. In the meantime the Drone War question rages on.
Chinese New Year is an annual celebration marking the start of the new year according to the chinese lunisolar calendar. Chinese New Year always falls in the months of January or February, and each chinese new year is represented by 1 of the 12 creatures of the Chinese Zodiac – 2013 is the year of the Snake.
Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, and in pre-modern times it would signal to farmers in China that they must begin preparation for the sowing of their fields.
There are several variations on the mythology behind Chinese New Year celebrations. Most are based on a ugly bloodthirsty monster named Nian that would emerge on the last night of each year to destroy villages and eat people. A wise elder advised villagers to scare the monster away with loud noises. That night, they set fire to bamboo, lit fireworks, and banged their drums. The monster, afraid of the loud noises and lights, ran away to hide in its cave.
In another version of the myth, an old man persuaded Nian to turn its wrath on other monsters, not the villagers. Before he was seen riding away on Nian, the old man, actually a god, advised the people to hang red paper decorations in their homes and set off firecrackers on the last night of the year to keep Nian away.
On the first day of the new year, the villagers celebrated, greeting each other with the words “Guo Nian” which means “survive the Nian”, a tradition that has continued to this day to mean “celebrate the new year.”
Gong Xi Fa Ca!(“wishing you prosperity”, traditional CNY greeting in Mandarin.)
I love music. It has the uncanny ability to lift your spirits, give you courage, define a special moment, spur you to action or have you trippin’ & fallin’ into love lol! I’m particular excited about the fresh new blood in the industry right now, thanks in part to the high traffic social media outlets and new technology available that allows independent artists to sidestep giant music industry moguls and invent new ways to create and market their own music — without ever signing a traditional recording contract!
Well–tonight’s the Grammys, so be sure to tune in later to this blog to check out my take on the celebration!
The Weather Channel has pissed off practically the entire meteorologist community by their decisions to begin to start naming ordinary here-today-gone-tomorrow winter storms like the one that’s presently surging over the northeast side of the country day rather than reserving to tag more severe weather anomalies like the tropical storm Sandy that hit last year. And what’s worse is that the execs at the station made this decision without any confirmation from the rest of the more, shall we say professional, forecasting community. “The idea,” according to Bryan Norcross, senior executive director of weather content for the company, “was to draw more attention to storms and get people to prepare.” But irate meteorologists across the land, who are lamenting publicly on what they think is just a publicity stunt for the station, say that the potential danger of making a big whoopdedoo about every seasonable winter storm could eventually numb the public to responding appropriately to more dangerous weather. Aaah! The old Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf syndrome…
A spokeswoman for the National Weather Service, which names tropical storms like hurricanes, said the agency has no position on the Weather Channel’s decision to name winter storms. Also no word on which Nemo the brain trust at TWC had in mind when naming this present storm. Was it the cute little clown fish from the Disney Pixar movie or the ancient mariner, Captain Nemo from the literary works of science fiction writer Jules Verne?…I’m guessing the clown fish.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Nemo also means “The Man” in the African Oromo language, which would also be another silly name for a storm.
The Golden Age of Hip-Hop: Radio Station 107.5 WBLS spins “Golden Era Radio” every Friday night from 8pm to 10pm, featuring the best of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s hip-hop music with the legendary MarleyMarl and RoxanneShante. Damn, there are times when living in the past could be a good thing. I would love for these so called present day rap artists to assimilate just one iota of what the old crew used to throw down in the day. You would think that rapping about Bitches, Money & Hoes would have played itself out by now, wouldn’t it?
Actor Will Smith‘s daughter, Willow, turned turned down the role to play the little orphan girl Annie in her father’s remake of “Annie”. Will’s production company Overbrook Entertainment recently hired “Easy A” director Will Gluck to guide the production to the big screen, as well as Willow in the lead role. Speaking at Temple University in Philadelphia this week, Smith said that Willow herself ask to not be put in the film:
“Willow was supposed to be doing ‘Annie,’ we got Jay-Z to do the movie, got the studio to come in and Willow had such a difficult time on tour with ‘Whip my Hair’ and she said, ‘You know Daddy, I don’t think so, I said, ‘Baby, hold up!’ I said, ‘No, no, no, listen; you’ll be in New York with all of your friends and Beyoncé will be there. You will be singing and dancing,’ and she looked at me and said, ‘Daddy, I have a better idea, how about I just be 12.”
How about I just be 12? Whippin’ my hair back n’ forth with mad respect for this little girl : )
And take heart–Will and his boychild Jaden Smith will be appearing together again in the scifi thriller“After Earth” directed by that weird guy, M. Night Shyamalan and produced, once again by Overbrook. The plot? After crash landing on a planet abandoned for thousands of years, father and son astronauts are left to explore and survive on the planet. Scheduled film release is June. I’ll be there.
Halle Berry, Lisa Leslie, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Clarence Avant and my Girl Chaka Khan will be honored at the BET Awards televised this coming Monday the 11th. Hosted once again by the beautiful Gabrielle Union the show will celebrate Chaka and her fellow nominees for their outstanding achievements in their respective careers. I’ve been rockin’ with the legendary Ms. Khan from day one of her Rufus days all the way up to the multi-Grammy Award winning solo career she enjoys today. And I’ve prided myself on introducing other fans to some of her least known songs. Ill taking you out with my personal favorite, “Roll Me Through The Rushes”… N’joy!
THANK GOD WE MADE IT THROUGH “NEMO” IN ONE PIECE! (or whatever you wanna call it.)
Wax figures of Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl, her 1992 role as Rachel in the movie “The Bodyguard”, how she appeared in her 1998 “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” video and a recent likeness in a beautiful gold sequined gown looking just gorgeous!
Madame Tussauds New York, in tribute to Whitney Houston who died February 11th (God, has it been a year already?), unveiled on Thursday four life-like wax figures of the singer representing milestone career moments of her life. The likenesses, shown off in Manhattan, will be installed in Madame Tussauds attractions in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Artists work on clay foundations for Whitney’s wax sculptures.
“They’re amazing. They’re beautiful,” said Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law who was also her manager, reports the Daily News.
“If she could step down here and be alive and really feel what’s happening right now she would thank and appreciate everyone in this room,” said Gary Houston, Whitney’s brother. “I’m saying it for her, I know she loves and appreciates everything that’s going on here today.”
Also attending the unveiling was Whitney’s mom, Cissy Houston but her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown was not present at the event. However, she did tweet this:
So, we’re bracing for another severe storm surge here on the east coast. I’m prepared though. Super Storm Sandy will live in infamy in my neck-of-the-woods and if there’s one thing that bitch taught me, its “preparedness is next to godliness”. I think I managed to score a few extra points on the “City-Dwellers Who Stand A Fair Chance of Surviving The End of The World” meter–fo’ sho! Here’s a bit of what I got out of the experience:
All those yellow Gristedes supermarket plastic shopping bags I’ve collected over years came in real handy when the power went out and toilets couldn’t flush. Thaaaat’s right! we did that! Hey! Don’t judge–did you know that human feces produces lethal amounts of noxious methane gas that can render a person unconscious for an hour? Yeah, I bet you didn’t. Wrap that sucker tight and store it somewhere away from you until you can dump it.
Get your battery operated shortwave radio or handset before disaster strikes. My sister and I walked around the city for hours during the blackout, looking for a weather radio from those hacks with the electronic stores all over the city. Everyone wanted to charge us $60 to $80 for something that would have normally cost about $25 during pre-disaster times.
Water, water, water! Can’t stressed that enough. Once you hear a super storm is coming your way, get out in the streets with that cart and run to the nearest 24/7 market to stock up with as many bottles as you can. Fill up the tub too. You’ll be surprised how freaked out you get when you don’t have access to running water. Your ‘Inner Primate’ shows up pretty quickly.
Your little transistor’s no good without batteries, so stock up and keep them in a kool, dry, dark easy to find area in the house.
Also get yourselves a dozen or so Spanish religious candles, veladoras, in the long glass jars. They double as a long-lasting, contained light source as well as a direct channel to God while praying to Her to put the lights back on, soon.
Your cell phone will become your BF during a storm blackout. But it will only be as good as the next charge. Indoor ATM machines, post offices, Starbucks, Chinese fast food restaurants…if any of these establishments are open, grab all your charges and electronic devices and hike over there to get your charge on. But be prepared to fight other survivalists if you take up all the sockets with your multitude of devices. You will however be a hero/heroine if you bring a long power strip and a large thermos of black coffee and offer them up to the clan. Folks will herald your name, offer you lifetime indentured servitude and name their first born after you.
I’m giving the KKK another 4 years to fully merge with The Tea Party for a public resurgence of their brand name. These days, they’re looking to forge a huge rally against the renaming of three Confederate-themed parks in Memphis, Tennessee which they claim is an attempts to erase history. The Memphis City Council, fearful of intervention by state legislators, voted Tuesday to approve changing the names of Forrest Park to Health Sciences Park, Confederate Park to Memphis Park and Jefferson Davis Park renamed Mississippi River Park.
A purported Klan Grand Poobah known as the “Exalted Cyclops”, who asked an interviewer to be identified only as “Edward”, says of the proposed march:
“It’s not going to be 20 or 30, it’s going to be thousands of klansmen from the whole United States coming to Memphis, Tennessee.”
Gee, can’t wait….
A Brief History of Forrest Park in Memphis, Tennessee:Forrest Park for years has stirred up emotions. It contains the grave of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate cavalry leader who traded slaves before the war and went on to become the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, the infamous hate group that carried out a merciless campaign of lynchings, church fires and other terror against African Americans as well as other immigrant groups.During the war, troops under Forrest’s command notoriously were accused of slaughtering Federal black troops after the Battle of Fort Pillow. The “Fort Pillow Massacre” became a rallying cry for the Union, according to historians.
Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 98. Freeborn also worked with Stanley Kubrick to transform Peter Sellers into his multiple characters for the movie “Doctor Strangelove” before designing the apes for “2001: A Space Odyssey 2001″`s “Dawn of Man” sequence, in which primates react to that mysterious monolith.
“He brought with him not only decades of experience, but boundless creative energy,” “His artistry and craftsmanship will live on forever in the characters he created. His “Star Wars” creatures may be reinterpreted in new forms by new generations, but at their heart, they continue to be what Stuart created for the original films.” ~ “Star Wars” director George Lucas.
As an artist and a lover of all things scifi, I salute your passing Stuart. Godspeed.
Soul Food Junkies is new PBS film by Byron Hurt, chronicling the dynamic and historical significance of soul food and its impact on American cuisine. The movie is touted as a non-preachy, autobiographical look at the impact this genre of cooking had on the institution of American slavery, the period of Reconstruction and post modern-day racism. Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity.
Everyone, and not just African-Americans, have something to say about soul food. Some good, some downright condemnation. Whatever your take, this style of cooking should not be discounted for enabling Blacks’ survival in the New World, from the caloric requirements on slave ships, to the subsistence gardens of slave families. African-Americans invented soul food for survival and comfort and no price could be assigned to either of those.
“The hand of the African in the pot, transformed the taste of the pot.”
Trayvon Martin would have celebrated his 18th birthday this past Tuesday. And thanks to Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson, justice prevailed that day in the case of the man who killed him. The judge denied George Zimmerman‘s bid for a delay of his June 10th trial for the murder of the unarmed, black teenager, whom he shot and killed a year ago this month. Judge Nelson explained that she had allotted Zimmerman and his lawyers ample time before his hearing Tuesday, to bring any issues about the trial to her attention but that they made no use of that time.
Trayvon’s family and attorneys held a memorial service on the courthouse lawn before the hearing got under way.
How is it in the Year of Our Lord 2013 A.D. people still don’t get that its not necessary to scream into your cellphones in order for the person on the other end of the phone to hear you? Is it the absence of the extended mouthpiece that was available on your land-line (is available, I’ve still got one!) that gives you the illusion you’re talking to someone far away hence the yelling? Is it possible you’ve just gone deaf from having the infamous microwave technology radiating through your fried ear drum and beyond? Or do you think your loud incessant jabbering should take precedence over my personal space and stillness during our morning commute together? Calling on the Lord to smite you will only bring bad karma on me so I bite my tongue when I hear one of you entering the vehicle, but if you only knew what I was thinking…y’all know who you are.
A 75 y.o. man shot and killed a Dallas couple with five kids, in retaliation for them sweeping feces from the couple’s dog onto the front entrance of his apartment. Chung Won Kim testified that he shot 31 y.o. Michelle Jackson as she stepped onto her patio Monday at around 8am at the Sable Ridge Apartments in Dallas, Texas. Kim then went into the apartment and shot her fiancee Jamie Stafford also 31 y.o. In what dimension does a feud escalate to the point where two young people are killed, five children are left orphaned and an old man is incarcerated for a double-homicide because of dog-doo-doo? Well, you know.
I ♥ Audrey Peterman. When she gleefully took her husband up on a suggestion to take a couple of months off and drive around the country to see America, she had no idea it would lead to her life’s mission. She was equally surprised when she saw on her journey less than a handful of America’s multi-ethnic and multi-racial citizens among the visitors and employees in the national parks. She and her husband Frank Peterman made a vow then to expose the natural wonders of our national parks and recreation areas to all Americans who, Audrey says, are the owners and stakeholders of our planet’s natural resources. Frank became the Southeastern Regional Director of the The Wilderness Societyand he and Audrey continue to pursue their dream of a world in which people love and respect nature and are invested in its care. A few years ago I visited the Grand Canyon and the majestic mountain parks in Arizona and let me tell you, the connection you forge with nature out there is real and formidable. The grandness of the earth becomes a part of you that you keep and take back home. Corny I know, but go and see for yourself, pilgrim.
What was on Kim Kardashian’s mind as she tweeted a picture of a jewel-encrusted hand gun on Saturday? As usual, not a damn thing. The pregnant reality star, forgetting she encouraged her Twitter followers to sign a pledge to help combat gun violence following the Sandy Hook shooting in December just a few weeks ago, quickly deleted the image after discovering her faux pas. Or more than likely someone pointed out the hypocrisy to the busy starlet. Oh– and good luck with the “happily-ever-after” Kanye. Thank goodness you didn’t wind up with no golddigga…
The chief executive of Twitter revealed that he wants the microblogging site to be as big as Facebook – with one billion users. Dick Costolo reignited the row with his company’s most bitter rival by taking aim at the milestone Facebook only reached in October after nine years of operation.
“We’re the size that 99.9 per cent of the other companies would like to be, but we believe Twitter is valuable to everybody on the planet.” says Costolo.
Twitter has 500 million users and has been running for seven years. Mr. Costolo, 49, said: ‘I don’t think about our goals in terms of other companies (uh-huh). Where we want to get to is human scale, global scale. That’s a billion users, not where we are today.” Oooh! So that’s what the rich think about constantly, getting mo’ rich. Making a mental note.
So–what do self-absorbed teenagers and cockroaches have in common? Both are constantly grooming themselves to get close to the opposite sex.
Cockroaches’ antennae cleaning helps them detect potential mates
Leaving them dirty blinds the insects to their surroundings
When they were stopped from grooming a shiny substance collected
Yep, just like a teenager. The personal hygiene procedure is vital in keeping their sensory organs in tip-top shape, say scientists, allowing them to identify members of the opposite sex.
Pest-control possibilities stem from this research since the subjects are constantly grooming and ingesting any foreign or native matter that falls onto their bodies.
I’m talking about the roaches now. I love kids…really!
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