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This is a photo from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Give it up for the Bethune-Cookman Marching Wildcats band!
It formed the image of President-elect Barack Obama during the halftime show Saturday at the Florida Classic in Orlando.
Very cool!

Sitting here resting my bones...

and this loneliness won't leave me alone...

Great song. And for some reason it's been playing in my head all day.

I'm alone this thanksgiving. My family is off celebrating the holiday with dozens of our relatives thousands of miles away. I couldn't go this year because...well, just because. My life is wrapped around my work. It would have cost too much to get a flight out tonight anyway.

At first the bravado kicked in...I don't care, I'm a big girl, I don't need nobody to celebrate a holiday created on the backs of my red brothers and sisters who got slaughtered! Yep, I was soooo deep in denial.

Now I'm at work, cooling my heels, waiting for the time to pass so I can get the hell out of the noisy newsroom and go...where? Good question. My condo is dark and cold, I didn't turn the heater on today at all.
Maybe I'll just crash at mom and dad's place, they're gone anyway and they have food in the fridge.

A quick trip to Blockbuster and my favorite store, Specs, and I'll have my entertainment and delish treats and liquor for the evening.

I wish I was with my family. I think I need a hug.

Ha ha, very funny mofo...

This comes to us via The Mirror, from merry old England.
Then again, this guy doesn't sound merry, he's downright pissed off. And I would be too, if my phone joke service sent me stuff like this.

Read on:


A Muslim student has been left shocked after receiving two racist ‘jokes’ by a text service operated by 118 118.

Kameron Abbas, 21, used the new joke service run by the directory inquiries company after seeing it advertised on TV.

He was horrified when he got sent a message saying: “What’s the difference between ET and an Asian? ET got the message and went home.”
Stunned he then requested another, using his friend Imran Shah’s phone, and received: “How do you save a drowning Pakistani? Take your foot off his head.”
The student from the University of Central Lancashire is now considering legal action against the firm, which admitted a ‘breach of standards’.

I don't know about this commercial...

On one hand, it's funny as hell that McDonalds would take it this far...but then again, when are they gonna come out with the country/rock/polka version of this ad?
Hmmm, is it racist, or just trying to target your primary consumer? (and black folks need to stop eating so much crap, but that's another post for another time).

Please don't be stin-gyyyyy...lol!

When she says no child left behind...

this teacher really means it!
Gotta admit, the kid is kinda hot, he looks older...but since when don't you ask someone their age? Just strange business all around.

Do you think this teacher deserves her job back?

From WPIX-TV in NYC...

A tenured Queens school teacher fired for having a sexual relationship with a student, is suing the city to get her job back.
According to the New York Daily News, Gina Salamino, 37, a second grade teacher at Public School 121 claims Joshua Walter, then 17, was not a student when they sparked up their romance.

Salamino told the News she didn't know her young lover, who worked as a model for Hugo Boss, was enrolled in high school during their rendezvous.

According to documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Salamino calls the allegations "complete fiction" and ludicrious," stressing the Department of Education shouldn't penalize her since Walter didn't attend class during the 2006-07 school year because of his modeling career.
"They have no case," Salamino told the Daily News. "There is no improper relationship."

Walter, now 19, has appeared in a number of ad campaigns, including Hugo Boss and H&M.
It appears their fling is still going strong too, the couple reportedly lives together in Queens with their child.

Hmmmmmm.

This reminds me...I need to go see Transporter 3.

I sat and watched the first and 2nd installments of the movie series a couple of nights ago, and I have to admit, Jason Statham is one of the best action stars I've seen in a long time.

One of my fave movies is Crank (which he starred in) and I'm happy to report Crank 2 High Voltage is in post production, and should be released sometime next year.

And the man is easy on the eyes. Dayum.

I'm just sayin'.

That's no tumor...

O.k., this story from the Fox Station in Phoenix sent shivers up my spine.

You go ahead and watch, I need to go wash my hands. Repeatedly.

This is the rap I grew to love.

Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin'.
Man, I used to love this song.

My friends and I would have it pumping through the speakers when we went out on Friday nights. Damn, the good old days.

"Eric Breed died Saturday at a friend's home in Ypsilanti, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit, a Washtenaw County medical examiner's spokesman said Monday.
Toxicology reports were pending, but no foul play was suspected in the 37-year-old's death.
Breed had suffered from kidney failure, according to The Detroit News and The Flint Journal."

RIP MC Breed.

This is pure foolishness!!!!

And I can't stop laughing...I really hope ol' boy wasn't serious.
But I'm gonna draw a picture of a spider and try to pay my cable bill with it next month.

Read the e-mail exchange for yourself, it's hilarious!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847

Sometimes prayers really ARE answered.

Ann Coulter, that blond political commentator we all love to hate,won't be saying anything stupid for a while.
Actually she won't be able to say anything at all.

According to Page Six of the New York Post: "although we didn't think it would be possible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction-ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut."

*looks towards the heavens*
Two words: Thank you.

Do you really want to hurt me?

Owwww...I guess he did.
Bhahahahahahaha!

I do have to admit, Boy George was such a beautiful guy back in the 80's. So sweet, so feminine.
Now apparently he's a big butch burley man, into shackles and whips and chains.
And I think he's got some anger issues. Scary....

LONDON – A Norwegian escort told a court Monday that Boy George manacled him to a bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after accusing him of hacking into his computer.

The former Culture Club singer is on trial for the false imprisonment of 29-year-old Audun Carlsen.

The 47-year-old singer, who is standing trial under his real name, George O'Dowd, denies the charge.

Carlsen told London's Snaresbrook Crown Court that he met the singer through a Web site and went to his London home for a naked photo shoot. After the encounter Boy George sent a series e-mails accusing Carlsen of hacking into his computer, but Carlsen nonetheless agreed to return for a second photo session several weeks later in April 2007.

Carlsen told the jury that when he arrived Boy George and another man held him down and beat him before the singer handcuffed him to a hook in the bedroom wall.

"George was slapping me and beating me and punching me and screaming things," Carlsen said.

Carlsen said he was able to escape by unscrewing the hook and running for the door.

"I took a bit of time getting the door open and he had a metal chain that he was hitting me with," Carlsen said.

Carlsen said he ran into the street clad only in his underwear. The court was shown photographs of red welts on Carlsen's head and injuries to his arm which he said had been inflicted during the attack.

So what's in a name?

Quite a lot, I think.

For example, here's the newest Hollywood moniker, courtesy of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz - their baby boy is named Bronx Mowgli.

Poor kid.

While I'm not against unique and cool names (mine, for example is unforgettable!), there's just some parents that go too far.

Today I met a sweet high school student named I'Eshila. Pronounced I-Yeesh-eee-la.
She had a friend with her...named Prettie. Prettie River.

Sigh.

I can only imagine the teasing that young lady suffers at school.

It's funny...I don't have kids, may never be able to have 'em, according to some stupid doctor, but when I think of names, I automatically go over the "tease factor"...does it rhyme with any bad words, or can be used against my child in any way?

LOL, I know it's way too anal.
But at least I'm thinking about it.

ABC -- You SUCK.

Yes, American Broadcasting Company...the network I've come to love and treat as a friend. I'm talking to you.

Why must you cancel shows I've come to enjoy? Why? Was it something I said, something I did?

I tried to watch them whenever they were on, but sometimes, life got in the way...that's what tivo is for, dammit!

Now how will I know if Eli Stone can really overcome the weird thing happening in his head? What happens on Pushing Up Daisies to the piemaker with the magic touch that brings the dead back to life?
And for God's sakes,no more Dirty Sexy Money?! How could you do this to me, you bastard?!

*chokes back sobs*

I'll never watch you again.

Wait, when does Ugly Betty and that McDreamy hospital show come on? I may stick around for that. Just please, don't disappoint me again.

This just in:

Looks like we have a new Secretary of State on the team...Hillary apparently has jumped off the fence and accepted President-Elect Barack Obama's offer.

I am still sorting out how I feel about this appointment.
After the craziness of the election, and what I feel were low down tactics by Hil and company...it'll take me a while to stop giving her the side eye.

One thing I am sure of: I'll never trust Bill again, not as far as I can throw him.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer from President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. secretary of state, the New York Times said on Friday, quoting two Clinton associates.

"She's ready," one of the sources told the newspaper, which said Clinton came to her decision after additional discussions with Obama about the nature of her role as the top U.S. diplomat and his plans for foreign policy.

Democratic Party sources have said Clinton was on track to be nominated, with an official announcement expected after the November 27 Thanksgiving holiday.

Those interns'll cut cha!

ETA: here's a pic of the intern in question. Why why why she gotta be black?!


I don't think this young lady has the right, shall we say, temperment to be in t-v news.
What a nutbag, lol!
These kiddies are gettin' hardcore..."you don't know where I'm from, I'll mess you up!"
Sorry, brat, you're the one who's messed up now. Have fun in court!


Former KSTP-TV intern charged after newsroom altercation

By PAT PHEIFER, Star Tribune

November 19, 2008

Jennifer Anato-Mensah's alleged antics probably would have been a better fit on MTV's "Punk'd!" than they turned out to be in a TV station's newsroom.

The 21-year-old University of Minnesota student is allegedly to have chased after an executive producer at KSTP-TV, screaming obscenities after she was fired as an intern at Channel 5 and later kicking out and shattering a window in a conference room door in her quest to get at the woman she believed had scorned her.

According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police were called to the station at 3415 University Av. on a report of an out-of-control employee.

Danielle Prenevost, an executive producer of KSTP's newscasts, said Anato-Mensah had started yelling threats and obscenities at Prenevost when she told the intern she was fired.

Anato-Mensah told Prenevost, "You don't know where I'm from, I'll mess you up . . .," the complaint said.

Prenevost tried to walk away, but Anato-Mensah followed her. A male employee stepped between the two, and Prenevost went into a nearby conference room while the male tried to get Anato-Mensah to calm down and clean out her desk.

But Anato-Mensah ran to the conference room and kicked at the glass door, breaking it. She had to be restrained to keep her from entering the conference room, the complaint said. The cost of repairing the window was $150, the document said.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Well, this is new...honestly, I didn't expect this crowd to start in with the racial mess.
But hey, why not? It's always been open season on negros! Who cares if the terrorists pile on too?!

From the AP:

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies.

Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.

In al-Qaida's first response to Obama's victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect - along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice - "house Negroes."

Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house Negroes."

The message also includes old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters' house were more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the latest message was just "more despicable comments from a terrorist."

This clip was immortalized on Family Guy last night...I just had to look it up and watch it again.
I feel so sorry for the reporter...she'll never live this down. Ever.
Howard Stern even put her groans to music one year.
Yes, I laughed.

I hate being sick.

Sour stomach, queasy, dizziness...blah.

This workaholic actually had to take a sick day.

I hate that.

But I also don't want to infect the rest of the free world with whatever it is I'm fighting off.

Let's see, over the past two days, I've eaten:

saltine crackers

ginger ale

water

scrambled eggs

hot tea

and hyacinth ice cream. Delish.

And some dummy has been coming by knocking on my door for the past 20 minutes.

Hello, stupid person trying to sell me some crap I don't want or need, if I didn't get up and answer the door the first time, I'm sure not gonna do it the third, fourth or fifth time, uuummmkay?

If they come by again, I'm going to throw open the door, let them get an eyeful of me in my makeup-less, wild-haired, footie-pajamaed glory and scream in their face, hopefully passing on this monster of a sickness.

I'm going back to bed.

Dang...how many Dr. Doolittle movies did they make?!

I am currently suffering through the one entitled "Dr. Doolittle-- Tail to the Chief."

Oh come on!

This franchise got tired after the second one came out. Eddie Murphy isn't even in the last two, it's that Kyla Pratt Chick from the Proud Family cartoons.

Who paid to make this? That money could have gone to help poor kids in another country.

'Cause this movie ain't helping me one bit. Time to change the channel.

A jammy dodger?

Huh?

Immawhutnow?

A British friend of mine called me a jammy dodger tonight...WTH is that, ya git?

I was too stubborn to admit I didn't know what it means, lol!

So I decided to look it up. Word of the day folks, thanks to the Urban Dictionary:

-- A small round biscuit with Jam inside it (always best 2 eat a whole pack at a time!)

-- A nickname for someone with the name Jasmine, James, Jamie, Jason or any other similar in nature.

-- Someone who has great fortune in avoiding bad things, often to the dismay and envy of others. Often replaced for 'Jammy Git'

-- Someone born with ridiculously good looks and personality, and who is TOTALLY mittens and doesn't realise it!!

Now I was pretty happy about the one that says I'm good-looking, and totally mittens...until I looked up what "mittens" meant.

That first definition...dear God. That does not sound like fun.

Needless to say, my dear dear friend will get a royal beating next time he crosses my path.
Just because.

Pete, you have been warned.