Gloria Gaynor turns 61 today
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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
“There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children… one is roots, the other wings.” — Stephen Covey
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 7: Singer Alfa Anderson of Chic is 64. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 61.
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Today’s CHOCOLATE JAM is “Second Chance” by El DeBarge
Morning wingettes.
G’morning! Happy day after!
Gloria Gaynor looks like she could be Toni Braxton’s older sister or young auntie in that picture.
She really does!!!!
I hope everyone had a good ‘long’ weekend! The weather here has been absolutely beautiful the past couple of days. I love the way the weather transitions… it just makes me happy. It’s still warm enough to wear shorts but it’s not that oppressing heat that we’ve had the last couple of months. I even let him drive with the windows down the other night!!
Ahhhh, Thumbs Down Bandit… I see you’re awake EARLY this morning.
I hope your mother gets anally raped by a rabid billy goat.
Morning fam! Where erybody?!
Morning Fam. Hey Love, I swear I looked at that pic and said “dang Toni has picked up some weight!!” lol
Letmein – I drove into Wyandotte County yesterday and I promise I could smell the BBQ as SOON as I crossed the bridge!!
On the 4th of July, I could smell the BBQ & gun powder! I love my people!
SB – I did too and then I read the name and saw it was Gloria Gaynor! They look alike in this picture. Same eyes, same hair color, same skin tone…
The MTV Awards are this Sunday; I hope Kanye can catch a break this year…
I hope Kanye acts right this year!
Hey everybody! Hope you all had a nice long relaxing weekend. I had a great weekend until yesterday, when a neighbor called and said they were having a cul de sac get together and were gonna have about 20 or so folks there. Mr. P and I thought we were gonna have a lo-key day, but we thought, WTH, and because I like to cook, I went to the store, and bought some chicken wings, and fired up the big turkey fryer. Whipped up some BBQ sauce and some ranch dip, and made a really nice tray (huge tray of wings). I also made a sock-it-to-me cake. So, we go out there, and my daughter and her room mate also came over. How come my neighbors don’t talk to us?! They talk to Mr. P, but the women just look at me like I am stran-ge. Even my daughter said something about it.
But, they bashed my food like they had never eaten before. (The only other real food was some store bought subs,box brownies. and a bunch of fruit.) I had prepared at least 100 wings, the cake, and a pasta salad. After a bit, I went back home to get a can of water, and while I am walking across the street to my house, they all say, “Bye”… No one had said anything to me prior to that.
When I went back to get my dishes, one woman who really looks at me strange was looking at the leftovers. I asked those standing around if they wanted any of it b/c I don’t eat the food I had prepared. This particular lady takes the pasta salad, the cake, and the rest of the wings. I told her just bring my dishes back when she’s done. She brought them back in about 15 mins, ringing my DB with her two fat daughters. She had not even washed the dishes! And she just stood there like I was supposed to invite her in. At that point, I was so disgusted, that I wanted nothing to do with these people. I just took the tray, and called Mr. P to grab the other stuff, and said good night. She looked at me a little strange, but at that point, I was like whatever–said good night and closed the door.
Mr. P was like you really didn’t enjoy yourself did you. He did! Obviously, the answer was a resounding NO! So this morning, I am still doing a slow burn. I know I should get over it, but I can’t help but wonder why these women are so anti-social to me. I speak to these ppl when I encounter them. I have never been rude to any of them, and a couple of them, I have given a bottle of our favorite wine to when I learned of a birthday or anniversary. So, I am truly amazed at how anti-social folks can be for no reason whatsoever.
Bichess
Oh…according to my scale, I have lost 9 pounds! I am so thrilled. I am so committed to losing the weight, that I am going to start giving away my clothes. I have a ton of business wear! But I am determined to pared down the closed and the body!
Pene effem. You know how petty women can be. They were jealous.
They were checking out your hubby Pen! Smack them bytches right across the face!
Good Morning Everyone!
PEN, I don’t know how someone could not talk to you yet eat your food?????????
Lovely….I was supposed to come to the Dotte yesterday but never made it. My out laws had a spread on Sunday though. I spent yesterday purging and cleaning. I’m trying not to get ahead of myself and start packing but when that time comes I’ll be ready!
Pen – some women are just ‘like that’. Don’t let them steal your joy. You have a good heart and you do the best you can. You can only control YOUR actions so that’s all you’re responsible for.
You know my motto on people who are a negative force in your life: “F em”.
Congrats on the weight loss!
Letmein – seeeeeeeee!! I know you’re tired and stretched really thin right now but you know you’re planting amazing seeds for your future! Keep it up, I’m excited for you!!
Thank you Lovely I really needed to hear that! I’m sure a late bloomer and these are things that we should have done years ago but I won’t cry over spilled milk. Better late than NEVER!
Thank you guys! I still however, will be looking at these folks with a side-eye. As far as them looking at Mr. P, I must admit, even though he’s my husband, he’s a good looking man, and compared to those guys, Mr. America! (He has a full head of hair, these guys are all bald with huge beer guts.)
The women though could be looking at Mr. P…that’s cool, b/c I don’t want anybody who no one else wants. But, I think their issue with me goes beyond that. I almost feel like they are whispering about me. Normally, I don’t give a rat’s a about folks, but there is something about these women that causes me to feel a bit put off. Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t got my panties in a bunch, b/c I doubt that I will see these folks until Halloween, and after that, perhaps not til spring. But, I am to the point of not wanting to speak, or otherwise participate in any other neighborhood event. Ohio State games are the big thing here, and they will likely do the tail gate thing with some games projected on the side of somebody’s house. I think I will be busy on those days.
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE: My neice, who has cancer, but was previously refusing medical treatment, has decided to start chemo. She had her first treatments last week. So far, she said she’s very tired, but feels good. Please continue to pray for Cheryl and her healing. I will keep you all posted as things progress.
I wrote a short story about my first IT gig back in the day. It involved internet security for a online stripping busines sran by a brother. This is true. Anyway I wrote a spec script and in cnoversation, he told me of several groupie stories. At one point he managed a boxer I will not say his name. The story is nasty. But I know everynoe likes nasty stories. Anyway, this lady had sex with the boxer, he used a condom, she pulled the condom out of the trash and used it to get her girl pregnant with the semen.
Ewe.
That’s hella nasty and scheming like a mutha pucker. Who does nasty stuff like that … and to involve her daughter in that dirtyness is obscene to the max.
I got the thumbsdown for weight loss. I guess it means its good that my weight is going DOWN!
Congrats on the weight loss. Just remember, no more skating.
OMG! I just cracked up! You remember that?! You know my leg still hurts from it. I was put on muscle relaxers because it keeps knotting up. There is this one woman in the neighborhood who flies through here on some in-lines. I am so envious of her!
Morning fam.
Pene, F them heauxs! (thanks to Hersh for that one) Bunch of trifling B*tches. How you gonna eat somebody’s food and they not good enough to converse with?
…. Oh 25-20s been doing that for about 400 got damn years. The nurve of them.
Osb, I am not sure if I believe that story. Did she grab the skeet filled rubber immediately and run it down to the hot spot for immediate insemination.
Go ahead and tell us who yheboxer is. It’s Evander Holyfield isn’t it? You know he had 3000 kids with 4000 women.
Ex you are aggressive this morning. How wad your weekend?!
OSB – ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! That sounds like some old soap opera crap (actually, Ashley DID scheme to get a vial Victor’s seed and she had Abby…)
Word of the Day
September 7
laconic
\luh-KAH-nik\
adjective
: using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
“While the Ingallses were living outside the town of De Smet, in what is now South Dakota, Laura met her future husband, a laconic homesteader ten years her senior.”
Former USC running back Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of his 2005 Heisman Trophy, according to a report from Yahoo Sports.
Citing unnamed sources close to the Heisman Trophy Trust, the website reported Tuesday that the organization likely will take the trophy away before the end of September following an investigation into Bush’s eligibility during his playing days with the Trojans. The NCAA ruled in June that the New Orleans Saints running back was ineligible to play during the 2005 season because of illegal benefits he received.
In June, the Heisman Trophy Trust declined to comment on the NCAA’s findings, saying in a statement it did not have a timetable for a decision on Bush’s Heisman.
If Bush loses the trophy, he will become the first player to be stripped of the prestigious award in its 75-year history. USC already has returned its copy of Bush’s Heisman that was kept on display in Heritage Hall.
Letmein – it doesn’t matter WHEN you bloom, all that matters is that you DO bloom!
Keep it up ma!!
I’mma tell you what my grandma tells me when I get discouraged: The mouse didn’t eat the elephant in a day.
For those who do not know, Reggie Bush and his family took money from a agent in exchange for this guy to represent him (many other guys have done this), lived rent free in a home during his junior season at USC, and had use of a car. What makes this worse is that he never testified about it, and kept ignoring the situation. This situation took years to come to light.
*speaking of which, the last time she said “how did the mouse eat the elphant”, I said “one bite at a time” and hung up and cried… I hope that doesn’t have the same effect on you!!
Yeah Juice. I guess I agree with you. The weekend was grand. High school reunion and parents celebrated their 40th anniversary all in the same weekend. Plus, earlier in the week the little brother got engaged to his wonderful girlfriend of like 5 years. She is a wonderful addition to the family.
Good morning Kings & Queens of the FFA! I hope everyone enjoyed their day off yesterday. My alergies have really been bothering me for the past few days. But I’m cool now. J had a Labor Day football tournament and they won two outta three, so that’s good! He’s worn out tho, poor baby.
Good news ffa crew…I’m down 12 lbs! I can tell a difference in my shirts around the guttage area. 
It’s coming off slowly but surely. Thank you all for your continued support! *hugs* >pen, don’t trip off those helfas, it’s obvious they have no home training. Just keep on doing you! Also, congrats on your weightloss! Gloria Gaynor looks amazing in that pic!
Congrats on the good news Ex. Black love in all it’s forms are beautiful. My weekend was fun. I had entirely too much liquor this weekend. It’s a rare occasion but between my cousins 40th birthday and my tailgaiting activities, I was a fish.
OJ – is black love even beautiful when the man looks like James Brown after his police chase and the woman looks like Moms Mabley and they have chitlin juice dripping down their chins?
Congrats 12 & Ex on your good news.
Yes Lovely. Even in that scenario.
Exy, congrats on your brother & also to your parents! My parents celebrate their 39th this month. *clearing throat* BLACK LOVE IS A BEE-YOU-TI-FUL THANG!
Yes it was Evader Holyfield.
Rough day at work, looking forward to a beer with Javier, we worked together a year or so back, supposedly he had some news regarding a job lead for the both us. Tremendous opportunity he said, I need to have an open mind. Great, I was thinking to myself, not another business owner who wants to pay by check and then me having to sweat it out if it clears or not.
Weather in Chicago changes by the hour, as I was leaving work it was clear but now it is windy and I could feel a chill in the air. Hustling down Sheridan to meet Javier and our potential client in time, I made a pit stop in the restroom. Did not want to look rushed or ungrounded. After doing the usual checks I stepped into the bar area where the both of them greeted me.
Javier is one of the more focused guys ever, so this lead must be good I thought to myself. The guy who would change my life for the next year name is Ronald Turner, owner of a home business which he did not want to divulge the name or description until I signed some confidentially documents. Average in height, looked to be around the same age as myself, I was immediately thinking small business until he blurted out what he did for a living. Eagerly signing the documents, Mr. Turner then gives me the whirlwind explanation of his business and his problem. “I am in the porn industry”, he blurted out. But this is an internet porn site. Live video feeds with 20 women and two men, I have too much business and it is out of control. Okay so where do you need our assistance? Security he replied, I have hackers attempting to steal my content by the hour. After a few drinks he walked us to his office. Not a problem I said. Giving us a brief tour he showed us his space, and then opened the area where the ladies and two men worked. The design was clearly professional.
As Mr. Turner and I discussed what he expected of me, detailing the duties and responsibilities, there were sounds behind the curtains, groans, camera sounds, believe me, the my curiosity was getting the best of me as my professionalism wavered. Then she appeared almost on cue, a fair skinned black woman, tall, almost 6 ft, long black hair, she was naked except for her boy shorts, huge plump breasts, no fat at all on her stomach, legs were long and muscular. Se casually walks up to Mr. Turner, (interrupting our “business” conversation) and asked for a replacement dildo, her broken one in hand. I knew this was the job for me at that point. Mr. Turner did not even glance up, just gave me the dildo and said, okay you are working now, go take care of this for me. We exchanged a brief introduction, you can call me Karla. I mumbled my name and stumbled out of the door, with Javier in tow, in search of this dildo.
My adventure began.
Osb I knew it. He us such a slore. That is why I have a hard time believing that story. Evander is a love (ie fvck) machine that worked for everyone.
Lovely…I now love your grandma too!! THANK YOU!!!!
Letmein – and my grandma loves you!
Hey Party People!
Heeey HK! How you doing? How ya’ mama nem doing? How’s Lil Man Twin doing?
Are you still on vaca?
Hey HK!!!
Accepting thanks on behalf of my lil bro and the parentals.
A12 and Pene, congrats on the weightloss. Oh also congratulations to Lawd and Juice.
Hey LoveTrain/Let–I soooo wish I was on still on vacay. Oh well. I knew this day would come. The best part of the week was getting to exercise everyday, gotta keep my sexy going.
Yes, now that summer is over and the pool is closed Shaun T and I are an item again. I don’t know why his kind of love hurts so bad. 
So Let– what are you getting ready to do? I want to throw some confetti!!
HK – We’re doing this challenge at work, they gave us all pedometers and we’re supposed to increase our steps by 500 per day until we’re taking 10,000 steps per day. Last night I was trying to increase by 500 and I was standing in place jogging… It was torture (I’m not a runner/jogger). I hope you enjoy your time with ST.
Healthy lunch………..boo!
OJ – for lunch I had 3 little warm chocolate chip cookies and 32 ounces of water. I figure the water flushed all the badness of the cookies out.
HK….mail..
Anyone seen “Diary of a Tired Black Man”? I thought it was true and funny in a lot of spots.
*throwing confetti @ LETMEIN*
Prayers up!
Huggy Low Down was talking about Venus’ outfit at the Open this weekend. I just googled it, what’s the big deal? She wore booty shorts. Were her cheeks popping out or something? Why are folks upset about her outfit?
Somebody clue me in please…