Jennifer Holliday turns 50 today
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE.
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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
“Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.” — Deepak Chopra
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Oct. 19: Singer Jennifer Holliday is 50. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 38. Actor Omar Gooding (“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”) is 34.
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BLACK HISTORY
Oct. 19, 1943: On this date, Paul Robeson opened in Othello at the Shubert Theater in N.Y. City. The show ran for 296 consecutive performances. (Source: www.BlackFacts.com)
Today’s CHOCOLATE JAM is “Jesus Is Love” by The Commodores
Dare I say “SNORK” where is everybody….
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I give up… I can’t cook and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I made something last night that literally made me sick.
I know old school men like women who can cook but thank the Lord my man doesn’t expect me to be a pro in the kitchen.
Well you betta be able to cook SOMEWHERE!! ;o)
Morning. I whip my hair back and forth…..
Snork and smurfday to you MWM. Love we all have mishaps in the kitchen.
You gots to keep trying Lovely, cooking is learned it doesn’t just happen over night. You cooking from scratch or are you trying from cook books?
Good Morning Everyone!
OJ – this wasn’t just a mishap, it was downright nasty.
MWM – it was a recipe I found on food network for some potatoes. I LOVE potatoes but these literally had me so sick I couldn’t move.
I don’t care anything about cooking… that’s never been on my list of goals. Some people enjoy stuff like that but I’m not one of them.
Who de Who everybody! Hope you all are doing ok. OK, Lovely…you were sick last week too. You sure its just the potatoes?
And what kind of potatoes were they that could make you sick?
Lovely, might of just been the recipe, everything on Food network TV isn’t made for black folk taste buds.
I had to chop up a bunch of rosemary and I could tell from the smell of it I wasn’t going to like it very much. I’m super sensitive to smell and all that butter and rosemary was just too much.
The first time I made it the store was out of fresh rosemary so I used basil and oregano and it was GOOD but last night with the rosemary, omg… SICK. The smell was too overpowering and the butter made it too ‘something’.
*which is odd because my 2nd favorite steak in the world is the honey rosemary steak at Granite City…
At it’s essence, it’s really just fried potatoes & onions, you just add fresh herbs and use butter instead of oil.
I’ll just do it again w/ basil & oregano because that was really good (AND, I used cooking oil instead of adding a ton of butter).
Fresh rosemary can be very strong and overwhelming. A little goes a long way. For some reason, I use it quite a bit during the holidays, and season turkeys and chicked with a little bit of it (and other stuff) when I fry it. I wasn’t sure how guest would receive it, but I get rave reviews. Now they could be lying, but I’m thinking by the carcasses, they are not.
But yes, rosemary can really do it to you.
Pen – I’ve always been kinda sensitive that way.
Example: I used to throw up every Easter when it was time to make the Easter eggs because the smell of eggs makes me sick.
I’m weird like that.
No, it could be you’re allergic to it. My son pukes when he smells apples…apple pie, apple sauce, apple candles. Comparatively, I hate apples, but I have texture issues with that kind of fruit…apples/pears. When I see someone bit into an apple, it literally grosses me out. Even the sound of it is sickening to me. But I have never puked.
My son…different story. He will walk away from a table it applesauce is sitting on it.
I have this strange thing that just makes me crazy. I hate to touch milk cartons. Just typing that makes the hair on my arms stand up. If the carton is full, its not so bad, but an almost empty milk jug makes me cringe. Generally, if someone is in the kitchen with me, and I need to get something or touch an almost empty jug, I point to it, and somebody else moves it for me. My husband gets frustrated by it, and my daughter she will say, ‘is that bad milk carton bothering mommy…’
I have been like this for years…but I can stand the texture of the bodies that dollbabies are made of, which to me, feels like a milk jug.
But I can eat it on that steak and tear it up and I know my grandma uses rosemary sprigs at Thanksgiving/Christmas so I think it was just the combo of it being so strong last night because I used so much of it and all that doggone butter.
*And the italian herb grinder thing that I buy from McCormick has rosemary in it.
Do any of ya’ll dress up for Halloween?
Morning fam! JB..I saw Willow’s video yesterday. I really liked it.
For those of us talking about Junior’s name yesterday, here’s his ‘real’ name:
Tiaina Baul “Junior” Seau Jr.
I guess Junior IS a better option
Lovely, since we don’t have any little kids, I may throw on some kitty cat ears or a maribou witch’s hat. My daughter will come over and pass out candy,and she dresses up.
2 blondes were driving to Disneyland; the exit sign reads: DISNEYLAND LEFT, they started crying and headed home.
I know it’s corny, but you know you want to laugh!
My department wants to dress up and I’m sooooooo not into it. If I don’t participate, they won’t be in the running to win the day off (have to have 100% participation and I’d be coming in on my day off).
My issue is that I don’t wanna dress up for their idea. I’ve heard the plans and I don’t think it’s enough to win.
They wanna do a Survivor theme but they want to make everything from construction paper. I think that’s too low budget because the recovery dept downstairs goes ALL OUT every year and they always win 1st place.
I don’t compete for 3rd or 4th place.
Tell them that putting on a Halloween costume is for children and white ‘adults’.
Word of the Day
October 19
peculation
\pek-yuh-LAY-shun\
noun
: embezzlement
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
The employee’s peculation might never have been discovered had he not misdirected an e-mail intended for his bookie to the company bookkeeper.
“Starting with Kansas in 1911, most states passed laws to protect investors from nefarious sales practices and other peculation in the offer and sale of securities.”
*coming in the room whipping my hair back & forth* I heart that song!
Good Morning BBP’s! Happy Tuesday! It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor…would you be mine? Could you be mine? Let’s chat it up today y’all! We need all lurkers to come out to play. It’s been pitiful up in hurr lately, let’s get this party started! Anybody need to talk about something? Anybody? Anything??? Well, lemme see what’s already being talked about, what’s the T? *scrolling up*
Lovely, if you go in on your day off to try and win a day off and you lose, then what? Where’s the compensation?
Jacque – I saw that joke on fb a few weeks ago and giggled my tail off! It’s so dumb but so funny!
JAZZ – I basically told them that. They keep asking if any of my friends/family have fake bugs & snakes and I finally said “Look, ‘my people’ aren’t in to sh*t like this so quit asking”.
Good morning family. What it do?
Hey Yogi!!!! How the hangin?
Lovely…Nope, don’t dress up for Halloween. Don’t give out tricks or treats either.
How do you tell someone you need your space without hurting their feelings?
Hey Happy Heroes & She-roes!!
What it be like!?!?
Love Train– I dress like a cat every year (it’s easy) then take my son and his friends trick o treating. I leave a giant bowl of candy on my front step. Neighbors/kids know the honor system and take 1-3 pieces of candy. I do it for the kids. BUT I have NO interest in going to a halloween party or doing it for office antics.
Jacque/YLY/HK – you all just made up my mind. I’m not doing this bullshiggety.
If I had kids, I would totally get into it for them and have jack-o-lanterns and all that crap but I don’t need the fanfare. Plus, I’m about to waste so much money this weekend it’s not even funny.
HOWEVER based on what LHM said last week about being a team player, I may have no interest in doing it, but I’d probably do the bare minimum to show some effort. However the team would have to be willing to go the extra mile and put effort into winning this thing. I DON’T understand why you would have to give up your day off for this. Seems to me like you should get an additional day off. And what if your religion prevented you from celebrating the holiday? How is forcing everyone to participate being fair and equitable or even sensitive? Companies have wayyyyyy too much time on their hands.
HK – Because our department is so small. We have 4 people but Recovery downstairs has 20+ people. You have to put on a little skit for the judges and do some other crap and relate it to the bank’s mission statement.
Plus, I don’t think they’re aware of the ‘rules’ my last company adhered to — extra sh*t is exactly that, “EXTRA”. It’s never mandatory — if you don’t participate, you just don’t get a prize.
A SKIT?????!!!!??? Oh no forget that. EPIC FAIL! Tell them folks bye!
Speaking of Halloween, I saw the CUTEST little costumes on Martha Stewart’s site. If I had a bunch of little kids, I would dress them up as sheep. They had on black tights and turtlenecks and then all this white stuff around their torso’s. It was soooooooooooo cute!!
I also go excited when I saw the little girls all dressed as flowers. They had the cutest little tights and collars on their shirts. I called one of my friends and told her that would have been cute for us when we were in high school. (she wasn’t impressed)
I can’t imagine them making paticipation in a halloween competition mandatory, or penalize an organization that lacks 100% participation of the staff. That seems to run up against anti-discrmination laws, because in many religions, doing anything re Halloween is a no-no.
One of our neighbor’s daughter who is about 3 years old and wears glasses was dressed as the geeky girl on Scooby Doo. she was so cute in the glasses, little red wig, geen sweater and organe skirt. She look just like that girl…Thelma or Daphne.
and I forgot this little girl… I heart her and her little costume
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/homemade-kids-halloween-costumes#slide_34
little lambs:
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/homemade-kids-halloween-costumes#slide_10
flower garden:
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/homemade-kids-halloween-costumes#slide_13
WASHINGTON — Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early Tuesday, hitting the building and causing minor damage, defense officials said.
Police who protect the massive Defense Department headquarters temporarily locked down some road and pedestrian entrances to the building after a civilian reported he may have heard shots at about 5 a.m. on the south side of the facility.
A sweep of the area and facility found that some shots had hit the building, Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman said. He didn’t know how many or from what kind of weapon.
Roads and pedestrian entrances leading to the Pentagon were reopened a little after 5:30 a.m. but part of nearby highway 395 was later temporarily closed for part of the investigation.
A dozen police also were seen at around 9 a.m. walking side-by-side in a line as they combed through a grassy area on the south side of the building.
Lapan said there were no injuries. In response to a question, he said he did not know whether there was any connection between Tuesday’s incident and Monday’s discovery of bullet holes in windows at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., some 30 miles south of the Pentagon.
A cleaning crew at the museum associated with the Quantico Marine Base called police when they noticed the bullet holes in windows high up in a part of the building that faces Interstate 95.
Police believe the shots were fired at the museum late Saturday or early Sunday, when no one was inside. Investigators used a crane to inspect the damage Monday. Because of the height of the holes, police suspect the bullets were likely fired from a rifle, but they are still working to determine what caliber of bullet was used.
Several glass panels were hit, causing about $20,000 in damage. None of the museum’s artifacts – including a harrier jet hanging near the damaged windows – were hit.
Lapan said this was the first incident of its kind since early March, when a gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers.
The shooter, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., was shot by police and died hours after being admitted to a hospital in critical condition. Authorities had no motive for the shooting, but there had been signs that Bedell may have harbored resentment for the military and had doubts about the facts behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Pen – there’s a lot that’s different ‘here’ than it was at Chrysler… I’ve learned to just shut my mouth.
They’ll find out as soon as somebody sues them for some of the BS.
This is just one of those old banks that has had the same rules in place since they opened their doors. I believe we have 5000+ employees in the 4 buildings on this street so you would think we would be a little more progressive about stuff like this but we’re not.
Yeah…that’s kind of scary. Most federal agencies really don’t encourage those types of secular and/or religious celebrations…that is a tinderbox waiting for a match.
What? You can celebrate Halloween at work, but Christmas and Easter are off limits in a lot places? Get the fuck outta hear!
I had a kid and didn’t do that dress up trick or treating thing. Against the grain for me. PSF did have costumes when she requested and was allowed to attend the Halloween party at the local community center. To my knowledge, she’s only been trick or treating once because my girlfriend was babysitting her while I was in Cali for work.
Pank people lose their mind over Halloween with that tired line about how it’s the only holiday adults have. Hello? Christmas? Celebrating the birth of Christ? Easter? Memorial Day? Labor Day? Any of these ringing a bell?
Pen – our department isn’t forced to participate, it’s just that if we want to win a prize, the whole dept has to participate
(not sure if I’m saying that right)
YLY – My parents did the whole Halloween production for me and the bro when we were little but after the divorce, that ish kinda ended after a couple of years so we just got in the habit of not caring about halloween.
They used to take us to the pumpkin patch and we’d go on hayrides and they had this place that showed us how to make apple cider and candied apples. It was always a lot of fun.
OK, I’m going to play BINGO for United Way right now… be back shortly if I’m not winning
hello y’all
The original Effie White looks GOOD in that photo! Happy Birthday JenJen!!
*waking up wiping the slobber off my face* OK, I’m back….
I did the hayride thing with PSF and the pumpkin patch etc, just not the Halloween part.
Being a team player does NOT include that Halloween foolishment. And that 100% rule is discriminatory and HR should be all over that shat.
But, I left a meeting where we had pumpkin sugar cookies, cupcakes and caramel apples. I was a ‘team player’ this morning… LOL
What’s shakin fam?
My kids dressed up every year and hubby took them trick or treating in the ‘rich’ neighborhoods. I tagged along at times…He got a kick out of that ish…me, not so much. We wouldn’t always buy a costume cuz that mess was too high! I wish I WOULD pay $20 for a damn princess dress made like a hospital gown! Most of the time R made them homemade costumes. I never really cared about Halloween, I just did it for them. He made those costumes from that fb pic. Thank God that mess is over! Now I have a new set of kids, Cho & Ny so I just hang out with them when I feel like it and drop ‘em off when I get tired of ‘em. LOVES IT!
As far as the gig is concerned, folks used to dress up here…that is until my bootylicious co-worker wore a cat suit. That was the end of that! 
>lawdhv, oooo I bet pumpkin sugar cookies are GOOD!!!! It’s been a struggle @ work with all this Halloween candy around. I don’t deprive myself…I allow myself 2 pieces per day. Halloween candy is the debil!
LMAO…12 I used to take the kids to the ‘rich’ neighborhoods, too. They’d have the fiyah candy!! Not all that tootsie roll BS! Honestly, I preferred staying at home and passing out candy. One year my son was sick, not sure where my daughter was so I decided to hand out candy. I was so freakin’ pissed!! NO ONE came in costumes. WTF?!?!? I finally quit answering my door. For the last few years our church has sponsored the kids to go to Power Play. Of course they try to keep the kids away from the Halloween stuff. I never considered it devil worshipping or anything like that. If my son chooses to trick-or-treat that’s cool with me too. Of course he’s a video game junkie so Power Play is like gold to him.
Hey SOBRO
I dress up everyday for Halloween 365 days a year. I’m a freakin PERV……
LOL @ bro-boo! >letmein, we have something called a “Fall Festival” at church for the kiddies. They don’t dress up tho, it’s just something for the kids to do and an excuse to hand out candy. We’re in a new neighborhood this year, I wonder if kiddies will come to our door? Nobody ever came to our old house…I’d say maybe like 2 kids would show up all night! Then everyone would turn their lights off so nobody would come to their door. Girl we used to take the kids to mansions to trick-o-treat! Their bags were full of candy! Most of the houses were decorated too. Those rich folks go IN on Halloween!
Hey ya’ll! I won TWICE at BINGO!
I felt like a little old @ss woman (because I was the youngest person excited about playing). I played 3 boards and the old lady next to me only had 2 and I told her to step her game up. She had no clue what that meant but she smiled and told me she would. I love cute little old people!!
End Of An Era: Magic Johnson Is No Longer A Lakers Owner
Magic Johnson has officially cut ties with the franchise that made him a household name… on paper anyways.
Johnson confirmed he’s sold his 10% stake in the LA Lakers for an undisclosed amount to a man he describes as a “super fan.”
Johnson sold his stake in the Lakers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, an accomplished businessman, prominent UCLA surgeon and Lakers season-ticket holder for 25 years, for an undisclosed sum, the team announced Monday. Johnson, who was believed to own as much 10 percent of the team, purchased his share in 1994 for a reported $10 million.
Johnson’s motivations for selling his share of the franchise were not revealed, but now that he’s done so, he’s free to acquire a stake in another NBA franchise. Johnson, a native of Lansing, Mich., has previously admitted interest in having a role with the Detroit Pistons.
“After heavy deliberation and a weighing heart, I have decided to sell my share of the Lakers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong,” Johnson said in a statement released by the team. “Dr. Soon-Shiong is a super Lakers fan, an outstanding businessman, a dedicated philanthropist and one of the most active community leaders in Los Angeles
“I am truly humbled to have been a Lakers player for 13 years and an owner for over 10 years. I thank Dr. Buss from the deepest part of my heart and soul for allowing me such an incredible opportunity. I will continue to work alongside Dr. Buss, Jeanie Buss and Mitch Kupchak in their efforts to continually build and maintain the best NBA franchise in the league. This was a bittersweet business decision made on behalf of my family and myself, and I want to assure all the wonderful and loyal Lakers fans that my decision will in no way affect my dedication and support for the Los Angeles Lakers. I am and will always be a Laker for life.”
Yeaaaaa… But you were just talking about buying the closest thing you’ve got to a hometown team, the Detroit Pistons.
“Somebody back there has to be the majority owner. Be the owner,” Johnson said in August about potentially having a role with the Pistons. “That wouldn’t be me. But if Ilitch or somebody — you’ve got a good guy back there already in (team president) Joe Dumars. If somebody said, ‘Hey, can you come and think about helping Joe Dumars?’ then I would think about it.
“Just like the Lakers. It’s not the full (ownership). You just get a little piece. But then you are involved in the basketball, how the decisions are made.”
We’re sure the full reason behind him leaving the Lakers after 10 years won’t ever come out. You don’t develop $700 million brand by telling folks all your business.
My mom is a sport when it comes to stuff like that… she would paint whiskers on her face and have a tail or she’d wear a crown or something when she took us out.
If she didn’t do anything else, she played hard with us and did it up for the holidays.
We get a ton of kids in our neighborhood. Most if not all of them dress up. Either I or my kids will pass out candy.
We are the only ones who don’t have young children but the rest of the cul de sac gets together in the middle of the street with crock pots and beers. I have never been invited, so I get to stay in and be warm.
Its fun watching the kids though. Life goes too fast, so why not enjoy that? Kids grow up fast enough.
As far as Halloween in the work place. I personally think it is def a slippery slope to allegations of a hostile work environment and discimination, and while I don’t discourage ppl from putting out a bucket of candy or some sort of tasteful decoration, any full blown celebration is not appropriate. But that’s JMO
SB should wrap himself in latex and be a walking p3nis (since that’s his primary function in Tupelo)
MWM ——>
LOL
I took my kids out every year. We all enjoyed it. Upon becoming teenagers, they continued to have fun with halloween, and I even made them little candy baskets when they got to old to treat. I have a pinata on the table right now ready to ship to my son in the Navy. It has about $50 worth of candy stuff in it.
I asked my husband if he thought it was too much, and his response was, are you kidding, they love that kind of stuff, because it keeps them in touch with your life.
I have always made a big deal out of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s and Sweetest Day, and Easter (Yes, they got new clothes and a basket of candy–no eggs though)…I think they love it, but I really do.
CTFU @ walking peen!
Walking, talking, living & breathing!!
Although… hair ON the head might scare some of the chicks off… he should shave his hair.
Leave me alone LHM….. Or I’ll cum to your house dressed as an erection…..
R said that Cho should put a stem on his head and be an acorn (his head resembles an acorn) & Ny should be a squirrel.
I still get Easter baskets and I make one for the man
Awe, the Happy Days father, Tom Bosley died. RIP
One can only wonder what Lovely would put in a Easter basket for her man….
MWM – you gon spray her down?
Fock Tom Bosley, he sold me that SMC shat that I couldn’t sell and kept my 350 bucks…. Seriously though prayers to his peeps…..
*escorting MWM to the corner*
12 – that would be cute
You should really google Martha Stewart children’s costumes… lots of cute, creative ideas.
>lovely, girl let their momma’s buy their costumes, my kids are grown and don’t give a damn about Halloween costumes! J’s going to fright night at Six Flags…that is if his grades are what they’re supposed to be on his report card.
FACEBOOK STATUS OF A COWORKER:
My healthcare benefits will increase 12% for 2011. That’s greater than the National average of 8%. Thanks Obama : /
***FINGER TWITCHING ON KEYBOARD***
Naw, MWM. It’s a good, Christina Easter Basket. He loves candy so it’s full of candy like Snickers, Twix, Laffy Taffy, Reese’s and stuff like that.
I used to make one for my goddaughter too but they moved to STL and never come home for Easter.
My aunt makes me and my grandma baskets and she puts valentine candy in them
And my grandma makes me one and she buys chocolates (even though I keep telling her I don’t really eat candy… she ends up eating it).
LHM – do it! do it! delete em!
So imma dyck now….damn
So they done put me in the corner, I still see you mofos, what I do that was so bad??????
My little LJ is going as a Mississippi State Bulldog football player…I have pics of him trying it on(so cute) if anyones interested…speaking of MS State Football…where is XMan? We spanked the florida hataz this weekend…and are now ranked Woooo-F’n-Hooooo……..
LOL @ baby-bro! *hugging babybro* There-there babybro, it’s alright punkin. *patting his back lightly*
Slipping Sistah-Boo my tazer, go say hello to Letmein for me…..
SB – Instead of giving out candy, you give out skeet!
MWM, I’m sending you to the corner because you want to dress up like an erection…..LMAO!!!
What’s that article down there at the bottom of the page talking about? It says women always answer their phones unless they’re having sex.
That’s FALSE. I almost never answer my phone. I hate the telephone.
It’s false and true cause ya always having sex……
And that’s a bad thing… hump…….
>bro-boo, I’m telling momma! *running out the room crying*
Love: i started to go with you on yo handing out skeets comment but decided to leave it alone…lol lol @ a12: thanks. *accidently pinches butt*
>lovely, if baby-bro is handing out skeet, then we all know what kinda ‘trick-o-treating’ he’s gonna be doing! And I’ma need you to make sure your ‘costume’ is fitting properly, we don’t want any mishaps!
MWM – I didn’t do it last night
Can I get some brownie points for that?
You would have been suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper proud of me all weekend though! I was f*cking like a doggone champ!!
My hair is in a ponytail today because of all the work I put in this weekend.
*thank Jesus and his Daddy I have an emergency hair appt today*
*slaps baby-bro’s hand* Watch ya self now!
SB – what 12 is trying to say is don’t go buy the Magnum costume knowing you haven’t grown in to that yet.
and SB we already know you’re shooting out skeet like they’re in a japanese steakhouse!
all the chicks sit around with their mouths open and you just aim for the target!
LMAO @ magnums!
LOL @ Lovely!
lmao @ Love. Well in that case I might as well go as a Cowboys player cuz I play with Big “D”…
SB – now I’m picturing the weird kid from my class who used to always pull out his thing in class and play with it. He was SUPER smart but he loved to play with his lil thang in the back of the classroom.
lmao @ Love…we used to play hide and go get it like a mug in 4th grade…lolol one time “we” got caught playing at school…but I aint know they were playin at the time…im like hell if I knew we’d get in trouble for some ish I aint do I woulda got me a few pumps in….lolol
Oooooh CrookedBrother is doing demos???
*opening yard*
Hey Boo!!
>lovely, 9 times outta 10 somebody was messing with that baby.
Hhahahaa! Getting in trouble was payback for all the times you DID do it and didn’t get caught.
*and the nasty boy I’m talking about was in high school pulling his thing out, not 4th grade.
12 – it’s never him, it’s always them!!
Ya’ll be easy, it’s time to go get my head looking right again.
HK: hey babe. you know you can get it. #period.
oh i mean get a demo whenever you like baby…