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Name: ProsperityJoy
Comment: Hello Everyone! Have a wonderful and positive weekend. May many blessings come your way...Peace

Name: Ilikeplumprumps
Comment: I'm digging that rump on the Black Mom on that show made up to look white. Now I'm not into white chicks, but if I dig her more in makeup to look white then I dig her without the makeup, does that mean I have Jungle Fever?

Name: shala
Comment: Good morning all and happy Friday!

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: MILWAUKEE -- Thousands of people filled the streets Thursday for what was billed as "A Day Without Latinos" to protest efforts in Congress to target undocumented workers. Police estimated that more than 10,000 people joined the demonstrations and march to downtown Milwaukee. Organizers put the number at 30,000. "We came to work, not to be discriminated against," said Juan Hernandez, who said his boss gave him and more than a dozen other restaurant workers permission to join the protest. "We want to be equal." About 90 Latino-owned businesses on the south side were closed for all or part of the day in support, according to Voces de la Frontera, the rally's organizer. About a dozen businesses in Racine and Kenosha also closed as several hundred people protested in downtown Racine. The protesters oppose a bill that passed the U.S. House in December that would make it a felony to be illegally in the United States. The bill also would impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and would erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border. The title of the demonstration is borrowed from the 2004 mockumentary "A Day Without A Mexican," which considers what would happen to California if all Latinos there suddenly disappeared. Wearing shirts that proclaimed "We are not criminals" and waving American, Mexican and other flags, thousands of people young and old listened to speakers from the business and religious communities and political activists. Raul Alcantara was among nearly 100 staffers and teachers who skipped work at the Milwaukee Technical College to attend the rally. "We fully disagree because this country is built on immigrants," said Alcantara, a math teacher originally from Mexico. "We will fight together." They also rallied against the prospect of illegal immigrants losing their driving privileges in the next few years. A new federal law requires states to verify whether drivers license applicants are American citizens or legal residents by 2008. "We never close our eyes to any injustice against any human being," said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, president of Voces de la frontera, the rally's organizer.

Name: RyTay27
Comment: Good Morning Everyone!!!

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lemont man accused of using a defunct used-car dealership to defraud a South Elgin bank out of more than $270,000 since last August, according to police. Walter Fronek, 33, also is accused of pocketing fees paid by customers to the dealership to cover the costs of transferring titles and license plates. "There are 30 people who purchased vehicles and paid for the transfer of titles and license plates to get them in their names and never got them," said Lt. Jim Murphy, of the Illinois secretary of state police. "It's the dealer's obligation to process them." The secretary of state's office failed to renew Fronek's license to operate the dealership, Performance Motors Ltd., at 7948 W. 79th St., Bridgeview. Fronek, of the of the 11000 block of Dineff Road, faces forgery and other felony charges, said Detective Sgt. Randy Endean of the South Elgin police. Authorities said American Eagle Bank in South Elgin had an agreement with Performance to finance car loans made through the dealership. Fronek was charged with cashing three checks, or dealer drafts, from bank officials without forwarding car loan applications to them. He also was accused of defrauding customers who had traded in their vehicles and were told as part of the purchase agreement that he would take over outstanding loans. "He pretended he had three customers wanting to buy cars, but he never sent in the appropriate documentation and still went and cashed those checks or dealer drafts as they're called," said South Elgin Detective Anthony Martinez. "He cashed dealer drafts knowing there wasn't any documentation and no customers. No transactions occurred." South Elgin police obtained a warrant March 16 for Fronek's arrest and have been working with Lemont police. But attempts to take him into custody for questioning have been unsuccessful. Fronek also has been charged with failing to pay sales taxes to the state Department of Revenue and failing to forward license plate and title transfer fees to the secretary of state's office. "The ones that got hit the hardest in all of this are the people who traded in their cars," Murphy said. "He was supposed to take over their outstanding car loans and never did. This obviously is affecting the innocent victims' credit ratings." Performance Motors opened in 2001, Murphy said. The secretary of state's office placed a hold on Fronek's dealership license in December.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: WASHINGTON -- In an ideal world the rising tide of economic recovery would lift everyone's boat, as John F. Kennedy used to say. Unfortunately, we live in the real world, where the boom that began a decade ago has left one demographic group, in particular, stuck on the bottom of the economic lake: undereducated black males. So says a body of new studies by poverty experts from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and other major universities and think tanks. The experts have taken a closer look at the condition of those who are the least connected to attentive parenting, neighborhood role models and good schools that most of us take for granted. Among the findings: The percentage of young, jobless black males increased over the past two decades, with only slight upticks during economic peaks. By including those who were jailed or not actively seeking work, two groups normally left out of federal unemployment statistics, researchers found the real jobless rate for black male high school dropouts in their 20s soared to 65 percent in 2000. Four years later, that portion jumped to 72 percent, compared with only 34 percent of white dropouts and 19 percent of Hispanic dropouts. Incarceration rates for poorly educated blacks also climbed to historic highs in the 1990s, filling up the nation's boom in newly constructed prisons, despite the decade's declines in crime rates. Among black dropouts in their late 20s, for example, Steven Raphael of the University of California at Berkeley, writing in "Black Males Left Behind," found more in prison on a given day (34 percent) in 2000 than working (30 percent). He and other researchers in that book, edited by Ronald B. Mincy, a Columbia University professor of social work, found contributing factors include employers' preferences for immigrants over native-born workers, especially black males, a lack of available jobs and welfare reforms that put more undereducated black women than their black male counterparts into the workforce. Even America's increasingly high-tech military is shutting its doors to high school dropouts, Hugh Price, former head of the National Urban League, observes in his introduction to another new book, "Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men," by Peter Edelman, a former poverty adviser to President Bill Clinton; Harry J. Holtzer, a Georgetown University public policy professor; and the late Senate welfare adviser Paul Offner. "Reconnecting" is the key word here. It describes an alienation that distinguishes many poorly educated black youths from earlier urban-poor generations. Too many once-thriving black neighborhoods now are less likely than comparable white or Latino neighborhoods to offer jobs, intact families or older men who have jobs.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Evanston/Skokie District 65 officials will vote Monday night on whether to launch an African-centered curriculum at two elementary schools where almost half the pupils are black.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: March 24, 2006 BY TOM COYNE GARY, Ind. -- Mayor Scott King announced Thursday he is resigning after 11 years in office, leaving his $107,000-a-year job to return to the private sector to earn more money to pay for his children's college. 'This is a great job except for the pay,' he said. 'I don't know this for sure, but I think I'm one of the few mayors to take a pay cut coming into this job.' King, 54, said with two children in college and a third expected to attend a top university soon, he plans to go back into private law practice and do consulting work. His resignation, effective noon today, comes three days after he appointed former Calumet Township Trustee Dozier Allen Jr., 75, to the post of deputy mayor, spurring speculation King would resign. Allen will serve as acting mayor for at least a month. Within 30 days, Democratic precinct officials will meet to choose the new mayor. Allen, who ran for mayor in 1975 and 1991, wants to be considered. Speculation about King's political future began shortly after 2003, when word of his split with former adviser Jewell G. Harris became public and three city officials were indicted in 2004 on charges of lying to federal investigators looking into Lake County corruption.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Good morning...I am here today, got all my work out yesterday;-) I caught Everybody Hates Chris last...I have to admit I got some laughs in on that episode. Anyone else catch it???

Name: ELSBABY
Comment: Good Morning All, Happy Friday to everyone. I will be out of town next week so I won't be able to check in until I return. Have a good weekend

Name: ELSBABY
Comment: Everyone when you get a chance. Click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8&eurl= Don't forget to delete the spaces on the url. Tell me what you think.

Name: Sharmona
Comment: Good morning peoples, how is everybody doing this morning?

Name: TAZBABY
Comment: Good Morning Everyone and Happy Friday! Elsbaby, email me at amilyontwo1@aol.com.

Name: archcookies
Comment: Good Morning Prosperity, sigma, RayTy, OSB, thanks for the news, shala, llikeplumprumps, you kinda starting early aren't you brother? But I ain't mad at ya. Are there in snipers on the board today? Dayum why did people get on an online chat to bytch, that to me is sad. Anyway I ain't letting nobody rain on my parade, it's Friday, I started with Thank God It's Monday I'm ending with PGIF (Praise God It's Friday) Good Morning >asize12 Child you are a homegirl I was not pizzed at you at all, in fact I didn't think I was that %*$!ed, child just caught me off guard that's all. Hey Chassie, TAZ, trini, BHB2, Zydeco, letmein and all the rest of my EURWEB family. God is Good all the time and all the time God is Good. Count your blessings not your mistakes, not your rejections, not your snubs because all of that is just dust and trash.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Elsbaby...WTF!!!! I just watched that footage.....WTF!!!!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DE CHASSIE IS HURRE!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!! well hello to all my babies! *kisses Jamie Foxx on the forehead and sends him on his way as he dances off* ok...who checked out RIP THE RUNWAY last night? my girls of queen size worked it! i loved the clothes. i like the way LL put it...SIZE SEXY!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: arch}what up chica. It's Friday. Do the praise dance. I am going to get my chill on this weekend.

Name: archcookies
Comment: Hey ELSBABy

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}hey soror. I was working to hard yesterday and missed you but I's here today;-) I forgot about Rip the Runway. I will read everyone's comments today and catch when it reruns this weekend;-)

Name: ELSBABY
Comment: Hey Archcookies, I am going to borrow that PGIF line and use it from now on. SIGMA, *smh*, I didn't want to tell everyone what the footage was, because I wanted to get honest reactions.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: A happy good morning to all this morning! Archcookie - whatchutalkinbout this morning? Whatchumadabout? I'on understand....CHASSIE and all y'all Jorja folks, Layla Hathaway is gonna be performing tomorrow, March 25th as follows: The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center 395 Piedmont Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30308 404-523-6275 phone. Oh how I wish I could be there! I've gotta go, I'll catch up later.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA/ARCH/NAPPY/TAZZIE/ELSIE>HI MY BABIES!! yeah arch, whatchutalkinbout? now..i noticed yesterday there was a certain poster that rubbed you the wrong way, and hunny you rubbed back! OUCH! LOL!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Good morning family and happy Friday. OSB...thanks for the news. What is the problem with illegal immigration being a felony? If I were in your store, home, car etc. illegally it would be a crime. If you are in this country illegally, it should be a crime. IMO..if you are going to reap the "benefits" and "privileges" you should do it legally. If there's some reason you can't do it legally, do we really want you here e.g. Castro emptying the prisons and nuthouses.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Also, can someone make me understand how you can be "illegal", but get driver's license, social services, education, etc? Isn't this an oxymoron? Or maybe just moronic. *stepping off the soapbox*

Name: RyTay27
Comment: GM to you too arch, I too watched EHC last night and was really amused.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Elsbaby Chile I think the people down in Mobile been either smoking crack or hitting the moonshine jug.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: RyTay}Loretta Divine was great as the mom. I had to admit when Rochelle was walking around eating those Turtles I was laughing so hard.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: YlawdY}I am with you on the illegals deal. {Chassie} I just emailed you.

Name: RyTay27
Comment: >>>>sigma, ok and when she offered him one and he said he knew something was wrong, I was laughing so hard because I too have a thing for turtles and I do not share with the masses. Ialso cracked up when he told the grandmother to leave the mom alone and she told him if he didn't watch his mouth she would knock him into another family. too, too funny. I wonder what his mom thinks of that show.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: It's Friday, and Good mornin' to all. Mornin' Sigma! Yes, I saw "Chris" and that's some triflin azzed family Rochelle got stuck with. Loretta Devine played moms to the hilt! That's my girl! Chris checked though, at first Rochelle walkin' round eatin' herself to death, but she snapped back.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: RyTay}}When he told the grandmother "either your thirsty or not" ...I was having my own flashbacks. It was a good episode;-)

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: YLawdY, I agree with ya. I'd send all their azzes back. Puttin' a strain and drain on everything and blockin' up shyt. Man, please. I remember when a sista could have walked the streets, now?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: — Bernard Lacoste, the French clothing manufacturer who for more than four decades put crocodiles on the chests of people around the world, died Tuesday in a Paris hospital of a lengthy, undisclosed illness, said his company. He was 74.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: mothership}what up baby;-) That episode was on point. When they went to get the coffin.....Chris' dad had something to say then;-) Boy, Loretta ate those Turtles and put that empty box back in the fridge. It was a wrap!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Chassie I am a very peaceful person, I don't like to start stuff with people, but yesterday I had one of those menstural moments, but I am fine today and looking forward to the weekend.

Name: StormyMonday
Comment: Man catches train, forgets baby in car WASHINGTON - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car - keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter? That's what happened Thursday just north of Washington, police say. "Dad forgot baby was in the car, parked the car, got on the Metro," said Lucille Baur, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department. "I don't know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defining moment, 'Oh my goodness, I think I've left my child back in my car,'" Baur said. At that point, she said, Jonathan Sander got off the southbound train and onto a northbound one, returning to the Shady Grove Metrorail station about 12 miles north of Washington. By that time, other commuters had noticed the 7 1/2-month-old girl in the back seat of the car, firefighters had opened the locked door and the child had been taken to a hospital as a precaution. She was reunited there with her mother. "Child Protective Services was comfortable with releasing the child back to the mom," said Baur. "We all believe that the child was not intentionally left in the car." Sander, described as "terrified, embarrassed," was charged with leaving a child under 8 unattended in a car or building. He could face a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in jail. A call to Sander's home was not returned.

Name: archcookies
Comment: Hey Nappy what's up chica? Does anyone want a recipe for stuffed green peppers? I Promise you it is delicious.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >YLawd, Chile tell me it ain't so? *swooning at the news*

Name: RyTay27
Comment: >>sigma, yes the episode was on point. It was touching and hilarious at the same time. When the mom told her she is always bragging about the husband having 2 jobs. :)

Name: YLawdY
Comment: South Park/Isaac Hayes....In an off-screen twist, doubt has been cast as to whether Hayes really meant to depart the animated series. FoxNews.com columnist Roger Friedman reported Monday the 63-year-old "Shaft" soul great suffered a stroke on Jan. 17 and "is in no condition to quit anything." "My sources say that someone quit [the show] for him," Friedman wrote. Previous reports had Hayes hospitalized Jan. 17 in Memphis for what was said to be exhaustion. The reputed stroke diagnosis was said to be news to Comedy Central.

Name: StormyMonday
Comment: Good morning! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: archcookies ...Yup, the alligator is now a pocketbook. (that's the right designer isn't it-it was waaaaay back in the day)

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Nothing much, Sigma, just glad it's Friday. Yeah, ol' girl had the nerve to eat the shyts then complain about 'em!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Whoops..my bad. croc0dile is now a pocketbook...and all this time I thought it was an alligator.

Name: archcookies
Comment: Stuffed Green Peppers ala Jemima's Cupboard: 3 large green peppers halfed, deribbed and seeded 1/2 pound of ground chuck two cups of cooks brown rice 1 large onion finely diced 2 cups of finely shredded cabbage 3 carrots shredded 1 teaspoon of celery seed 1 TBL of garlic powder 2 TBL of Italian seasoning 1 small can of tomato paste 1/2 cup of italian tomato sauce Brown ground chuck adding spices Add onions, carrots, cabbage and cook until tender, add tomato paste, rice and about 1/4 cup of water or beef stock. Let simmer until cooked down Fill the halved greenpeppers and bake in 350 degree preheated oven for about 45 minutes, before baking cover with italian season tomato sauce. Serve with mashed potatos and gravy, buttered corn and crusty dinner rolls.

Name: letmein
Comment: Good Friday morning, peeps!! Hey Arch, glad you're feeling better. Your post was very very inspirational this morning. I'm really getting good at giving thanks for what I do have, versus complaining about what ain't going right. God is a good God and he's been keeping me for a minute. I, too, was cracking up at EHC. When the grandma said she'd slap him to another family and he ended up on the white family's couch..LOL!!! Chassie I saw some of RIP. I kept changing the channel, so, I missed the plus sized models. I'm sure it'll be back on this weekend. Now, I have to go invade my daughter's privacy and read her emails and check her messages. Be back in a minute.

Name: archcookies
Comment: correct 1 1/2 lbs of ground chuck (sheesh)

Name: YLawdY
Comment: More reptile news....BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - So now the alligators are going door to door. When Lori Pachelli heard someone knocking at the door of her home in a gated community in this southwest Florida community earlier this week, she looked out to see an unwelcome visitor on her front stoop: an 8-foot alligator. The bull gator, which had wandered up from the pond behind the house, had a bloody lip from banging its head against the door. "He was pretty big, pretty aggressive," Pachelli said, adding that the gator may have followed her home from walking her cocker spaniel, Trooper.

Name: coneyi
Comment: ELSBABY- straight country! i mean why our people?

Name: archcookies
Comment: Yeah, I have to say I've always tried to be a thankful person but noticed I spent an awful lot of time complaining about stuff that I couldn't change, it's so easy to go with the flow and now the praise is becoming automatic, just think of his goodness.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Local Teacher Fired Following Appearance On Reality Show POSTED: 6:16 pm PST March 21, 2006 UPDATED: 11:19 am PST March 22, 2006 BAKERSFIELD -- A local substitute teacher who was featured in the VH1 reality show The Flavor of Love was let go from the Kern High School District Tuesday. School district officials said that Brooke Thompson, also known as Pumkin on the show, was a distraction and that students who weren't even in her class would try to catch a glimpse of her whenever they could. They said letting her go was not a reflection of her abilities, but her presence was simply too distracting for the students. "When she would come to campus, word would spread and kids would peep their heads in the door," said John Teves from the Kern High School District. "It's disruptive to the learning experience."*****************Wonder if she's still a cheerleading coach?!?!? "I'm a substitute teacher and a cheerleading coach"

Name: shala
Comment: Thanks arch for the recipe. I will try it but without the meat.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Even more reptile news *ducking*...LOS ANGELES - A judge on Thursday ordered Marion "Suge" Knight to appear at a hearing next month to discuss his %*$ets — or risk having the court take control of the rap-music mogul's Death Row Records. Knight has been in a legal battle since he lost a $107 million judgment last year to a woman who claimed she helped start the record empire. Attorneys for Lydia Harris and her ex-husband, an imprisoned drug dealer who is seeking half of the award as part of their divorce, urged the judge Thursday to place Knight's company in receivership. Michael Harris' attorneys accused Knight of trying to evade his legal obligations by failing to show up for debtor examinations three times. He was absent from Thursday's hearing. "Enough is enough," said attorney Steve Goldberg. "It is time for a receiver and an order for contempt. There are rules of court that should be obeyed and Mr. Knight is making a mockery of it." Attorney Rex Beaber, who represents Lydia Harris, accused Knight of shifting his %*$ets. Knight's lawyer, Dermot Givens, asked Judge Ronald Sohigian for a postponement because Knight was hiring a new team of lawyers, but the judge refused. The judge also enjoined Knight from transferring or hiding any %*$ets. Givens promised Knight would appear at the April 1 hearing, and pledged his client would not hide any %*$ets. Last December, a judge in Monterey County froze Knight's %*$ets, saying Knight and his lawyers had failed to answer questions and provide information in the case. Michael Harris, who is serving a 28-year sentence at San Quentin State Prison, claims he put up $1.5 million from behind bars to help start the record label. Knight has repeatedly denied .

Name: coneyi
Comment: Where are my manners? Good morning everyone! I missed everything last night. I'm in and out of the office today so I'll check back in with you all later. DON'T FORGET THE FLAVOR OF LOVE REUNION THIS WEEKEND! I'm pretty sure its on Sunday.

Name: shala
Comment: ELSBABY, I wanted to comment on that link you posted. Why oh why do we do the things we do??? And why was that news??? I am now convinced that "we" are doomed! LOL!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Coneyi}thanks...I had forgotten about the reunion.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Elsbaby}I take it that was a community joke for St.Patrick's day;-)

Name: coneyi
Comment: your welcome sigmascribe.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: What should they do to him?????Fishnet Hosiery Does in Robbery Suspect Tue Mar 21, 9:54 PM ET A man's pantyhose led to his arrest, authorities said. An unshaven man wearing a black evening gown, fishnet stockings, calf-high boots and a black wig robbed a USA Gas station Monday morning, authorities alleged. The armed man stuffed $290 in cash into an ensemble-matching black purse. "I've been with the department for 22 years, and this is the first time I've heard of this happening anywhere here," police Lt. Phil Penko said. About 35 minutes after the robbery, police Officer Chad Ventimiglia spotted a black Saab with fishnet pantyhose hanging from the front driver's side door, dragging on the ground, investigators said. The car was pulled over and Michael Leslie Clouse, 26, was arrested and booked for investigation of armed robbery. A plastic replica handgun allegedly was found inside his purse, Penko said

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: YLawdY, Pumkin was the one who spit in New York's face! She got fired and diss by Flav at the same time. Lawd. Anthony Hamilton put it down last night on RIP! Tribute to "Sista Big Bone." That's one funky joint he threw down on. Gotta get his CD, been meaning to for the longest.

Name: mayday
Comment: Good Morning Eurians! YLawdy & Sigma.....I must co-sign about the illegals in the country. I think they should have an experiment.....send them back and see if the country can really survive without them.....I believe we can.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Hey, Mayday! On "Wild 'N Out," Katt Williams was too sick...told dude, "you done made me mad, I gotta hunnert dollars for every joke you have." and proceed to pull out a wad of hundreds out of his pocket and threw 'em down in front of dude! I liked to die!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: mayday}I was thinking about going to Mexico and sneaking back into the U.S. as an illegal so that I could live the American dream;-)

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YLAWDY>Ooh that's juicy tidbit. i'm interested to see how this is gonna pan out. ARCH>sweetie, dayum you are making me hungry this morning! and i had a bowl of oatmeal and water for breakfast. aaaggh! *mouth slobbering* CONYEI>ooh yeah! i forgot about that! THE FLAVOR OF LOVE REUNION! ok......THIS IS FRIDAY AND I REFUSE TO VENT!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: mothership}stop playing...I have to look for that rerun..who were they guests??? That's funny!

Name: beboyz
Comment: archcookies - Im not good enuff for a shout out??? (snif) Oh well I'll get over it. Good Mornin Fam Yay Its Friday!!!

Name: honeychile
Comment: Morning all! Ok, first ELSBABY>> What in the world, I watched that video and I just sat there with my mouth open. I'm with Arch, they ALL been hitting the crack pipe down in Mobile! SHALA>> You are stankgirl on myspace, right?? I commented on your near death blog. LOL...CONEYI>> I thought about you last night when I was watching What's Happenin'. LOL

Name: coneyi
Comment: HA! Yeah Mothership,I saw that too. Katt is a straight up FOOL. I really love him on Lil Kim's CD. He goes OFF! Just talking spit!

Name: coneyi
Comment: yeah mama chassie, just keep thinking about the weekend.

Name: denon
Comment: Hahahaha! Got on this morning without it being over a 100 msgs!!! Yeah me! Happy Friday yall. I saw "Rip the Runway" and I have to admit that the plus size clothes were off the hook! Now I can't promise you'll see me in some of them but they were nice! I never really watched "Erbody hates Chris" but that sh*t was funny last night! Have to start getting ready to hit the slave house, will check back in ltr!!! Oh Chass, I sent you my email address yesterday but I think that you were signing out by the time it was coming on...

Name: archcookies
Comment: *doing a full cotillion curtsey* @ beboyz that's why I don't like to call names cause ya'll know I love all of ya'll. Hey chica's what's happening?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: sigmascribe ...u crazy! Can I go with you?

Name: denon
Comment: Oh and in case that you didn't know this either that illegal aliens are allowed to buy homes as well!!! A lil convo starter for the am!

Name: coneyi
Comment: honeychile- LOL! I was watching it too like, uh huh!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Sigma, that episode was either Kelly Rowland and Busta Rhymes as the musical guest. Or, it was the one with Mike Jones (I saw them back to back). Coneyi, I LOVE me some Katt Williams. Anything he's in I watch. That fool liked to kill me many a day!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: MOTHERSHIP> hunny katt williams is wild! he was on Rip the Runway and was on the catwalk and changing into his suit. he is too wild!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, I went into the kitchen when he was doing his thang, but I heard that fool! He's so real as well. I swear, I LOVE me some Katt Williams, brother be havin' a sista hyperventalatin!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: denon}get homes and some more ISH!! That's why I want to go and sneak back. I would not have good credit but perfect credit!!!!!! And some more. I want to come back as a Black-Latina Chicana Americaan homes. Get my American dream on!!!!!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >shala are you vegetarian if so substitute the meat with diced yellow squash, zuchinni squash or even egg plant add thyme to this vegetable medley to give it more of a boost, just about teaspoon crushed.

Name: coneyi
Comment: Mothership- I know. He needs to do some more movies. Or atleast release a stand up DVD or something. I already like Wild 'N'Out, but he and D-Ray are the main reason why I watch every single episode. Denon- I heard someone else discussing that a few weeks ago. They talka bout how they don't want illegal aliens in this country, but they will gladly take their money. That's all it's about. If they start missing those payments, their illegal azzes will be outta here with the swiftness.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Coneyi, yeah, DeRay is stoopid too. I'm waiting on Katt to do another movie. Starring in one, 'cause he damn sure can hold his own on his own. "Pimp down, pimp down!" CTFU!

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Good Friday morning, Kinfolk... Let's make it a drama-free one! EHC>> FUNNY as heyall! I love that show. Rip the Runway>> Shout out to all my Size Sexy Divas! Since I am rocking a 16, I fit into that category and am proud of it-- thankyouverymuch! Is anyone planning on going to see "Inside Man" starring Denzel Washington? I think I am going to see it tonight or tomorrow.

Name: honeychile
Comment: MOTHER>> Wild -n- Out was on while I was trying to take my bath and stuff before I laid down to watch TV. I overheard some of it, but didn't get to sit and watch. I know he was cutting up! Every time I see him I think about him in Friday After Next, in the bathroom scene...hair all jacked up and he's drenched in sweat! Have y'all ever been on his website?

Name: coneyi
Comment: That's for dam sure Mothership? He could mos def hold one down himself. You know its coming.

Name: coneyi
Comment: no i didn't know Katt had a website. i'll have to check it out when i get home.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Honeychile, with the pliers at the balls, the actor who, by the way, is the father on "Everybody Hates Chris." I was on his website the other day, I'm going to check it now again.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: But why do they have to sneak? Is there a big sign that says "Full"? "Standing Room Only"? And if you're an illegal, you should have no rights in this country. Want rights? Become legal or go home. Want a house, license, car, etc.? Pay FICA, OASDI, Fed Withholding, Fed MED/EE and all those other initials they take out of my pay. Get a Fashion Bug charge card, then a Visa, mess up your credit, straighten it out and then buy a house.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: race discrimination lawsuit brought by 18 current and former African-American employees of the Niketown store on Michigan Avenue has been granted class-action status, creating a potentially damaging public relations problem for the shoe giant. In an order unveiled Thursday, a federal judge in Chicago expanded the base of plaintiffs in the case to include more than 230 African-Americans who have worked at the store since Dec. 17, 1999, which is four years before the case was originally filed. At issue is whether Niketown systematically discriminated against these workers in hiring, promotions, benefits and workplace discipline, thus subjecting them to a hostile environment. The suit, filed in 2003, also makes embarrassing allegations that African-American customers, including professional athletes such as the Bulls' Tyson Chandler and three Green Bay Packer football players, were subject to greater scrutiny and monitoring at the Chicago store, which is one of 15 Niketown stores owned by the Beaverton, Ore.-based company. While the judge did not address the merits of the employees' claims, the longer the case continues and the more publicity it receives could cause distress at Nike Inc., marketing experts said. Its shoes and clothing have a huge following among African-American youth. It also relies on high-profile black athletes, such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, in its marketing campaigns. "Minority groups tend to pay more attention to this type of issue than others," said Christie Nordhielm, a clinical associate professor of marketing at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. "The fact that the Chicago Niketown is a flagship store, it will cause a bigger fuss than most." Nike appears concerned about potential fallout. Company spokesman Vada Manager said, "We want to communicate to our customers that we don't believe the allegations made in the case are consistent with our culture of inclusion and respect. We don't believe this reflects our corporate philosophy. Nike, like most companies, has corporate policies addressing discrimination and harassment. But, as Nike corporate representatives said in depositions in this case, the enforcement of such guidelines is left to managers at the store level. In Chicago, that resulted in African-American employees being singled out for poor treatment, plaintiffs said. The allegations include: - Segregating African-Americans into lower-paying stockroom and cashier positions. - Denying opportunities for promotions to sales positions by failing to post job openings. - Hiring African-Americans into part-time rather than full-time positions that received benefits, such as health insurance and paid vacation. - Subjecting African-American employees to searches when leaving the store, while Caucasian employees were free from such searches. Work rules regarding attendance, sick leave and employee discounts also were unequally applied, the suit said.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: MOTHER>>> I would highly recommend Anthony Hamilton's CD. Sista Big Bone is one of my fave cuts. You can't beat a song where a brother tells a woman she reminds him of a plate of neckbones! LOL Speaking of Neckbones, what are we cooking for dinner on Sunday, Arch?

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Coneyi, I'll be the first one in line! That's my dude!

Name: mayday
Comment: Hey Mothership! I see you are still holding it down. sigma...LOL..getting back across the border should be no problem since it is open, then get all the government hook ups that you can!

Name: OSUN
Comment: Good Morning. Thank goodness it is Friday. I would like to share with you all a tragedy that occurred this morning. I turned on a table lamp next to my bed, later I noticed a cracking sound and burning smell. Unbeknownst to me, earlier in the week I must have tossed my egg and it landed inside the lamp. Needless to say I killed my egg. Her controls melted and was stuck to the light bulb. I would like to thank you in advance for your condolensces.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Lawd, I love Anthony! I'm definitely going to get his CD. I forget everytime in in the dang store! He definitely rocked it last night, and ol' girls was into it too! LMBAO!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: LAWDHAVMERCY>hunny our big sistas was workin that runway last night wern't we? i loved the clothes. and yeah, i also liked Anthony Hamilton's song too. those hefas was struttin their arse off! right on for us big guls! we sho look purty!

Name: coneyi
Comment: Ill check back with you all later in the afternoon. I have to leave for a few hours. LATER!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: OSUN} I should smack you with my PIMP hand but I'm laughing to damn hard;-)

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: LMAO @ Osun. Girl, you'se got my sympathies! May she rest in peace...

Name: archcookies
Comment: Song of the Day "And I Am Telling You" by Jennifer Holiday.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCHCOOKIES> gurl, you just keep it up here! you gonna make me find you with my plate and fork in hand. and gurl, i ain't lyin! i truly wish you can send me at least two shrimp st paul sammmiches! lol!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >OSUN Dayum child you was doing some tossing weren't you? CTFU

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCHCOOKIES> ok...*trying to regain composure* do you have the resipee for a shrimp st paul sanmmich!! I GOT TO HAVE IT~!!!!!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Yeah, Mayday, tryin' to make it through. Oh, lawd, OSUN, may the egg RIP. *bowing head in prayer* CTFU!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Osun...so you have a fried egg?

Name: RyTay27
Comment: >>mothership & honeychile....he was one of the funniest things in Friday after Next, I love that movie. He was rippin' on Charlie Murphy on "Wildin Out" last night.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Chassie, I love those sandwiches, I am really not an egg sandwich person but a pork St. Paul or a Special St. Paul is off the chain sprinkle with just a little red pepper and I am in heaven.

Name: coesmo
Comment: denon, I didn't know the illegals could buy houses too!! I'm gonna have to email Lou Dobbs about this...

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: arch}It's funny you pick that song. My grandmother(may she rest in peace) could not stand that song...She said "why did they child waste such a beautiful voice beggin for a man". I think of that every time I hear that song and laugh to myself;-)

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: March 24, 2006 All things considered, Common shouldn't be having the kind of success he's having. At 33, many rappers phase out of the game by their own volition or by fans' indifference. Even self-proclaimed legend Jay-Z bowed out before his 34th birthday. Then there's the wardrobe. Common doesn't wear the bling. He doesn't rap about the bling. The man wears argyle and rhymes about what's going on under his knit hats and newsboy caps. But for an old hip-hop head who initially struggled as one of a handful of Chicago voices in the New York-dominated rap world, Common's career couldn't be better right now. With the help of friend and producer Kanye West, Common is creeping up on the mainstream. He joins West as one of the big-name hip-hop acts to take the Lollapalooza stage in August. On Thursday night, the Grammy-nominated rapper was honored by the Chicago chapter of the recording academy at the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower. Common's seventh album, "Finding Forever," which is in the works, will follow the commercially successful "Be." He has written a series of children's books and will take on the meatiest role of his fledgling acting career in the feature film "Smokin' Aces," which is tentatively scheduled for 2007, a Universal Pictures rep said.

Name: mayday
Comment: Cu @ Osun.......I am going to see Anthony Hamilton in May right here in Baltimore and I cannot wait.....Heather Headley will be with him. Yeah!

Name: honeychile
Comment: OSUN>> Please accept my condolences **scratching head**....ok, you were in my dream last night...it was crazy...for some reason we were sitting around talking (and I couldn't see your face of course) and we start talking about birthdates and signs, and you said something like I always thought I was a Libra until I found out that I'm a Scorpio, and then I said, yeah, cause you know my birthday is the last day of the Libra sign and your birthday is a day after mine. Ask LETMEIN, I dream kinda crazy sometimes, and then I also have dreams of things to come (death or pregnancy), anyway, I have NO idea where that dream came from! I just remember saying yeah, OSUN girl....LOL.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: DECATUR, Ga. -- At the grand opening of a Wal-Mart in a black suburb of Atlanta, civil rights leader Andrew Young danced with store clerks, bouncing to the song "We Are Family." He also posed with a $1 million check from the company -- a donation for a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be built on the National Mall in Washington. Young took part in the pep rally in his new position as a paid corporate cheerleader for Wal-Mart -- a role that has perplexed some of his longtime civil rights colleagues, who have all but accused him of going over to the enemy. Activists for the poor have long complained that Wal-Mart skimps on wages and health benefits, forces employees to work off the clock, and kills off mom-and-pop businesses. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, known as the dean of the civil rights movement, said Young -- the 74-year-old former Atlanta mayor and U.N. amb%*$ador -- is acting as a "lone wolf" in working for Wal-Mart. "Maybe he knows something that other advocates for economic justice don't," Lowery said in a statement. "Maybe we will see the corporate giant be born again and become a good corporate citizen." Young, who as one of King's top lieutenants was a business liaison during the civil rights era, said that by working for the world's largest retailer, he hopes to increase jobs and open other doors for poor people. He defended his role as entirely consistent with the ideals of the civil rights movement. "Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people," he said. "That's what I've been doing all my life." Young long ago left behind his protest days in favor of stumping for economic opportunity. As a two-term mayor in the 1980s, Young said he attracted more than a million jobs and $70 billion in private investment to the city. Since 1997, he has headed GoodWorks International, which works with corporations and governments to foster economic development in Africa and the Caribbean. He and his company were hired last month to promote Wal-Mart at public appearances, in interviews and in op-ed pieces, said Kevin Sheridan, spokesman for Working Families for Wal-Mart, a group organized with backing from the company. The group defends Wal-Mart Stores Inc. against attacks from critics. Sheridan would not disclose how much Young and his company are being paid; Young said he is not sure how much his company is getting. "He obviously is a highly credible public face that brings very high degree of respect to any debate that he involves himself with," Sheridan said. "We take very seriously his advice and his counsel. The career that he has had fighting for poor and working folks for his entire career has been the focus of almost everything he's been involved with this group to date, and we continue to look for new avenues for him to speak out."

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: March 24, 2006 A Des Plaines man convicted of killing a kitten was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in jail by a judge who told him he had committed a cowardly act. "The jury found you guilty of a total disregard for another person's rights, not to mention the cat," said Cook County Circuit Judge John Scotillo. "To do it was low, it was cowardly." William Buske, 34, of the 7500 block of Elmhurst Road, also was sentenced to 24 months of probation and 100 hours of community service at an animal shelter. In addition, Scotillo said Buske had shown little regard for the court system. Buske failed to show up for a March 9 pre-sentencing investigation, which clearly angered Scotillo. Buske was found guilty in February of aggravated cruelty to an animal, a felony, after he killed a neighbor's kitten by throwing it on the ground and kicking it. The incident occurred in August when the 9-week-old cat wandered into his yard and scratched at his mobile home. During sentencing in the Rolling Meadows courthouse, Buske apologized and said he would advocate for new animal rights laws. "I'm truly sorry," he said. Scotillo said he thought the time in an animal shelter would expose Buske to people who "really believe in animal rights." Buske could have received 3 years in prison.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: RyTay, yeah, I know. I saw that one too. He told Charlie Murphy, "why you're rappin' like your in the '80's!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Rytay, PIMP DOWN, LAWD, PIMP DOWN!!! Y'all got me in a Katt William mode today!

Name: OSUN
Comment: Honeychile, that is eerie b/c you know that is the way my birthday falls. Did you envision me coming into a lot of money or marrying Ice Cube or Big Daddy Kane?

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: mothership}when any of my male friends' cell phone ring in my presence I always say "Ho on line 1" and we burst into laughter;-)

Name: asize12
Comment: Good mo'ning black folks;-) Hope all is well...okay, now lemme see what I've missed so far **scanning over previous posts**

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: OSUN, I'm sorry to here about your loss, patting OSUN gently on the shoulders, it's gonna be okay, but damn you must of! I ain't gonna go there, just let the scrambled egg RIP....

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Sigma, or "Answer your pimp apparatus!" CTFU!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: honeychile ..did you dream about Osun's egg?

Name: asize12
Comment: Okay, so I cheated & only read 1/2! Y'all talk too much! LMAO

Name: honeychile
Comment: Um, no OSUN, sorry, I just dreamed about our birthdays, because I remember we are a day apart 10/22 and 10/23...so I don't know where it came from. It was crazy, and it possibly could've been that Peanut Buster Parfait I ate from Dairy Queen before laying down! LOL

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: The American Red Cross, the largest recipient of donations after Hurricane Katrina, is investigating wide ranging accusations of impropriety among volunteers after the disaster. John F. McGuire, the interim president and chief executive of the Red Cross, and Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said some of the actions might have been criminal. The accusations include improper diversion of relief supplies, failure to follow required Red Cross procedures in tracking and distributing supplies, and use of felons as volunteers in the disaster area in violation of Red Cross rules. There are no known official estimates of the cash or the value of supplies that might have been misappropriated, but volunteers who have come forward with accusations said the amount was in the millions of dollars. The Red Cross received roughly 60 percent of the $3.6 billion that Americans donated for hurricane relief. Mr. McGuire said the investigation started "a number of weeks ago" and was continuing. "We're in the middle of this, and we're looking at a range of possible problems," he said, "from issues between a few people that are really nothing other than bad will, to failure to follow good management principles and Red Cross procedures that have caused a lot of waste, to criminal activity." He said the organization would do everything in its power to hold wrongdoers accountable. "We need to bring this through to the proper and right conclusion," he said. "We owe that to donors and the people who needed our services." Among the specific problems identified by volunteers were the disappearance of rented cars, generators and some 3,000 of 9,000 air mattresses donated by a private company, as well as the unauthorized possession of Red Cross computer equipment that could be used to add money to debit cards and manipulate databases. Mr. McGuire said the investigation was being conducted by a team from the Red Cross ethics and compliance department. Because the inquiry is continuing, he said that he could not respond to specific accusations. When it is completed, he said, any finding of criminal activity will be turned over to the law enforcement authorities.

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd>> Nope, but you know what...we were sitting around and there was a lamp! CU!!!

Name: asize12
Comment: sigma, **waving** Girl, Rip the Runway was OFF THE HOOK! My favorite clothing line was from this designer named Stephen Murrows. He's awesome! Gabrielle Union looked absolutely gorgeous! It was a really good show, although I must say, I DO NOT like G-Units clothing line and I can't believe that they sold $50 million worth of clothes last year...I never see people where G-Unit stuff! Do they were it on the East & West Coasts or something cuz I've never seen anyone in St. Louis decked out in G-Unit!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: mothership}oh it's too funny now. The chic from the neighboring office just came and asked what's so funny...you know she will not understand....and I love it!!! ;-)

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: YALL, CHECK OUT THIS EVENT I AM GOING TO NEXT WEEK IN CHARLOTTE... Below is an excerpt from the flier... It seems now more than ever we have a disconnect between Men and Women!! Not The Average Chicks Promotions and Social Enthusiasts invites you out to a FUN, INTELLECTUAL networking event that discusses MEN, WOMEN AND RELATIONSHIPS! Finally, the chance to ask Men and Women those questions you just can’t seem to get answered like: “Why don’t Men treat their women like they want their Mother to be treated?” “Where are the women that like to cook and cater to their man?” “What challenges do interracial couples face in 2006?” We are asking all Singles, Engaged even Married people to come out and enjoy this first of its kind event. This event is “edutainment”, meaning we want to have fun (entertain) but also educate one another on the challenges we face with the opposite sex! How will it work? We will have a fish bowl to place all your questions in anonymously as you enter the venue. At random we will pull out the questions through out the evening and present them to everyone. As you socialize, you will discuss and attempt to answer the questions. Now if you hear a weak, stereotypical or just all out crazy response, just raise your hand and say CHALLENGE! When you challenge you will have the floor and the Mic and then the “debate” is on! Bring your Girls, Bring your Boys, your Coworkers and all those philosophers of relationships, and let’s come out have fun and have an intellectual conversation about “Where is the Love?” DOES'T THIS SOUND LIKE FUN????

Name: asize12
Comment: Everybody Hates Chris was absolutely HILARIOUS!!!! Me & my sister were both hollin' the whole time! There were some really good guests on that show too. I'm so happy for Tichina Arnold, it's her turn to shine;-)

Name: yunvme
Comment: Happy Birthday to the Queens: Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: OSUN...Big Daddy now or back in the day?

Name: asize12
Comment: **Dam*n, I guess I talk too much too!** LOL! >arch (hey momma;-), ummm, I've been waiting on my plate **folding my arms & taping my right foot**

Name: archcookies
Comment: *Wearing a Vera Wang wedding gown, hair in upswept do with minature white camellias carrying a cala lily bouquet with a Harry Winston diamond and pearl chocker coming down the aisle to Debonaire and Common standing at the altar.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: asize12}what up chica;-) I always preferrd Tichina to Tisha.

Name: RyTay27
Comment: >>sigma... she can surely sing a whole lot better than Tisha...Tisha just ain't looked the same since she had that baby.!!

Name: OSUN
Comment: YlawdY Preferably back in the day, but I will take him today. He still has that sexy voice and I can close my eyes and reminice.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YOU KNOW WHAT...I'M BEATIN THE HEYELL OUT OF ALLAYALL!!! HONEYCHILE> here you are talking about my favorite ice cream dish, a peanut buster parfait from dairy queen, which i have not had in ages!! and dammit ARCHCOOKIES> You won't hook a sista up by sending her at least two shrimp st paul sammiches! you know that is home, gurl! that tastes like home!! tellyouwhat...can you at least give me the telephone number of the restaurant in st louis that sells them. i want to see if they can ship me the sammiches and maybe throw in a carton of house fried rice! DAYUM! DAYUM! DAYUM!! *raising fist like florida on Good Times*

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: BATON ROUGE, La. -- Former heavyweight boxer Clifford Etienne, who learned the sport while serving a prison sentence in Louisiana, has been convicted of an Aug. 10 crime spree that included robbery and an attempt to shoot two police officers. Late Thursday, a state district court jury rejected defense claims that Etienne did not know what he was doing because he was high on drugs and suffering from brain injuries sustained from boxing. Authorities said Etienne fired a shot and forced his way into a check cashing business and took more than $1,900 on Aug. 10. He tried to hijack one car with two children inside and hijacked another with two children inside before wrecking the second vehicle and being caught by police. Police said Etienne tried to fire at police and one of the drivers, but the gun jammed both times. Etienne was convicted of two counts of armed robbery, attempted carjacking, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of attempted manslaughter. Assistant District Attorney Prem Burns said Etienne faces at least 64 years in prison. Etienne, a former high school football star, was paroled in 1998 after serving 10 years of a 40-year armed robbery sentence and became a professional boxer. In 2001, Etienne signed a multifight deal with Showtime worth $1 million, but his career went downhill quickly, largely coming to an end with a 49-second first-round loss to Mike Tyson in February 2003. In January 2004, then-Gov. Mike Foster denied a pardon to Etienne.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Sigma, you know they won't undastan' hell with 'em! Mad cause they ain't got no Melanin! ASize12, Chris Rock gave a lot of ol' school actors work last night in that episode. Everybody from Antonio Fargas, whom I can't stand but I ain't gonna get into that, to Jimmie Walker. That's what I love about Chris. Always lookin' out for his own. He's like that in person as well. Funny, and real.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >asize12 St. Louis is always at least a year behind the fashion trends on either the right or left coast, believe it or not Memphis, TN gets the new shoe styles at least a year before we do. The trends usually start on either coast and works itself to the interior. Thank God for fashion magazines and mailorder.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Arch, that's cause y'all in the middle of the country. But somthin' about STL that I love. They're real and authentic. Besides the fact that it's Nellyville!

Name: Lizzie
Comment: It is very tough to be a Republican in 2006 because somehow, you have to believe concurrently that: 1. Jesus loves you, but shares your deep hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. 2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, but our highest national priority is enforcing UN resolutions against other nations. 3. Standing Tall for America means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. 4. A woman cannot be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all humankind without regulation. 5. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. 6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay. 7. Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins, unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican. 8. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex. 9. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, but then demand their cooperation and money. 10. HMOs and insurance companies make huge profits and have the interest of the public at heart.

Name: honeychile
Comment: Size12>> I see a lot of people wearing G-Unit clothes here in KC, and have been for a couple of years now. I know my sons used to have a ton of G-Unit clothes among other stuff.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCHCOOKIES> *Giving her the "eye"* YEAH...MAILORDER...LOVE MAILORDER...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES "FOOD!" LOL!

Name: Lizzie
Comment: 11. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. 12. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools. 13. It is okay that the Bush family's Carlisle Group has done millions of business with the Bin Laden family. 14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him and Rumsfeld reassured him he was our buddy, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, but then a bad guy again when Bush junior needed a prop for his re-election campaign as the war President. 15. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying about WMD existence to enlist support for an unprovoked, undeclared war and occupation, in which thousands of soldiers and civilians die, is, somehow, solid defense policy in a War against Terrorism. 16. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which should include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet. 17. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's Harken Oil stock trade should be sealed in his Daddy's library, and is none of our business. 18. What Bill Clinton or John Kerry did in the 1960s was of vital national interest but what Bush did in the 80's is irrelevant. 19. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony. 20. Affirmative Action is wrong, but it is OK for your Daddy and his friends (here and in Saudi Arabia) to get you to graduate from Yale without studying much, to dodge the draft in the Texas Air National Guard, to bail out your companies (Harken Oil and the Texas Rangers), to get the Governorship of Texas and then to have the Supreme Court appoint you President of the USA. 21. You are a conservative, but it is OK to spend like there is no tomorrow and run up deficits that your grandchildren will have to pay, while at the same refunding as much tax money as possible to rich people who do not need it. Contemplating these illogical paradoxes can take a toll on a healthy mind. So if a friend of yours has been acting a bit dazed and confused lately, be nice: he or she may be a Republican

Name: asize12
Comment: Oh sigma, I forgot to mention, the big girls represented on Rip the Runway! They were GORGEOUS! And Tocarra was WORKIN' it as usual w/ her fabulous self!

Name: TAZBABY
Comment: CTFU @ Osun!

Name: asize12
Comment: >mothership, thanks for the 'Louie Luv', to my playmomma arch, thanks for stating the TROOF cuz St. Louis *is* always LATE getting the latest fashions! I must've forgotten where I came from for a minute! Thanks honeychile for lettin' me know that there are some folks that wear G-Unit in the Midwest. I actuall do see G-Unit stuff at the stores (TJ Maxx & Marshalls), I just don't see many people wearing it. Maybe I should pay more attention to people;-)

Name: archcookies
Comment: I think Jimmy Walker and Flav should get married that way there is no chance of reproduction. Those are two of the ugliest black men that are drawing breath today. Somebody told me that Jimmy Walker has the nerve to be stuck up, honey he has a face that only a mother could love on payday.

Name: asize12
Comment: actuall=actually, my bad;-)

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCOOOKIES>LOL! hey, i tripped my co-worker out who is from new york...you know about bar b qued pork snoot sandwiches, right? i was telling him about it and he nearly passed out! lol!

Name: archcookies
Comment: On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coastal area for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the sea wall on Galveston Isle in his Pope mobile when suddenly he notices a frantic commotion just off shore. There was John Kerry struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with two men aboard. One of the men, President George W. Bush quickly fired a harpoon into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious John Kerry from the water. Then using (autographed Round Rock Express) baseball bats, the two heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat. Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give you my blessings for ! your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there was some bitter hatred between President Bush and John Kerry, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true." As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick "Who was that?" "It was the Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has all of God's wisdom." "Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to God's wisdom, but he doesn't know squat about shark fishing................how's the bait holding up

Name: asize12
Comment: LOL @ arch! Flava Flav needs to sit his old a*ss DOWN. This negro just turned 47! Grow the hell up & pay some dam*n child support!

Name: asize12
Comment: **waving hard** Hey chassie!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCHOOKIES>CTFUPP!! JIMMY WALKER AND FLAVA FLAVE?? CHILE, IF THEY CREATED A BABY IT WILL BE THE DEMON SEED! THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL IT AS SOON IT IS BORN! LOL!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Chassie Honey give me a snoot and ribtip combo from Sandy's any day of the week. Hey Chassie you went to Sandy's didn't you. Well about a month or two ago her oldest son shot her youngest son to death in their home so pray for her. Both of them used to work at the store on 15th St. in E. St. Louis

Name: archcookies
Comment: *waving* @ my little Mayday, where have you been girl?

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: arch}Jimmy's significant other is caucasian.......

Name: asize12
Comment: >arch, that's so sad! I didn't hear about that, when did this happen?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCHCOOKIES>SAY WHAT?? NAWWW! OH MY GOODNESS! why she shoot him?? dayum!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: asize12}Toccara was doing her thing??I have to watch the rerun for sure. I liked that chic. And I honestly believe she's had the most fashion work since that show.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >MOTHERSHIP, AT MY WEDDING NELLY WILL BE MY MAN-OF-HONOR HE WILL HELP ME GET DRESSED FOR THE NUPTIALS. THAT IS SHO NUFF A LITTLE HONEY.

Name: asize12
Comment: sigma, of COURSE she is! He's got that "Dennis Rodman" syndrome, you know, the "no black girls wanted me when I was younger so I turned to white girls" disease;-) Oh, arch, you can put Dennis Rodman on that list too;-)

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> I see people wearing it, but not a lot of them recently. If I see something nice in G-Unit, I'll buy it, but mainly I've been buying more SouthPole, Akademiks, RocaWear, Phat Farm, and Sean John...but like I said if I see a nice G-Unit outfit or something, I'll get it.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YALL....I NEED HELP HERE! yall making me go crazy here! i'm reading about all my favorite dishes here and i want some! for the past few days, i've been eating a bananna and water for lunch and i don't eat dinner. for breakfast i have a small bowl of cereal and water. now, today at lunch i want to go to the chineese place and get me some noodles with brocolli and a peanut sauce. it is to die for. and i'm torn. i'm looking at my water and bananna on my desk as i type....HELP ME!!!!!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Asize12, Flav is just a free flowing spirit. He love life and don't mind livin' it. We're both Geminis and so I can understand him. I'm 49 and a damn thang old about me except some shoes I had back in the day! Arch, you betta tell me you lyin'? You know I loves me some Sir Derrty! That brother is real. Watched his career when he ain't had a dime. Brought me to tears in Webster Hall when he sent me two free tickets to see him during my time of grief when my friend died. Never forget him. Like I said before, I'd gut a bytch fucckin' with Nelly! I can't wait until he drops his new CD this fall with the St. Lunatics! Lawd. That's my heart!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, stop torturing your dang self and eat what you want. Girl, you makin' me cry over here!!! CTFU!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: dazed and confused? So that's whats wrong with me!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Shyt, agin' myself before I get there. I'm 48, will be 49 May 30 of this year. Got me typin' so fast about Sir Derrty I done went two months past my own azz! LMBAO!!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}1st of all....That is not enough for a two year old to consume at lunch and make it. You better stop playing with me soror!!! :-( You will sabotage yourself if you keep that foolishness up!! STOP IT TODAY!

Name: asize12
Comment: >honeychile, I'm sorry punkin, I wasn't trying to incinuate that *you* were old, and I understand what you're saying about him being a free spirit and all. What bothers me is him not paying his child support. I can't stand men like that. **cyberhug**

Name: letmein
Comment: Chassie, sweetie, if you're trying to diet, you're starving yourself. Soon, you will see that you won't lose wait because of it. You're body will start to retain what you're eating as fat because it doesn't know when it will be fed again. Pick up more veggies and fruits. Maybe some baked chicken and fish. I find that when I TRY to diet, if I starve myself, I end up breaking my diet and pigging out! You want to avoid that.

Name: denon
Comment: Coesmo>> Yes, illegal aliens can buy homes I learned that last semester in one of my Real Estate classes. It's truly amazing. I think I'm gonna leave with Sigma and sneak back as a Blackxican myself and see what the hell I can get! Sh*t cause the more I keep struggling out here the less I seem to be getting. I remember along time ago I needed some health insurance and my mom suggested that we go and try and get some Medical but they told me that I needed to either be pregnant or under 18 in order to get it, but there were sholl alot of Latino's in there walking out with everything that they needed!! I was hot I had to ask "Do I need to speak some d*mn Espanol to get some help up in this peace??? What kind of sh*t is that???"

Name: letmein
Comment: oops meant lose "weight"...

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: asize12}Does Flav not pay child support or is he like MosDef and not pay what the mama wants????

Name: bigchassie
Comment: but...i got to loose weight. aww heyell, ILL EAT A SALAD AND BE DONE WITH IT! WAHHHHH!!!!

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> I think you meant Mothership...not me.

Name: asize12
Comment: >chassie, sweetums I'm struggling w/ losing weight too and I HAVE to lose it for health reasons so I understand what you're going through. However, I don't starve myself because if I do that then I'll pig out. I've learned a lot about eating in the past year becasue I took this weigh loss class for about 3 months and it was one of the best things that I could've ever done for myself. I *LOVE* to eat, and of course, I love to eat all the wrong things (sweets are my downfall). But, I don't deprive myself, I just eat in moderation. I must admit though, lately, like say the past 2 weeks, I've been eating out like I'm a dam*n baller! So I've gotta get back to bringing my lunch to work and maybe eating out once a week. We can help each other if you want, okay?

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}if you continue the way you are going, you will lose a little bit then put it back on, plus some.

Name: asize12
Comment: Dangit! I'm trippin'! Yes, honey, I DID mean mothership! My bad!

Name: honeychile
Comment: Chassie> You gone mess around and pass out from that crash dieting stuff....

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Asize12. Flav pays his support, and he always with them kids, I think he wasn't going to be extorted by that heffa (his first wife, girlfriend) who sent those kids to disrupt his church services on the "Flavor of Love." It was their momma he was battlin'. She wanted more and he was already takin' care of them.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE12> *sigh* okay....that will be good. we need all the help we can get. and yeah, it's a hard thing to do. i haven't even brought me any groceries yet because i'm afraid i'll eat up everything in my house. and working here is a battle ground because i'm faced with food everyday. so my battle continues. maybe i'll pretend my bannana is a shrimp st paul sammich! lol!

Name: asize12
Comment: >sigma, I recall seeing one of those shows "Strange Love" and his babymomma was going off on him for NOT paying child support and she even had their kids with her!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: bigchassie...I don't know much about dieting, but I know the way your eating aint healthy. Get some food girl.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, eat your peanut whateva, the thing with the weight loss is the activity, moreso than the eatin'. Eat what you wanted and go for a brisk walk for about twenny minutes to a half hour after. You'll be aight!

Name: alexillytom
Comment: I haven't checked in in a minute. How's everyone doing. Let me go up and see what you good people are talking about.

Name: asize12
Comment: >mothership, so he was paying and she was trying to get MORE money? I didn't know that. I just saw that one show and I thought that he WASN'T payin' child support. My bad for misjudging Flav. Okay, let me pick on other celebrities that don't pay like Jeezy & Twista. Now, someone correct me if I'm wrong about them, but I heard that these two are dodging child support.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA> yeah soror, i know. but i got to at least try. i'm having problems with my knee. most of my weight is in my thighs. so its a fight every day. maybe that in itself will give me the motivation to continue to loose weight.

Name: honeychile
Comment: Mothership>> Its a peanut buster parfait and it's the bomb! Like hot fudge sundae layered with fudge and peanuts...mmm...Chassie, you need to treat yourself to something, just don't overdo it. I'm a 16 and I'm trying to get back down to at least a 12 (^5 size12), or at least tone up what I have...but I always slip up and eat fast food or something and don't work out..my weight goes up and down, so I know I can get it down, I just need to get motivated to do it.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: MOTHERSHIP> thank you sweetie. i'll do that.

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>> I'm working on losing weight myself but I would NEVER think to starving, I have a package of oatmeal in the morning about 8:30 then I have a snack (maybe an apple or some kind of fruit) or popcorn by 10:00 or 10:30 then for lunch I have a salad and soup(some kind of broth) or I have a tuna sandwich and apple juice and top it off with water. 9 times out of 10 by the time I get home I'm not really hungry because I have ate and snacked thru the day. During the course of the day you should have eaten at least 6 times: Breakfast, snack, Lunch, snack, Break, snack (or if you chose no snack for break) then have a healthy salad for dinner. Your body is getting all of the nutrients and you're full. I have an hour lunch so I eat the 1st half and try and walk the 2nd half. It's a slow process but it'll keep you healthy!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYCHILE> hunny, i would love to get to a size 16. yeah, you are right. not to overdo it.

Name: asize12
Comment: sigma, that email was HILARIOUS! Keep 'em comin'!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Chassie take your azz and get you something to eat, Girls we all need to get the book "French Women Don't Get Fat." Stop depriving yourself it only makes you binge.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON> that's a good idea. i think i'll try it that way. HEY YALL...I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. GETTING READY TO MAKE A SWITCH AT THE BOARD.

Name: honeychile
Comment: arch>> You are right, when you don't eat, then you go pig out. CHASSIE>> I like my thickness, I really just want to tone my legs more than anything...

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, you're welcome. Honeychile, the best time to eat one of those is when you hadn't had much of anything else, then walk it off.

Name: asize12
Comment: honeychile, I'm a between 14 & 16. I can fit 'stretch' 14's, but if they ain't stretch, I need a 16. I just wanna be a size 12, not a 10, not an 8, but a 12. I'm 5'7 so I'd look like a crackhead if I were anything smaller than a 12. Chassie, you have to eat sweetie, don't starve yourself. You can do it. I've only lost 15 lbs in a year, but that's because I wasn't exercising, I just changed my eating patterns. Now, I've been power walking for 30 min. 3 times per week and that seems to be going okay. My proplem that I'm running into now is being CONSISTENT! For instance, I've GOT to find a time to go work out that I'll stick with. I was going to the Y late, like at 8:30, but lately, I've been lazy. I think I'm gonna try to go before I go to work so that I can get it over with. The only thing with that is, I'm NOT a morning person! Somethings gotta give, I've gotta be more disciplined. We can do this!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Asize12, I'm no morning person either. I hate the morning, but let nighttime roll around, hot damn, it's on!

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> that damn 16 crept up on me over the last year...and it's hard for me to find down time to workout, cause I work, then go to school 4 nights a week, then home to deal with my boys by myself, so I have a lot on my plate and exercising is the last thing I think about at night, and getting up early in the mornings is hard because I try to get all the rest I can...so, it's like, dang, I have to find a balance somewhere. Man! When I get home, I want to relax...so I have to change my eating habits more so than anything right now...when I do, my weight usually falls off.

Name: asize12
Comment: Okay, question for those of you who do work out. How do you fit it into your busy schedule and HOW do you stay disciplined? Help a sista out!

Name: honeychile
Comment: ***grabbing chair, crossing legs*** yes, I'm with size12, do tell...please do tell!

Name: asize12
Comment: honey, I've been a 16 for about 8 years! I JUST was able to get into 14's last year, so that's a bit of a victory for me. I've found that as I get older, my body continues to change & my metabolism gets slower & slower. I'll be 35 this year (my b-day is Dec. 31st) and I want to have a 70's party for my b-day so my goal is to be "a size 12" by my b-day. That means I need to lose at least 25 lbs. That's attainable, right?

Name: asize12
Comment: ***hearing the sound of crickets*** honey, where IS err'body?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: *taking a swig of desani water* MOTHERSHIP>Yeah, you are right. now exercise is my main problem. i need to exercise. i went to the doctor last monday and i told her about my problem with my knee and she told me i must exercise. so what i've been doing is stretch exercising. especially with my leg. i was having lots of problems with my leg but now i just have problems with the knee when i get up. i have to make that knee bone "pop" back into place before i move. but i got to get some of this weight off. i mean,i know the routine of eating right, drink plenty of water and exercise. the problem is sticking to it. HONEYCHILE> I love being thick too, if i can just get some of this fat off my legs, i'll be okay. my smallest area on my body is my waist. we mathews women were always bottom heavy.

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> They left us!! Dang, them skanks...ANYWAY, we can kick it by ourselves....I believe it's attainable if you stick to it. Good luck girl!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE12>Sure sweetie, that is attainable. you can do it. i know what you mean about being a size 12 on your birthday. i want to be in a pretty red dress for my next production.

Name: asize12
Comment: chassie, my smallest part on my body are my ANKLES! LOL The largest parts are the stomache & bust area. I ain't mad a the bust area;-) I just wanna lose my stomach!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYCHILE/ASIZE12>*waving* hayy!! i'm still here! oops! be right back, sweeties! i have to go the bathroom!

Name: honeychile
Comment: Chassie>> I've always had a small waist, and my sons have really small waist also, so I guess they get that from me. My cousins used to call me coke bottle cause I had that small waist and then here comes those hips and butt...over this past year, my waist doesn't look small anymore, so I need to get on the move so I can get my shape back! I'm just not motivated. **sobbing**

Name: denon
Comment: honeychile, d*mnit! you're lucky my weight has been hanging around ever since I had my son, I lost some of it but while I was sick these past few months and couldn't hardly walk so I ended up putting on some more weight, hell I was walking around here thinking I'm still sexy and happened to look in the mirror (from the neck down) and almost fell out!!! I was like "who in hayall's body is that? That can't possibly be me, or is it?" When I went to the doctor's the other day and she weighed me I was the weight I was when I was pregnant TOO GOT D*MN MUCH!!! So I got this thing that I refuse to be like this, I have to get back down to 160lbs. I'm short 5'4 and being fat and short just makes you look more fat and I'm not happy. But I choose to do this because I'm trying to be in a string, laying on my homeboys low rider soon, he's almost finished rebuilding it and I'm still PHAT LMAO

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, yes, just walk, you're taking the easy way out. Stretch a little before you walk then walk. Do it at least 4 days a week for at least twenty minutes. You'll notice the difference.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: I had a moment with the computer, my bad;-) For me the key to exercising is finding what you like! I enjoy walking and running. I love to go outside and I don't need a partner. Now if you enjoy dancing maybe you should check out a dance class ..yada yada yada.

Name: asize12
Comment: mothership, so do you think 20 min. for 4 times a week is better than 30 min. 3 times a week? >denon, I'm trying to get in my 160's too. We can do this girl! >honey, girl, it's SO hard to get motivated, trust me I KNOW! But, what I do to get motivated is listen to music, that has always worked for me:-) >chassie, I don't mind being 'thick' either, don't nobody want a bone but a dog! I just wanna be comfortable in my clothes and I would LOVE for stuff that's not supposed to be jiggling to STOP!

Name: denon
Comment: You know what made me hit the gym (when I was going faithfully) was that I got me a personal trainer, and the determination that I wanted to lose the weight. If you want it bad enough you'll make the time for it. Be it just walking for 15 min twice aday, 30 min 3 days a week or whateva! Just get out there and do something to get your heart pumping faster than it's normal pace and you'll start noticing a change and when you see the change THAT will be your motivation! Damn I need to be a motivational speaker!!!

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Asize12, they both even out. I think as long as the walk is taken like that, you know, as a regimen, then it's cool. But if it's not, the weight ain't goin' nowhere. Activity is the key and consistent activity; walking is the best way, cause you never know who you're going to meet any during some of those walks. Look at the possibilities!

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Okay it's break time. I'll catch you all in about an hour.

Name: asize12
Comment: denon, I was REALLY motivated I'd say from December to February. But somewhere along the lines, I started to lose motivation. Let me tell you my stupid EXCUSE for not going to the gym recently...I don't have my Ipod with me because it's actually my daughters & I borrow it. So, since music is my motivation, I can't work out with out it! Ain't that stupid? I swear, I'll find ANY excuse not to go work out! But, I'm gonna stop using that as an excuse and I'm gonna go buy my OWN Ipod or radio or something! Can anyone recommend something that don't cost as much as an Ipod?

Name: honeychile
Comment: denon>> I'm 5'3, but I carry my weight well...yeah, I want to get down to a little more...I'm telling you, over these past 9 months, that weight snuck up on me when I was going thru some stuff and just eating away.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Hey ladies... Let's talk about weightloss cause I've been struggling, too. I am 5'8' and size 16. My problem area is my stomach. Now, if I can divert the weight from my stomach to my boobs or hips, I would be STRAIGHT! My ideal size would be a 12-14. Chassie-- sweetheart, please don't starve yourself. If you starve yourself, your body will hold on to everything you eat and your metabolism will slow down. In the beginning you will lose a couple of pounds, but after a while your weightloss will slow down, making you depressed, which will make you BINGE. It is a vicious cycle, chile. I'll be your support buddy if you want!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >asize12 That happened about two or three months ago. Do you know about Sandy's bar-be-que?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ALLAYALL ARE SOO RIGHT!! And i do thank yall for allayall support and advise. there was a time when i did get out and do some walking. and i will get back into it because i do miss it.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: LAWDHAVMERCY> I would like that, sweetie. thank you very much! *cybersisterhug* shoot!...i feel like crying!lol!

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Walking is a good exercise and is very slimming. And, like Mother said-- you might meet a fella on your daily walks. Possibilities! lol

Name: honeychile
Comment: Ladies, you know what I find myself doing, when I'm down or stressed about something..I'm going to get me some ice cream....and lately, I've been stressed all the time, so um, I've been snacking all the time! I have got to do better.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >asize12 I just bought an Ipod at targets and got it and the recharger for about 102.00 now that is the apple ipod. I love mine, it hold up to 120 songs, I don't think I need the upgraded one but maybe sometimes in the future.

Name: honeychile
Comment: sigma>> I love to dance...love it. I even bought this belly dance video thing cause I knew I wouldn't have time to go to a class. I have all kinds of workout stuff, I just don't use it cause I'm dayum lazy! I'll be real, when I'm done running around and all of that, I'm lazy...dammit..**hanging head in shame**

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Chassie-- Imma email you on a regular basis to make sure you are staying on the right path, OK? Honeychile-- Let me tell you what helps me when I get in snacking mode-- SUGAR FREE Fudgecicles (40 Calories) and Tropical-flavored Popcicles (15 Calories each)!!!! My freezer stays stocked. And, truth be told you can't tell the difference in the taste. It is also a healthy snack for the boys!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYCHILE> and you know something honey, i lovveee ice cream, but i can't remember the last time i ate some. i love ice cream. especially bluebell ice cream in double chocolate. but what i do when i want a frozen treat is i take some fruit juice like some ocean spray cran/grape and get a medium plastic bowl and freeze it overnight. then the next day i take a metal spoon and scrape it! ummmm! i love it. the texture of the powdery ice taste wonderful!

Name: archcookies
Comment: We got to stop feeling guilty about food, food is not the culprit. We make foods good and bad that's healthy. I started eating smaller portions for a while now. We have to some sense and not order food and have it supersized and the most effective way to keep your weight down is to eat your own cooking. you can control fat etc. Fast food puts it on you more than anything and remember the fat didn't come on overnight the weight won't come off that way either.

Name: archcookies
Comment: correction that's healthy = that's not healthy

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Chassie-- you just brought back a childhood memory. Did any of you use to put Koolaid in a paper Dixie cup and freeze it?!?! We used to call them Lick Ups. The bottom was where all of the sugar used to go, so we would dump it out of the cup and suck the bottom....

Name: denon
Comment: I have a paper here that I received from this doctor that I'm going to start seeing about losing weight if I can get some email addresses i would like to send it to all my sista's that's in this same struggle as me! I will be 35 Aug.31 and I plan on looking damn good all thick and sh*t the way I'm suppose to be!! I can't give up right now because I'm getting to the point where none of my form fittin items are no longer just fitting! LOL

Name: ThruTheFire
Comment: JOD(Joke of the Day)....Men Never Listen- In a Chicago hospital, a gentleman had made several attempts to get into the men's restroom, but it had always been occupied. A nurse noticed his predicament. "Sir," she said," you may use the ladies room if you promise not to touch any of the buttons on the wall." He did what he needed to, and as he sat there he noticed the buttons he had promised not to touch. Each button was identified by letters WW, WA, PP, and a red one labeled ATR. Who would know if he touched them? He couldn't resist. . . He pushed WW. Warm water was sprayed gently upon his bottom. What a nice feeling, he thought. Men's restrooms don't have nice things like this. Anticipating greater pleasure, he pushed the WA button. Warm air replaced the warm water, gently drying his underside. When this stopped, he pushed the PP button. A large powder puff caressed his bottom adding a fragile scent of spring flowers to this unbelievable pleasure. The ladies restroom was more than a restroom, it is tender loving pleasure. When the powder puff completed its pleasure, he couldn't wait to push the ATR button which he knew would be supreme ecstasy. Next thing he knew he opened his eyes, he was in a hospital bed and a nurse was staring down at him. "What happened?" he exclaimed. "The last thing I remember was pushing the ATR button." The nurse explained "The button marked ATR is an Automatic Tampon Remover. Your penis is under your pillow."

Name: YLawdY
Comment: denon...send it on *Otis Spunkmeyer snickerdoodle cookie in one hand, chocolate chip in the other* to ylawdy2@hotmail.com I been used to eating whatever I want, but I can see that can't be the wave of the future. LOL

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I been robbed! Just tried Lipton Original White Tea w/Tangerine. Sounds good don't it? Well, I can't taste nothing but cold...no tea, no tangerine, no sugar. D@mn machine don't give refunds.

Name: honeychile
Comment: denon>> please share with me...I'll be 30 in October and I want to enter the 30's looking good! LOL... cutiepime@yahoo.com Thanks in advance sweetie!

Name: archcookies
Comment: Wanna lose the weight get out and walk real fast for a half an hour a day everyday and I guarantee you'll lose. Also up the consumption of water at least eight 12 oz glasses a day.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: archcookies...all that water won't leave any room for my cookies.

Name: beboyz
Comment: OSUN - Are you going to have a funeral for the egg *Smirk*

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I think that egg spend enough time being buried.

Name: asize12
Comment: mine is asize12@yahoo.com

Name: YLawdY
Comment: that was "spent"

Name: asize12
Comment: denon, you have the EXACT same goal as me! But I have 4 extra months since my 35th is Dec. 31st, BUT we can do this girl! Let's all get together and support each other, deal?

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: *smacks Cuzzin Lawd's hand* You know you wrong for saying that about Osun's egg! lol DENON-- bs11221972@yahoo.com.

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> BET! I'm game on it...anything to get motivation is cool with me....

Name: mickidee
Comment: Good afternoon folks.

Name: beboyz
Comment: asize12- I only watched the G-unit portion of the show that was a turn off and I turned the channel. The G-unit line for women had them all looking liike scrippas, hookas, or hoochie mamas take your pick. What I'm wondering is who bought that shat???

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd>> Are we taking up donations for flowers to be sent to OSUN??

Name: asize12
Comment: good afternoon mickidee, we are in the middle of a "weight loss revolution" LOL

Name: SanDiego
Comment: Hell... I think we call all can L-weight if we have SEX with the heater turn all the way up. lollllllll

Name: archcookies
Comment: Don't get mad ya'll I have been a size 9 since high school. But I am a dancer, I don't perform anymore but I still take a dance class here and there. I can eat anything I want and don't gain weight, again we got to eat like the French women that eat whatever they want and don't diet, don't go the gyms, the other thing is walking everywhere you go. I have ice cream in the freezer, some days I feel like it and others I don't. I cook with butter and can't stand diet pop. I tend in this part of my life to not be as fond of sweets, don't get me wrong I love cakes and cookies but don't eat that kind of stuff all the time.

Name: asize12
Comment: >beboyz, you missed the best parts! They had Jordan's new line, Stephen Murrows (off the hook! go to his website & check his stuff out), LL Cool J's new line, a swimsuit line (I forget the designer's name), Steve Harvey's line which was really nice, G-Unit, and a full-figure line that was really nice, those big girls represented to the FULLEST!

Name: letmein
Comment: Lawd==that was a regular for me. Fudgesicles. Hell, my husband eats them more than me. And those 100 calorie pack cookies are pretty damn good, too. Love the chocolate chips ones?

Name: asize12
Comment: >beboys, I think sigma said it'll be on tomorrow if you want to catch all of it.

Name: archcookies
Comment: >12 have you had the bar-be-que from Sandy's?

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: Now see, I come up in here ASIZE12 and you talkin' 'bout 5'7 and below a size 12 looks like a crackhead. Watch it, sistah!(snatching her bronze earrings out her ears and selling them for a book of matches).

Name: YLawdY
Comment: honeychile ...she don't need flowers. How about we take up a collection for a dozen eggs?

Name: asize12
Comment: arch, I ain't mad atcha, I'm happy for you! That's wonderful! NO hateration or holleration comin' from me! See, I've never in my entire life been active so being active is no joy for me. For the 1st time in my life, I realized that exercise is the only way that I'm going to lose because I have a slow metabolism. So, I've changed my eating habits, now all I have to do is work out! Confession: although I've changed my eating habits for the most part, I've been eating out like CA-RAZY! But, don't worry, I haven't been pigging out;-) For instance, I'd get like a kids meal, or I won't get fries I'll just eat the burger w/ no mayo (can't eat it w/out cheese). I just need to start back bringing my lunch. For the month of December, I didn't eat out one time! I need to get back to that!

Name: denon
Comment: Okay I sent it to everyone that gave me an address I say let's all try this on or by Monday and see how it works out, weigh yourself once a week. Everytime that I go to the doctor I will tell you how it goes. Now the only with this is that he's suppose to be giving me some of those d*mn appetite supp thangs (which I feel I don't really need) because I'm already practicing better eating habits, so lets see how it goes...

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Ever see a crackhead with a weight problem?

Name: asize12
Comment: arch, I've actually never heard of Sandy's because I don't really go over to the Eastside. Ever since C&K went out of business bbq just ain't been the same! LOL

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Letmein>>> Slip them Sugar Free Fudgeciclesjoints on him and see what he says... Don't tell him that you swapped them. I bet he will like them!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: denon ...don't have a scale. My scale is "tight" or not "tight". LOL Arch...I ain't mad at you either. I've been consistently 6-8 since my daughter was born 17 years ago, but in the last 6 months or so my trunk done finally got some junk. I want to make sure it don't become the junkyard!

Name: Stephanie
Comment: Greetings Everybody. Hey ladies, I found a make up wonder. Has anyone ever tried that Maybelline Mousse Make Up??? Its awesome and only $6 at WalMart. My best friend turned me on to IT so no more giving IMAN $21 for foundation. Its really light and it doesn't smear nor has harsh chemicals or perfumes. Have a peaceful weekend everybody. Hey Lizzie, AWESOME POST!!!

Name: asize12
Comment: LOL @ Nappy! Hey punkin! Girl, I'm talkin' about on ME! Not anyone else! My best friend is 5'10 and she wears an 8 but she don't look like a crackhead cuz she's built up different than me. I'm whatchu call 'big-boned' ;-) I've got hips & thighs, she doesn't. I've got big ole' breastesses, she don't so to me, it depends on the way your body is built. **cyberhug**

Name: mickidee
Comment: asize12 - I see. Well, that is on the top of my priority list, so I'll read on.

Name: asize12
Comment: DENON FOR WEIGHTLOSS PRESIDENT!!!! If you don't wanna do it, who does? **hiding behind the door, cuz I don't wanna get picked!**

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Hey yall *whispering and looking over my shoulder*. What's up with people that post using normal, non made up names? I think they kinda scary...you know....blam, there it is, I'm Sue. Give me that kinda skeezy feeling, like sumptin just aint right (besides me). LOL

Name: archcookies
Comment: >asize12 thanks, I guess I move around so much and walk the weight doesn't get a chance to get me. Here's some things I eat on the regular to give you an idea. I eat all kinds of vegetables all the time, sometimes I have a salad from breakfast not to lose weight but because that is what I am craving, I only eat until I am full and then if there is something I left I wrap it and eat it later. I love everything as far as food is concerned. Just like you I have been ordering from the kiddy's menu for years. As much as I love McDonald's fries I order the smallest bag of them you can find, I stop eating quarter pounders years ago because I don't like that much hamburger. when I snack it's usually something salty like popcorn (microwave) I usually don't drink between bites of food and usually drink my beverage after I have eaten my meal. I love raw vegetable and dips and I eat regular salad dressings. I don't think of food as bad just good and good for you.

Name: mickidee
Comment: denon - you can send it to me also at mickid_1999@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance. Also, does anyone have any good aerobics music? I had a tape that I absolutely loved, but it popped. I absolutely used to love that tape, it really kept me motivated.

Name: asize12
Comment: Wow arch, that's a good attitude to have. I'm working on my mindset that "food is the enemy" cuz I've been thinking that way for years! It's gonna take some time, but I can do it:-)

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: (hugging asize12 back and pick-pocketing a Snickers bar out of her purse, selling it for more matches) LOL! I'm 5'7 and I've always been in the single digits as far as clothes are concerned. I'm not big-boned, I'm thin-boned. I'm also square and angular up top with very broad shoulders, so when I do gain weight, I start looking like Queen Latifah. You see how she has no big saddle hips or big thighs, just big meaty shoulders, arms, boobs and stomach. Like she moves furniture for a living or something.

Name: asize12
Comment: denon, is your dr. prescribing you phentermine as an appetite surpressent?

Name: asize12
Comment: denon, I got your email, thanks. But, I can't do the Atkins diet because I have high cholestorol so all that meat isn't good for me. Is there anything else that the dr. gave you?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Nappy ...I've done it again! I go to check my hotmail account and it says I typed the wrong password. Go to password help, I can remember my security question, but I can't remeber all the other shyt, like zip code, etc. cause I always make it up as I go along. Unless my brain unfreezes, it could be on to a new e-mail account. What's really funny is that when I make up a "new" name and it comes back as already in use, it's probably mine, but I can't remember how to get to it. LOL

Name: archcookies
Comment: YLawd, walk that azz down it works I have nice hips and butt, I sho don't want to look like some of the white girls I used to dance with they have noazzatol, that is not sisterly to me. My grandmother was hippy and all the women in our family have hips in varying degrees. I like that junk back there but don't want it overloaded.

Name: beboyz
Comment: BLIND ITEM by Sin-Q & Algiers Industry people are wondering, will this particular black female superstar ever come out of the closet? Early on, people assumed she was bi-sexual but she is strictly gay. She fronts with a boyfriend, but she’s known to get her freak on with different women. It was reported last year that one of these women tried to blackmail her. The woman was paid off and our superstar vowed ‘never to become involved with civilians’ again. She angrily stated, ‘I’ll only get involved with other women in the industry.’ Apparently she has broken her rule because I don’t consider call girls and female adult stars ‘industry’ (apparently she does) and our X-rated sources are talking. They say she is just the opposite of her polished public image. She’s a control freak in bed and has a mouth like a truck driver, she also curses like a sailor and has a collection of every sex toy imaginable, she comes well prepared and she’s strictly a ‘top.’

Name: asize12
Comment: LMBAO @ Nappy! Girl you are a mess! LOL Girl, that's really good that you are able to maintain your weight. Message to you & arch, I ain't like Mo'Nique, I don't hate all skinny women;-) You girls keep doing your thing and keep encouraging us that are trying to lose.

Name: asize12
Comment: beboyz, is it Queen Latifah or Missy Elliot?

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: YLAwY - Don't feel bad! I registered my checking account with Wachovia and couldn't remember the username or password later on that evening! They won't email it to you - you must call them to get it straightened out. I'm trying to let a little time lapse before I call them to help me out. LOL

Name: YLawdY
Comment: *Hanging head* Could denon or someone e-mail the info to me at my new e-mail address ylawdy3@hotmail.com (yes, 1 and 2 are me too)

Name: beboyz
Comment: asize12 - It could be but I was thinking it couldn't be Queen or Missy because neither of them ever front like they have a boyfriend???

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HEY YALL...I'M BACK.

Name: GAgal
Comment: I say it's Eve! I have never known Queen Latifah or Missy Elliot to have a boyfirend!!!

Name: archcookies
Comment: >asize12 I don't consider my skinny by any stretch and I love all my sistah's skinny ones and plus size I am not in competetion with my sisters so it's all love you'll get that excess weight off, have you tried the Jazzercise class that used to meet up on North Kingshighway at Charlies' Body shop I don't know where they are meeting now but that is a nice way to lose or to keep the weight in check.

Name: Debonair
Comment: *tipping hat*Good Afternoon, ladies and germs.Just throwing my 2 cents in, jump roping for 5-10 minutes a day is a good overall exercise that works out the calves,thighs, stomach and waist.It's a good overall work out.Hello, Arch.

Name: beboyz
Comment: Alicia Keyes has a boyfriend things that make you go Hmmmmmmm.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: asize12, I think the best food advice that you could get is to vary your diet as much as possible. I eat something totally different every day. I end up having chicken once or twice a week, fish once a week, a turkey burger once a week, fries once a week, pasta once, etc. I have my entire family on this type of eating regimen. Although most sistahs (with the exception of exotic dancers, I guess) don't really scrutinize their size and weight, I do. Mainly because: a- I'm a former professional[non-exotic] dancer, b-I love couture clothing which only comes in small sizes, c-I come from a family of women who started out thin and let themselves go and now are having complications from their weight and, d-I'm a natural-born beach bunny and I wear a bikini about 14-21 days out of the year.

Name: denon
Comment: asize12>> That's all I have for now but I'm suppose to meet up with him today and see what he's talking about. I don't know what he's going to prescibe me because I hadn't agreed to anything yet, I wanted to see if I could probably find something a lil cheaper than $75 a week and he happened to be $50, Why what's wrong with phentermine?

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: What kind of exercise can you do to make your booty curvy? My booty looks like I am trying to squeeze a grape between my butt cheeks. Kinda sucked in...

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Superstar? What industry? Since she's with porn "stars", can we assume actress? Viveca? Halle? Gabrielle? Wait, what exactly is a superstar and who qualifies?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I aint got no mail in me new mailbox. Somebody better send the info before I forget how to get in.

Name: denon
Comment: Mick>> your email keeps coming back to me, have another address??? Anyone else get there's??? Please let me know and tell me what you think about what it's saying...

Name: OSUN
Comment: beboyz I don't think it is Alicia, because she is not polished. Is Eve as superstar? I think it may be Janet Jackson.

Name: OSUN
Comment: http://www.hallmark.com/wcsstore/HallmarkStore/images/ products/ecards/nfg1969.swf

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: LawdHvMrcy, it just need a good spankin to make it poke out the other way. *snicker*

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YALL!!! YALLL!!!YALL!!!! ....for a great laugh, go to the ybf.blogspot.com LET ME ASK YALL...WHAT DOES CGU STAND FOR??

Name: mickidee
Comment: denon - can you send it to missknowitall_1999@yahoo.com. I don't know why the other one is not working.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: LAWD, uh, I ain't namin no specific names, but one of my sisters HAD a butt like yours and she got butt implants. Lawd have mercy, I hope she doesn't read the EUR! Or my blog!

Name: mickidee
Comment: Did anybody see my question about the aerobics music?

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: CTFU @ MWM. Now, you ain't been up in herre ALL DAY, but you managed to come up in here with a spanking tip! lol I just look at my mom and grandmother (whose booties are shaped like a V) and I wonder if that is what I am destined to be... Deb>> Got your email, thanks.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: I'll try my best to check back in, but if not, I'll talk to y'all on Monday!

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: LawdHvMrcy, I was up in here before and gave regards to OSUNs egg!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: BUT YOU ALL KNOW SUMPTHIN...i may be a big woman, but i'm purty as heyel!! *grinning* and my baby Jamie says he likes it cute in de face and thick in de waist! so i handle my looks (eventhough i sometimes want to eat evereything i see but i got to handle that too.)

Name: StopBeingIgnant
Comment: Although it's old, C&C Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat" is a good workout cd where you can just let it play without skipping to another song.

Name: archcookies
Comment: *blowing kisses and smiling* @ Debonaire, what's up Daddy?

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Oh Nappy-- your sister is going to GET YOU! CTFU Cyber chat with you on Monday! {MWM} My bad. I guess when we talk about secks stuff on the FFA board, it is like the Batman signal in the sky for you, huh? We can talk about recipes and clothes all day and won't hear a PEEP out of you, but as soon as somebody mentions secks, a brother will come-a-RUNNING! CTFU *muah*

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Lawd Squats and leg extensions are good for the butt.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: WHERE IS GHANK? I MISS US TALKING ABOUT OLD SCHOOL MUSIC.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Back from lunch....{beboyz}Someone that is polished in public...hmmmmm

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I went to ybf. Who is that Wendy person? Could CGU mean Country Girl University? What's wrong with going braless?

Name: mickidee
Comment: Stop - thannks for the tip. I like that song too!

Name: RyTay27
Comment: >>beboyz, what does a "top" mean?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE12> oh i meant to tell you. Stephen Burrows is actually a designer from way back. he was designing clothes from back in the 1970s. he even had a perfume out back in the day called "STEVEN B". i wonder whatever happened to the other black designers like Fabrice, Karl Kani, and Cross Colors.

Name: 2timely
Comment: What's up LawdHvMrcy!! I just received that email. . . I think I might go, sounds like it might be interesting! Any whooo. . . have a great weekend, my day is almost done!! Very slow at the CIC!!!!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: denon *foot tapping* I don't have any mail in my new box!

Name: denon
Comment: okay if anyone asked me a question and I haven't answered pls ask again. I think I'm gonna have to leave for a minute I finally got some work to do to day (of all days to get it) so holla at me yall!!

Name: denon
Comment: This sh*t is giving me so much problems today, so if I missed something sorr...

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Where are they now? Phillymom, Phillycheesesteak, mmoise, LA2ATL, yunvme (just joking), buttfeti, I mean beautyb123, DEA. Where yall at????

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YLAWDY> LOL! COUNTRY GIRL UNIVERSITY!! Now those boots that girlee had on. i remember those boots from back in the day, but i remember when we were wearing them, it had a heel and there were straps on them that tied up. but she was looking a HAM!

Name: archcookies
Comment: YLawd, I don't really need to wear a bra, but child when I don't wear one I swear every man I speaks to is looking at my chest as if my tits are going to say something, so out of modesty I wear a good bra at work at home, the first thing that goes is that dayum bra can't stand them. I wear underwear because I like sexy lingerie builds my self-esteem but I am so toned until my breast haven't dropped somebody said that would change if I ever had a baby.

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Yall, go out to www.sandrarose.com, enter the site, scroll down a little to the sentence that says "This is too funny, but not work safe--click at your own risk".. That dude is a TRIP!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: *turns around in chair dramaticly and gives direct look* 2TIMEY> WHO TOLD YOU YOU COULD LEAVE US!!!!!!????

Name: YLawdY
Comment: arch...depends on how big you are to begin with. I for one, didn't have that problem (all you big titty heffas..shut it up). I wear bras to work and like you take it off as soon as I get home, without even taking off my shirt!

Name: Debonair
Comment: Arch>the same ol',same ol.Hey, Nappy.Holla at me on my email address about the trip when you get the time. Thanks.

Name: denon
Comment: LawdY>>I have sent that d*mn email to you every which way but out. Don't you have a better email address??? LMAO

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YLAWDY> i wonder the same thing. we have not heard from those hefas in a longggg time. especially LA2ATL. i bet that hefa was on Rip the Runway last night!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I swear it's ylawdy3@hotmail.com. I even know the password.

Name: MidwestMan1
Comment: LawdHvMrcy, what can I say it's a gift. And for the record I do copy the recipes, and I do comment on other things too!

Name: LawdHvMrcy
Comment: 2TIMELY-- I am all up in there. One of my friends said he has a BUNCH of questions for the bitter corporate black women in Charlotte. I told him he better not drive his car, cause he will come out of the spot with all of his windows busted out and his car all keyed up! lol

Name: archcookies
Comment: >Chassie, I haven't heard that name in years but I think Fabrice is dead.

Name: Pammy
Comment: Mickidee, For workout music that's very motivational; if you like house music you can go to Amazon.com and get CD's by Frankie Knuckles or Masters at Work or David Morales and many more. It's very uptempo with a jazzy feel to it. Good luck.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Beboyz}could that blind item be Eve;-)

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: arch}that's right. Homeboy commmited suicide.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ARCH>WHAAATTT?? and hunny, that man was serious in design. he designed some killer haute couture outfits back in the day.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: I know one thing, I miss the hell out of Willie Smith. That brother was riduclous with his cuts and designs. I miss him so much. His pants fit me to a T. His sister Tookie is one sweetheart as well. Had a chance to meet her. Lawd, do I miss Willie. I was pizzed when he passed, just too through!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA>WHAAAATTT? he commited suicide?? dayum! ooh yall remember Willi Smith? i used to love his clothes. he brought out the button style. you know, the pretty, bright colored buttons on everything. his sister used to be with Actor Robert DeNiro. Tookie Smith.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, one of GHank's parents is sick so he won't be on the board for awhile.

Name: RyTay27
Comment: I never heard any rumors of Eve being gay. I notice when Latifah goes to social function she always has her mom or Shakim in the background.

Name: denon
Comment: LawdY>> I have tried all 3 of the addresses and it keeps coming back!!! AAAAHHHHHH!!! Maybe I can fax it to you or something...LOL And as far as the the person that's a TOP Queen Latifah on some award shows might show up with a guy on occasions, Eve I don't know never really paid her any attention, Alicia when she came out they said that she was but who really knows so what's the d*mn answer I am nozy as hell and I need to know, (huffing and puffing)

Name: bigchassie
Comment: MOTHER>yeah, his sister Tookie used to look just like him. i remember her when she was on "227"

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, Willie was the pure D shyt. He died too soon. I still have his pants to this day. Can't fit 'em, but I still have 'em! Ain't been another one like him either. You know I spelled Toukie's name wrong. Now it's right.

Name: archcookies
Comment: fashion designer Fabrice, 47, succumbs in New York City - Census - Brief Article Jet, August 24, 1998 Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Fabrice Simon, a fashion designer whose sparkling evening wear symbolized the glamour of the 1980s, recently died of AIDS in New York. He was 47. Known professionally by simply his first name, Fabrice dressed actresses, models and socialites in show-stopping gowns that were elaborately beaded and jeweled. Among the notables who wore his gowns are Iman, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, Beverly Johnson, Ivana Trump, Shirley MacLaine, Christie Brinkley and Kathleen Turner. In 1981, Fabrice, who studied textile design and fashion illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, won a special Coty Fashion Critics Award for his beaded dresses. He also designed non-traditional formal wear for men, which included silk T-shirts worn with suspenders and boldly checked jackets. Four years ago, Fabrice quit dressmaking and returned to painting, which he considered to be his first love. His paintings, color-drenched abstracts that could easily be envisioned as patterns for beadwork, were exhibited last year in New York and Palm Beach, FL. Survivors include his sister, Brigitte Steibel, and his brother, Andre Simon.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: arch and chassie}I retract that one I had him mixed up with someone else.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chass, yes. She's a little browner than Willie. Willie was darkskinned.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON> Alisha Keys?? don't tell me she is on the other side. WHAAATT??

Name: asize12
Comment: **running back in** >denun, my dr. prescribed me phentermine about 5 years ago and actually DOES work, I lost about 30 lbs taking it, but when I stopped taking it, I gained 25 back! Then, I tried to take it again after I gained the weight back and it didn't work the 2nd time. I think my body became immune to it or something. >arch, it must be nice to not need to wear a bra, I used to think about getting a reduction. Now, I've accepted the twins for who they are;-) Plus, hubby ain't HAVIN' it! LOL

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Breakin' news y'all this summbytch bout to get his: A Los Angeles judge has declared that he plans to seize control of Marion "Suge" Knight's personal and business %*$ets after the Hip-Hop mogul refused to pay a $107 million civil court judgment from 2005. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian said that he planned to appoint a court officer to manage the Death Row co-founder’s finances, but said Knight could prevent the injunction if he would reveal all of his %*$ets to the court. Knight wasn’t present for the proceedings on Thursday. For the full story log on: http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5493

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA/ARCH> aww man! that's sad. i really hate to read that.Yeah, Tookie was a little darker than Willie. wonder what is she up to? probally rasing the kids she adopted when she was with Robert D. and speaking of Mr DeNiro, he's been with his wife for a long time now. a record!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: MOTHERSHIP>yeah, i read that. Shuge Knight gonna be in the streets soon enough. but i would not be surprised he gonna take a few folks with him.

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd>> I sent you a hello message! LOL...And I won't say anything about you being the president of the itty bitty titty committee...**pushing up my 38 DD's** I like my thickness, I just want to tone it up..did I say that already? NAPPY> I left you a message on your myspace page..MWM> Hey sweetie...you be peeking in waiting on someone to drop some secks or anything that can sway to secks talk and then you are all on it! LOL...Nah, I know you comment on other stuff, just had to mess with a fellow Midwesterner (is that a word??)

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd<< Um sweetie, that ain't your email address! It came back undeliverable....DENON>> I can't check my yahoo until I get home, but I'll email you when I get it to let you know.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Chassie, I hope they take every dime! He's gonna get his, it done already started, this karma catchin' up to him.

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>>> I'm just going by hearsay on that one but I heard that she had made a comment saying that she WASN"T but you know this is Hollywood. But I remember when I used to hang with some folks at Griffith Park and on Sundays was Gay and Lesbian day you see a little of erbody up there. I personally saw Latif and Countess Vaughn but just like me could have been there to kick it or something because it was really nice thing that they had going, you could Bbq, play cards, dominoes all kinds of sh*t but it wasn't until a person that was a female form of the Notorious BIG (R.i.p) that tried to hit on me and then became a lil aggrevated when I explained that I didn't swing that way!

Name: OSUN
Comment: Archcookies, also your breast are going to drop from not wearing a bra. One of the things I have learned as a part time certified bra fitter is that even the most toned or almost flat chested woman still needs to wear a bra. the weight of them will eventually tear the muscle on the upper breast which is the place where the majority of the sagging will occur. You need to support that tissue from the bottom, hence the underwire and the seamed and molded cups. If not your nipples will be pointing to the south pole. It can only be fixed with surgery.

Name: honeychile
Comment: OSUN>> Me and YLawd taking up a donation to buy you some more eggs...**passing around hat for donations**

Name: beboyz
Comment: OSUN - Im leaning with you Janet is a known freak. Maybe she can spare an Egg LOL I'm sure has several new ones CTFU.

Name: OSUN
Comment: Honeychile, thank you so much. I don't know what I am going to do when I need a little something. I guess I will be singing, I can't get no satisfaction. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. That egg sure came in handy.

Name: beboyz
Comment: RyTay27 - Top is a term from S&M. It means the Dominant person is a sexual relationship. A bottom is the submissive person.

Name: honeychile
Comment: OSUN>> You are so welcome...but these EUR folks ain't chipping in for the donations...cheap suckas....did I type that outloud?? LOL

Name: YLawdY
Comment: See hotmail is just messing with me. Denon and honeychile try ylawdy2@yahoo.com

Name: asize12
Comment: >arch, I'll check into that Jazzercise class on North Kingshighway. Is it off St. Louis Ave.?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Where did everybody go?

Name: asize12
Comment: Lawd, I'm here, in & out.

Name: Solei
Comment: My workout trick to keeping on task is to do it before I sit down at the end of the day. When I get home from work, I go to the onDemand channel under Sports & Fitness and do one of the videos (step, dance, cardio, Pilates, etc.) that are usually 20 -30 minutes. Then I do a 30 minute weight lifting routine or jump roping (this is intense and it took me a while to get up to 10 minutes without stopping) for either my upper body or lower body (I alternate days) that I get from a book by Joyce Vedral (she’s a 50+ woman with a body that could challenge a 25 year old) and after that I call it a day. Once the weather warms up a bit, I like to power walk about 3 miles, 4 days a week. I also try to maintain a healthy but well-rounded diet. BigChassie, starving yourself and depriving yourself of the foods that you like does not work! You can still have the foods that you like but you just need to learn how to cook them healthier and replace your high fat, high calorie snacks with the lower fat snacks that may not be the same but you will learn to enjoy them. I eat everything that I like, but in moderation and perhaps not cooked in the traditional ways. Remember, the key to losing weight and keep it off requires making lifetime changes not crash dieting. Lawd, try squats, leg lifts and butt crunches, it’ll lift that baby right on up…ask my SO!

Name: letmein
Comment: Back from lunch. Had a turkey sandwich. Now, I need a nap.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SOLEI> true, true. i just need to get back in the kitchen and start back to cooking right. aaaagggh! MOTHER> yeah, i'm interested on how his comeupance gonna turn out. Shug Knight needs to be brought down. he was ruthless!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I got an e-mail *doing the little kid happy dance*

Name: denon
Comment: LawdY>> who was it from???

Name: bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN> *Drooling at the mouth* A TURKEY SANDWICH! AAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: *sticking out tongue* Not you! It was from honeychile *thanks sweetie*. I still aint got no diet stuff, so I guess I'll just get fat.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN> wait a minute...you said you got back from lunch??? Let, where are you??? what time is it where you are? here it's 4:05pm. almost time to go home.

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd>> You now have my gubment name...you are welcome dearie.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I'm honored to have your gubment name *sniffing sentimentally*

Name: denon
Comment: Lawd>> Let me know if it finally came through

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I think Vanessa Del Rio is a very nice gubment name.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: I'm back for a hot second...YLAWDY - it just dawned on me...should I take down your new email address, because I have a different one in my Outlook address book. Yeah Yeah I know its a crazy question since we send 57 emails back n forth a day! But should I? I'm getting confroosed....

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Thanks denon aka Taylor Dane. I like these gubment names. Your mom really name you that?

Name: honeychile
Comment: YLawd>> Thanks...I think Vanessa fits me really well.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: Mothership - I'm a co-sign on Willie Wear by Willi Smith. I still have an ankle-length raincoat that belonged to my ex-boyfriend. That thing is almost thread-bare, but I have such a strong attachment to it. I'll never let it go! Not because of the boyfriend (he's dead anyway). Because of Willi.

Name: Caribbean_Queen
Comment: I'm watching Oprah's debt diet. Very interesting! It's so funny how much $$ is wasted in different areas. Some people wpend $$ on eating out and can save money by packing their lunch and cooking together. Some spend 2much $ on shopping: if for clothes, do the laundry regularly will remind you jes how many pairs of jeans you have....the one teenager had 77 t-shirts (20.00 a shirt x 77 shirts=1,540.00). wow!

Name: honeychile
Comment: Besides YLawd, the name gives me my true ho tendencies when I need it....for some reason, I get A LOT of recognition from my name alone...wonder why.

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: Honeychile, are you sure it was MY myspace page you left the message on? I don't see nuffin'. The only person who left me a message on my page today was................................................... ...................................................... ..............no lie, TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY'S WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>> I just came back from lunch and it's only 1:19pm here on the westcoast

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Nappy..you lyin.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I gotta go, but I just want to say....It's been real. Have a great weekend. Nappy...e-mail me the details.

Name: denon
Comment: Lawd>> Taylor Dane??? isn't that a porno star??? I like that name though might have to bite that one, LOL

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Taylor Dane is a singer

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: I'm not lying YLAWD. www.myspace.com/brawnymeir.

Name: denon
Comment: Sorry shows my ignorance... but couldn't she be a porno queen instead???

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON>where are you? are you in Cali? in the ATL we are 4hours behind yall.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON> i'm curious. lets say if i was to take a plane to see you right now and right now it's 4:29 i wonder what time will it be when i arrive there?

Name: asize12
Comment: >Solei, that is some WONDERFUL advice, thank you very much. Unfortunately, I only have basic cable, so I can't do the on demand stuff. So, I'll just have to go in the morning or IMMEDIATELY after work before I go home. Someone also mentioned jumping rope for 5 to 10 minutes, I think that's a great idea too! I LOVE double-dutch but unfortunately it takes 3 people to play that! LOL So, I'll just have to stick to single. I'll buy me a rope this weekend.

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>>> Yes ma'am!! Cali is where I'm from... behind?? or in front??? so if its 1:30 here its 4:30 or 5:30? am I going the wrong way? I'm a lil confused...

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>>> depending on what time your plane comes in.. If right now It will be 1:31pm so you're 3 hrs ahead of me... hmmm interesting..

Name: Solei
Comment: BigChassie, I think we Cali people are only three hours behind you ATL folks.

Name: asize12
Comment: Ladies, I think we can all benefit from each other. Let's try to keep each other motivated. Ultimately, it comes within and we've got to put forth more effort. Ladies that don't need to lose, keep giving that great advice to help us. We can do this ladies!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SOLEI> Oh, ok. wow, i just think of that so amazing. if i was to leave now at 4:34pm will i gain extra hours in the same day?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE12> *DROOLING AT LETMEIN'S TURKEY SAMMICH* yes..you are soo right!

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: asize12/solei - for strength and toning, I'm a very big advocate of Pilates. It works. You're basically working against your own body weight. It tones your core - the spine, the abs, the cooter, all the important things. It tones you from the inside out. Some of the poses are very awkward, but as you get stonger, it gets easier.

Name: Solei
Comment: You’re welcome asize12. You can obtain some “free” workout routines by taping the workout shows that come on Lifetime or the Oxygen channel. They come on early in the morning between the hours of 6-9. ESPN also used to have them but I’m not sure if they still do. Check your TV guide for the listings.

Name: honeychile
Comment: Nappy>> You know what, when I was writing it, then my PC start jacking up, so um, dang, sorry, I didn't..but your favorite juvenile delinquent will leave you one this weekend! My mind is gone....dang....

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: bigchassie}California is 3hrs behind you;-)

Name: denon
Comment: Solei>> that sounds so commercial "check you TV guide for the listings" hahaha

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA> oh, i see..well, what time will i get there by plane if i was to leave right now. and here it's 4:40.

Name: asize12
Comment: Nappy, I've always wanted to take pilates. But for right now, I wanna do some exercise that's gonna speed up my heart rate. **top secret** I've also always wanted to take belly dancing;-) But 1st, I must find my belly button! LOL I don't know if I have one or not, I ain't seen that bad boy in years! LOL

Name: Nappy_Edges
Comment: No problem, honeychile. That's what happens when you run down the street from the cops carrying a hot computer, throw it over the fence then hurl yourself over. (LOL) I'll talk to you over the weekend. Everybody else, have a great weekend. Goodnight!

Name: asize12
Comment: You have a good one too Nappy!

Name: denon
Comment: Chass>> 1:40 asize>> I didn't know that mine still exist until my nephew-son puts his nasty lil fingers in it and says "Auntie Mommie's tummy, oooohhh!!!" Guess that's his version of "U FAT!!"

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}It would depend on if you had a direct flight or a connecting flight;-)And of cours weather conditions. You would possibly arrive at 5:40(CA time). That would be 8:40 GA time.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON>WOW! EXTRA HOURS.

Name: honeychile
Comment: size12>> referring to my post up north...I bought this beginning belly dancing video...man, I wish you lived in KC! I tried it and it's fun, I've always wanted to do that also....we had a long convo on that like a couple of months ago on here.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA>oh, yeah that's right. ok. i was just curious about that. it always intriges me about time differences in other places.

Name: Solei
Comment: BigChassie, yes you will gain three hours in the day by flying to Cali but your body sure won’t feel like you have. Asize12> I am all for keeping my sista girls lifted up. Nappy, I agree with you on the Pilates tip, though it can be bit awkward at first, it does wonders for toning and strength building, not too mention it also very low risk for injury.

Name: asize12
Comment: LMAO @ denon! It's funny cuz my daughter's stomach is so flat, I was looking at it the other day and I told her that it was so perfect that it looked fake! LOL

Name: denon
Comment: (Rubbing Chass on the arm) Yes, Boo extra hours, isn't that some amazing sh*t?? and isn't the NY'ers like 3 hours ahead of us (Cali folks)?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SOLEI>ooh i can imagine the fatige. ugh! but wow! I'LL BE IN CALI! never been to Cali before. i bet it's so beautiful.

Name: Solei
Comment: Belly dancing will definitely get your heart rate up. I didn’t think that it would be so taxing but lawdhavemercy, it is! I’m usually sweating halfway through the warm-up. Bye Nappy!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DENON> Yeah. i will have to remember that when i come there one day. i would love to visit.

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: denon}yes, the coastal difference is 3hrs. So it's 3 between you and NY, DC, GA.

Name: asize12
Comment: chassie, Cali *is* beautiful. I've been there twice. The last time that I went was August 2003. My sister was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune! We had A BLAST!!! I love that restaurant In & Out, they have great burgers...and Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles was off the HOOK! Who knew that waffles & chicken went together? What a perfect combination;-)

Name: bigchassie
Comment: SOLEI>Shoot! i need to hang with Solei. she'll help me get some of these pounds off! *trying to belly dance, but belly won't cooperate*

Name: sigmascribe
Comment: Have a wonderful weekend all;-)

Name: denon
Comment: Especially now they said that it would only be like 70 sumthin degrees Girrrll it is so nice outside, not too hot and not windy, just really pleasant!! This the kind of weather that you get with the girls and head up the coast! If I had a lil money I would probably have headed up North this weekend

Name: asize12
Comment: Bye sigma!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: ASIZE12>oh yeah chicken and waffles are good. thats the specialty at Gladys Knights place here in the ATL. but yeah, i bet that was a fun time for you in Cali. I WANNA GO TO CALI!

Name: honeychile
Comment: Nite to all that is leaving, have a good weekend!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: BYE YALL HAVE A GROOVY WEEKEND! *Calls out to Jamie* COMMING DARLING!

Name: Solei
Comment: Chassie, Cali is definitely a nice state weather wise to live in. I live in Northern Cali so we have what is referred to as microclimates, meaning you can drive 30 minutes, North, South, East, or West and have 20-30 degrees temperature differences. Most of the jackets I own are in the trunk of my car because you just never know what climate you’ll be in. I own several coats but rarely have the opportunity to wear them. Denon, in which part of Cali do you reside?

Name: Southernbelle
Comment: Happy Friday all, Laisse les bon temp roulez.

Name: asize12
Comment: Nighty-night ladies & gents, have a great weekend!!!

Name: denon
Comment: Solei>> I'm in So. Cali out in L.A.

Name: letmein
Comment: I wanna go to LA!!!

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