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Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Mornin' y'all, make it a good one! Happy Birthday, Kathy Sledge! January 6 On this date in 1989, House Resolution (H.R.) 40 was brought before the 1st Session of the 105th Congress. John Conyers, Black Democrat from Michigan, presented it in the House of Representatives, the first formal attempt to obtain reparations to compensate African-Americans for slavery since Reconstruction. This act was cited as the “Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act.” Briefly, H.R. 40 read as follows: “To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.” H.R. 40 had eight (8) sections in its full text. The last section (8) appropriated $8,000,000 as the price for finding out the extent of reparations.

Name: GHank
Comment: Shortey71's Song of the day is "Love Under New Management" by Miki Howard.

Name: MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Hey, GHank! That's the jam right there. Well, the Rethugs said they were too glad to see Prez Obama yesterday. They damned near gave him a standing O. Hollerin' about maybe things will get done now and the country stimulated. I hollered.

Name: NYengineer74
Comment: Good morning Fam. Mother, I thank you for delivering such wealth of knowledge each morning. I am up early in the a.m. and it is refreshing to read positive information before I start my journey. Hey Slenda, I just threw your queen, HersheysKiss a kiss. I don't give up easily dude. Make it a safe and blessed day. Sorry, ladies I couldn't leave without giving you a big bear hug.

Name: slenda
Comment: Morning my people. Make it good. NYEngineer74, worshiping the Queen is good for your health. Also assures me that I didn't make the wrong choice. When you feel a slight pain on your ear at night, you must know we are talking about you :).

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Good morning, family. Hey GHank, great song choice.

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Good Day My People!!! In grace, peace, and love...I greet you! My Wise and Noble King Slenda, I greet you with a kiss and warm smile. -->>NYE...thank you for the offer of a hug, however, permission must be granted first before I can be touched. And please refrain from throwing things. Till then, if you bow, I will tap your shoulder and offer a majestic wave.

Name: NYengineer74
Comment: Queen HersheysKiss, may I give you a hug and you need to stop fronting b/c the ear Slenda is talking about is the same ear you were nibbling on the other night. I'm just saying...

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Oh please!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: BREAK BREAD!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hmmm, just in time...I see we got some ear nibbling going on. Ain't nothing quite as stimulating firt thing in the morning than getting your fresh, bold cup of coffee and your ear nibbled on...carry on!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: *walking in with a sly look and one eyebrow up* Well..good morning, good morning! it's not even 9:00 yet and it's gettin hot up in here already! my goodness! oh well, carry on! i'll hit yall back! tootles!

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: *clap clap* Be gone you pauper!! Your brash and cocky behavior is not welcomed in this kingdom. MY KING SLENDA...throw this fool to the lions!

Name: beyourself
Comment: Good morning, my peoples. LOL @ YLY.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: heh heh...she said, "cocky" heh heh...

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Hallucination....be very careful. Your knight status may be in jeopardy. There are always openings in the lion pit. Now, get back to your post. ROTFL

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: DOH! How blasphemous of me, Madam! LMBAO! Now I'm wondering why I feel like one of them talking beaver's in that movie "Narnia"...Hmmm.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: We've been getting off to some dragging starts lately...it's so quiet in here. It's like...folks are actually working.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Maybe we've resolved to be busy little corporate worker bees in 2009 or at least start the year off faking it.

Name: slenda
Comment: A person of my stature(i.e. KING), shall not lower my throne by responding to every little thing a peasant says. Hail my dear Queen.

Name: Lovely
Comment: g'morning folks... I didn't get jack done yesterday due to my disgusting cold. I'm only working until noon today (so that I can take my crip walker for his 6 week check-up and hopefully they take the cast off and put him in a boot), I have 2 options -- 1, work really hard for the next 4 hours. 2, play with ya'll and save my work for tomorrow (even though I'm leaving early for my hair appointment).

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Well Lovely, the way it's dragging up in here and it's raining outside...you might want to be a busy corporate bee today. Looks like I might need to spark some controversy to get things rolling in here...

Name: khufu
Comment: why is it that most poeple calling themselves Christians are hypocrites?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Because they are human and by definition flawed.

Name: khufu
Comment: why are so many Black folks who are Muslim more Arab-centered than they are African centered?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Life is hypocritical...simple as that.

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ - nothing gets the day rolling and the convo popping like spooge. Sadly, I'm not even in the mood. I wrapped my body up like a cocoon last night to make sure I wasn't violated in my time of weakness.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hmmm, good one. How about this one...why do young people flock to gangs and why can't we stop it?

Name: khufu
Comment: why do people claim their humaness when they cover their flaws but claim their divine nature when they wat to increase their material possession?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: Well hey KUFU! how is NYC? you ever gonna come back and visit little ole us down in "de south" you knows we'll feed ya baby! lol!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: True dat, Lovely...spooge can get it cracking. Violated at your time of weakness? Oh, please...stop trying to sound like a victim! Unless you had a high fever I couldn't imagine you not wanting to be violated...

Name: YLawdY
Comment: For a sense of purpose and belonging they don't get at home. How to stop them? Do our jobs as parents and mentors and community leaders. IMO

Name: khufu
Comment: why dont most people see that negative social conditions and circumstancesare manifestatos of imbalance spiritually?

Name: HoneyMack
Comment: Hey Fam… HAPPY NEW YEAR. I stopped in on the 2nd but most of the FAM was MIA. Noblesistah, I like the roll call you put out, very cute!!!

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ, I actually think I was running a fever. I've been alternating between freezing cold and hades-like body temps. And trust, I was in NO mood for spooge last night.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: I'm not tracking...so when one makes a mistake it's chalked up as 'being human' whereas when one is striving to build and add-on one does so in an order of divinity?

Name: khufu
Comment: why dont people know that there is a difference between spirituality and religion?

Name: YLawdY
Comment: I've heard that sex when you have a fever is especially good to your man. Heats things up a little more...I don't know if that's true or not, but I heard that. Go head and give him a little. It's for the sake of science.

Name: khufu
Comment: why dont peopleknow that they are part human and part divine...made in the image of their Creator?

Name: khufu
Comment: why dont poeple know and respect the sacredness of sexuality and sex?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Why do you ask so many questions?

Name: khufu
Comment: how in the fook is thre so many billionaires in the world according to Forbes? and......

Name: khufu
Comment: whay arent there any billionaires in Africa? (discounting the Saudis)

Name: khufu
Comment: i ask so many questions becaused I still maintain my childlike innocence, awe and curiousity about things I see but can only conjecture about...so I ask you wise adults who have all the answers...:--)

Name: javone77
Comment: Good morning everyone. Hershey: thanks for the roll call. it was cute. :) 1 eyed men huh?

Name: Lovely
Comment: YLY, "in the name of science", I'll give him some this afternoon. We were gonna go to brunch before his appt but I suppose "in the name of science", we can squeeze in a quickie. :-) I actually am feeling a bit better today.

Name: HoneyMack
Comment: Khufu, is this how we gone start ’09? Although I haven’t talked to you in a while, nice to “see” you!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Sup Jav!

Name: javone77
Comment: hey DJ! where ya been hiding?

Name: HoneyMack
Comment: My TEXAS LONGHORNS, redeemed themselves last night!! It was a nail biter until the last second. HOOK ‘EM!!

Name: YLawdY
Comment: There are adults on this board? Wise ones? Who'd a thunk it.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYMACK>HAYGURL!! HOWYOU DOIN! HAPPY NEW YEAR! *hands on hips* now where you been hiding? gurl, where is Trini, and NappyEdges?

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ, I meant to tell you, I was so sick yesterday, I came to work extra casual and wore your fav boots -- my grey Uggs. It was actually a cute outfit though, I had on dark jeans, a grey & black fitted shirt and a million bracelets & necklaces. Had to compensate with the jewelry to make up for the fact that my hair is in a ponytail until tomorrow.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: I'M THROUGH WITH FOOTBALL THIS YEAR. NONE OF MY TEAMS MADE IT! DAYUM YALL!! *raising fist in the air*

Name: HoneyMack
Comment: Chassie it”s been hit or miss, I get on in the morning b4 work and try to give a shout out or after I get home and read what y’all been up to. I get all emails so everybody please keep me on your email list. juliepmack@gmail.com or jmack@strictlypediatrics.com . The surgery center celebrated 1 yr this past yr and we did over 400 surgeries in December so I’ve been busy. If y’all remember about 2 ½ yrs ago I was laid off from my tech support (that’s when the economic downturn started happening for me) I went back to school. If anybody has to go back to school, go back in the medical field. We are living longer and everybody has to see the dr!!

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Morning Fam. Whats the deal? DJ: what a game last night!!! I kinda feel bad for Jim Tressel though, he has the title(probably well deserved) of not being able to win the big game....I think Colt McCoy should leave this year before they put that cap on the amount rookies can make with their first contract!!!

Name: HoneyMack
Comment: southernbrothah, nah we need colt 1 more yr, plus he is trying to get the Heisman that VY didn't get since he left in his jr yr.

Name: javone77
Comment: honey: That game was off the chain! Go Horns!!! :)

Name: Lovely
Comment: ((*))((*))

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Honey: feel that...Love: you already started this morn...imma have to take a trip...lol

Name: Lovely
Comment: ((*))((*)) -- how many times do I have to do this to get some beads??

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Love: my bad...**throws Love two beaded necklaces**

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Morning Fam!

Name: Lovely
Comment: 2?? Only 2?? You must need glasses.

Name: RealGAPeach
Comment: Good morning All.. Been too long since we all were together. Hope that all is well.

Name: Lovely
Comment: My little Yelley-belly is here! (um, no offense, I know you don't have a belly like Smelly Shelly with the big jelly belly)

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYMACK>well good for you girl. that is wonderful. now if i get sick, i know who to call. lol!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: HONEYMACK>Which reminds me, i got to call the hospital today to schedule my exam.

Name: slenda
Comment: Khufu, I will dust off the mold growing from my long-stored spectacles and lend them to you just briefly. That Forbes list has at least one African from South Africa. That's sufficient proof, I think.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Heyyyy Lovey-Love! Nope I def don't have a preggers belly. I do have a lil pudge from the holidays I gotta get back tight.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: okay...........i'm about to go off. i don't like it when visitors stand around my desk waiting for somebody to come, we got freakin chairs in the lobby for christ sake!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: SoBro, I didn't see the game. I'm not a fan of Ohio St or Texas...so I slept it in at halftime. I think the score was 6-3, Ohio St. As far as Jim Tressel...I don't feel sh*t for him. He was on his high horse after winning the National in 2002. He thinks he's the man because he consistently whips up on the Big 10. Big 10 football is at best mediocre. O State went to Southern Cal this year and got their azzez BLASTED on national TV...and Texas? Well...I'm glad they won. They're the lesser of two evils...

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: ***throws LOve a whole basket of beads, for that glimpse of those pretty breasteses***

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Morning. Just got back from mf traffic court. $200 for a mf expired drivers license. BRB.

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Good Morning Folks!

Name: amethyst
Comment: Good morning. Here is a re-post from yesterday. Okay, folks, we'll be arriving for the Inauguration in less than two weeks. If you will be in DC and want to meet up, send me an email at missleo86@yahoo.com. Include the following: 1) Which day is best for you to meet; 2) Your cell number; and 3) Which city you will be staying in. The DC crew can plan a meeting place that is central to most of us. I'm excited about my new President taking the Oath and meeting more of the FFA family. And I'm praying to God to let the temperatures be mild and not freezing cold.

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Wow! I wonder that as well. Perhaps they're seeking a false sense of validation........Name: khufu Comment: why do people claim their humaness when they cover their flaws but claim their divine nature when they wat to increase their material possession?

Name: Lovely
Comment: Lil Bro, I sure do appreciate that! I'll put the girls away now. YELLEY - I know what you mean... I think my weekend flu/cold took away anything I may have gained over the holidays. I just hate going to the gym this time of year because it's so full of the folks who made resolutions to get in shape. I normally lay low in Jan until they fall off and then I go back in Feb.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Ark>> 200! Oh snap for real? I paid for my license renewal but I never find the time to get my picture retaken so technically the license I have is expired. I thought you couldn't use your license if it was expired but I've flown 3 times and showed them the old one and no one said anything to me.

Name: BubblezTheModel
Comment: Good Morning Everyone! It's been a while... But I'm back! Hope all is well with everyone... Happy New Year!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovely>> I used to go to the gym but the yt ppl around here are serious about working out and I hate having to wait (I was also sickened by having to wipe off sweat) I have the total gym at home and a ton of work out tapes so for the most part I'm good. If I feel I need to use gym equipment I just go to my mom's condo. They have a full gym there.

Name: rayne
Comment: Good morning all!!! It's snowing lightly in the Chi. Make it a good one.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelley, I have a 24-hour fitness membership and I go there because my man & my dad (my two fav men) are also members and I work out with them. I don't go nearly as much as I used to because I've been the same size forever so it's really just maintaining what I have. I hate the sweat but most folks at the 2 locations I go to the most are pretty considerate and wipe stuff down after using it. When I'm with my dad, I do more weights and when I'm with my man, I do more cardio... I guess I really just go to spend time with them.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Yelley, Actually it was more than that but he reduced it to "civil" (whatever that means) b/c I got stopped on the 15th and got my license updated on the 21st. So since I got it taken care of right away, he reduced the charged and the fine.

Name: TommyStrong
Comment: Hey what's up people? Happy New Year! Its been a long, long time but I wanted to stop through to wish you all a blessed and prosperous New Year! Thanks for the shoutout Noblesistah. I hope I can come through more often this year. Take care!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Good morning. Here’s the thought for the day. What Are You Talking About? (Part 1) He who invokes a blessing on himself... shall do so by saying, May the God of truth... bless me. (Isaiah 65:16 AMP) Did you know you can bless yourself by what you say? The Bible says: "He who invokes a blessing on himself… shall do so by saying, May the God of truth… bless me… because the former troubles are forgotten" (Isaiah 65:16 AMP). Two important truths are taught in this Scripture: (1) Your own words have more power to affect you than anybody else's. Ultimately it's not what others say that counts; it's what you say to yourself after they get through talking! You always have the last word. (2) You'll never enjoy what God has for you in the future while you're still living in the past. To enter the Promised Land, you must first leave the wilderness. So come into agreement with God; begin to say what He says about you. This is no small matter. What you say from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night not only influences your day, it influences the entire outlook and direction of your life. If you've been praying and asking God for specific answers, you can affect the outcome by making sure what you say lines up with what He says. In other words - get in harmony with God. Your body is God's temple, so be careful what you allow to come out of your mouth (1 Corinthians 3:16). Faultfinding and negativity destroy and tear down, but scripturally-based, faith-filled words open the door to God's blessings. That's why Paul writes: "Let no… worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such… as is… beneficial" (Ephesians 4:29 AMP). So before you sound off, ask yourself - is this beneficial? (~The Vine, Bob Gass) Be blessed!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Ark>> Wow I need to get my pic taken this weekend just to make sure everything is gravy. OMG you just reminded I can't believe I still have a ticket I got at the airport from last year and haven't paid it. Lawd I really need to take care of that. Its the one and only ticket I've ever recieved and I just threw it to the side and forgot about it.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Tommy, every time I see your screen name, I think of Tommy from "Martin"... "you ain't GOT no job!!!"

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovey>> Awww thats sweet! I always went by myself for the most part so it was more of a chore than anything.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Good Morning Folks!! It has been a bit empty up in here lately, but I guess folks are just catching up on some work in the new year. I know I'm busier than usual trying to pull together all of the end of year testing, reports, etc. *sigh* What's crackin' folks?

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelley, I'm a sucker for those two men. I'd rather be with them than anywhere else. Wow... I'm being to syrupy sweet today, let me cut that out before I make myself sick. :-)

Name: amethyst
Comment: GHank/Shortey - "Love Under New Management" is one of my favorites. /Mother - Which Rethugs were happy to see Obama? That's funny. /NYE - I see my Soror the Queen made you the modern day "Daniel". /RealGAPeach - How are you and your family? /ark - Sorry to hear about your fine. Maybe we can have a FFA fish fry on Friday to raise money for you.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovey>> Yeah your giving me a tootache. LOL j/k! Carry on its cute. My daddy is cool but my mommy is #1 in my book. She's the best.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Former Death Row inmate Madison Hobley will move to collect a $6.5 million legal settlement with the city now that the U.S. attorney's office hasn't indicted him in a 1987 arson fire that killed seven people -- including his wife and 1-year-old son. Hobley served 13 years in prison for the arson before then-Gov. Ryan pardoned him in 2003. Hobley claims former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge and others tortured him into confessing. He got a $1 million settlement from the city last year from a wrongful-conviction lawsuit. In Hobley's unusual deal, the city announced a year ago that federal authorities had opened a new investigation into the arson and that Hobley could not collect an additional $6.5 million unless no indictment was brought against him by Saturday. Randall Samborn, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, confirmed Hobley has not been indicted but would not comment on whether the fire investigation is continuing. Hobley's attorney, Jon Loevy, said his client now lives out of state. "Mr. Hobley is innocent, and we were absolutely confident there would be no indictment," Loevy said. "We are pleased prosecutors have apparently recognized that." Several Hobley family members have been subpoenaed in the probe, Loevy said. At his murder trial, Cook County prosecutors contended Hobley set the apartment fire to get rid of his wife so he could continue an affair with another woman. In his defense, Hobley accused Burge and others of torturing a confession out of him. Burge now awaits a federal criminal trial for allegedly lying in his response to the lawsuit filed by Hobley. Burge said he and other detectives didn't torture anyone.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Khufu - It took me a long time to understand that life is mostly gray (per Notesinger). Making decisions isn't always a simple yes or no, right or wrong process. When you add that with our human frailties sometimes we fall short of our own beliefs. What's important is to acknowledge our weaknesses and strive to do better. When we are frontin', dwelling in denial and making excuses our lives stay jacked up. YLawd gave a great explanation for the gang problem. A lot of the problems we have today result from the lack of love, security, encouragement and values in the home. Being poor or having a single parent is nothing new to the Black community, and is no excuse for the foolishness that is going on.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: In a proceeding that took less than 15 minutes, a judge who police say was drunk when she drove into a parked state police cruiser -- and who allegedly made racist remarks after the collision -- was accepted into an alcohol education program today in Superior Court in Manchester. Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, 60, sideswiped the patrol car in a Route 2 construction zone in Glastonbury Oct. 9 and was charged with driving under the influence and failure to drive in the proper lane. The state police initially said no one was injured, although the trooper's lawyer recently told the court the trooper had suffered some sort of arm injury. Still, Judge William Bright Jr., opted to allow her to participate in the program, which, if successfully completed, could lead to the erasure of the charges against her in a year. Her next court date is Dec. 11, 2009. Judge Cofield apologized to the community, the court, her friends, family and to the trooper, Michael Kowal, who was not present.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Wendy and Lisa interview for all you Prince fans: http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/12/my-biggest-reg r.html

Name: Lovely
Comment: Yelley, my mom is like #4 on my list. She's cool but we work each other's nerves and I can only handle the fabulous Mrs Mom in small doses. I guess I put my grandma (my mom's mother) in the #1 spot, then my dad is #2.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Now our government wants to pay for illegals college education at a reduced rate, while people who have been in the US, paid taxes get f***ed over again. Nice. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigtuition5- 2009jan05,0,3248207.story

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Thanks for that Ame'!!

Name: amethyst
Comment: Cali - Excellent thought for the day! I had just emailed someone, talking about being positive and optimistic and not allowing negativity around my spirit. Thanks for that. /I'm praying that my hip is healed so I can get back to some rigorous exercise. I looked at some pictures which really got me motivated to return to my nutrition and fitness journey. I've come to far not to finish.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Lovey>> Its cool. You would be suprised how high my dogs rank on my list. LOL

Name: bigchassie
Comment: FORMALYARK>OOOOH! ouch!

Name: lilmocc
Comment: OSB> thanks for the link - I couldn't get it to open, but the whole concept is troubling to me. I would be real, real HOT if they did that. There are so many college graduates graduating with overwhelming debt due to student loans b/c they didn't have all the money necessary to attend. NOW the government wants to pay for illegals to go to college at a reduced rate? That is some bullshit right there. There are a number of great students who would like to attend college at a reduced rate whose parents are law abiding, tax paying citizens and they get no breaks - why should illegals? They act like now that the illegals are here, we need to make things easier for them. Bullshit. What about making it easier for those of us who pay taxes, make average salaries and STILL have to pull it together to make ends meet? Unbelieveable. The US government spends too much time worrying about other folks when there are plenty of US citizens in need right here in our country. That thinking is exactly what has our bullasses in a sling now with this bogus war going on. the whole thing makes me really, really %*$!ed.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: I hear u ame' I will be training to run my first 5k this year and for me.. thats major...LOL

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Is that TommyStrong??? Morning Peeps! Great song choice GHank. Before yall get all curious GHank and I have been chopping it up about the woman artist who deserve way more recognition than what they have been given so GHank decided to dedicate his selection to those woman on the F4A. Thanks for the scripture Cali, by the way, I was waiting on your phone call last night! LOL.... Amethyst, big ups to your post too, you always seem to put things in perfect perspective.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Wow, your man before your mom? That's deep. Your momma will always be just that...but your man?

Name: rayne
Comment: Why does the media portray the Obama's as celebrities? Did they do that with the Bushes or the Clintons? It just bothers me.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: California's highest court is poised to be the next battleground in the debate over benefits for illegal immigrants as the justices have agreed to hear arguments on the constitutionality of a state law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. The decision could affect hundreds of illegal immigrant students who attend community colleges, Cal State and UC campuses and who say they would not be able to afford a higher education if required to pay out-of-state tuition, which can cost more than triple the amount that residents pay. But the outcome could have a broader effect -- at least nine other states, including Oklahoma, New York and Texas, have similar laws providing the reduced fees to illegal immigrants. Although a court decision would not be legally binding in other states, politicians around the country are looking at California as a litmus test for future legal challenges. The state Supreme Court accepted the case late last month and will probably hear arguments later this year. In a letter urging the high court to take up the case, Utah's Atty. Gen. Mark Shurtleff wrote, "The implications of this decision extend far beyond California, and far beyond a state's ability to set educational policy, into the heart of the national debate about illegal immigration." Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California began with a lawsuit filed in Yolo County in 2005 by out-of-state students and their parents. The lawsuit alleges that education officials are violating federal law by granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants while not offering the same lower fees to students from outside California. "U.S. citizens should have at least the same rights as undocumented immigrants," said one of the plaintiffs, Aaron Dallek, an Illinois native who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2006. Another plaintiff, 2006 UC Davis graduate Onson Luong, said he didn't think it was fair that he, as a native of Nevada, had to pay higher tuition than illegal immigrants. Luong, who majored in biotechnology, worked two jobs during college and owes $15,000 in student loans. "If they are allowing illegals to pay in-state tuition when they aren't even citizens, what kind of message is that sending?" Luong asked. For the 2008-09 school year, out-of-state undergraduates pay about $28,600 to attend a UC school, compared with about $8,000 for students who qualify for in-state tuition. Out-of-state undergraduate students at Cal State campuses pay on average $10,000 more than in-state students. At community colleges, California residents pay $26 per unit, while out-of-state students pay between $140 and $170.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Cora Orta, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who is a senior at UCLA, said she could not afford the school if she had to pay the higher tuition. As it is, the in-state fees are a stretch, she said. She is not eligible for loans, so she works part time, crams into a studio apartment with four other students and constantly applies for scholarships. "It's been the difference between attending college or not attending," Orta said of the in-state tuition. Matias Ramos, who graduated from UCLA last year, said the out-of-state costs exceed the annual family income for many illegal immigrant students. Ramos, an illegal immigrant from Argentina, said that such students who attend public California colleges and universities are accepted based on their academics, talents and involvement and shouldn't be penalized because of a broken immigration system that leaves them few options. The California Supreme Court case revolves around a 2001 state law, known as AB 540, that permits the tuition breaks. Under the law, illegal immigrant students qualify for in-state rates if they attended a California high school for three years, graduated here and signed an affidavit saying they will apply for permanent residency as soon as they are eligible. The law has remained in effect during the legal challenge. Michael Brady, who represents the out-of-state students and their parents in the case, said California is "completely undermining the intent of Congress" and that the state law should be invalidated because it violates federal immigration law that prohibits states from providing college benefits to illegal immigrants based on residency unless all U.S. citizens are eligible for the same benefits. Brady said that in passing the strict immigration law in 1996, Congress sought to deter people from coming to the U.S. and staying here illegally. "When public benefits are provided, it encourages people to stay here," Brady said. "That is why we have all these laws." But Ethan Schulman, who represents the University of California, said California's law was carefully crafted so it complied with federal law. U.S. citizen students are also eligible for in-state tuition, if, for example, they are from another state but attended a boarding school in California or if they attended high school here but then moved away for college and returned to the state for graduate studies.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: In the 2006-07 school year, 1,639 UC undergraduate and graduate students received in-state tuition under AB 540 provisions. Of those, about 70% were here legally, while the others were potentially undocumented, in the process of obtaining residency or their status could not be determined, according to university officials. Schulman defended the benefit as a way for illegal immigrant students who have excelled in the state's high schools to attend college. Schulman said he recognized, however, that the controversy wasn't just over the relatively small number of students who receive the tuition break. "The larger issue is a political issue, and that is how undocumented immigrants who live and work in our state are to be treated," Schulman said. The undocumented students also have long-standing ties to California and have worked hard to make a better life for themselves and their families, often overcoming substantial obstacles, said Nicholas Espiritu, staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, also involved in the case. "They have earned the right to be there," Espiritu said. "These are students who are coming from, oftentimes, very low-income areas and underperforming schools, who are finding ways to really achieve and succeed in education despite almost every roadblock imaginable being put in their path."

Name: javone77
Comment: oldschool: MY only question is how in the hell are you even in college with no SSN?!?!?

Name: asize12
Comment: Good morning Negroes & Negroettes! Happy New Year! And Happy Tuesday...and Happy Obama Day...Just Happy Day!!! Slenda, my King, you just crack me up! Your comment about 'someone of your stature' has made my day. I see we got some old heads up in hurr, wassup Tommy! We hope to see more of you this new year! Wassup Mackey, Realpeach, khufu, ghank and anyone else that I missed. >ylawd, PERFECT answer to khufu's questions. Especially the one about us as humans being flawed. So khufu, is this 'Ask-a-zillion-questions' day?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: say, i don't know if yall discussed this but, who heard the latest Jamie Foxx CD. how is it. i haven't heard it yet. this time, i'm gonna get somebody to burn me a copy. the Unpredictable CD was okay, i just wish they would stop putting everybody and their mama on their CD. i don't want to hear them i want to hear the main singer. so what are your views if you heard it.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Sup Twin! >>>Chass, if you don't want to hear everybody and their momma and you just want to hear Jamie Foxx...then don't get the CD. 'Nuff said.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: oooo shortey' gurl.... my badd'... took the girls to choir rehearsal... *makin note to call shortey and tell her about bytchazz' man*

Name: asize12
Comment: So, are we ranking the importance of people in our lives today??? Okay...#1 Hubby #2 Kids #3 Momma #4 Siblings #5 Daddy #6 My fav. cousin #7 My bff #8 My close friend #9 My pastor #10 Church members.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: For me, God is first. Everybody else can get in where they fit in...

Name: asize12
Comment: >dj, God is always first, he's the head of my life. I'm talking about PEOPLE.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Illegals are using FEIN as a SSN. You can obtain that FREE from the IRS. It is primarily used for business but illegals figured out that no one asks for a hard copy of a SSN, just the nine digits. FEIN is nine digits. Go figure.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DISSILUSIONED>That's why i'm not buying it.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: re: order of importance... we did an exercise using a bus as an example and it was a trip to see how many women put their husbands at the end... crazy!! but yes, God is first, husband/wife, kids... after that Im with DJ' get in where ya fit in....LOL

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ, yep... he's right before her on my list. We'll put it like this. If the house is on fire and my grandma, my dad, my man and my mom are all sitting on the sofa sleeping and unaware of the fire, I'mma holler everyone's name and then I'm going in to get my grandma, then I'd go back to get my dad and then my dad would go back with me -- he'd carry my mom, I'd drag my man. Not saying I don't love her, just saying she's not in my top 3 (she's a very close 4th though and if you had asked me 10 years ago, she wouldn't have even been in the top 10 so I think she's doing good to be #4 right about now). Regarding your comment about my mom vs my man, true, he could leave tomorrow... I'd just have to get over it. Life WILL go on.

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: AMEN DJ!!!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Lovely, I guess I was trying to ruffle feathers to get things started because our comment tally is sucking right now...but I knew what you meant. But on the real, and if you don't want to answer because it's personal then I'd understand...but seeing the way you post about your man and how much he means to you...I read nothing of marriage. What gives?

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Tell it DJ, tell it!!! OSB, you are sooooooo right regarding the FEIN numbers. I never thought of it that way.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: randomness'....Tiffany Pollard better known as New York turns 27 years old today!

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: My brother tipped me off about it, he finally got his record sealed and in the meantime worked third shift at a food processing facility. All Mexicans, making low wages, and none speak English. So one day he was talking to one who could speak English and that is how he found out. It is a huge scam but the IRS really does not go after people like they should. This hurts all of us.

Name: Penelope
Comment: Hey everybody! I've been trying to post, but I'm cleaning out my office, and am getting a little dirty. Ain't nothing. I'm all cute today. OK...so are we prioritizing our loved ones in case of an evac? I just say RUN and pork chop sandwiches, and call it a day. OMG, I just made myself laugh.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: And twin, I'm being facetious...but my experience has shown me that even those closest to me will and can turn. Even my own flesh and blood. The Bible tells me this. So I lean heavily on the one thing that will never, ever, ever, ever, ever turn thier back on me despite what I do...or don't do. Don't get me wrong, I love...hard but I rest my FULL hope and being in GOD. If a house was on fire I'm not worried about the order of who I'd rescue first because knowing me I'm going to sacrifice my life to get everybody, friend or foe...and that's real talk. A bit sappy, but real and honest...

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: DJ, you're right the comment tally sux.. yall need to step it up so i can be entertained while working.... i was listening to a Yolanda Adams song today about how God knows where you are and put you there... my friend is pregnant, and the doctors weren't able to hear a heartbeat yesterday, so she's afraid that she's miscarrying. had i not just lost a baby, i wouldn't be able to empathize with her, so i'm thankful for that experience even tho i'm still grieving for what could have been... LOVELY, i'd save my kids first, only b/c they're kids. then my hubby, and together we'd save my mom. but i don't think i could leave either of my kids behind, and i'd die trying to save my mom or husband....

Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>SHE WISHED SHE TURNED 27! that broad don't look like no 27. more like 27 three times over! lol!

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: WASHINGTON – Despite the economic hard times, money keeps pouring in for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural festivities. The inaugural committee has raised at least $27 million, donor information on its Web site shows. Most of that has come in over the past three weeks. If fundraising continues at that pace, Obama's inaugural committee will have no problem reaching or exceeding the roughly $40 million raised for each of President George W. Bush's two inaugural celebrations. More than 2,000 donors are helping to finance Obama's Jan. 20 swearing-in festivities. At least 378 gave the maximum $50,000. Top donors include financier and major Democratic donor George Soros, actors Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and entertainer Barbra Streisand. The inaugural committee is releasing the names of those who give $200 or more. It is refusing money from labor unions, corporations, political action committees, foreigners and Washington lobbyists. The committee isn't turning away contributions from those whose enterprises lobby in Washington, however. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and five others at the Internet company gave $25,000 each. The inaugural committee received a total of $150,500 from six Microsoft employees, including the maximum $50,000 from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ - I have a horrible idea of marriage (thanks in part to my wonderful mother and her 4 amazing marriages)... I'm in no rush. I have a handful of friends and those who have gotten married are all divorced. I have ONE set of friends still married out of about 8 couples. I'm cool on marriage.

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: OSB, that's crazy... meanwhile i'm gonna have to start hoeing on Broad street to send my kids to school..Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!!

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: JACKSON, Ohio – Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured. Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was watching the child at a mobile home in Jackson with several other teenagers and several other children. Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen says authorities are investigating. The child has not been charged.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>Lookin like that puppet Lambchop! heyell the puppet look more like 27 than she does!

Name: Lovely
Comment: Creenej, if I had any, I'd probably save the kids...

Name: Lovely
Comment: creenej -- first, I meant to say save the kids first.

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: LOVELY, do you. it's hard to be the one that's still together when everyone else is apart now. i was good on marriage too for about 5 years. even before i met my husband b/c when my father died, my mom was devastated, and i didn't/don't want to go through that. eventually i figured i'd be devastated with or without the marriage, so we did.. plus i felt convicted spiritually, and the deacons in my church cornered us.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: **blank stare at OSB** WOW...... I wonder if they can file for taxes under a FEIN number??? I guess so if it's 9 digits like the SSN. I swear what is our world coming to when illegal immigrants can come over here and get their scam on without even knowing a damn word of English!! I swear that ish %*$!es me off!! Ok, I just had to vent for a minute....carry on........LOL

Name: asize12
Comment: >twin, yes, man will let you down all the time. You can only put your FULL trust in the Lord, we all know this. But for the sake of this argument, what order would you put HUMANS THAT ARE IN YOUR LIFE NOW. Just for the sake of this convo...

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: OSB, i'd be whuppin that boy's azz raw... and then i'd look at the parents who left a shotgun that a 4 year old could get to.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18077009/

Name: CRENEEJ
Comment: AS12, me and hubby were joking when we were watchin 28 weeks later, and he said, i'd leave your azz like he did too, shyt. we aint both gotta die LOL!!

Name: lilmocc
Comment: I don't have any little ones, but I agree that they would come first. Then the rest of my immediate family/bf/bff, etc.... OSB> Whiskey, Tango Foxtrot? on the 4 year old grabbing the gun out of the closet and shooting the baby sitter. CRAZY! DJ> The truth is the truth period. You stated that very well and we must lean on God to get us through. No worries on being too sappy or whatever. Calired/Chassie> That heffa know she is older than some 27. She does look like a cross between Lambchop and that lady muppet with the blond hair, LOL

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Well I wouldn't have to worry about saving my dogs cause they would run outta the house before everyone else so that leaves....

Name: javone77
Comment: oldschool: that mess is crazy as hell. I have never been one to protest but that mess would get my ire up.

Name: asize12
Comment: Okay, so now we're talkin' about who's life we'd save first? Then my kids would definitely go FIRST! I'd die for them in a heartbeat, with no hesitation.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Lil Mocc, if you ain't near a radio then RUN to one and dial up 103 Jamz! They're getting their old school hip-hop mix ON!!! I'm talking Fat Boys, Run DMC, That Old LL, MC Shan, UTFO...quick! *doing the bop* Awwwww, WHATOUTTHERENOW!!!

Name: rayne
Comment: How does the song go, " Long as I got King Jesus, I don't need nobody else".

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: BERLIN - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire, which included interests ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said Tuesday. The 74-year-old's body was found Monday night near railway tracks at Blaubeuren in southwestern Germany, prosecutors in nearby Ulm said in a statement. They described the death as a "railway accident" and said there was no evidence that anyone else was to blame. His family, which had reported Merckle missing after he failed to return home Monday, issued a brief statement saying he took his own life.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: I don't have kids yet but they would be first on ALL my lists. I was reading an article about Jett Travolta and reading the comments from all the people who have lost children and it had me bawling. I can't imagine losing a child. I would lose my mind.

Name: javone77
Comment: yelley: you'd go to jail for them too if someone acts too crazy. My baby has faults but you're not gonna mistreat him. perood.

Name: rayne
Comment: Disillusioned_Jones ~ Im listening. This is rap that I've grown to love. Ahh Yeaaaaaa

Name: Lovely
Comment: My mom actually did have a house fire about 20 years ago and she got my little brother and got out. I wasn't there but I'm guessing she would have saved me too.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: *breathing all hard from running* Good Look DJ!!!! *rocking to Buggin' Out by UTFO*

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Rayne: "i been lied on, cheated, talked about, mistreated but long long long long loohoong, long as I got king Jesus I dont need nobody else" lol thinking about how they sing that song at my grandpa's church....lol

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Javonne>> Hells yeah I would! My godkids are like my children and I would die for them.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Twin, okay, okay I'll play...Hmmm, so let's see if I can paint a scenario. There's a 120 foot lizard breathing fire and knocking down buildings in VA and he's heading to my neighborhood...I must act quickly to move my loved ones to safety...Well, whatever the catastrophe, as a man and a father, it's not even an option to think about the safety of my children. That's automatic. But say for instance there was a broke down busload of Cowboys fans, right...?

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Only 14 days until January 20, 2009, Inauguration Day.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Lil Mocc, how that Ladi Dai sounding? Wait, wait here's my part..."It's all because of you..."

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Opps, that was supposed to be Ladi Dadi...and that jank is BANGING! Awwww, do the prep, do the prep!

Name: javone77
Comment: Yelley: you better believe it. now if he deserves I let it happen. but if you're picking on him...we got a problem. my little boys teacher was picking on him. we call him rain man cause he want into kindergarten reading and I just started teaching him to multiply. she picks on him because he needs more and more work cause he finishes so quickly cause it's no longer a challenege. I haven't moved him up because he needs the social interaction. she almost got a visit from me.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Aw man, I'm all warm and fuzzy now! I heard some classic hip-hop and now I'm hype! Music from 24 years ago...oh, the memories. Just as long as they don't come back from commercial break with no Lil Wayne or T-Pain, I'm good.

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: Using FEIN numbers is another way that crooked and shady people were able to get mortgages. Years ago, a few unsavory folks wanted me to assist them with a scam like that. They made a few hundred thousands dollars and even sold a home with a dead body inside. Disgusting.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: SCREEEEEECH! *stops the bus* Hold up...I coulda swore Rayne you said that it was snowing lightly in the Chi not too long ago. What you know about that 103 Jamz Mid Day Mix here in the two up, two down??? *glancing at Rayne with the Gary Coleman side eye*

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Ame' or somebody going to the Inauguration.. ima need a phone call so I can know when I needs to leave work... I have got to be in good company witnessing history! Work is not an option!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: J77>>Thats messed up! Its not his fault he's advanced. He may need to be moved up later on so he doesn't get bored with school. You got yourself a lil Einstein!

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: TO SEE ACTUALLY SHOOTING: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHjhtYZpX0&eurl. OAKLAND, Calif. - Law enforcement officials urged patience while they investigated details surrounding the fatal New Year’s Day shooting of a 22-year-old man by a transit agency police officer. Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Chief Gary Gee said on Sunday that the agency is “committed to completing an unbiased, thorough and detailed investigation” of the shooting death of Oscar Grant. “This case is not even four days cold. We’re in the early stages of the investigation and we will do a very thorough job,” he said. Several unanswered questions remained after BART officers went to Oakland’s Fruitvale station to investigate reports of a supposed brawl on a train on which Grant was riding around 2 a.m. Thursday. A friend of Grant’s who was with him on the crowded Oakland train station platform at the time of the shooting said Grant pleaded with officers not to harm him. “Oscar yelled, ‘You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter,’” said Fernando Anicete. “Oscar was telling us to calm down and we did. We weren’t looking for any trouble.”Anicete was among more than 50 people attending a tearful news conference in Oakland on Sunday where Grant’s family announced they planned to file a $25 million claim against the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency this week. A claim is the first step in the process of suing the agency. The family’s attorney John Burris said the shooting was intentional, and that he planned to ask Alameda County prosecutors to seek criminal charges against the officer. Burris said Grant, of Hayward, Calif., posed no threat to officers when a bullet entered his back and ricocheted to his lung area, killing him almost instantly. “The officer leaned (in), was straddling over him and pointed his gun directly into the backside and shot (Grant),” said Burris, adding that Grant was handcuffed - after he was shot. “This was not a deadly force situation.”

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Gee said BART police are fully cooperating with the district attorney’s investigation. Grant’s mother, Wanda Johnson, and Sophina Mesa, his daughter’s mother, wept uncontrollably as Burris spoke about Grant. They did not speak, but several said Grant, a butcher at a supermarket near the train station where he was killed, was a loving father showing signs of maturation. Cephus “Bobby” Johnson, Grant’s uncle, said he text messaged his nephew just after midnight Thursday saying, “Happy New Year … I love you.” Johnson never got a reply. “I wondered why he didn’t text me back,” a teary-eyed Johnson said. “And then I found out why.” BART spokesman Jim Allison has said the officer’s gun went off while police were trying to restrain Grant and that Grant was not cuffed. The unidentified officer is on paid leave as BART investigates the shooting. Mario Pangelina, Mesa’s brother who was riding on the same train, two cars behind Grant on Thursday morning, said Sunday he saw Grant beg police not to Taser him because of his child. “He kept saying, ‘Please, please don’t Tase me,’” Pangelina said. “He was not acting hostile.” Other witnesses said Grant was lying on his stomach on the station’s platform when he was shot. Recordings of the shooting by witnesses have surfaced and Burris said BART had confiscated numerous cell phone images from others he believes contain additional footage. Services for Grant will be held Wednesday.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: DJ> You know I had to close the door to my office and get my groove on during the Mid day mix....... Sometimes I catch DJ B's drive time mix when I am headed home after the gym. I love the old school and go-go mixes....

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Ark'... very HOT topic out here... crazy!!!

Name: asize12
Comment: RANDOM: Okay, so I'm filling out my benefit enrollment forms that are due 1/9 and I'm actually reading ALL the fine print and I'm taking my time to fill 'em out...Wow, am I reading this right...I may be able to get reimbursed for my weightloss program (ie. Sir Strip-a-lot)??? I'ma need to call HR 'bout this! BRB

Name: rayne
Comment: Disillusioned_Jones ~ mmmm internet radio.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: 12'... YEP... depending on your benefits gurl.. work that!!!

Name: javone77
Comment: yelley: he is 6 and he really is smart. that's why we call him rain man. LOL I bought him cards with the outline of different states on them...not the whole country...just each individual state. and he knows them all just by looking at them. I am so proud. :) but he still has some of his mammy in him smh LOL

Name: javone77
Comment: ok I have a question for the board. I'll be in and out but I'll get the responses. How much drama would you go through for someone you love?

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: out to lunch, what ya'll having???

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Rayne, Uh...yeah, I knew that. I was just testing you. >>>Lil mocc, I downloaded a couple of his mixes off their website. But I'm fickle with my music and one song can throw a whole mix away for me. But his go-go joints are good...which reminds me that it's soon time to head up to Chocolate City and get a fresh crate of go-go.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Lil Bro, I'll take a coke and a smile! Fam, have a good afternoon, I'm headed to lunch with my crip walker and then we're going to his 6 week appt to get this cast off.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: SoBro, get me one of them pork rib sammiches but tell them to dab some extra BBQ sauce on it. I want the bread to fall apart and be all mushy when I eat it...and let me get one of them large Ice Tea's...with no ice.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Aight Love...I noticed that you didn't make no reference to that 'experimentation' but it's cool...

Name: javone77
Comment: DJ: you know it's extra to get a drink with no ice LOL

Name: rayne
Comment: javone77 - It depends on what type of drama it is.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: **agreeing with rayne on javone's question**

Name: javone77
Comment: stuff like going off on people about crazy stuff....constant suspicion, etc.

Name: asize12
Comment: >jav, none...I don't do drama.

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ, still here (stuck on the phone) what experimentation are you talking about?

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: you and I are on the same page. I can't handle it. life is moving too fast for all that needless stuff. I used to be full of it...and last year showed me that drama ain't cute! off topic: I thought about you on new year's eve as I was being taught how to do the stanky leg LOL

Name: BluLuv
Comment: *floating into room* Hi Fam!! Dropping by in to let you know I'll be off for the next two wks starting tomorrow (my bday) to welcome hubby @armory. Can you believe it - he's returning on my bday!! Yippee! Trying to plan a weekend getaway while clearing off desk from tons of work. A girl gots to do what she gots to do..... Lady Luv > as you can see the welcome location changed but I still to have freakum dress & shoes on.

Name: Lovely
Comment: DJ, oooh, you meant the warmth of the va-jay-jay when one is running a fever. That'll have to wait til after his appt... No time for a quickie, we're on a tight schedule this afternoon.

Name: Lovely
Comment: Baby Blu - do the damn thang!!! A'ight ya'll, I'm out for real now. Have a good afternoon.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: its 2009... there is NO DRAMA allowed!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: BLU!!! What's up? Aw man, that's the bizness right there! On your birthday? Guess we won't be hearing from you for awhile...understood. >>>Lovely, yeah. That's what I was talking about. Wow, you must be sick for real if you forgot spooge talk...

Name: Penelope
Comment: I'm leaving for the day, but Javone...ite depends on the type of drama, and who the loved one is. My kids, I may be a little more receptive because you have to put stuff in perspective sometimes. But in a relationship? Maybe its my age, but if you have to ask about weighing drama, than you sound like you know the answer.

Name: Penelope
Comment: There you go Cali...no drama in 2009

Name: oldschoolbrother
Comment: A CHRISTIE'S auction house vice president was caught with his pants down in Central Park, police sources said. Matthieu Humery allegedly had his genitalia "exposed and manipulated" by another man when cops found them near East 75th Street at 6:05 p.m. last Friday. The sources said Humery, 38, met Melvin Rodriguez, 43, of The Bronx only moments before. Each was charged with public lewdness and given a desk appearance ticket requiring a court appearance on Feb. 2. Humery, who oversaw sales of works by such photographers as Diane Arbus and Henri Cartier-Bresson since joining Christie's in 2007, said there was "nothing to comment about. It's none of your business," he told The Post's Jamie Schram, adding "everything is fine." Christie's rep Toby Usnik said he had not seen the police report but, "We would not comment on a personal matter of this nature."

Name: amethyst
Comment: Hey, Sister Shortey!! /I don't support illegals getting in-state tuition when legal citizens from other states can't have it. That's ree-dam-di-cu-lous!! Your parents snuck you in, and you wanna to make something out of yourself. Cool, now the first step should be getting citizenship. Years ago I worked at a tax preparation office. I speak Spanish and once the word got out a lot of Hispanics came to me. One of them had a fake SSN or green card that he bought somewhere. The employers had no way of knowing the numbers were fake, so they included them on paystubs, etc. like they were supposed to. The workers claimed 50-11 exemptions so very little tax was taken out. So, they were taking home most of their pay, while American citizens never see 1/3 of their earnings. I think the Social Security Admin. now has the system in place so employers can verify the validity of numbres before hiring someone. A lot of them get the FEIN's; these people know how to get over.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Happy Birthday BluLuv and enjoy your time with your hubby!!!

Name: BluLuv
Comment: DJ, howyadoing? Did you enjoy your NYC visit w/fam? Yeah, on my birthday can you believe that! Im on a emotional rollercoaster right now. So overwhelmed w/excitement, that it's so scary.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: One more thought on 'drama'... this what the true definition is:work intended for performance by actors on a stage... so unless the said drama' is connected to a stage and or play... see ya!!!! My life is real and way too precious!!!

Name: javone77
Comment: Pene/cali: I am with you!!! 2009? drama? oh noooooooooooooooooooo. Not gonna be able to dur it LOL it's not my drama. someone else told me that I was like huh?!?!?

Name: javone77
Comment: cali: LOL I hear you. actually I was shocked to hear it even be heard. smh like pene said...kids? I cna see a little drama. relationship wise? hell no

Name: asize12
Comment: >jav, I've never been one for drama. My mate selection even at the age of 17 was #1, do you have any kids? Cuz I knew then that I wasn't for any 'babymomma drama'.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: **blank stare at Amethyst** I'm getting mad all over again cause if it wasn't for my two little soldiers I know I'd be owing the IRS but at the same time they let these mo fo's get away with this? I hope the SSA has a system in place to verify SSN's. And we wonder why our country is in the state that it's in.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Khufu - I know several people who live by the "At Least I" system to justify what they are doing and make themselves feel better. Instead of striving to live by the principles they SAY they believe in, they compare themselves to others. "At least I don't smoke crack like Johnny." "At least I don't steal like Cathy." "At least I pay my bills, unlike Bruce." "At least all my kids have the same father, Tonya has three baby daddies." This is said while they are purchasing hot clothes, buying food stamps on the 2 for 1 deal, sleeping with a married man/woman, smoking a blunt, hiding the boyfriend's clothes in time for the Section 8 inspection, and caring for their 6 kids (who have the same father/mother). No one is perfect and it takes a real person to recognize his/her shortcomings. Just don't judge other folks because their areas of improvement are different from yours. If you're a Christian, compare yourself to Christ; a Muslim, to Allah; a Buddhist, to Buddha; not to other people. You can always find someone who seems worse off than you to make yourself feel better.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Blu, the visit was good. 8 inches of snow the day I got there and seasonal, cool day with snow gone when I left. I hope you been doing your Tae Bo lessons...lol

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: LOL I used to not want a man with kids but hell at this point, I have a better chance of getting struck by lightening than finding a gainfully employed man with no kids LOL

Name: lilmocc
Comment: SB> I would like some Mexican today. A couple of cheese enchiladas, some rice and black beans. *looking around for the Boss Man* And yes I will have that Margarita to finish it off. *searching purse for mouthwash and gum* CTFU!

Name: asize12
Comment: >ame, very well stated.

Name: asize12
Comment: >jav, I understand that it's hard at our age (mid, late 30s) to find a man w/o children. So if I were single and dating NOW and a man of interest had kids, then I'd need to see how many kids, how many babymommas and if he takes care of his kids.

Name: javone77
Comment: ame: ain't that the truth. there is a lady here at my school who is ALWAYS hyping herself up at someone else's expense. it's so sad.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Yeah, that was well stated Ame...good reading.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: What's wrong with buying food stamps 2 for 1?

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: I wish I had gotten someone before now. it's not easy out here...believe me. but it wasn't my time so here I am. but yeah...baby momma stuff IS VERY mportant! she can't be calling in the middle of the night and telling him he can't see the kids if he don't have dinner with her and crazy bullshit like that LOL

Name: asize12
Comment: *awaiting answer to ylawd's question*

Name: YLawdY
Comment: No drama! IMO if everyone is handling there business like mature adults are supposed to do there should be no drama, unless one is crazy cuckoo, in which case you have to question the judgment of the person that was involved with them. LOL As for babymama drama, you aint had not baby by her, so you should have no drama with her. Baby daddy needs to handle that.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL.. lilmocc' when I first started reading your post I thought you were speakin of a real live mexican.... CTHU@myself...

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Wait I missed the memo that it was wrong to buy food stamps 2 for 1. Shoot my New Years Eve party was mad cheap cause I got all my snacks and pop for a steal by giving this man 20 and spent almost 50 using his card.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: LMAO @ YLawdY AND CaliRed

Name: Shortey71
Comment: **sitting next to Asize waiting for answer**

Name: javone77
Comment: Ylawd: that's true but real bad baby momma drama creeps into every relationship

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *sitting next to Shortey and my twin waiting for answer*

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: **takes seat on couch with Asize and Shortey** I'm looking to buy some stamps RAT NOW!

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Back from lunch....***passes lilmocc: A couple of cheese enchiladas, some rice and black beans and a Margarita w/ a pack of spearmint on the side...DJ: a pork rib sammich w/ a dab some extra BBQ sauce on it so the bread will fall apart and be all mushy when he eats it...and a large Ice Tea...with no ice LOve: a coke and prepared to give her some of this "8" for the smile!!!***

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Uh, excuse me Former...I guess I must have on my invisible jogging suit today. My bad! Carry on...I'll just mosey right over here to the corner while I wait on YLY's answer...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: ...and eat my pork rib sammich! Thanks SB! Good look!

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: *pow right in the kisser--eyeful of FFA fist* That is all

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Former's back....**uh oh maybe I shouldna offered "8" to Love** Former: baby you know I e-love you....lol

Name: Shortey71
Comment: **grabbing ruler** Oh nice............

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hold up, who gettin' this FFA fist in their grill?

Name: Penelope
Comment: Slide over DJ, Shortey and 12...wiggling in on the corner...awaiting the answer as well.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Jav...you missed my point. There should be NO drama or there should be NO relationship. You still got a chance to run at the first sign of BS. If baby daddy is doing what he should be doing, the drama shouldn't be touching you. Either putting baby mama in her place or taking baby so mama is dramaing by her dayum self. Where's letmein for the amen? Oh that's right her and her husband are on a cruise with their kids, baby mama drama free.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: DJ, You are excuse. LOL My bad. I guess we were posting at the same time. I can never overlook you. SB, da hell?

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: SMH@SHORTEY' W/RULER.... u nutt!!! LOL

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Drama enters ONLY (and I do mean only)if you allow it. NOONE has to put up with drama, I repeat NO ONE! It is not a requirement. Here ends the message. Queen Hershey has spoken. Let there be peace among the land.

Name: YLawdY
Comment: What are yall doing with that ruler?

Name: asize12
Comment: Hey...this is a love seat! It ain't enough room for all of us! *moving to recliner...reclines seat back, yep, still waiting on the answer*

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Cali: she would!!! @ comment: SMH@SHORTEY' W/RULER.... u nutt!!! lol Former: my bad babe...its all for you!!! How can I ever convince you to forgive me???

Name: asize12
Comment: ...Amen! *to ylawd's comment* Carry on...

Name: Penelope
Comment: Ylawd...there you go...I don't accept baby mamma drama, but then she knows better. Hubby's ex tried that ish one time with re to picking up the kids....she was supposed to meet him halfway on a 180 mile trip...she came up with some excuse as to why she couldn't meet...it was on a superbowl sunday...hubby was frustrated, but he went ahead and started on the journey to take the kids home. No sooner than the garage door closed, was I punching in ex's phone number. I laid that cow out. No more drama. See, some women will try you. I'm not one for that ish. If you play with a puppy, it will lick you in the face. I don't play that drama stuff, and I don't accept it. But if you open the door for it, then shame on you, because once a woman knows she can do it. She will.

Name: Penelope
Comment: 12, I can stand...I got some badarse shoes on today, so I don't mind standing to show em off. I can tap my toe while I'm waiting. tap tap tap tap tap

Name: javone77
Comment: Ylawd: your point is well taken LOL hershey: you are right. drama only enters when one or more of the poeple included is bringing it. in that case...I will needto be moving on

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Ylawdy, I'll feel in for Letmein. AMEN!

Name: asize12
Comment: *staring at Pen's shoes* KEWT! Do those come in chocolate brown? And make sure you fold your arms as you tap your foot...gives it more of a 'hurry yo as.s up' effect. >jav, SPILL IT! Or have you already spilled it? Well if you've spilled some of it, gon' head & spill the rest!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: SB'... u know us cali' gurls need to know!!! LOL

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: no rest to spill. i heard someone say love makes you out up with a lot of drama and I was like DA HELL?!?!?

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: SB, by using your tongue to draw out the alphabet.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: ***strolling in room, standing next to 12 and tapping foot*** Yeh! Hurry up! What am I asking Pen to hurry up for? Good day, people!

Name: asize12
Comment: Oh, okay...Well hell, somebody spill something! We need some convo up in hurr...Guess I'll start talking about my momma-in-law then. Is anyone here or am I talking to Krickeesha?

Name: Penelope
Comment: 12..THEY DO!!! In distressed chocolate brown leather. Has three this straps with bronze buckles. They are 4-1/2 inches in height. The strap over the toe makes a little peeptoe affect. You can dress them up or make them casual chic girl.

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Former: I can handle that...oh and how bout I do the greek, roman, indian, chinese, and japanese alphabets as well???

Name: beyourself
Comment: *scratching head*

Name: Penelope
Comment: Charli...not me hurry up, somebody else. I'm waiting on the answer regarding foodstamps while I'm profiling my latest shoe find. (Did I say they are a badarse pair of shoes?)

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Shortey, whatchoo doin over there? ***giving Shortey the side eye*** And I ain't seen you since LAST YEAR and I was down the street from your arse! Pffft!

Name: asize12
Comment: >miss, I'm sitting in the recliner now cuz 'bout 50-11 folks sat by me and took over this love seat! LOL But we're waiting on the answer from ame as to why we shouldn't buy food stamps...

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: OH!!! I can tell you about gas station gary

Name: Penelope
Comment: OK...so I'm at home now...have any of y'all ever seen A Haunting? The shoe is scary. OK, so remember we discussed redtube...ok, I was on redtube the other night (long story) and there was this video that had a link to gutter.com. Has anyone ever heard of that? All I can say is OMG. I saw this old lady (I'm talking in her 60s getting hit hard...it was disturbing yet comical.)

Name: asize12
Comment: *lighting up* Okay, who dat iz?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Pen/12, don't start me on shoes! YLawd knows...she followed my odyssey on Facebook over the weekend...I bought a bad arse pair of stilettos at DSW on third markdown. So bad arse that I uploaded a mobile picture to mah Facebook page. Y'all on Facebook? Facebook is fer the grown and sexy! And buy food stamps? How much they sellin em for?

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: MissCharli, did you try the vapor rub on your feet? SB, that will work just fine. Well you're at it, numbers too.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: What?? I was just measuring 8 inches on a ruler. Oh so yall mean to tell me that I'm the only one who was curious about that??? Okay, I can live with that. LOL...and as far as drama goes, I'm with you Pen, I wish a bytch would. What's up MissCharli!!! You read that story up ^ about the shootout on the Bart that Ark posted??? My people, my people!!!

Name: Rahwaykid1
Comment: Hello.

Name: asize12
Comment: Dang, so is facebook really the place to be now? Is anyone still on myspace? PD would be HOT if I joined! Where do I sign up?

Name: Penelope
Comment: What will vick vapor rub do to your feet? Or is this a jokie joke?

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: girl gas station gary is the guy who approached me at the gas station asked me for gas money and then asked for my number LOL

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Former: Ok...i'll count to infinity or atleast until I feel you're CUMpletely finished!!!

Name: javone77
Comment: pene: it's good for your cold.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Former, I was a Vicks Salve/Vapor Rub slathering on the foot fool! Thanks for the tip. Apparently I had the deep cold from heyell, because that thang started coming up from the pits. I think I did the slather treatment for three days...

Name: asize12
Comment: *waving hard* Whattup Rah! Happy New Year!

Name: javone77
Comment: 12: long story short. he found me on myspace. he sent me an email asking to take me to dinner on new year's eve and I declined. by january 2nd he was emailing to tell me that he liked me. that he was constantly looking at my pictures and fantasizing (ICK!) and that he wanted me to dominate him sexually. he also said that he liked looking at my butt and felt like it needed some tongue action *faints*

Name: asize12
Comment: Now THAT'S some JUICE! How you gon' hold back on the juicy part! LOL So you gotchu a stalker on your hands? Do we need to call the authorities for a restraining order?

Name: Penelope
Comment: OK>>>>SCREAMING!!!!! WWWWW TTTTT HHHHH? Javone, hunh? How/When did he see your booty? Charli...what does the vapor rub have to do with your feet? Please feel me in...

Name: javone77
Comment: 12/pene: I have been shocked all weekend. I couldn't tell anybody. I still see those words in my mind and throw up in my mouth. smh

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Sup Charli! Sup Rah! Okay...did we ever get the breakdown to YLY's food stamp question? It's been about 50-11 minutes now...but knowing Ame, she'll come back and provide the answer on our commutes home...

Name: javone77
Comment: pene: I have a pic there where I am partially sideways and he gets his jollies off looking at it. I am closing that picture as soon as I get home.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: J77>> Umm ew who was sayin all this to you? The gas station moocher?

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Pen: we(me and my e-boo Former) filled Miss in on a cold remedy. Putting vapor rub on your feet then putting socks on. If you sleep like this over night it helps get rid of some the cold....well atleast it did for me!!! Jav: i dont necessarily think he's a stalker!!! now granted I wouldnt get at a lady like that, but maybe he is just really persistent!!! you gave him ya number??? i mean if so buddy may think he has a chance...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *wide eyed stare* Sooooo...he said your butt needed some...tongue action? Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot?

Name: Penelope
Comment: OK Jav...as a friend of mine says, don't let us find you in a dumpster, stinking. You gave this person a number?

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Hey DJ! Hey SB! SB is the best little brother a girl could have...Vicks Salve on the feets is the thing to do when youse sik...

Name: Penelope
Comment: OK SoBro...it seems like that would make one's feet feel cold. If that is the case, I couldn't do it...When I sleep alone b/c hubby is traveling, I have to put a heating pad on my feet in the winter because they get so cold, so I can't imagine putting something on that would make them feel cold. But, I very seldom get colds, so hopefully that is not a solution I'll have to use.

Name: Rahwaykid1
Comment: Happy New Year '12! Ok, who's gonna be sittin' by the tv waitin' on Meet The Browns? J77, huh?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: I'm with Pen...especially if you don't know this dude from a can of paint. Don't no sane dude try to get next to you with a line like that. If you have history, maybe you could tolerate it but if not...be afraid. Be very afraid!

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Why thanks MISS...i try i try...lol and Jav: i have heard, im just saying this what i heard now, **looks arounds, lowers voice to a whisper** that which buddy wants to perform on you is said to be surprisingly pleasant...once you get over the disgusting thought of it....

Name: javone77
Comment: sb/pene: unfortunately I did. my a$$ is too %*$!(@ nice and I have a hard time being mean. h0wever, i never answered when he called and he took it upon himself to find me on myspace...that's how he contacted me. smh so he might as well have never even had my number cause we don't talk that way.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: SB, I hear ya talking. Penelope, what SB said about the vapor rub. I put some on my son's feet last night b/c he had a very stopped up nose. Woke up this morning, he wasn't stopped up anymore.

Name: Penelope
Comment: SoBro: *wink* :)

Name: javone77
Comment: goldie: uhm....the thought is but possible. but uhm........not with HIM! EWWWWWWWWWWW

Name: javone77
Comment: he was cool on a friend thing. i told him that was all it was gonna be the day we met right there at the gas station. and he agreed. lying %*$. *faints*

Name: Penelope
Comment: Vicks vapo rub hunh? I don't like the whole menthol thing...it just seems very cold to me. I have my daughter try it. Interesting tip though.

Name: javone77
Comment: even if I am having fantasies....he is not the star. his a$$ ain't even an extra in the damn fantasy. my friend saw his pic and she was like "hell naw. that's a nightmare" LOL

Name: Misscharli
Comment: ***throwing up the church excuse me finger and tipping out*** I be back, y'all. I needs some coffee. Then I can tell you about a crazy %*$ dream I had last night/this morning. Still SMDH...

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Pen: why you winking at me babe???

Name: yelleyw
Comment: J77>> Your first mistake was giving the man your number when you knew you weren't interested in him. I don't give out pity dates, pity kisses, pity f*cks or anything else. There is a way to tell someone you aren't interested without coming off as mean. Sure there are men who may cuss you out but its a risk I'm willing to take cause I will fock you up. LOL j/k

Name: javone77
Comment: yelley: lol you are right. and I regretted it the minute I drove off. I tried to tell myself that friends were good to have. this mutha fu%$^& has turned into glenn close. if that %*$!( come up out of my tub with a damn knife...it's ON!!!!!! LOL

Name: Misscharli
Comment: ***tipping back in for a hot sec*** PREACH ON THE PITY TIP, YELLEY!!! ***throwing up church finger and tipping back out**

Name: javone77
Comment: I NEVER expected him to look me up. I expected him to be like any other normal guy. call a few times...if she never answers....stop calling. naw this nukka is out being inch high private eye and shi#

Name: Penelope
Comment: SoBro> "that which buddy wants to perform on you is said to be surprisingly pleasant" I've heard the same thing...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hold up...you mean there's actually chicks that will f*ck a dude out of pity? Hunh? I done heard it all...

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: ba'jesus... is yall still talkin' bout drama.... smdh... wassup charli!!!!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Aight Jav, so we are all in agreement that it's not a good look...so what's the plan of attack to eradicate this vermin problem?

Name: javone77
Comment: DJ: there are some. I pity this brotha...but uhm. no thanks now if the rock or somebody wanna toss the salad we can talk about it. but uhm....not this brotha who says his occupation is "living testimony" *faints*

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Pen: lol we hang around the same type of people....

Name: Penelope
Comment: DJ...????? I know some who will... y'all want me to regale yall with another story? heh heh heh

Name: Penelope
Comment: SoBro> hence the wink heh heh heh

Name: javone77
Comment: DJ: the vermin is on the block list so I will be getting no more emails from him and that will be all she wrote. I don't answer the my phone on numbers I don't know so he won't be getting me that way either

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *grabbing favorite blankie and heading over to Pen before sitting down indian style* Yes! Yes! Yes! Stor- rie! Stor-rie! Stor-rie!

Name: Penelope
Comment: The same thing you do with any other bug...squash it!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: J77>> Girlll and keep your myspace private! He shouldn't have access to your pics to beat off to. *shudders*

Name: javone77
Comment: yelley: I did that also. I was just too shocked.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Ewwww, damn Yells...we all saw that up top. Enough, already!

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Pen: lmao...gone and drop the story!! OH AND THERE ARE NIGHT WHEN THE BUSITBABIES FALL THROUGH WHEN I WOULDN'T MIND SOME PITY P*SSY LOL where are these ladies at??? lol

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Sorry DJ! :-) *grabbin kiddie chair to sit in* Come on Pen with the story!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: SB, busitbabies? That don't even sound right...wait! What exactly is that before I step up on this soapbox...

Name: Penelope
Comment: OK, once upon a time, my friend DD had this guy clowing her...he was begging to paw at her tig ole bitties, but she kept putting him off. One night, he shows up to her apartment...which was across the street from mine. Welp, she and her kids happen to be at my place, but from where we were sitting I could see there was someone at her door. She couldn't make out who it was, so she opened my door to ask who was at her door. When she realizes it is a person wanting some poonanny, she tells me she'll be right back because she is just gonna get rid of him...but she leaves her kids at my apartment. next post.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: DJ, yall just don't know it's a pity f*ck. LOL

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: LOL DJ: **disclaimer I hate Plies as an artist** but a busitbaby for me is "dang I been on that ole oil(hennessey) and feeling good. Let me call ole girl so she can come thru and we do what it do"....please dont get on the soapbox lol!!!!

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Former: lmao. that must be what it is...well pity f*ck or not SB got his nut!!!!

Name: javone77
Comment: goldie: chill out LOL come on with the story pene :)

Name: amethyst
Comment: I'm busy working today, too. I'm multi-tasking like it's nobody's business. Setting things up to get some ducats rolling in. It's January and folks are starting to think about their taxes. Yippee for me! I've asked God to make me so busy that I'm filing taxes all night until the sun comes up!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: sex and taxes... only here would u get that....LOL

Name: amethyst
Comment: Hey, Javone! I'll be in Dallas next month and I hope to meet you and the other FFA fam while I'm there. I'll get the details to you soon. I stopped doing drama years and years ago, even for family. The best thing I can do is pray for you, but my name is Bennett and I ain't in it!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: While Pen reloads on her keyboard...Plies? That's a Plies term? Aw man, it figures. Old school has lost it's mojo. That ain't nothing but a new term for bootycall...and it don't even sound as good. And >>>>Former, I cram to understand the logic that's just not jumping out at me right this instant. I shudder at the thought...

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *Cali with the commercial plug-in* We now return to our regularly scheduled programming...

Name: Penelope
Comment: So, I'm saying to her, wait, who is this, and she tells me it is a person with whom she works that has been coming on to her, but she doesn't want to give him any play because she ws thinking about reuniting with her estranged husband. So I said do you want me to go with you, are you gonna be ok going to talk to him like that? She says shes fine, just give her a couple of minutes, but look after her kids...(they were with my kids, so it was no big deal). So off she goes. From my apartment, I can see her talking to him outside, and I go on and busy myself...I look outside after a bit and notice that they disappear, but a light is on in her unit, so I assume they are inside. I shrug the shoulders and go about my business, but an hour or so passes. And she's got bad arse kids that are running up and down my stairs. So, my doorbell rings about two hours after we intially saw the guest at her house. (NEXT POST)

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: DJ'... I just get in where I fit in.. just sittin back observing... so ame' can you all states taxes or just GA??

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: oops should have read 'can u do all the states taxes"???

Name: Penelope
Comment: Since DD's badarse kids are running all through my apartment, I tell her oldest to open the door for her mom. Unfortunately, I hear the child say, "Hi daddy"... I make my way to the door and am surprised to see DD's estranged husband. While I'm a little concerned, I'm thinking that he went to DD's apartment and SHE told him that the kids were at my place and he is there to retrieve them. But, he says to his kids, where is your mother? Gulp. The daughter says she went home, to which he says he knocked on the door but no one answered. I processing this because I'm thinking that something may have happened to her. (NEXT POST)

Name: yelleyw
Comment: *munching popcorn* OH SNAP!!

Name: asize12
Comment: >ame, can you answer the qwerschen from wayyyy up thurr? A few of us wanna know why come we shouldn't buy food stamps...*grabbing popcorn & diet sierra mist* Pen, carry on...

Name: bigchassie
Comment: PENELOPE>OOOOOOOHHHH!OKAY....THIS IS GETTING JUICY...CARRY ON!!

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Awwwww sit....I likes Pen's stories. Yells, quit trippin' and pass the popcorn!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YELLY>pass me that popcorn sweetie! dayum! this is gettin good!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: I came back at just the right time!! Woooo!

Name: Penelope
Comment: But, right as we are standing there, I see DD's guest's car door open. But its the back door. He gets out, extends his hands and helps DD out of the back of his vehicle. DD's husband is watching all of this too. I'm like, Oh sh!t there is gonna be some drama, but I don't know what to do because DD told me she didn't like this man, but he had been pawing after her. So, I don't really know what to do except try to get the kids back into my apartment because I wanted to spare them parental drama. But, DD's guest, not knowing who DD's husband was comes from behind her, and grabs her in this kind of loving way. DD's husabnd is like, WTH?! (NEXT POST)

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Hold up, hold up...I gotta put some mood music to get this thing right...

Name: amethyst
Comment: Blu - Happy Burfday and Husband Homecoming!! /javone - Girl, I accepted a long time ago that men over 25 without children were rare artifacts. My concern is how many kids, how many mamas, and what is the relationship between him and the mamas. /The food stamps are intended for the person to whom they are issued, and aren't supposed to be sold. What ticks me off is people receive larger amounts than they need so they profit from selling them, when it was funded from my tax dollars to begin with. My cousin had two small children had so much food stuff was getting freezer burn. Here is something I found on the net.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *cues R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" instrumental on...

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: hole' up.... how they get from the house to tha car....

Name: bigchassie
Comment: PENELOPE>AWW HEYELL NAWW!! *munching popcorn*

Name: amethyst
Comment: This is from Virginia's EBT website. I thought everyone knew it was illegal to buy food stamps/EBT from others. Just like buying bootleg clothes, music, food, etc. can catch you a charge of Accessory After the Fact. Misuse of your Food Stamp benefits is a violation of state and federal laws. DO NOT: Sell, trade or give away your Food Stamp benefits, PIN or Virginia EBT Card. Allow a retailer to buy your food benefits in exchange for cash. Use someone else’s food benefits or Virginia EBT card for your household unless authorized by Department of Social Services to do so. Important: You must not give false information or hide information to get food stamps. You must not trade or sell EBT cards. You must not use food stamp benefits to buy non-food items, such as alcohol, tobacco or paper products. You must not use someone else’s EBT card for your household. If you intentionally break any of these rules you could be barred from the Food Stamp Program for 12 months (1st violation), 24 months (2nd violation), or permanently (3rd violation); subject to $250,000 fine, imprisoned up to 20 years, or both; and suspended for an additional 18 months and further prosecuted under other Federal and State laws.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>YEAH! FO REAL!! *hears r-uh in the background*

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: ame'... everybody knows it .. but hey!!! *shrugs*

Name: YLawdY
Comment: Do we know the meaning of dysfunktional up in here? These convos are all over the place: baby mama drama, food stamps, 8" on the ruler, retarded friends......Hey Big Daddy! Oh yeah, back to the dysfunktional. I think a heavy doze of Xanax is needed. BTW MisCharli bought the fiercest shoes over the weekend. I had to have them, so she made me go online and buy them. *hoping UPS visited my house today* Did I say hi, to Big Daddy? Forwardly and SoHorny get a room! To borrow from Cuzzin', that is all.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: *passin popcorn and pepsi's around* OH SH!T SOMEONE'S BOUT TO GET KNOCKED DA F*CK OUT!

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Ame, she wouldn't had so much food if she would have found me. J/K. I hear what you are saying. Not everyone receives more than what they need (they do go by their income). I know a few people who sell their stamps and need the food BUT they need the money more. Not saying it's right. It's a win win situation for all of us!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL... ylawd' they' still waiting on that group therapy session....LOL

Name: khufu
Comment: why are more poeple willing to readily accept that God is a man and not a woman?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Nooooooooo!!!!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: YELLY>OOH GURL, GIMMIE A PEPSI *pours some sip-sip in it and takes a swig and continues to eat popcorn* OH DAYUM! HIT US WITH SOME MORE PENELOPE! YOU MAKIN MY TIME GO FAST!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Well seeing as I help provide their stamps with my tax dollars I feel I am entitled to gettin some of what they have for free! LOL

Name: khufu
Comment: why did Black folks STILL go deeper in debt for Christmas when money is about to run out?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: PENELOPE>where you at? you got us all waiting gurl! lol! DJ>Pass me some more popcorn and pour some sip into your soda.

Name: khufu
Comment: why do people still put faith in the political system when it proves everyday to be corrupt?

Name: TommyStrong
Comment: YLawdY - I see some things never change up in here! lol

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: LOL @ DJ. I shook my head.

Name: khufu
Comment: why do most Black folks work harder for yt's than for themselves and their own people?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Chass, cool. Here go...and why is it that everytime I get to the best part of the movie the phone rings?

Name: khufu
Comment: why do people deify preachers?

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: And there's that voice on the other end asking you all sorts of questions...

Name: khufu
Comment: why are there so many films neing made about Nazi germany and their oppression of Europan jews but none about Black folks being oppressed by every damn body?

Name: Penelope
Comment: I didn't know what do do...seriously, so I just kind of stood there and watched DD work her magic when she sees her estranged husband standing at my door. DD shrugs the other man off, and continues to walk towards my apartment. Her husband says, What the Hell DD? And she says What? He asks what is she doing, and she says what? She says he's just a friend of mine, and I did him a favor, and he came by to pay me. Well, apparently, her husband saw no problem with this, and her um friend --though he was kind of slow-- got a clue as to what was happening. I'm still standing there like WT...He introduces hisself to the husband as DD's co-worker and said he wanted to pay DD for some work she had done. 'm looking at the three of them like they all are crazy. So, DD tells the guest goodbye, and she asks if her kids can stay a little while longer while her and her husband run back over to her apartment. Relieved to have it all over, I just say ok. So, about an hour goes by, and DD and hubby show back up to my house. Hubby is gonna take the kids for the night. Off they go. I look at DD and ask what happened, where did she go, and what was she doing in his car? She tells me that the guest had been begging the eff her (that what she said) and she was short on money, so when he showed up, she 'gave him some' but cahrged him for it.' I was like Oh I see. But then she said, well, I made a little money, and he wasn't that good, but [her husband] made it up to her. I go hunh? She said that afer doing the guy in the car, she turned around and let her husband hit it!!!!!!! Ewe, I asked if she even washed, and she said it didn't matter, they both used rubbers!!!!! She said she got paid by the one man with cash, and by her husband because he was taking the kids for an overnight trip. She said the moral to her story is that sex sells in one form or another, and when you serve it up out of pity, you always come out ahead. I guess that night, she did. THE END.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Yelley, OK. LOL I use to get them from my ex coworker. She has 3 kids and she got around $300 every month. $50 for a $100 every month. She needed to pay her bills and food stamps weren't going to pay them. Her words. After she got a job making $1.50 more they cut them off.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: DISSILUSIONED>I know thats right! gawd!

Name: khufu
Comment: LOL This is the voice of Gawwwwwd! Not God but GAWWWWD...

Name: khufu
Comment: If both the Biblical Caananites and the Philistims are traceable to Ham, who are the people living there now?

Name: khufu
Comment: Im trippin...yall dont get tired of doin the same damn thing everyday...saying the same thing today you said three weeks ago? or maybe 1 year ago....damn, I hate monotony...

Name: Penelope
Comment: Sorry it took so long to post, but my husband came home, and started a convo with me...then he said what are you typing... um nothing.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: yelleyw, you are I are ><, I was thinking the exact same thing, hell we are entitled to those food stamps!!! Now who got the Bon Bon's and Ju Ju bee's (sp??)

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: DJ, a perfect example of not knowing when the sex is pity. LOL

Name: khufu
Comment: at least change the process, the delivery, if not the content......everything we done done discussed been discussed already....so...........How does one figure that Ashkenazi Jews are Semitic people when they are traceable to Japtheth and not Shem?

Name: bigchassie
Comment: PENELOPE>.......*dead silence*......I'M SPEECHLESS..............

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: *snatching blanket up off floor angrily* You know what Pen? That story just pizzed me something off! That shat ain't even cool, man...Boooo! Boooo!

Name: Penelope
Comment: Chassie...I think it was the fact that she had some tig ole bitties, b/c men fell all over her. She wasn't exceptional looking, but she was not cursed...and this is the friend who loved anal, but refused to give head.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Eww thats nasty! She is lucky cause she shoulda been busted! Good story but I liked the one with the Becky coming to the door better. LOL!

Name: Penelope
Comment: Awe, I'm sorry DJ, but that along with my friend who I drove 40 miles to retrieve her car are both true.

Name: javone77
Comment: pene: ROFL I knew she had sex with her husband too! ROFL

Name: Penelope
Comment: My question...since Khofu is posting random thoughts. Here's mine: Will we ever get enough of Oprah's weight issues? I have my own, but dang...

Name: amethyst
Comment: DJ - So you got jokes "sending messages on the commute home". Your sista been busting it like a Hebrew slave today, dear. /charli - I saw some killa shoes you posted on YLawd's Facebook page. asize, I'm starting to enjoy Facebook because I'm corresponding with people I actually want to be bothered with. /Has anyone actually measured a penis before? /ROFL @ SoBro "CUMpletely finished!!!" /javone - Uh, what made you think a begging man at the gas station was a good candidate for friendship??? He should have had on a t-shirt that said "Drama R Us". He's broke and begging, of course he was gonna call; he's looking for some public as-sistance, and not from the county! /SoBro - Pity Punanny is not the move.

Name: javone77
Comment: ame: hit me up on email! you know I am down to meet up with ya! :)

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Khufu > Shut up for petesake. Let us do us w/o any judgement ok? Sheesh! Pen> you had me hanging/scrolling onto every word! Interesting story. *pushing DJ & BChas over to steal some popcorn* Who gots another story to tell? Well I should be working hard but I'm hardly working. *singing* "Let's Get it Started"

Name: javone77
Comment: ame: hell I don't know. we all make mistakes...but do we learn from them? LOL

Name: BluLuv
Comment: amethyst > thank you for the bday greets.

Name: Penelope
Comment: I heave measured at least three...

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Ame, *raising hand** I've measured a penis before. I thought that negro was lying when he said 11 inches. He need to stamp that on his forehead.

Name: asize12
Comment: >ame, I thought you were gonna tell us something that we DIDN'T know! We all know that, but even tho it's considered 'illegal' most folks consider it a 'hook-up'. I'm not saying it's right, but I have bought stamps from my cousin, a person that gets 'em just because and he doesn't need 'em. But I no longer have to do that now since my momma-in-law gets 'em. *smile*

Name: javone77
Comment: I haven't actually measured any but I did ask a guy why his was so small LOL

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Khufu > that may have come out to harsh. What I should have said is, don't force a convo on us. Your questions and comments are valued, but you force feed us with a vengance and that ain't right. There are days we go deep and there are days where we just want it lite & simple. OK, my Mandingo Brother!

Name: yelleyw
Comment: I've measured em too. And I know all the guys whipped em out to be measured when we were teenagers.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: I've measured a few without a ruler.....BluLuv I gave you a birthday shout out too...

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Shorty > and I thanked you earlier - scroll up plz, but let me thank you again!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: ***stomping back in room because laptop decided to have a mind of it's own...I spanked that azz and it's working now*** Ame > Them shoes is the bizness, huh? Did you know Facebook has a fan page for V. Sattui Winery? You KNOW I joined! Gamay Rouge all day, every day...

Name: bigchassie
Comment: PENELOPE.....I'M...I'M JUST LOST FOR WORDS ON THAT ONE. AWW MAN! *smh and sit in corner*

Name: javone77
Comment: DJ: i laughed so hard at your comment about the tongue action ROFL Lawd..... too funny LOL

Name: Penelope
Comment: Formerly>>>I meassurerd three...one was 11.5 when erect. One was about 7, and then there was one that was more wide than long. When he was relaxed, it looked like a door bell...it just was about an inch from his body, but when erect, it was double thick. I would not have believed it had I not saw it. But, he had small feet for a person of his height...so maybe the theory is factual.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: MISCHARLI>oh i just love going to a winery! so much fun! i went to Chateau Elan and just fell in love.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Dayum! A sista step out for a few meetings and the convo is jumping. speaking of Meet the Browns, WHY does Tyler Perry ALWAYS have to have his name before all of his titles. EVERYTHING is Tyler Perry's House of Payne; Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Tyler Perry's Diary of Mad Black Woman.

Name: Penelope
Comment: HAPPY BIRFDAY BLU!!!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: YLawd, I did NOT make you buy them shoes. They made you buy them by they dam selves, just like they did me. They was calling me, gurl. Real low and slow like a fine man. "Charli...over here, baby..." LOL

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Yelley> that is the truth with the pity thing. Why bother with it. Its a waste of time. MCharli> LMBAO @ you tipping in and out using the church finger!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Chassie, you know...it's all about a good winery visit. In the day, the Paul Masson Winery used to have concerts. I would see the great song stylist, Miss Nancy Wilson and have me some great sip and hors derves! HA!

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Shorty > my bad. I just scrolled up myself and couldn't find my post. Peeze 4give me!! Thank you so very much! Pen> Thank you. Bday is tomorrow (same day hubby comes home).

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: INAUGURATION INFO ---------- just wanted to share some tidbits with the folks who are coming to DC for the inauguration....last week that started putting up the bleachers and what seems to be the little hut that Obama will be standing under when taking the oath. I work a stones throw away from the location and even though I'm sooooooooo excited about Obama I am not coming to DC. The only decent mode of transportation is the metro and on foot. I suggest you travel lite that day and make sure you have i.d on you. There will be several checkpoints around the area beginning with 12th street. The closer you get to the event you will be checked. All briges leading to Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed that day. I would love to meet the F4A folks who are coming but like I said I won't be in DC that day. If you are around on the 21st I would love to meet you. As I get info I will share. Any questions???? You can email me imfayvored at comcast.net

Name: amethyst
Comment: Pen - That was another good story. I was looking for some Coke Zero so I could share asize's popcorn. Didn't the husband get suspicious with them getting out of the BACK of the car? Wow, there are some interesting folks in the world. Her pity party worked out that time, but sometimes the pity recipients won't go away. They become stalkers and bugaboos.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: LilMocc, you know about that church finger. Duck your head slightly, tip that finger up and tip out. What gets me is that you attract more attention that way. Just walk out as silently as ya can, whydontya? LOL

Name: Penelope
Comment: Awe Blu, so you gonna have a really good birthday hunh?

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: s/b "they started"

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: speakin of TP'.. why is his play 'marriage counselor' coming to Sac' the the 15th of this month and the durn tickets are not on sale yet.... huh????

Name: javone77
Comment: miss: I have never been to one. I am hoping I can visit when I come to cali. Something texas wine ain't all that good...if we even have some LOL I saw a special on napa. have you been?

Name: asize12
Comment: *blank stare at khufu* Dude, don't start! You've been on err'body's good side lately. Why don't you re-read bluluv's posts...both of 'em.

Name: Penelope
Comment: Ame...these are true stories...I kid you not...

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: crazee.. I just need a phone call when brotha president steps to platform!!! LOL

Name: Penelope
Comment: Imma go take a nap...talk to y'all tomorrow.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: uh... charli'....smdh @ U....

Name: asize12
Comment: >pen, the moral to that story should be you can still get an std using condoms...CRABS! That's just triflin'...

Name: Shortey71
Comment: not a doorbell **falling outta chair**

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Javone > Texas wine sux. Sorry, but it's the truth. Whether you go to a California winery in Northern or Southern Cali, all of the wines are good. There are also several Black owned wineries in the state. Check 'em out. Cali > Leemelone. You'll really be SMDH once I tell y'all about this dayum dream I had...

Name: javone77
Comment: miss: I believe it sucks LOL we have pretty good steak though LOL I will be going to LA so I will look for a winery around there.

Name: Disillusioned_Jones
Comment: Good Mercy! I stepped out for a hot second and see that y'all are off the chains! LOL! Aight, party people...I gotta bounce. I'm out like Oscar De La Renta neckties...P-E-A-C-E!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Jav, you'll need to drive. And a good bit - up to the Santa Barbara area. BUT, even if you don't hit a winery, do research on the internet and you can find great wines to order at restaurants. And, you'll know what to buy when you go to the store sos you can keep yer likker cabinet stocked. Spoken by a closet lush...

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: charli u got mail...

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: BLUPlate Special...You are about to get the best service *clears throat* on your birthday! Happy Birthday Sis. Blessings to you and Mr BluPlate!! *singing* When My Baby Comes Home (by Luther Vandross) WORD!

Name: javone77
Comment: RANDOM: I work with some of the shitti#SET people. they blow the bathroom up in the evening after school...and they blow it up at 8 am! damn! you JUST got to work. if you had to number #2 at 8...you had to do it at 7. wow!!!!!!!!! that's all.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: I measured one that was 4 inches and he was a grown azz man. No wonder...oh never mind. Penelope, that theory has been thrown, shoved, run over long time ago. Big feet does not = big penis. Lilmocc, in the issue of Essence with Tyler on the cover, he said the reason he did that was b/c everyone would know it's a film/show by him. And he will continue to do that.

Name: ceegirl
Comment: Dang ! Looks like I picked the wrong day to log in all late and wotnot.

Name: amethyst
Comment: Y'all have me laughing about the food stamps. asize - It's not "considered" illegal, it IS illegal. I remember reading a newspaper article when I was a teenager that referenced a "drink house". I told Note, "They're talking about a liquor house. I didn't know they were illegal." There are some practices in our community that are common, because although they are illegal people rarely get in trouble for it. I still say the media wouldn't have made such a big deal about dogfighting if Michael Vick wasn't the culprit.

Name: yelleyw
Comment: Happy Birthday Blu! *playin Get yo freak on*

Name: javone77
Comment: miss: got ya. Thanks for the info! :)

Name: Shortey71
Comment: 4 inches??? **passes out**

Name: asize12
Comment: >ame, yeah, I know it's illegal. I wasn't saying 'considered' to try to down play it. Oh well, guess I'm a criminal...*this one's for you* At least I don't burn songs for free! LOL

Name: amethyst
Comment: CrazzeeGyrl - I think our DC gathering should be during the weekend, it will be too crowded on Monday or Tuesday. Once we see where everyone is staying we can decide the best area to meet. We don't have to meet in DC. /I guess men don't mind being measured, maybe they're proud to display the jewels. javone - You asked him why he was small? OMG, what did he say? /charli - Whenever I get back to the Bay Area (to hang out with my FFA fam, of course) I'll be hitting V. Suttui again. /chassie - Chateau Elan is nice. /lilmocc - I guess Tyler is like Oprah. She's on the cover of all of the "O" magazines. They don't want anyone to forget them. /There is a girl at church who cannot sing, and they let her do solos too often for my taste. We have plenty of folks who can blow, why she's selected is beyond me. On Sunday I was tempted to put up the one finger and escape.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali > Mail acknowledged. Response en route

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Ok CharlisAngel...what's the deal. I ain't be gotten no kinds of shoes on my fbook page from you. I don't appreciates that, for real yo'! Yeah i said it..."i ain't be gotten no" LOL

Name: asize12
Comment: >Blu, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!!! *dancing to Get Yo Freak On*

Name: Misscharli
Comment: I had a boyfriend who had the largest man marbles I've ever seen in life. I still have the wide eyed stare even when I think about that shat...so, even measuring his hot link was good, but secondary. SMDH

Name: lilmocc
Comment: FKAA> re: TP - hmmm interesting. thanks for the info. But we already know its his show/film b/c the credits say so...... I thought perhaps he was trying to be different. I kept hearing the commercial for Meet the Browns on the radio during my lunch break and they kept saying "Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns" is on tonight after "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" MAke sure you watch Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns tonight on TBS. I guess I noticed the repetitiveness and it kind of stuck with me.....

Name: BluLuv
Comment: HKiss > You are truly special! Thanks so much for your good vibes and wishes!! Yellyw > Imma have that song playing in my head as I get dress or undress tomorrow!! LOL

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Ame, yep I know the bootleg beer man too. LOL Liquor is not sold on Sundays in AR and stop selling at midnight every night. I thought it was odd when I was in STL and saw they sold alcohol 24/7. Even on Sundays.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: man marbles"..............passes out

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Smooches to you Sustah 12!!

Name: javone77
Comment: ame: he said it was just the right size. I found out later that it might as well have been invisible. I didn't feel a thing...unless it was just me.

Name: asize12
Comment: >akg, they didn't use to sell alcohol on Sundays in the 80s. I guess maybe the alky's protested...

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, in actuality, they really couldn't be described as marbles. Each single one was about the size of a small tangerine. No shat. Imagine that grouped together. I was like dam, dam, dam!

Name: bigchassie
Comment: AMETHYST>ummhum. it is. the wines there are delishious and i saw these really pretty wine glasses.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: Ame/FKAA> They call that a "shothouse" out here in VA. It was common practice to have them in Black neighborhoods back in the day especially during segregation. Black Folks could go to someones house or store and there is a party, card playing, etc. going on inside or in the hidden back room in the back of the store....... Its a trip how Black folk made a way for ourselves for a long time during segregation and were somewhat successful with our own businesses, then once integration hit, those independently owned businesses floundered......

Name: asize12
Comment: >miss...but the extra large man marbles don't do jack! I wouldn't have been impressed with that...freaked out maybe by how gross it looks, but not impressed...

Name: lilmocc
Comment: speaking of "man marbles" LOL - my friend once dated a yte dude and she said he had the biggest pinkest man marbles she had ever seen and it freaked her out LOL .....

Name: amethyst
Comment: Cali - They're saying cell phones may not work because of the huge volume of people/phones concentrated in one area. I'll try to call you, though. Hopefully texts will work. /asize - LOL at "criminal". /charli - Did the mega man marbles cause any problems during the act? /ark - In GA you can't buy alcohol after 11:45pm, and not at all on Sundays. This one liquor house had the best fish dinners on Friday. Note would go get us a plate. I reminded her about that recently.

Name: bigchassie
Comment: night yall. the last few minutes has been quite interesting, i must say. lol!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: 12, I will only say this...the XXXL man marbles were DEFINITELY a storage house because, er, how do I say this delicately...I could literally feel that geyser blow through the latex. No shiggidy.

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: WHAT THE HELEN KELLER? CHARLI CHARLI CHARLI...dost I offend? *waving* Don't play and and make me throw you to the lions with NYE. *side eye*

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Man marbles....whew yall are too much!!! HOWEVER if you rotate them in the right rotation, it'll make a man say Pop Goes the Weasel cause the Weasel said Pop!!!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Ame, no problems during the act as they were fairly stationary. They were an erogneous zone for him - he wanted his "rocks" grabbed (SMDH), so, if I did that, the shat was on like Donkey Kong...egad, the memories...

Name: asize12
Comment: Okay kids, time to go! I hope err'body has a great night. Let's do this again tomorrow, shall we? Peace, Love & Nappiness! *smooches*

Name: amethyst
Comment: lilmocc - My grandfather was an alcoholic and there were certain liquor houses that served as his second home. When we drove up Patterson Ave. as kids we would say "There's Granddaddy's house." LOL How 'bout he had me drop him off at one on the way home from church. So sad, so sad.

Name: amethyst
Comment: charli/shortey - I'll add marble rotation to my FFA sex manual. Man, I get so much edumacation from this board! Whenever I get married I should have a very happy husband, thanks to y'all.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Shortey, spoken like a true Aquarius...

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Shortey, girl get up! Yes 4 inches. Then he wanted me to play with it. I got sick to my stomach. I swear it's the size of my middle finger. Wasn't no need in telling him it's little b/c it's been with him his whole life. That's why he said he's oral game is on point. He licks from the rotta to the totta if you get my drift. Lilmocc, that's the point to get it to stick in your head. And aren't the credits shown after the movie/show?

Name: BluLuv
Comment: Aiight folks, I need to get some work done so I'm not hear @8pm. *stepping on soapbox* To all my F4A fam - Thank you for holding me down throughout this year while hubby was away. It was your kind words and thoughtful prayers that help me keep it together. I am deeply gratful and feel so bless to have such a warm caring family. *steps off soapbox* Special luv to 12, BChass, HKiss, Cali, Yelly, Lovely, Pen, Ame, Note, DJ, YLY, LawHv, Formerly, Shorty!

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: LOL @ Shortey.

Name: HersheysKiss
Comment: Yes...a true aquarian. *Still awaiting part 2.

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Bye Bluluv and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Ame - a very happy and TIRED husband. LOL!

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: aight' BluLuv... much love to ya' and I mean that in every way!!!! Have a great birthday!!!! *lookin at middle finger* hush up Ark!!!!

Name: amethyst
Comment: ark - I know someone who said that he knows he's not well endowed, but he works his tongue good. Uh, I'll pass.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Oh! Lemme tell y'all about this dam dream I had early this morning. Was being chased down the street in East Oakland (NOT a good thing). Had on my running clothes and shoes and everything. Was being chased by the Michelin Man. Apparently I was too fast for him, so he said "Ima call my cousin and we gone do this!" Who in the heyell shows up but the Sta Puf Marshmallow Man? I was like "What the eff?" And I am literally running for my life down 69th Avernue (again, NOT the place you want to be unless you're in a car doing at least 35, breaking the speed limit) being chased by these two 25/20 cartoon characters. There is nobody on the dam streets but me...I am running like a mug. And then, I get mad. I turned to they azzes, yelled out "Almighty Isis!" (remember the Saturday morning show) and they azzes ended up tripping over a crack house and I fled to safety. Still SMDH over that shat. No, I did not eat before bed. No, I did not drink. But, I am on additional migraine meds because my head been acting up. The doctor did say that I would have vivid dreams. I gotta tell his azz that he was right...SMDH

Name: amethyst
Comment: CrazzeeGyrl - I'll do what I can to successfully fulfill my wifely duties! /cali - I looked at my middle finger too.

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: MC - now that's my crazy-retarded-funny stuff. LMBO!!!!!

Name: formerlyknownasarkansasgirl
Comment: Cali, I swear fo God. The middle finger! Oral skills are out of this world but I need the stick too. And 4 inches will not cut it. Ame, I'll pass too.

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Have fun BluLuv. LOL @ Ark, remember that from the Nutty Professor? Hersh, Part II is coming up. Should the topic be on rotation???

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: stop it C'..... just stop it... not the 69'!!!! CTHU

Name: Misscharli
Comment: CG, I am still like, how in the shiznit could I line up a dream like that without meds? I sat up with my mouth wide open. All > No dude better step to me with a peen the size of a guppy. 4 inches my arse. Cali...vienna sausage...nuff said.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, I was running down the 69 like my arse and hair was on fire. You know this...seemed that in my dream I knew that all my contacts that could grant me safe passage back in the day done raised up and gone.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: lol... C' IMA GET U... ROFL@VIENNA' I was gone' drop his azz!!! LOL

Name: CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: Ame - a love offering that he can't get in sunday service. lol!

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, I think he got the message. Haven't heard from him again since Saturday. Advice for the ladies....if you just feel that you have to give a dude some form of contact information for you (he has a gun, knife or vienna sausage pointed at you), then give him a phone number with no voicemail and an e-mail address that you don't reply to.

Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL.. stop it C" not the 'vienna snausage' pointed at you... I just think u were in shock....lol

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Cali, exactly. I mean, heyell, as soon as I had rebuffed one advance, he changed up and went another way. I was like DAM! That little Afri man was about to get hurt on that dance floor...why you think I came and got you?

Name: lilmocc
Comment: FKAA> That is JMO on the TP thing. Credits are typically shown before and after the movie/show - at least a few like the director so we know its his azz.....That commercial has been on a million times today and it has annoyed the heyell out of me.

Name: Misscharli
Comment: Alright, beloveds, I am off to the dam Kaiser pharmacy...again...sigh....love y'all...have a good night! Cali, I hit you tonight on FB! Shortey, SET UP A FB PAGE!!! LOL

Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Lil: i understand ya'll on the TP thing...it does seems silly(to me as well) but I understand why...it's all about product/name placement. It generates name recognition and creates the types of conversations we're having today. Which some of us might even have with someone else...just a irritating form of publicity/advertisement!!!!

Name: lilmocc
Comment: SB> yeah, I understand why, but in regular convo most folks say "house of payne" or "meet the browns" as opposed to the long form so I guess hearing them say it over and over again on the commercial led me to those thoughts I shared with you guys today.

Name: lilmocc
Comment: SB/FKAA/Ame & anyone else who may be still here - I am blowing this joint and heading to the gym. Have a wonderful evening!!

Name: Shortey71
Comment: Peace out Charli.

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