Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Dating and Relationships 730...12 RADIO SHOW


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TOPIC - Dating & Relationships 730 

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Likes and Dislikes





I stole borrowed this idea from the homie, Minus the Bars. Thanks, Don. LOL


LIKES

long, hot showers

ole skool hip hop

football on my tv screen on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Grandma's Mini Vanilla Creme cookies




talking on the phone

cooking on the grill

the new Foreign Exchange album

poetry & photography

the new Range Rover

iOS 7

New York City




DISLIKES

corporate politics

fake people

chocolate chip cookies, chocolate candy, chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake...

DMX on crack

people who have to "log in" to an account to be somebody

rain on the weekends

the "reply all" feature on text messages. Don't text me if I don't know you

gun violence

sorry ass parents (you know who you are...and if you don't I'll tell you that you're sorry)

reality tv

Friday, October 18, 2013

off tha dome





random thoughts...

was the government really shut down for 2 weeks or was that just a bad dream?

it's getting cooler. fall is here and i love it

i love the weekends because i can overdose on football

the sad part about the government shutdown is that the tea party crew who led the charge will probably get re-elected in 2016

i don't watch it...but is it just me...or has Atlanta become the home of reality ratchet tv

rumors are that Adidas may give Andrew Wiggins a 10 yr, 180M contract after he leaves college despite the fact that he hasn't played ONE minute in the NBA. if you give a kid that kinda money, he may lose the motivation to get better

i wish bank of america would have given me 500k after i graduated from South Carolina State University. i would have just showed up at work just to get the check. forget getting better at my job

Christmas is right around the corner

for somebody who doesn't like to be surprised...i've come to realize that i like surprises.

"I ain't no joke...I used to let the mic smoke..."

Me & Kameron...only two more weeks before our playoffs start. Can't wait!




there is NO WAY IN HELL that republicans will call the health bill Obamacare 3 yrs from now

not a fan of Beyonce...but when Love On Top comes on...

i can't and won't pass judgement on Adrian Peterson for playing in an NFL game just two days after losing his 2 yr old son who was tragically murdered.

bucket list item...learn to play the piano

i tried the new fries at Burger King the other day. not bad at all. but i don't know why they charge an extra 40 cents for them

nothing better than the smell of a tailgate for a football game.

two weeks ago, South Carolina State beat one of our rivals, North Carolina A&T here in the Atlanta Classic. Let me tell you about the weekend...

well...I won't. just know that it was off the chain and i partied like i was a kid. i felt like i was 19 again. i saw old friends and teammates who came in town for the game. by Monday morning, my body reminded me that i'm 40 yrs old.

i've never been to San Francisco but i'd like to go..




i laugh when people say they don't understand the tv show Scandal after watching ONE episode. i wouldn't understand it either. you have to start from the beginning, dummy.

planning a trip to Los Angeles. you wanna come??

the NBA season is right around the corner

if you aren't checking out the 12 RADIO SHOW every Wednesday night, then you are missing out. *shameless self plug*

i'm also hosting a new show. it's called Dead End Sports. Every Tuesday night. Tune in. And check out the website *another shameless self plug*

you can just call the EBT awards...the RAP Cyphers

ladies...you can't have pictures on social media showing off your body and expect a man to take you serious

fellas...get in the habit of thinking beyond today.

i love living in Atlanta. but if i ever move, it'll be to New York with a view like this



Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Best R&B and Hip Hop Songs from the 90s...12 RADIO SHOW





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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Sex 700...12 RADIO SHOW




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Friday, October 4, 2013

the black quarterback...


I remember the era of football when black quarterbacks were referred to as "black quarterbacks". Thankfully, we've moved past that era. But this new wave of quarterbacks will face many challenges...

Here is a pretty interesting read from William (Bill) Rhoden of the New York Times.

NFL protects the pocket as black quarterbacks transcend it

William Rhoden

New York Times

A reporter called recently and said he wanted to talk about a golden era of the black quarterback. A record nine African-Americans started at quarterback in Week 1 of the N.F.L. season, signaling to some that this was the beginning of a dynamic new day in the N.F.L.

But calling attention to “golden eras” for blacks in sports has had mixed results. There once was a golden era of black jockeys, which ended at the turn of the 20th century when they were squeezed out of racing. The golden era of blacks in organized baseball ended in the late 19th century, with blacks banished until 1947. And a similar gentlemen’s agreement froze blacks out of professional football from the early 1930s until 1946.

Indeed, shortly after Jason McIntyre’s article appeared on the Web site thebiglead.com, the ranks of black starting quarterbacks in the N.F.L. shrank by one. On Wednesday, Tampa Bay Coach Greg Schiano announced that Josh Freeman, the Buccaneers’ first-round pick in 2009 and their starter since that season, would be replaced on Sunday by the rookie Mike Glennon, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound pocket passer.

The former N.F.L. coach Tony Dungy said the move would have created an outcry a decade ago.

“Is this racially motivated?” said Dungy, now an analyst for NBC. “If he were white, would they be sticking with him longer? Would they have gotten more weapons around him?”

Dungy once coached the Buccaneers and later led the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory. He said what happened to Freeman was less about race and more about politics.

“I think the Freeman case is really just a case of Football 101,” Dungy said. “New coach comes in, he didn’t draft Freeman, he doesn’t like some things about him; maybe he isn’t his guy and he prefers to start out with his guy.”

Schiano tried to recruit Glennon to Rutgers when he coached there, drafted him for Tampa Bay and is choosing to sink or swim with him. But Tampa Bay lost to the Arizona Cardinals, 13-10, on Sunday to fall to 0-4.

Dungy said he believed that racism had significantly disappeared from quarterback selection in the N.F.L., largely because coaches are desperate to win. The larger issue is how, for all of the talk about golden ages, the pro football establishment has resisted a revolutionary style of play emerging from the quarterback position.

“It’s not as much a black-white issue as it is an unwillingness to trust in quarterbacks who don’t conform to the traditional idea of what a quarterback is,” Dungy said. “If you are not 6-5, 230, you better have something really fantastic and special that people can hang their hat on. Because they don’t want to go out on a limb with what’s not prototypical.”

Defenders continue to become larger and more lethal, capable of delivering violence from any point on a field. The statuelike pocket passer is becoming an endangered species. The logical antidote would be a quarterback who could run as well as pass, putting defenses back on their heels. Instead, the N.F.L. has put in rules to protect quarterbacks in the pocket while allowing defenders to annihilate those who dare to venture out of it.

This is what the current crop of black quarterbacks — Michael Vick, Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Geno Smith, Terrelle Pryor, E J Manuel and Freeman — is up against in the so-called golden age. The wide-open, freewheeling play associated with many black quarterbacks — and adopted by white players like Tim Tebow — is largely shunned by the football establishment.

Everyone is for the versatile quarterback in theory. But at the moment of truth, franchises routinely retreat into the pocket.

“I think we have gotten over the black-white issue,” Dungy said. “I think that most owners, general managers, even fans are past that. But it is still the perception of what the quarterback is, and what everybody’s looking for and what wins in the National Football League.

“You have to fight that, whether you’re Robert Griffin or Johnny Manziel, that is still going to be there. That’s what we have to overcome.”

I was pulling for Tebow. If a white, athletic quarterback became wildly successful, a mold would be created. Instead, Tebow was treated the way black quarterbacks used to be treated, and he is out of the league, three years after entering it.

“Johnny Manziel is the next hope,” Dungy said, referring to Texas A&M’s Heisman Trophy winner. “Manziel is going to be the test case, no question about it.”

The greatest and most persistent obstacle to acceptance is the news media’s reluctance to expand its vocabulary of praise to include this new generation of African-American quarterbacks.

“It’s hard for the general American media to portray that and hard for people to accept it,” Dungy said. “You look at Russell Wilson, and why is he successful and why is he better than everybody thought? It’s because he’s sharp, he’s on top of things, he’s a leader. Pete Carroll said he took over from Day 1. But nobody wants to say that, nobody will tell you how smart and how great a leader this kid is.”

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and even Philip Rivers are routinely referred to as brilliant strategists, coordinators on the field — geniuses. Andrew Luck, the Colts’ second-year quarterback, is already being referred to as a great field general in the Manning mode. Wilson and R. G. III, for example, are largely described in relationship to their amazing physical skills: strong arms, speed, quickness and versatility.

“It’s just not seen that way,” Dungy said. “Part of Robert Griffin’s brilliance is his leadership and guys following him. And he is smart, but we can only look at the fact that he runs a 4.3 and has a strong arm.”

Dungy played quarterback at Minnesota but switched to defensive back in the N.F.L., where he played for Pittsburgh and San Francisco. He was heartened when the Washington Redskins drafted Griffin.

“Maybe we are ready to look at guys who win and lead, who are exceptional and exciting and put points on the board,” Dungy said. “That still is the bottom line.”

I wonder. Or is the new bottom line creating stars with whom the majority of fans can identify? Is that partly why Schiano made the switch for Week 4? Or is it a combination of the two? From Randall Cunningham to Donovan McNabb to Vick, versatile, highly athletic quarterbacks have had marvelous success in the N.F.L.

“We’ve had that, but I think in people’s minds, ‘O.K., it’s an aberration,’ ” Dungy said. “They say: ‘O.K., you can be successful, you can make some highlight plays and go to Pro Bowls. But you can’t win a championship.’ I think it will take winning a championship to legitimize this style in a lot of people’s minds.”

Until then, the so-called golden age will remain fragile.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

english 101



Thanks Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Townsend

Both women taught me English when I was in 4th grade and 9th grade, respectively

Mrs. Harris was my all time favorite teacher. 

These two women came to mind as I thought about what to write on this blog. They both had a huge impact on my education. I'm not sure if they knew it or not. Mrs. Townsend would often say..."English is a beautiful but extremely complex language. Don't mess it up." Those words always stuck with me. 

I was reviewing Brandon's homework a few days ago and I was looking at some words that he was using in his sentences. He was using the words...THEIR and THERE ; YOUR and YOU'RE. Surprisingly, he was using them correctly. He's in the first grade. I was baffled at how he knows which words to use at the age of 6 when there are people much older than him who can't do the same thing.

There is not a day that goes by when I get on Facebook or Twitter and see people using words incorrectly. These 4 words are often misused. It's understandable when people are using slang. I get it. More often than not, this isn't the case. Sometimes I read Facebook posts and I wonder aloud if some of these people even WENT to an English class. I'm not saying that you should proof read your posts or tweets. Can a word be misspelled from time to time? Sure! I'm sure I've misspelled more than a few words on this blog because I normally write late at night before I go to bed. But when it's clear that you don't know the difference between THEIR and THERE...then that's a problem. 

I remember Mrs. Harris used to always fuss at us about writing our names in cursive. I hated to write in cursive then and I still do now. But she explained to us that it was important to write your name neatly because it was your signature. She said you'd be using your signature for the rest of your life. If we turned in a paper and our signature was sloppy, then she'd make us write it over again. Little did we know then that she was teaching us to have pride in our names. I don't even know if schools teach kids how to write in cursive anymore. My cursive writing was terrible back then and is still terrible to this day. But my signature isn't. I remember asking her if I could put a star above the "I" in my last name instead of a dot. She asked me why did I want to do that. I told her that I wanted it to look different from any other signature. She said it was fine and I've been doing it since that day. It's funny how these things stick with you.




Sometimes I get frustrated when I read my sons' writings. None of them write like me. They all write well for their age. But not like me. Then, I remind myself that they aren't me. They don't have Mrs. Harris nor Mrs. Townsend. I try my best to show them what I learned. Being able to write well starts with being able to speak well. You have to know which words to use. You also have to read extensively and retain what you read. I've always done that. I'm not saying that you can't use slang because I use it every day. But if that's all that you know then that's all that you'll use. No matter the profession that you are in, it will involve writing and you have to be able to effectively communicate what you want people to know. When you write something...much like with this blog...you are taking people on a journey. It's your job as a writer to get them from the beginning to the end their destination. 

Mrs. Townsend was correct. English is beautiful and complex. Learn it. Master it. Don't mess it up. 

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Blended Families...12 RADIO SHOW


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