2017 Year in Review (pictures)

The Year in review (in pictures)

January

We brought in the new year in my hometown...Florence, SC to spend some time with my parents and then stopped to see my brother, Damon.

Me, Deion, and Kameron went to the Georgia Dome and got a chance to see the Falcons beat the Seahawks on their way to the Super Bowl

February

My uncle, Harry Carson, was recognized at the Super Bowl. This was a very proud moment for me and my family.

Skyler and I hit the Daughter/Father dance

My grandma, Opal, passed away in January. While I was sad to see her leave us, she was here for 95 years. We'd all be pretty lucky if we are around that long. One of the beautiful things about her leaving us was getting a chance to see my family...some of whom I had not seen since I was a kid. And some who I had only heard about. It was a truly a blessing.

March

Sherice got a year older...lol

Deion hit the prom with his girlfriend

April

Deion's cotillion was dope

Brandon, Skyler and Kameron enjoyed visiting my mom

Time flies...

May

Deion graduated from high school and made us extremely proud

June

I found some of my old videotapes and found one with Deion (age 4) and Kameron (almost 1). Seeing these tapes brought a smile to my face and great memories. I think somebody snuck some onions in the room at some point...

I found this picture of both my grandmothers. My maternal grandmother, Gladys (left), and my paternal grandmother, Opal (right). This is the only picture that I have of them together. Gladys passed away when I was 6. These were two of the sweetest women in the world. I hope I've made them proud. And yes...the lil guy in the picture is me.

July

The family vacation in Hilton Head

By the end of July, this little dude was off to college. Where did the time go? One minute he was on my shoulders...the next minute he's in college. I couldn't have been prouder.

August

The duo celebrated their birthdays on consecutive days. Kameron turned 15 on August 8th and Deion turned 18 on August 9th

Me at the Braves game with my office. It had to be 150,000 degrees that day.

September

Me, Brandon, and Kameron toured The Benz, the new billion dollar stadium for the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United

Sherice and I celebrated 17 years of marriage

Princess Skyler turned 6

October

We got a chance to see Deion and his band play several times. That was a thrill for all of us

November

The kid was home from college for a week for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed having him here...even though we didn't see him that much. lol

Thanksgiving lunch with Skyler

December

We had 3 inches of snow on December 9th. I don't think I've ever seen it snow in December in the 20 years that I've been living in Atlanta

More importantly...on December 9th...this guy turned 45

Brandon turned 11 on December 10th and became the coolest 11 year old on the planet.

2017 was a great year. There were ups and downs. Ultimately, it was a great year for us all because we all got to see it. May 2018 be a year filled with blessings and prosperity for you and yours

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off tha dome (hip hop edition)

off tha dome (random thoughts...the hip hop edition)

lyrics matter...always have...always will

PSA...never argue with people online about hip hop. save your breath

I've noticed how almost everybody refers to albums as "projects" instead of "albums". that sounds weird to me. maybe it's semantics...but an album ain't a project. projects...much like that science project that you did in the 8th grade..is something that you focus on for a brief period of time, then you move on. albums should stay with you for a long time. but hey...maybe that's just me

i hope Kendrick Lamar wins a lot of grammys but i won't be watching

it's been 30 years since Scott La Rock was murdered and i just found out 2 weeks ago that he was shot and killed by bullets that were meant for D-Nice. i never knew that

much to my surprise...i listened to 17 new hip hop albums this year. i think there was some good music released this year

if you are telling me about why a rapper or a song is good and the FIRST thing that mention is the beat...i'll tune you out

my favorite albums from 2017...

1) Lailah's Wisdom - Rapsody

2) DAMN - Kendrick Lamar

3) 4eva is a Mighty Long Time - Big Krit

4) Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples

5) All Amerikkkan Bada$$ - Joey Bada$$

we were trained to listen to the lyrics. if you listened to your favorite song with no music...how would you enjoy it?

i know who the Migos are. i've heard one song from them...and that's enough for me

thank you, Black Thought

i'm disappointed in Russell Simmons. do i believe his accusers? honestly, yes

i love Tupac buuuuuuut...how is he in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame before LL or Rakim?

i don't think we'll ever get a solo album from Andre 3000 or Black Thought

can Cardi B actually rap?

my favorite DJ...Jazzy Jeff...hands down

i hear that Pete Rock and DJ Premier will help produce the next De La Soul album. that would be dope

have you ever noticed how many times Donald Chump has been referenced in old hip hop songs?

for the record...for the 1st time ever...i didn't like De La Soul's last album

y'all loved Jay Z's 4:44 ; i liked it. that's it

Wu Tang is for the children

i've never seen The Roots perform live. that needs to change

Rapsody is sooooooooooo dope. i love her

Geechie Suade...still a dope hip hop moniker

who knew that Go Stetsta was a "chain snatching anthem" back in the day

if you ask ten people when the Golden Era started and when it ended...you might get 20 different answers

shoutout to Uncle Luke and the 2 Live Crew.

although i've never smoked weed, i get so much enjoyment listening to Redman rap about it

i can't tell you about the hip hop on black radio because i haven't listened in over 10 years

however, i do listen to the legends, Ed Lover and Monie Love, on the Ed Lover Show

where is Jean Grae?

i miss going to the record store

i'll never call Puffy...Diddy. he's Puffy or Puff

remember when New York ran hip hop?

rap videos SHOULD match and enhance the song

remember when LA ran hip hop?

do they still make rap videos?

this may surprise you but i liked the Rick Ross album

i don't dump on this generation's hip hop. i want them to understand the path that their predecessors paved for them. that's all.

don't get it twisted...there are a lot of wack rappers today. and there were a lot of wack rappers in the 80s and 90s. the difference? back then, you were ridiculed and admonished for it. nowadays, wack is accepted and celebrated

there's room for everybody at hip hop's table

thank you to all of those...especially the younger cats...who listen to my podcast and get enjoyment & knowledge from me talking about hip hop. i appreciate it

i'm gonna pass on this new Eminem album

i find it funny that my son, Kameron, is called "Old School" by his fellow 15 year old friends. i wonder why? LOL

my Dad reminded me the other day about he conversations that we had when i was a teen and he said "rap is terrible". years later...have I become like him? lol

hip hop slang...

This week...we celebrate hip hop week! I figured that we'd get the week started off with talking about slang.

Hip hop slang.

One of the things that has helped define hip hop and the culture, is how we actually speak. In many ways, the slang that we've used over the years says a lot about who we are. Like most things in hip hop culture, slang can (and will) change. Or even better...it can have several meanings.

I found a few ofline. Look at how dope (lol) this is...

English Words with Changed Meanings (These words can be found with the same spelling in any English dictionary, but they are used as slang words and given an alternate meaning in hip-hop)

bent - adj.- intoxicated

bird - n.- girl

biscuit - n.- gun, pistol

blunt - n.- a cigar used as a joint, filled with marijuana instead of tobacco.

blunted - adj.- same meaning as 'stoned', but specifically the intoxication from smoking a blunt or blunts of marijuana.

boo -n.- affectionate term for one's significant other

bounce - v.- leave, go (EX: "Let's bounce." = "Let's leave.")

bugged out - adj.- Acting weird, unorthodox, or upset, etc. (EX: "He's bugged out.")

buggin'- v.- acting weird, unorthodox, or upset, etc. (EX: "Why you buggin'?")

bumpin'- adj.- cool, pleasurable, to one's liking. EX: "That song is bumpin'." Also as a verb, as in the phrase "It's bumpin'.", which usually refers to music.

burner-n.- gun

bust -v.- perform, do. (EX: "Bust a rhyme" = "Rapping a rhyme", while "Bust a move" ="Make a move/perform a move")

busted -adj.- ugly, caught doing a crime. {EX: "Yo' girl is BUSTED!")

cap - n.- bullet (EX: "I'ma bust a cap in yo' ass." = "I will shoot you.")

capped -v.- shot.

cheese - n.- money

chill - v.- relax, keep cool

chill - adj.- relaxed, alright. (EX: "He's chill." = "He's alright." or "He's relaxed.")

chillin' - v.- relaxing

cold - adj.- tight, good, nice, and sometimes mean, as in the phrase "cold-hearted". If a guy cheats on his girl, a response might be "That's cold." If one is looking at a really nice suit, the response might be "Man, that suit is COLD!"

coolin' - v.- relaxing, being comfortable

crib -n.- place of residence

dime - n.- a very attractive woman; a "ten" on a scale of one-to-ten.

dip - v.- leave. (EX: "Let's dip." = "Let's go.")

dog (also "dogg" and "dawg") -n.- a close and trusted friend.

dope - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.

down - adj.- with it, or willing to take part. (EX: "I'm down to do it." = "I'm up for it." "Thatfool thinks he's down." = "That guy thinks he's hardcore.")

fat - adj.- cool, appealing. When written, it is almost always intentionally spelled " phat".

fire - adj.-tight, nice, cool. may also refers to marijuana.

flow - v.-rap with beat, can also be used as a noun. (EX: "He was flowing." or "Listen to my flow.")

fly - adj.- cool, appealing, etc.

folk - n.- friends, acquaintances, or at least temporary partners.

front - v.- pretending to be that which you are not, acting tough. also short for confronting someone.

game - n.- knowledge, skill, expertise, knack, "mack-skills", techniques, etc. (EX: "He got game with those girls." = "He has good technique with the ladies.")

ghost -v.- to leave, leave quietly, quickly. (EX: "He got ghost." = "He left quickly." or "It'stime to get ghost." = "It's time to evacuate from the scene.")

gully - adj.- from the hood or ghetto.

hate - v.- aside from its usual meaning, has different shades of meaning such as "criticizing", or "disrupting" someone's game. (EX: "Why you gotta hate on me?" = "Why do you have to insult me?")

hating (hatin') - v.- same meaning as 'hate' (see above). (EX: Don't be hatin'!)

heat or heater - n.- any type of firearm

heat - n.- police, FBI, law enforcement in general (used especially in the film,Heat).

herb - n.- especially marijuana but can be any sort of drug.

hood - n.- neighborhood, usually, or the turf of certain gangs

ice -n.- diamonds, usually refers to the plural. (EX: "That nigga got shit loads'a ice on hiswrist." = "That guy is wearing a bracelet with a lot of diamonds.")

ill -adj.- 1. cool, appealing, far-out (EX: "That's ill!") 2. crazy, rowdy, mean ("Why are you acting ill to that guy?")

I'ma - a contraction of "I'm" and "gonna"

jet- to leave quickly (EX: "C'mon, let's jet.")

iron -n.- firearm

kickin'- adj.- appealing; (EX: "Those rims are kickin'.")

lamp- v.- chill, relax

marinate -v.- chill, relax

murk (Also mirk) -v.- 1. leave. "I'm finna murk." = "I'm about to leave.") 2. murder, kill. (EX:"Pass me the strap, I'm 'bout to murk this foo." = "Give me a gun, I'm about to kill this guy.")

piece -n.- 1.firearm 2.pipe 3.a tagging (graffiti marking a certain gang or individual's turf)

piff 1. -n.- 1. cocaine (EX: "Pass the piff!") 2. -adj.- something cool (EX: "My style is straightup piff!")

pig -n.- police officer

player (also playa) - n.- 1. Someone who knows how to manipulate women towards sex, etc. 2.Someone who knows how to manipulate things in general. 3. Someone who cheats on hisgirlfriend or wife (or if a woman: boyfriend, husband). 4. Less correctly applied to a"baller" (see "baller").

popes - n. - the police, an abbreviation of po-po. (EX: "Look out for the popes!")

punk - n. - a coward, alternatively an asshole

punk - a coward or wimp. (EX: "Don't punk out on me." = "Don't get cowardly.")

punked - intimidated. (EX: "He got punked by that fool." = "He got intimidated or bullied bythat person.")

pussy - n. - a coward, a sissy. used as a put-down, usually against males. It also refers to thefemale vagina or the female in general.

pussy - v. - Sex (EX: "I'm gettin' hella pussy back at my crib tonight" = "I will have sextonight at my house.")

scratch - n. - money

skrillah - n. - money

shorty - n.- a girl or woman if referring to a girlfriend, a child if referring to someone's son or daughter.

spit - v.- rap (EX: "He can spit." = "He can rap.")

steel -n.- firearm

straight - adj.- fine, okay. not related to sexuality. (EX: A person asks "You want someHenny?" The other person replies, "No thanks, I'm straight.")

strapped -adj.- bearing a firearm

stunting - showing your best or to act out of the ordinary

tight - adj.- cool, high-quality, appealing.

toaster -n.- firearm

trippin' -v.- high on drugs, kidding, or being crazy. (EX: "You must be trippin'.")

tweak -n.- to do crystal meth; Can also be altering something


Drug Related Slang Terms

Papi - The drug connect

White Lady - Cocaine

Slanging - Selling Drugs

Girl - Cocaine

Dope boy - Drug Dealer

Trapping - Selling drugs

The Trap - Place where people sell drugs

boi -heroin

brown - heroin

bud -marijuana

buddha - marijuana

butter -crack cocaine

chewy - a cigar that has been emptied and refilled with marijuana and cocaine

chronic - marijuana

cookies - crack cocaine

dank - marijuana

dime (also "dimebag" or "dimesack") - ten dollar bag of illicit drugs

dodo - marijuana

doja - marijuana

drank - codeine

'dro- marijuana grown using a hydroponic set-up

dub - a twenty dollar bag of marijuana. can also refer to twenty inch rims on a car.

fire - marijuana or meaning a sex term towards oral sex

ganja- marijuana

gizz - crack cocaine

green - marijuana

hard - crack cocaine

hydro - marijuana grown using a hydroponic set-up

indo - marijuana from Indonesia or marijuana that has been grown indoors

limb - marijuana. a term popularized in Florida.

mota - marijuana

nick (also "nickel", "nickelbag", "nickelsack") - a five dollar bag of illicit drugs

Reggie Miller - "regular killer" commercial weed, usually from Mexico.

rocks - crack cocaine

shwag - marijuana

soft -cocaine

smack - heroin

smoke - marijuana

sticky icky - marijuana

piff- cocaine

powder - cocaine

primo - a joint laced with angel dust or crack cocaine

purp - codeine (Houston)

thizz - ecstasy. Other forms of the word include thizzin', thizzed. Used primarily by Bay Area MCs

wet - a marijuana cigarette that has been dipped

white - cocaine

work - cocaine

yayo - cocaine

Maybelline - cocaine

Powdering his face - snorting cocaine

Hip-hop Slang Phrases

Brain - Oral sex from a woman

Buck - 1. To act uppity o provoke (EX: You wanna get buck fool?) 2. To steal (Yo, we was buckin' gummy worms all day!)

Bus a nut - Ejaculate

bum rush - crashing into a show hoping to see it for free, to arrive in force, to ambush from behind

bust a cap - shoot a bullet

bust a move - to act first in an altercation, to perform a dance step. popularized by YoungM.C.'s hit single, "Bust A Move" (1989).

bust out - leave or exit quickly. (EX: "He busted out of the club." = "He left the club quickly.")

bust out - show or bring out something. (EX: "He busted out a fat dubsack from his coat pocket." = "He took a big sack of drugs out of his pocket.")

cappin - lying, saying you were going to do something and not doing that thing. popularized by rapper Tampa.

clap iron - to shoot a firearm

coolin' it - relaxing

da bomb - the bomb. cool, appealing, or popular

da shiznit - "the shit". cool, appealing, etc. popularized by Snoop Dogg.

dead presidents - money (U.S. currency has a picture of a former President of the United States)

heavy metal - firearms

keep it trill - keep it true and real (true + real = trill)

kickin' it - relaxing

my bad - my mistake or I'm sorry

off the chain - unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.

off the hook - unbelievable, outrageous, wild, etc.

oh fo sure - no problem, you're welcome

open up shop - sell drugs, establish a drug-selling spot

peace out - good bye

peep game - to take note of someone's game, observe someone's game in action, etc.

plexing - starting stuff or beefing

roll out - leave. specifically, to get in your vehicle and leave the scene.

spit game (also "spittin' game") - to speak "game". see the definition of "game" above.

to the beat - acceptable, on top of things

throwed - tight, the best, or great

what's goin' down? - what are we doing tonight? can refer to a fight.

what tha dilly yo? (also "...dealio?") - what is going on?. Originated from "What the deal, yo?"

what up? - hello, how are you?, or what is going on?

wiggity-wack - very disturbing. presently, the "wiggity" has been dropped and those in hip-hop now use just "wack".)

word up - you got that straight, that's right, or how's it going. many now simply use the word"word".

5000 - to say peace or to leave (short for Audi 5000)




Did you learn anything? I hope so. There's about 1 million slang words that I didn't mention...


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The 80s were a great decade for hip hop. This decade spawned the Golden Era of Hip Hop. It also gave birth to the concept of having hip hop group. On this podcast, we will discuss hip hop groups and tell you our certified Top 5 Hip Hop Groups from the 80s...with co-host eclectic (@Tweetrhymeslife). Feel free to create your own list...then tell us if you agree or disagree with us. We'd love to hear the feedback.


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There is an old saying that you should never ask a question that you are not prepared to deal with the answer. Sometimes...women and men tend to forget that. On this podcast, we explore the 5 toughest questions that women ask (but really don't want to know the answer to). This podcast will comically take a look at the responses that men should (and should not) give.

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she's fine...no condom needed

I'm going to take a guess about you. I would guess that at least 99.95% of you who are reading this have had unprotected sex at least ONCE in your lifetime. Is that a safe guess? I think so. Nonetheless, I found this article while reading last week. Good information here. I'm not sure how many of you (men & women) who this applies to...and I'm not here to pass judgement. LOL. But we've got to be a little smarter about how we get down. The idea of passing up on protection because "she's fine" or "she didn't look like she has something"...is not the move


Men who find their female sexual partners attractive are less likely to use condoms, according to a new study in BMJ Open. Apparently, the level of a woman's attractiveness impacts a man’s likelihood to practice safe sex.

“The primary purpose of the current study was better to understand the relationship between perceived attractiveness and condom use intentions in heterosexual men and to gain insights into the relationship between perceived attractiveness, demographics, sexual history and perceived sexual health status,” the authors write in the introduction.

The researchers found that, obviously, men who found women attractive had a greater desire to have sex with them. But while participants were more willing to have sex with attractive women, researchers found they were less inclined to use condoms when they do so. And men who considered themselves attractive also had a higher tendency to avoid condom use during sex.

Perhaps more interesting was their finding that men were still unlikely to wear condoms even when they thought the woman was at a higher risk of STDs. The researchers noted this was “surprising,” seeing as in past research, men have linked hot women with promiscuity and disease. Other studies, however, have contradicted these findings; one showed that men saw attractive women as less sexually risky when it came to STDs, assuming that they took care of themselves more than unattractive women. The diversity in findings may simply be a result of the fact that all men have differing opinions on the matter.

Only about 65 percent of men use condoms regularly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the fact that contraception has proven to be safe and effective. Condom bias, or people’s negative associations and attitudes about condoms, is often to blame: Individuals often feel that condoms are unpleasant and take away from the pleasure of sex (despite the fact that this myth has been proven wrong), or contribute to the loss of erection and other unwanted issues.

It’s interesting, then, that we now have some other psychological factors that go into condom avoidance — including the level of perceived attractiveness of a person. The researchers hope their study will inform people when making choices in their sexual life, particularly if they’re engaging in risky behavior with people they find attractive. They plan to continue researching the subject to develop interventions that can prevent condom bias, and instead help people be more aware of what motivates them in safe sex.

“Future research could also investigate whether individual differences in variables known to influence risk-taking, such as sexual sensation seeking and sexual excitation/inhibition, might mediate the relationship between attractiveness and condom use intentions,” they write.

21 questions...

I saw this on Spacebook and decided I'd participate in one of these games...


It's your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be! (this should be fun!)

Class of 1991- Wilson High School

1. Did you know your spouse? No

2. Did you carpool? Carpool? Is that what they called it? We called it "catching a ride". LOL. I rode in the homie, Zell's car...the Green Machine

3. What kind of car did you have?1987 Nissan Sentra (mom's car)

4. It's Friday night where did you go? The dance. There was always a dance at our school after the home football games. I played football and you always wanted go to the dance after a win. You would get props. Personally, I would like to move around the crowd and wait for the DJ to play a nice slow jam. I could dance but I preferred a good slow drag. I had a few memorable ones back in the day

5. What kind of job did you have? No job. I played football and really didn't have time to work. Besides...you will work most of your life...you only get to be in high school once. LOL

6. Were you a party animal? When you say "animal" what do you mean exactly? I liked to party and have a good time. But I wasn't partying every weekend. I didn't kick it like THAT.

7. Were you considered popular? Yeah, I would say I was popular

8. Were you in band/choir? Choir...Honors Chorus for 4 years to be exact. I made All State Chorus that year. So, I can sing. But you'll never hear me sing...

9. Were you a nerd? Nahhhhh. Smart? Yes! Nerd? Nope

10. Did you get suspended or expelled? Never

11. Can you sing the fight song? I can "hum" the fight song. But I can sing the alma mater! You wanna hear it? I'll sing it for you...

12. Where did you go to lunch? The cafeteria. This was 1991, man. There was no such thing as having Pizza Hut or Starbucks in your school. If you wanted that kind of stuff, you had to leave school. And we couldn't leave school. I ate lunch in the cafeteria. You could find me at my table with my homegirl, Jimmell and my boy, Shaft.

13. Where was your high school? Florence, South Carolina

14. What was your mascot? Tigers

15. If you could go back and do it over again, would you? Hell yeah!!! I had a great 4 yrs there

16. Did you have fun at prom? Yes, prom was fun. I enjoyed it. Real cool

17. Do you still talk to the person you went to the prom with? Yep, we're friends on Spacebook

18. Are you planning on going to your reunion? I'd like to. If we have one, I'd go

19. Are you still in contact with people from high school? Yes!!!

20. Did you skip school/class? Nah man. I never skipped a class. As long as you don't count my last class of the day (PE) when Coach Wells (RIP) would give me the keys to his car so that I could go home...

21. How old were you when you graduated? 18

off tha dome

random thoughts...

it's been a minute. I know. do you know what happens between these blog posts??? life

where is fall? it's been in the upper 80s all week

speaking of weather, I hope we're done with hurricane season

red Kool-Aid...red is probably not a flavor...but that's what we call it

Kameron told me other day that being in the 10 grade was "hard". My response..."Let's switch places."

i'd go back to the 10th grade without hesitation. i'd do some things different

the kids are taking piano lessons now. they like it

if you hire a clown...you should expect a circus. this country has hired a clown

the other day, the clown said he "talked to the president of the Virgin Islands." Duhhhh...YOU are the president of the Virgin Islands

the leader of the free world is a clueless reality tv star...

NFL boycott...i'm not boycotting. the NFL is about the NFL and always has been. I learned that a long time ago. it's not that serious to me. as fans, we don't care about the players. we think we do...but we don't. most of the players that we watch will have debilitating and brain issues not long after they stop playing. they trade on their bodies and health for our entertainment. we don't care about them. it's always about the name on the FRONT of the jersey...never the name on the BACK of the jersey.

I had no idea that so many people hated candy corn. I like it

Colin Kaepernick SHOULD be playing right now. he's clearly being blackballed. he won't play again

funny how Kaepernick took a knee during the playing of the national anthem, as a gesture of respect to the military, but he doesn't have a job. but player protests along with "team unity of locking arms" while the song is being played is the thing to do. go figure

can you "win" at a game of hide & seek?

speaking of games, is there any games longer than the game of Monopoly?

don't forget about Puerto Rico just because it's no longer in the headlines. donate what you can

something is missing


I am a big fan of Jemele Hill. I agree with what she said about Chump and Jerry Jones. that said...the comment about Jones probably shouldn't have been said on twitter. especially when ESPN didn't fire her for what she said about Chump. we don't know what their social media policy is so she shouldn't have tweeted that about boycotting Jones. Jones is in a direct partnership with her employer. she earns a 7 figure salary. no need to mess that up.

if you have on one long white sock and one short white sock...is this considered to be unmatched?

freedom of speech ain't free...

this new Rapsody is so cold. if you haven't heard it, you should check it out

I see Chump tweeting about NFL players but none about Puerto Rico

like it or not...Biggie and Tupac will forever be linked

sugar on grits??? nahhhhhhhh man

for some reason, i'm bothered by the time change...no matter if the time moves forward for an hour or backwards for an hour

you will hardly ever hear me complain about the traffic in Atlanta. it's bad...but I've seen worse

not a fan of Beyoncé nor Rhianna...but I respect their hustle

there are times when I say out loud..."You know what...Bush wasn't THAT bad." LOL

Willie Washington...still funny to this day!

someone asked me the other day "Why do you say '5000' at the end of your podcast?" That made me laugh out loud...literally. 5000 means "peace or goodbye" back in the 80s. It's an old hip hop slang

Aye Tee Reese...I'm back! LOL

speaking of 80s hip hop, was there anything doper than the doorknocker earrings?

can anybody beat the Warriors?

watching reality tv < watching paint dry

shoutout to my Yankess...we had an incredible season!!! Thunbs down!!!

folks are still out here checking for RKelly. smh

I've gotta drink more water

nobody can beat the Warriors

you know my motto..."We are all freaks...some are more bigger than others"

speaking of freaks...RIP Hugh Hefner

sooooo...Puff wants to change his name to "Brother Love"? Mannnnnnsitchozzdown

I think i'm gonna get the iPhone 8. it's time

he'll always be Puff or Puffy to me. I never called him Diddy...that sounds corny. He's Puffy to me.

guess who has a birthday next month????

do you know how dope my term papers would have been back in '91 if I could have used the internet???

forever...