Well I told ya! Geaux Saints!!!!

Saints win Super Bowl with 31-17 Victory

Geaux Sanits!!!!! Who Dat?

Remix Who Dat?




Old School (Original Who Dat?)

Open Your Hearts

Donate Now! https://hopeforhaitinow.org/Default.asp

Wyclef and his band's performance was not only patriotic but moved hearts across the world. A tribute to all the people of his country, friends lost, Fan Fan and rapper Jimmy O . Through song and dance he sends a message of hope "Earthquake we seen the earth shake but the soul of the haitian people it will never break!"

Donate Now: 1-877-99-HAITI in US/Canada, or go to www.hopeforhaitinow.org

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Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:06 PM
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To all my friends please continue to forward this so that we can pray together for the people in Haiti . We here are truly blessed!!!!! Share the love and blessings. There are so many small everyday occurances we have to be thankful for we normally do not think of. Lord, I just want to say THANK YOU, because this morning I woke up and knew where my children were. Because this morning my home was still standing, because this morning I am not crying because my husband, my child, my brother or sister needs to be taken out from underneath a pile of concrete, because this morning I was able to drink a glass of water, because this morning I was able to turn on the light, because this morning I was able to take a shower, because this morning I was not planning a funeral, but most of all I thank you this morning because I still have life and a voice to cry out for the people of Haiti. Lord I cry out to you, the one that makes the impossible, possible, the one that turns darkness into light, I cry out that you give those mothers strength, that you give them peace that surpasses all understanding, that you may open the streets so that help can come, that you may provide doctors, nurses, food, water, and all that they need in a blink of an eye. For all those that have lost family members, give them peace, give them hope, give them courage to continue to go on! Protect the children and shield them with your power. I pray all this in the name of Jesus!!!

Kippy Brown to coach Seahawks receivers

Seattle Times

Danny O'Neil

Add Kippy Brown to the list of coaches reported to be heading to Seattle. Brown served as Tennessee's wide receivers coach and passing-game coordinator in 2009 under Lane Kiffin. He served as the Volunteers interim head coach for less than a week, bridging those days between Kiffin's return to USC and the Volunteers hiring Derek Dooley from Louisiana Tech.

While Brown is coming from college, but he has 17 years of coaching experience in the NFL.

Brown most recently coached with the Detroit Lions from 2006 to 2008. He also served as head coach in the XFL, running the Memphis Maniax in 2001.

Brown joins an offensive coaching staff that will include Jeremy Bates as coordinator, Alex Gibbs in charge of the offensive line. Jedd Fisch is also expected to be part of the staff though there has been no official word on his addition.

We Want Kippy Brown!!!!

Happy New Year!

Well, I barely made it to midnight last night, but I was able to witness 2010 roll in! (Hubby on the other hand had to be awakened :-) We spent the evening listening to some old school music on Lala.com. It was a lot of fun (I plan to write about LaLa in my tech talk soon.)

However, (speaking of tech) here is what Santa brought me this year. I guess I was not naughty!

Yep, I got an UltraHD Flip video camera. It is really nice. Very small and compact, but takes good video. Well, at least good enough for home movies and stuff like that.

I love it, you know I am a digital girl, living in a digital world!

The First Ten Years...

It does not feel like it has been ten years since we welcomed in the new millennium. I find it ironic, that I can remember exactly how I spent New Year’s Eve 1999, but I do not remember what I did last year! This decade has had some memorable moments for me. We hosted the first AABCS Cruise in Octobter 2000, and I met some fabulous people who have become a part of my extended family. My son graduated from high school in 2000 and graduated from college in 2004. My father-in-law passed away in 2006, and so did two of my very good friends. I hosted my little sister's wedding at my house in 2007. My husband became very ill in a 2008, and thanks be to God and some good folks at M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center he is doing great now.

The year 2009 was bittersweet for me. Excited and anticipating the inauguration of President Barack Obama, my father passed away one week before this historic event. Although, I was sad that my father did not live to see our country’s first African American President, I was overjoyed that the hopes and dreams of my father and ancestors were achieved on that significant day.

So, what will I remember about this year? Overall, it was an interesting year. I started graduate school at UHCL in January, and I was inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success (Sigma Alpha Phi) in May. My goddaughter graduated from high school in June, and the same weekend my hot water heater busted in my attic and really jacked up my house! On the bright side, I finally got the hardwood floors I have always wanted. We said farewell to Michael Jackson, Farah Faucet, Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, and Patrick Swayze. In addition, my family circle said goodbye to a one of our village mothers, Mrs. Ollie Maeon Wilson.

I guess the older we get the more we appreciate the life we have been given. I am thankful for all of the many blessings, family, and friends that I have. If you have taken the time to read this blog, I am also thankful for you.

I wish you many blessings in the upcoming year. I know that 2010 will be phenomenal!

Live Long and Prosper.

Coming in May 2010

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10 RULES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER AT MY HOUSE

This is an "oldie but goodie" that has been circulating the internet. But it is still funny! I have seen different variations, but this one is my favorite.

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10 RULES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER AT MY HOUSE

Dear friends and family –

Just wanted to share a few "house rules" with you to make sure that all goes well and flows smoothly for Thanksgiving dinner at my house this year. Strict adherence to the below will make sure the authorities will not have to be summoned.

1. Don't come to my house asking a whole bunch of questions about the food: "Who made the potato salad? Is it egg in there? Are the greens fresh? Is the meat in the greens turkey or pork? Who made the macaroni and cheese? What kind of pie is that? Who made it?" Ask me JUUUST ONE MO' question and you'll get slapped to sleep until Thanksgiving is over!
2. If you can't walk, need assistance to walk or you are missing all or part of any of your limbs, sit yo' narrow crippled behind down until someone can make your plate for you. Thanksgiving is not the time for you to show how "independent you is!" Just sit right there and nibble on those damn pecans and walnuts to hold you over until we get you a plate!
3. If you have kids under the age of twelve, proceed with them immediately down the stairs to the table in the basement. I'm not gonna let those half wild hyena's of yours tear up my house this year! Anybody born after 1995 and is caught upstairs - they gone have to clip the toenails on Aunt LuLu's monkey foot this year. They will not be allowed upstairs until it's time for Uncle Ray Ray's lying behind (sorry Uncle Ray Ray – but you know you be tellin’ some whoppers!) to start telling family stories about their mommas and daddies.
4. We only blessing the food with ONE prayer this year - JUST ONE! We really don't care that you are thankful that you are a 33 year old grandmother and your "baby gurl" just gave birth to a healthy baby; or that your baby daddy just got out of jail. Note that should you volunteer to bless the meal - we have set a 60 second time limit on the prayer this year. If you are still talking after that point, know that you do so at the risk of something hard popping you in the mouth and swelling up your lip for 'bout 20-25 minutes.
5. ake all the food you want - but you best to eat ALL the food you take! Anybody caught wasting this expensive a** food is gonna get a GOOD cussin' out!
6. This ain’t a Sonic Drive through - it's BYOT - bring your OWN Tupperware if you want to fix a plate to go! Don't let me catch you trying to smuggle out food in my good Tupperware - knowing good and dang well you ain't gone bring it back! As a matter of fact - if you dare to bring your trifling self over here empty-handed - don't even let me catch you trying to make a plate PERIOD or it's gone be some probLEMS up in this camp.
7. If you didn’t bring it in wit’ cha - don't even think about trying to take it OUT wit’ cha! Note that all purses and body cavities are subject to search (and if warranted - seizure!) upon entering and/or exiting the premises.
8. Our house is not a drop-in day care facility. All of you parents with "nomadic" tendencies - and you KNOW who you are, you and your child(ren) will be attached with identical monitoring bracelets that will activate a continuous shrill alarm should you become separated more than 100 yards from each other for more than 60 seconds.
9. Our house is also NOT a Motel 6 so you best to make your hotel 'rrangements prior to your arrival into town. At 11:00pm - we turning out ALL lights and laying it down for the night. We will provide two courtesy notices beginning at 10:45pm by politely flicking the lights on and off. If you don't receive mail at this address - let that serve as your notice to start packing it up. You ain't gotta go home - but er um uhhhhh....you know the rest!
10. We are no longer providing alibi's or cover stories for family members. If you are not supposed to be here - or not 'sposed to be here with who you here with - you are on your own as we will not lie to your significant other for you; nor to your P.O. or employer.

Love ya and can't wait to see
y’all for Thanksgiving - mmmmmwah!

Denzel's Back! in The Book of Eli

Guess What I am going to see this weekend?

Stargate Universe

There are two perfect science fiction movies - The Matrix and Stargate. These are the two movies, that I can watch over and over again. So needless to say, I am a big Stargate fan. Stargate the movie, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, and now Stargate Universe!!! Debuts tomorrow night, I can't wait!

She's Back....

The exclusive premiere of Whitney's brand new video "Million Dollar Bill." Amazing!

(Scroll down to the bottom of the page to turn the music off so you can hear the video.)

The Trouble With Twitter

I came across this cartoon about Twitter yesterday. I think it is hilarious!

We Will Miss You MJ

I have many fond memories of the Jackson 5. My childhood room had J-5 pictures on every wall, my mother took me to see the Jackson 5 in Memphis at the Mid-South coliseum and when they were signing autographs at Southland Mall, she stood in the long lines with me just so I could see Jermaine.

You see, I had planned to marry Jermaine until that damn Hazel Gordy stole him from me! So, Michael would have been my brother-in-law. That was just the beginning of a lifetime of admiration I had for Michael Jackson.

I was 9-months pregnant the week that “Thriller” was released. The album came out on a Tuesday, and I gave birth on that Thursday. No, I didn’t name my baby MJ, but my child’s first outing after we left the hospital was to pick up my album that I had pre-ordered (there had been a waiting list). My baby would wake up out of a deep sleep anytime a MJ song played. Although he couldn’t say Michael, he began calling him “Me-me.”

I would later get a sense of Déjà vu in 1988, when I stood in the long lines at Houston’s Bay Brook mall to get my son a ticket to see MJ. It was a show of a lifetime; I am so happy I had the chance to go and share that memory with my son.

I will miss Michael. I owned every album, and when technology changed, I replaced all my albums with CDs. I love his music, his spirit, and his compassion. May angels surround him; I know there is a party going on in heaven now!

Michael Jackson Facts

Most Successful Concert Series - Guinness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson sold out for seven nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England in the summer of 1988. A total of 504,000 people saw Michael perform July 14-16, 22-23, and August 26-27, 1988.

Biggest Selling Album Of All Time - Guinness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S album with sales of 25 million copies.

80's Most #1 Hits
By The End of the 1980's Michael Jackson had more #1 hits than any other artist for the decade.

Michael Awards
Michael has more awards than any other artist.

Entertainer Of The Decade
With the #1 (Thriller) and #2 (Bad) ranked albums in the world Michael was the 1980's Entertainer Of The Decade.

Most Grammy Awards - Guinness Book Of World Records
Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy Awards in 1984, more than any other artist in one year.

Largest Contracts - Guiness Book Of World Records
$890 million (Sony Music) Contract, with prospective earnings of $1 billion.

Greatest Audience - Guiness Book Of World Records
The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.

Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson - Guiness Book Of World Records
Pepsi Cola paid Michael Jackson $12 million to do 4 TV commercials.

Bad Tour - Guinness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.

100 Million Records
Michael has sold over 100 million singles and albums outside of the U.S.

Billboard Charts
Michael Jackson is the first person in the 37 year history of the chart to enter at # 1, with his single "You Are Not Alone". Michael broke his previous redord held by his single "Earth Song" which debuted at #5.

Biggest Selling Video
Michael Jackson's "The Making Of Thriller" is the biggest selling video to be released by an artist.

Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
Most #1 Hits by Male Artist (13)

#1 Debuts
Michael's "Bad", "Dangerous", and "HIStory" albums all debuted at #1.

Consecutive #1 Singles
Jackson 5 were the first group to ever have four consecutive #1 singles.

#1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one spots on Billboard's rock albums and rock singles charts, as well as the R&B albums and singles charts.

First Video
Michael Jackson was the first black artist to have a video aired on MTV.

When It Rains...

... it definitely pours! First hurricane Ike, then micro-burst storms, and now a ruptured water heater! Water here, water there, water-water everywhere. Oh well, thank God for insurance (all types - homeowners, flood, and windstorm).

Go Rockets!

What happen to April (and how did it get to be May?)

OMG, April just past me by. Perhaps it is because April is tax month, and I really would just like to forget it. So, let me catch up on life in the month of a Literary-Shoe Goddess-Technophile.

Last Thursday, I went to the sneak peak of the new StarTrek Movie!!! It was excellent. I went with some of my favorite Trekkies /Techies so I was in good company. It is a must see for old and new StarTrek fans alike.

The Shoe Life

My girlfriend Nina has filmed a pilot for a new TV show called She’s got IsShoes. Nina is truly a shoe diva, and the show promises to be a lot of fun, check out the preview sizzle real at http://www.ninafoxx.com/interview.htm

In January my friend Nina and I joined Kim Kardashian’s ShoeDazzle.com. Much like the old “Book of the Month” Clubs, ShoeDazzle sends you a pair of shoes each month (and why didn’t we think of this?) for the reasonable price of $39.00. Since I joined, several ladies at my office have also joined; I wish they had a referral program. So far, I have received 5 pairs. I sent one pair back, sold one pair, and kept 3. The shoes are very attractive, but not so comfortable. I will give it a few more months to see how it goes.

Tech Talk

Last month I got two new gadgets! A beautiful new PINK Acer Netbook and a Verizon USB broadband modem, so people I am mobile! The net book is so cute, it fits in my purse, but I definitely have to wear readers to see the little screen. Here are the specs:

• Acer Aspire One AOA150-1672 8.9-Inch Netbook
• 1 GB RAM
• 160 GB Hard Drive
• XP Home
• 6 Cell Battery


I decided to load the Ubuntu open source operating system on my old Dell Inspiron 700m laptop, and I am very impressed. I am playing around with it now, and I will have a review later.

Page-Turners

Now that the semester is over, I have a little time for fun reading. In the past few months, in addition to digital media textbooks, I managed to read the first two Twilight books by Stephanie Myers. I really liked the first one, but the second one… not so much. I wasn’t sucked in enough to venture on to the last two books in the series. On another note, I really enjoyed her novel The Host, it was excellent.

Right now I am reading WWW:Wake by one of my favorite authors Robert J. Sawyer. I read some sample preview chapters back in March and couldn’t wait for the book to be released; so far I am not disappointed.



Also, I am listening to two audio books on my iPod, Digital Fortress by Dan Brown and Inspired By The Bible Experience: New Testament which features the voice talent of more than 200 African-American actors, musicians and religious leaders. Notable personalities include Blair Underwood, Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson.




Digital Media Studies

My first semester in the Digital Media Studies graduate program at UHCL is finally over (whew!); and I must say it was quite enjoyable. I met some really interested people and I really enjoyed the dialogue. I am looking forward to my summer classes.

Also, I was inducted into the University of Houston Clear Lake Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (Sigma Alpha Pi) on Friday, May 1, 2009. The pinning ceremony was held at the UHCL campus. Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins, UHCL Dean of Students, was the keynote speaker for the event. The Society is an organization that helps people discover and achieve their goals.

A Pleasant Surprise

I am going to start by saying I am NOT an American Idol Fan. I probably have never watched an entire episode since it has been on the air (yeah, I know I am a rarity.) However, last night as I was flipping through the channels and complaining about there being absolutely NOTHING I liked on TV (even HGTV which is my favorite) I heard this angelic voice which made me stop in my tracks! It was American Idol and it was Adam Lambert singing "Mad World". I later found out it was their annual “Year of their Birth” show (who knew there was such a thing?) Adam was born in 1982 (which was a most excellent year to be born, as my son was also born that year.) "Mad World" was originally recorded by British band Tears for Fears. I really enjoyed this performance, I hope you do to.