Alright dudes and dudettes...

The man threw ya girl for a loop last week and I was not in the best of spirits and did not blog as much. FORTUNATELY, I will be on vacation next week so only two more days of the man's foot on my neck before I am outta that piece for a week. The posts will be irregular next week and I will be back on track after vacation. Love you guys and thanks for reading. I'll holla...

IT'S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLOG!!!!!

Sofia from The Golden Girls has passed away...LOVED HER on that show!

"Golden Girl" Estelle Getty has died at the age of 84, just three days shy of her 85th birthday.

Estelle passed away at 5:35 AM this morning at her L.A. home surrounded by her family and caregivers. Getty had been suffering for years with Lewy Body Dementia.Although one year younger than Bea Arthur, Estelle is best known for playing her wise-cracking Sicilian mother Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls."

Getty is survived by her two adult sons

Surprising NFL Trade...

The fineness that is Jason Taylor has been traded from the Miami Dolphins to the Washington Redskins. I know he had been saying that he wanted to be traded but did not think they would actually do it.

WHAT? Not again...

DMX was arrested at a Phoenix, Arizona mall this weekend.

His latest crime?

Identity theft!

The rapper has been arrested on a number of charges these past few months, from animal abuse to drug possession.

Summer Movies...

What movies have you seen so far this summer? There are several that I want to see but have not seen yet (Indiana Jones, Sex and the City, Hancock). I have seen three of the summer superhero blockbusters. Saw Ironman when it came out and I really enjoyed it. I thought Robert Downey Jr. as Ironman was a weird choice but he played the part very well. We saw the Hulk and it was good also. Again, interesting choice of Ed Norton as Bruce Banner. And last but not least, we saw The Dark Knight today, the day after it came out. It too was pretty good and the hotness that is Christian Bale is just ri-damn-diculous.

If you are a fan of the TV Show "In THe Heat of the Night"...

Is it just me or is Bubba just about the biggest, hottest red neck this side of Sparta? I was home during the morning last week and got to catch some episodes, one which prominently featured him and a lost love who came back to town and killed someone. Of course, Virgil and the Chief know she was guilty but Bubba was not having it. His outfit was a little tighter than what it needed to be, his persona was a little bit larger and probably more redneckish than it needed to be and his accent was probably thicker than what it needed to be. But that's OK. He was fine as a mug and gets the HWB Title for the week.

We normally don't talk sports up in this piece but I GOTTA say some about Brett Favre...

I am so sick and tired of him and his spoiled, stank attitude. You have the city of Green Bay in your hands. You are GB squared - Green Bay Golden Boy. You decide to retire. Then, all of a sudden you don't know if you want to retire and you contact the team to check on coming back. And it seems that you have gotten pissy because they did not crawl to you quick enough and you want to be released. Whatever, Brett. Whatever. Release his ass. And continue to ruin the once golden legacy that you had in Green Bay.

Wow...

From TMZ.com...

His dream was that one day his children would be judged by the content of their character.

Now, two of Martin Luther King, Jr's children say the character of one of their siblings sucks.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III are suing Dexter King, alleging he took "substantial funds" from the Estate of Coretta Scott King and put them in his personal piggy bank for his own use. They're crying fraud. Bernice and Martin III have demanded a jury trial in Fulton County, Georgia. Coretta died in 2006. The Kings had four children. Yolanda died last year. So the three surviving kids are fighting over money. By the way, Bernice and Martin III are being repped by Johnny Cochran's law firm. The late J.C. was also one of the biggest civil rights forces in the U.S. of A.

Ladies and Gentleman, I present Jessie Jackson and his foolishness...

"Unaware that his microphone was on during a break for a Fox News program last Sunday, Jackson used a slang reference to wanting to cut off Obama's testicles. When he learned Wednesday that the Fox News program "The O'Reilly Factor" would air his comments that night, Jackson apologized for "hurtful and wrong" remarks."

Whatever, Jesse. Don't get mad cause Obama has gotten farther than you ever got with running for President...

Have you seen the Obama cover? Oh my...

Ebony magazine has compiled its list of the 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time. 8 different covers accompany this collector’s issue including Barack Obama, Jay Z, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Samuel L. Jackson, Prince, Billie Dee Williams and Denzel.

I haven't quite mastered the art of putting pictures on the blog but once I do, that cover is going up.

They say it comes in threes -

Found out yesterday that Bozo the Clown, politician Jesse Helms and Christina Applegate's (Kelly from Married with Children) boyfriend have all died in the past couple of days. Wow, as my mama likes to say, people are leaving here...

My Current Movie Obsession...

Four Brothers starring Mark Wahlburg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and Garrett Hudland.

When I tell you that I watch this movie just about everyday and refuse to get tired of it, it is an understatement. My husband is starting to wonder if something is wrong with me.

If you don't want to know what it is about, STOP NOW. Cause I'm getting ready to give a brief description:

Four adopted brothers come home for the funeral of their mother when it seems she is randomly killed in a convenience store robbery. Through their own rough detective work (pouring gas on a punk kid while holding a cigarette nearby to get him to talk, threatening to leave a man with a broken knee laying on the ground in a snowstorm) they find out that their mother was murdered and it ties in with a business deal that one of the brothers had but fell through because of a dirty politician with ties to the local "guy who is running the neighborhood that wanted a piece of the business deal."

It has plenty of action and drama, comedy and it is nice to see the brothers doing things that brothers do (playing hockey together, waiting to eat dinner and one of the brothers starts flinging those little yellow things that used to be in the middle of records at two of the other brothers.)

Sometimes when I watch a movie I try and think about who else could have been cast in a role that would have been better. So far, I haven't been able to come up with anyone for these roles. Mark Wahlburg plays Bobby Mercer, who I am not sure is the oldest but he is the leader of the pack. He's rough, rude and gives not a damn. Tyrese is his right hand man, Angel Mercer, down for whatever if Bobby says so but they get into it every once in a while. Dre plays the married with kids brother, Jeremiah, who is trying to do the right things and Garrett Hundland plays Jack Mercer, who you can tell idolizes Bobby.

SPOILER ALERT BELOW:


Now, one of the brothers dies toward the end of the movie and this leads to a climatic scene where one of the other brothers fights the guy that owns the neighborhood. As mentioned previously in one of my posts, the brother walking to tap that ass is ridiculously hot.

If you have Netflix, add Four Brothers to your list. You will not be disappointed.

HAPPY JULY 4th EVERYONE!!!

In addition to doing some work in the office before getting my barbeque/cocktail/relaxation on, going to make some changes to the blog. Hope you like them and I am sure that you will let me know if you don't..

Smooches...

Taking a page from WWTD...

In a previous entry I heralded two websites - averagebro and what would thembi do. Thembi did a piece about rednecks that she loves. Ridiculously funny and I agreed with the majority of her choices. (Paul Walker = yummy). I would like to do an abbreviated list (3) of three white guys that I find incredibly hot in three different movies..

1) Mark Wahlburg in "Four Brothers" - The scene where Victor Sweet is asking "Who's gonna do it, you Charlie?" when they are out in the snow and everyone looks up and sees a lone dark figure walking against a stark white blanket of snow and sky. Then there is a pan up from his feet to his face. Mark Wahlburg is already fine but the look on his face and his swagger as he is headed to whip Victor Sweet's ass is ridiculously hot.

2) Kevin Costner in "Open Range" - I love a good western. This movie is a great western. The combo of Kevin and Robert Duvall is incredible. The storyline is very good and the supporting characters make for a great movie. I don't know if it's Kevin's intensity or his chaps but he is the sexiest cowboy I have seen in a minute. He is truly of the "don't start none, won't be none" mindset and that combined with his look in this movie is again ridiculously hot.

And last but not least..

3) Sam Elliot in "Road House" - I know, the mere mention of this movie puts my black woman membership in jeopardy. But I LOVE THIS MOVIE. Patrick Swayze as Dalton moves from town to town as the cooler for the security staffs of various honky-tonk establishments. He forsees a problem with Brad Wesley and calls in his boy, Wade Garrett. In this movie, Sam Elliott is skinny, grungy, smelly looking and looks like a good wind will take him out. And despite all of this, he is the sexiest thing walking in the movie. Period, point blank. Plus he too can kick your ass.

Tell me your favorites, I would love to hear!

I feel like I can just take the previous entry and copy/paste...

DMX got arrested again yesterday. Don't have the exact details but I think he arrived in Phoenix yesterday and got the clank clank for outstanding warrants. This is just getting ridiculous. Isn't that three arrests in a week??