Sweet Memories

Okay what is the 1st word that run through your head when you see these pictures...

A)


B)


C)


D)


E)


F) And last but not least...


Man I Love the 90s......

I'll keep you posted

Friday's Moment of Question and Reason

Wendi C. Thomas of The Commercial Appeal have out-done herself again...Check this out;

If you're a Christian, must you vote Republican?

Can you be a Democrat and be saved?

Since Michael Moore is known in the states as a guy that got rich off of hating America, can I agree with him and still go to heaven (because hate is wrong)?

If you believe that Bible condemns homosexuality, can you still support Kerry?

If Jesus embraced outcast (gays, immigrants, the handicapped, and poor) and God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves, why don't we act on it?

He also says love those who curse you, so why can't we (majority of Americans) find level ground to get along with the Muslim Community?

What would Jesus do? Would he vote for Kerry or George W?

But if Jesus really is a Republican, why did He ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, not an elephant?

I'll keep you posted

News Update...Two of Hollywood's up-and-comers arrested in the Mid-South

I'm notoriously known for my great breaking news...Do you think I would let you down now...Check this out


Now you know I had to get the mug shot

Two of Hollywood's up-and-comers were arrested in the Mid-South. Both men, in Memphis filming the movie "Hustle and Flow," face rape charges. One of the men arrested has acted in a lot of popular movies. Sheriff's deputies took the two suspects into custody Tuesday night. The alleged incident happened around five in the afternoon. None of this has stopped filming on the movie.

Workers and actors for the movie, Hustle and Flow, started shooting scenes on Brooks Road at the King of Clubs topless club. On Tuesday, the penal farm was the site for shooting. And it is here the allegations of rape came about, allegations that led to charges of aggravated rape against actor Anthony Anderson and assistant director Wayne Witherspoon. According to investigators, a 25-year-old extra in the film was lured by Witherspoon inside a movie production trailer at the penal farm. Steve Shular, Shelby Co. Sheriff's Dept. said, "Once she got in that trailer the other gentleman, Mr. Anderson was inside, and according to her allegations they both sexually assaulted here." The affidavit of complaint says the men removed her clothes, held her down and took pictures of her after assaulting her. A witness heard the woman's screams and unlocked the trailer. She then ran nude out of the trailer. The victim was taken to a sexual assault center.

Anthony Anderson has been in dozens and dozens of movies, like the very popular Barbershop. The movie Hustle and Flow is about a pimp from South Memphis who has dreams of becoming a rapper.

The two suspects are in the criminal justice center, each with 20-thousand dollars bonds. They could get out of jail Wednesday night. It is not clear what their status will be with the movie being shot here.

I'll keep you posted

Trying To Help You Out

My birthday is coming up in less than 10 days (on the 6th of August to be exact)...And I know ya'll love me and stuff out their so I decided to help you out a little bit and put my wish list together...So you want be going around talking about what in the hell am I going to get GCH...well here it goes;

#1...Some Rent Money (Who doesn't want a little rent money)
#2...An iPod mini (the white one please)
#3...Some Puma Ripstop Mostros...to help you out

#4...This fly ass jacket I saw in Abercrombie...to help you out again

#5...Some Penguin Prince Low Tops

#6...And if you get me the Penguin Prince Low Tops, you have to get me a Lacoste red cashmere v-neck sweater

I'm just trying to make things coordinate
#7...This Pinstripe three-button blazer I swa at Banana Republic

#8...CDs
Outkast's Aquemini (its a classic...somebody hit me for mine)
Earth, Wind, and Fire Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2
Prince new album
Ricky Fante's Rewind
Ben Harper's or Velvet Revolver's new joints (What? A brother can't be cultured)
Lenny Kravitz's Baptism
Tonex's Out the Box (This CD is off the hook)

#9...Michael Moore's book Stupid White Men..and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation!

#10...Enough Roman Noodles to last me the entire Fall semester...Chicken Flavored...That's about $20 worth...Don't act like you haven't ever eaten some noodles...But for those trying to fake the funk and act like they never seen a pack, here...


If you have any question like shoe, shirt, or jacket sizes just give me a holla...And if you can't do nothing at all, just give a brothah Happy Birthday holla, an e-card, or something...And I also except cash, checks, money orders, and EBT...I'll keep you posted

but Yo! Wat Da Hook Gon Be?

Is it me or did Bill Clinton set the Democratic National Convention off with his cool ass? He made me want to go out and buy his book at crackhead hours....This is the 2nd time he has done that...He made "al gore" look like _________ (you fill in the blank) at the 2000 convention. Clinton's like the Kanye West of politicians...Like Clinton, you just don't throw Kanye on everybody's songs (look what happened to Dialated People and Slum Village). You take a chance of digging your own grave...A majority of the time it turns into Kanye and all about Kanye...If John Kerry doesn't want to be the next victim of one of Slick Willy's verses, he needs to make sure his 50 bars are tyte and the hook better be banging...He needs to be on some Source 5 Mic type s#*@...He got to come with it on Thursday...If not, I'm scared to see the outcome...I'll keep you posted

Another What? Moment

I almost forgot to tell you about my What? Moment I had at Saturday's event...I was in the plaza talking to my fraternity brother that was getting married father (thats a mouthful) right before the wedding...Anyway, he's a pastor of a church right....Well we were just sitting their rapping about life in general, when this young lady walked by...Why did he just start flirting with her? That had my jaw to the ground...He was not setting a good example at all for the congragation unless they were striving to be a future poolpit playah...So finally after he stoppped flirting and we went back to talking about whatever...He starting asking me about school and the future...We were just having a good ole convo...And then his phone started ringing...Okay, why did he have the song "Damn" by the Youngbloodz as his ringtone? I was speechless...I didn't know to laugh or to pray...I had to gone and walk away because that was too much for the kid...That is what you call too crunk...I'll keep you posted

SpottieOttieDopalicious Angel

"When I first met my SpottieOttieDopalicious Angel
I can remember that damn thing like yesterday
The way she moved reminded me of a Brown Stallion
horse with skates on smooth like a hot comb
on nappy ass hair
I walked up on her & was almost paralyzed
her neck was smelling sweeter
than a plate of yams with extra syrup
eyes beaming like four karats apiece just blindin' a nigga
felt like I chiefed a whole O of that Presidential
My heart was beating so damn fast
never knowing this moment would bring another
life into this world
Funny how shit come together sometimes [ya dig]
One moment you frequent the booty clubs &
the next four years you & somebody's daughter
raisin' y'all own young'n now that's a beautiful thang..."
Big Boi
SpottieOttieDopalicious


This past Saturday I attended my frat brother's wedding...We have been waiting on S.R.H. to get hitched for a long time...They have been on and off dating since they were sophmores in high school (about 95ish)...The event was a trip. For one thing its just a trip when you can get all of us (fraternity bruhs) together...We just don't know how to act right collectively...Just imagine this in your head...Think about having 30-40 guys dressed in black suites (cause we coordinate were ever we go) come to your wedding and make their own V.I.P. section...We took up about 4 rows...These jokers passed Jolly Ranchers through the entire ceromony...They just love attention...We poised in more pictures than the wedding party...While we are talking about the wedding party, they were a trip too...15 bride's maids...That is too many attitudes in one room...I honestly don't think it was the bride's fault though...I think the groom just wanted to put all his line brothers in the wedding...I don't think the bruhs minded at all about the count of bride's maids...Because their philosopy is the more bride's maids, the more chances they have to hook up with somebody...They just manish like that...Anyway my mind was on something with alot more foundation...I was thinking about the One (my SpottieOttieDopalicious Angel)...Last week the Queen took some time out to spit on being ready for domestic bliss...Well I'm ready to be able to take the One and make her into the One with the fat rock and the last name...Every since that 1st day of Spring 02 semester, History 2010, I haven't been able to keep my eyes off of her...At 1st it was all about looks (What? Don't act like physical attraction isn't the 1st thing you see...Now back to what I was saying)...But her heart is what captured me...A year, 9 months, and 4 days ago it was a just a dream...But day by day, I am seeing it more as a reality...I am glad and blessed that God put us together...I can totally say, with no doubt, that she "completes" me...She fills me in were I lack and visa versa...She is everything I want in a lady...She's a Woman of GOD...She's gorgeous...She is domestic as all out doors...She like sports...And she knows how to take care of her man. Man, I can't wait till that day I can make her into Mrs. Harris...Don't get me wrong now...I'm not trying to rush things...I live my life on God's timeline. I'm just saying that I don't mind jumping that broom and having a couple of bay bay's of my own...Because like Big Boi says it "now that a beautiful thang"...Man I done told you all my business...You probably feel like you know her now...Well I have a surprise...Most of you all that read my page on a regular probably already know her...I surprised nobody hasn't figure it out yet...But she voices herself under the Streams of Consciousness...Yes...It's the one and only Stephanie...That's the One...We started out keeping it a secret but the closer and closer she got to leaving for grad school, we relized that the more and more our post were going to sound alike...So there you have it...Well let me get out of here so I can start on this paper due on Thursday, that I've been knowing about since the 1st week of July (Boy! Procrastination Rules the Nation)...I'll keep you posted

I Know You Don't Thank Yo S%#* Don't Stank But..

I wanted to give the seminar on Blogging at the Business today but a couple of my students are out of town and doing who's no what...What's going on Henry (play on playah) & Kalisah (don't drink the water)...And I didn't want them to miss it...Wow! I know this lady just didn't. Why did this lady of the Islamic culture just pass some of the most horrendous gas ever in the computer lab...She farted with a straight face...She looked like this entire time;



Anyway, she didn't even look over to say excuse me or nothing...Just nasty...I can't be in here to much longer...Oh No! I got to go...It's starting to soak into my skin...I got go some where and take a bath real quick...I'll keep you posted

I'm Super Cool

Hey I got this from my new blog buddy Jamille...I'm Super Cool...How about you?

Am I cool or uncool? [CLICK] You are Super-Cool! Woah! Step back - the future's so bright for you it's blinding me! You are the coolest of the cool. Everyone looks up to you as the benchmark for being coooool. The fonze was your grandfather. Any cooler and you'd freeze! WOO it's chilly in here. Cool quizzes at Go-Quiz.com

I'll keep you posted

What Really Going On????

Hello this Trevor Lee Popyacollar...Jaquanda Jenkins is out today with PMS



Political

The US missed 10 opportunities to detect and disrupt the al-Qaida September 11 conspiracy before the attacks took place, a report by an official commission of inquiry is expected to claim today. On the eve of the report, surveillance video from Washington Dulles international airport, broadcast on television last night, showed four of the five hijackers on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon being pulled aside to undergo additional scrutiny after setting off metal detectors, but then permitted to board the flight. However, the September 11 commission report will stop short of ruling whether the hijackings should have been prevented, a critical issue in the heat of a presidential election campaign....Now that just don't make no since...

Entertainment

Ushe, the R&B superstar has announced plans for a summer road trip, the Truth Tour, which will bring his elaborate song-and-dance show to fans across the country. The Truth Tour kicks off on August 5 in Hampton, Virginia, and will wrap up on October 7 in New York. Usher will travel with the Louis Vuitton Don himself, Kanye West, as his opening act...Shouldn't that be the other way around

"I, Robot" bow at #1 at the box office with over $52.2 million in ticket sales, according to early estimates. Taking in around $2 million more in its opening weekend than Smith's "Independence Day," "I, Robot" is the star's best debut ever. The red spandex suit was no match for carefully crafted robotics this week, as "Spider-Man 2" was dethroned and dropped to the #2 position. After spending two weeks at #1, Spidey, Doc Ock, M.J., et al., took second place with $24.2 million in ticket sales. Word is that 85.7% of the ticket sale were purchased by horny women that wanted to see the movie to catch a lil glance of Smith's bare ass...All I have to say is Good Job WILL...I don't knock nobodies hustle...Fellas don't worry...Halle Berry's latest movie Catwoman is out today...Enough said

Sports

To all my Cali peeps...Doesn't Shaq and Shaunie look happy

Majors sports analysis have predicted that the Clippers will take the season series with the Lakers next season 4-1...

World Series of Poker has become one of the biggest tv phenomenon...Its board room talk at all offices around the country. But it really hasn't caught home with the urban culture or community...So ESPN has come up with a new idea to catch the eyes of the urban community...World Series of Craps...At this time they are traveling the country (the CPT, AUC, South Memphis, and more) to find the best dice throwers in the land...

Random
G. C. Harris got a raise at the work house...

A Moment In The Life of G. C. Harris

I just saw some dude carrying his change in a Crown Royal bag...I haven't seen somebody do that since the mid 90s...People us to us the purple bags with the gold stitching for some very important things...They were a must in the hood house hold...I've also heard of using them for quilts. I've seen people using them for carrying their cameras, using them for dice bags, and storing fishing reels in them. I heard they're good for using in bank robberies and storing illegal substances in...I would know nothing like that...Talking about that bag brings me back to one of my scariest childhood moments (this flash back is brought to you by Twin Lakes Community...9406 Labette Drive to be exact). Well as a child my frontyard was the after school, weekend, and summer area for the ghetto olympics. I had the biggest yard on the block and my momma even provided the Kool-Aid (everybody loved my momma)...My yard has produced many Division 1 and pro athletes. Anyway, we were playing football one day and I was out their scrambling like McNabb on they ass...And I threw the ball up...It was one of the prettiest throws of my life...But it went to far...Pierre was parked on the other side of the street...Pierre was the neighborhood dope dealer...His ride was fresh...He had the typical dope dealer car at that time, a Ford Mustang V8 5.0, Candy Apple Green with gold flakes, and 100 Spoke Triple Gold Daytons...And guess what? I hit his car. I thought my life was over. Everybody knew Pierre was crazy...I ain't talking all that n@#$% crazy type crazy...I'm talking about Bishop from Juice crazy...This is the type of dude that would pistol-whip his own momma...I've seen his waste some dude in the street for something stupid...He us to carry his S&W 45 in a...guess what again? Crown Royal Bag...He was the type of thug that would keep his on the dash...He just didn't care...And it didn't help that his little brother was over their playing with us...He was the hood snitch...And he had that "Imma tell my brothah" look on his face...Well I ducked and dodged Pierre for about a week...But later on that next week he caught me at the neighborhood corner store...He told me to come over to the car...I thought I was just about to take my last steps...But I wasn't about to be no punk...So I strolled over their. He asked me did I hit his car last week with the football. I told him I didn't mean to (all the bitch came out of me)...He told me thats cool. He started to reach for his damn Crown Royal bag...He went inside the bag...I knew I was going to be another statistic...I closed my eyes because I didn't want to see what was going to happen to me...He started laughing at me and told me in these exact words, "n@#$% go get me some Hot Fries and a Jungle Juice, thats the least you can do for hitting my ride"...He handed me a dollar and some change and I took off like Toby on Roots...I returned to his car and he told me, "keep the change, keep the ball out the streets, don't be hitting car cause n@#$%s crazy out here these days (how can he call anybody crazy), and tell your sister I said wuzup...He had this GRIN on his face...Word is that he had a crush on my sister...I don't know why thugs liked my sister...They thought she was the hood Naomi Campbell or something...But I'm glad Pierre took a liking to her...Cause I could of been another brother on the 10 o'clock news...The moral of this story is "Life is like a Crown Royal bag...You never know what the hell you gonna get...And keep the ball out the damn street...You subject to get killed"...I'll keep you posted

"Bumpy Johnson's" Mid-Summer Who's Who Blog Awards

Welcome to the "Bumpy Johnson's" Mid-Summer Who's Who Blog Awards (Brought to you by botanical, CK's, Smokey Bones BBQ, Hennessey, Newports, St. Jude Hospital, Performa, YMCA, Now-or-Later Candy, Dave & Buster's, Hypnotic, Grand Casino in Tunica, and Don Don's Hot Wings)

Categories...Winners

Most likely to chock someone on their lunch break...Misty

Most likely to get some for the rest of the month...Henry (what do you expect...he's a newly wed)

Most likely to have somebody test her in the next couples of days...Ruby

Most likely to post over 5 times in a day...Kalisah

Most likely to buck the system...Panama

Most cuss words in one paragraph...O.J.

Most likely to get into it with the African (Senegalese) brother at work...The Black New Yorker

Most likely to run into or receive a call from on of those stalkalistic playahs by the end of the day...Stephanie (hell, I might as well give Misty one too cause its gonna happen)

Most likely to get in trouble for surfing the internet at the place of employment...Dave

Most likely to go on tour as a Prince backup singer...Rick

And they are also still tabulating the scores for the Smokey Bones BBQ Posts of Fame (Sponsored by who you think...Smokey Bones BBQ)

If you are not on their this time we have the rest of the summer to add you to the wall of greatness...

I'll keep you posted

eBay...the World's Biggest Swap Meet

I love eBay to death. That is were I get lined up with the luxuries of life for the "low low"...You can find anything and I mean anything on their...But some items just don't belong on the cyber auction block...For instance;




I'm sorry...This is my last picture post for the month...I know a lot of you all are looking at my page like why in the hell are you showing me this dengy ass tube. But this is the bathtub where James Earl Ray stood to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. at the The Lorraine Motel in 1968...Why is this up for auction on the "Bay"? The starting price is $150,000 and you can buy it right now for $250,000. D'Army Bailey, a Memphis judge and owner of the tub said "that there are lots of folks out there who are fascinated by that kind of artifact". I understand that much, but eBay is not the place to handle that. Have a little class. Anyway, Bailey said he plans to give the National Civil Rights Museum part of any money he gets from selling the tub. Which I think is pretty cool.He is actually one of the biggest donators of the museum. He said he got the tub in 1983 from an artist who was renovating the former rooming house for a residence and studio.


I also found out that this is not the only possession of Ray Ray's thats been out for sale. Being the history buff that I am I had to dig a little bit deeper. I found out that Ray's getaway car, a 1967 Mustang, was sold at auction for $27,000 in 1987. Ray's brother Jerry Ray (man they had some jacked up names) fought for years to get possession of the rifle identified as the murder weapon, saying he planned to sell it for up to $100,000. The courts ruled against him, and the rifle is on display at the museum...All I have to say...Only in Memphis...I'll keep you posted

Its Me Again...

You know the other day I posted a lot of mug shots of celebrity...Guess what I found today? Somebody's high school senior picture...And here it goes...



So do you know yet well let me give you a few hints;

WHAT! OKAAAY! YEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!

Yes....Lil Jon

I need to find something to do, because I have posted twice on a Saturday...I'll keep you posted

The Name Game...

Usually I don't post on the weekends so I have something to talk about on Lunes...But I just couldn't wait that long...Anyway, last night I was a little malnourished, so I decided to go out and get something to grub on...I ended up going to IHOP...I should of went to CK's...CK's the bomb...Just ask Kalisah...But if I would have went their, I wouldn't have this tale for you today...Well at the HOP my waiter's name was "Zipporah"...Enough said right...I could of whopped her folks ass for that...Anyway, she said her name, and out of my mouth said "what". I didn't mean to do that, it just happened...Anyway that wasn't the part that tripped me out. She had the nerve to put her name on a belt buckle. Why? I couldn't look her in her face for the rest of the night because I was scared I was just going to bust out laughing...But the only problem with looking down is that I kept on getting a glimpse at the buckle...About time my bill came I was on the floor rolling...I'm not right...I'm not right at all...I'll keep you posted

Say Cheeeese....

The seminar, Blogging at the Business Without Getting Caught has been postponed until next week...Sorry Henry...I haven't been able to put the finishing touches on it...And you know how big of a perfection freak I am...Well since my seminar has been scratched from today's blog agenda, I need to find something to give he citizens of "Throughmyeyes" a moment of entertainment...So I decided to share with you all today one of my favorite past times...Looking up celebrity mug shots...I don't know why I like to do this...But here are some of my favorites...Enjoy  
   
   
 

Okay...The Blood Acohol level in TN. is 1.0...Yours was 1.8...And you have thenerve to say you haven't been drinking that much...Thats a Que for ya...I'm just playing...Shot out to the men in Purple & Gold...Got nothing but love...NPHC love  
 

They could at least let a brother grab a comb or something...   
 

And you just need to let it go... 


And the infamous Bobby Brown...Honestly I think he likes going to jail...He goes their to get away from Whitney...Somebody told me his sale name is  Tenderoni...  
 

Michael, Michael, Michael....Now Stephanie, thats what you call a Creature Feature...    
 

What are you doing down at 201 Poplar...But the M-town is notoriously known for putting celebrities in the slammer 


How you get caught stealing boxes on your day off...Young Bill Gates...  smuggling computer chips at MIT...  
 

And D'angelo...Man you were [ ] close from blowing up...That "Mary-Kate" got the grip on him (Mary-Kate is the new nickname for cocaine)...I'll be praying for you...
 
I'll keep you posted
 
 
  
   
   
 

What Going On????

Jaquanda Jenkins with today's new...

World of Politics;
Democratic candid John Kerry will be speaking today at the final day of the NAACP National Convention...George W. turned the invitation down

While we are on the subject Bush...First daughter Jenna Bush has applied for a job teaching at an all black and Hispanic charter school in Harlem...Jaw dropping isn't...Sounds like something her dad came up with

Entertainment;
Halle Berry has a new boy toy...Yes she's back...The seasoned actress has been spotted at a Beverly Hills bistro and numerous other places with fellow thespian Michael Ealy...You know from Barbershop 1 & 2...Michael we'll be praying for you

In Sports;
The Heat and Lakers finalized one of the most landscape-altering trades in NBA history Wednesday...O’Neal going to Miami in exchange for Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and a first-round draft pick...This really makes Miami a contender...The East is Back

Now lets turn it back over to G. C. Harris

About the G.C.H;
I have a Spanish test today that I am not ready for...Wish me luck

Yo lo mantendré anunció (that means I'll keep you posted)

Confessions Part 3,4,&5

These Are My Confessions...No I don't have a chick on the side and no I don't have one on the way either...I just want to talk about "truth"...Do you know somebody that lie so much that they start believing in their own lies. Well I work in a fitness center...on a fitness floor...Well, there is a guy that I worked with that have that problem...You see I used the phrase "I worked with". Old Roddy Rod got the boot yesterday. He had the nerve to say that he felt like he didn't do anything to get fired...He didn't do anything to get fired! Let me tell you what the MF did in a total of one month;

#1. He has showed up to work on time a total of 10 out of 26 times in the past month. I can handle being 5 minutes...Maybe even 10...But Monday he was an hour and 45 minutes late. He wasn't even there to work. He came to workout...The front desk attendant told him that he was on the schedule to work (I have left by now because I don't deal with foolishness too well). He said, "I didn't know I was on schedule to work". What!!!! You have the same monthly schedule I have. We picked ours up on the same day. You know that you close every Monday...What make you think that this Monday is any different

#2. He doesn't do shit...Okay, my job consist of talking to members, giving fitness Assessments, putting members on programs, orientations, and I even teach kids fitness class...Cause Cornelius loves the kids...Anywho...All he do is sit at the desk, read the paper, and talk on the phone...Does that sound like anything I just described to ya'll as my job...Don't get me wrong...I BS at work sometimes...That's usually when I get my "blog on"...But it is all about what? You know my favorite word...MODERATION. He stayed on the phone one time during his shift for a hour and a half straight, with no chaser. He must of got up a total of an hour. This is a 6 hour shift...He said he didn't...Dude, we got you on tape...Just being messy

#3 One weekend he asked me to cover for him because he wanted to go home and see his folks...Well being the person that I am, I did. Anyway, he didn't even go home. He set his ugly-ass at the house. He didn't call or tell anybody. He didn't know that I wasn't covering his Saturday shift. The Fitness Floor Director did cause he's my boy...He knew I didn't want to be there. Well, What is rule #1 about playing hooky from work...Never go to the spot. Well it was a pay week. The clown came up to the spot to pick up his check (All yeah #2 is Make sure you have direct deposit)...He didn't know that the checks were in the office, were the Big Boss Man was chilling...But you can fill in the rest of the story by now...Lies, Lies, Lies


Well the only thing I have to say is keep it real...I would rather hear that you don't feel like it, then some bogus ass lie...You ain't got to lie to kick it...He done got my blood pressure all up...I'll keep you posted

Apologies...And Now Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

I'm sorry about Rev. Park My Cadillac...He always trying to get over on somebody...Now let me bring you today's thoughts of remanence and enlightenment...

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King, Jr.

For the last couple of days I've been moved by the spiritual words of Mr. Jump The Broom, Grad School Bound, and the Queen...It seems like the older we get, the more we start doubting ourselves and the things that the "BIG UNIT" has in store for our lives...I remember as a kid we didn't have that problem...We were the poster child for "Faith of a Mustard Seed"...What ever happened to that...I think we have gotten to the point were we (as adults) are so wrapped up in what we think reality is that we forget "who's running this"...I want to get back to my childhood roots of faith...I'll pray...I'll pray...I'll keep you posted

Rev. Park My Cadillac Strikes Again

I ain't got much to say to the congregation...I just wanted to drop by to tell the House of Blog "Good Morning"..Amen,Ameeeeen...And I wanted to speak a little bit on finances...Because we all know that "The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil". Money...It can buy a house...But not a home...It can buy a clock...But not time...It can buy you a position...But not respect...It can buy you a bed...But not sleep...It can buy you a book...But not knowledge...It can buy you medicine...But not health...It can buy you blood...But not life...So you see money isn't everything...And it often causes pain and suffering...I tell you this because I am your friend...And as your friend I want to...Take away your pain and suffering!!So...Send me all your money...And I will suffer for you!
I take Cash, Check, Credit Cards, Money Orders, and even EBT...The doors of the church are open

Side By Side

I got a chance to talk to my brother yesterday...I never really took the time to explain the relationship we have...He is my twin/older/younger brother. The reason why I say that is because I am baby "B" of the double dose that whas put on this earth on a beautiful morning in August at Baptist Hospital...brought to you by the Fannie and Charles Baby Producing Center. I came out 11 minutes after my brother...Honestly I didn't want to come out to this great world of sin...But since Fannie and Charles Baby Producing Center took so much time into creating me and prepare for my arrival, I said what the hell. My mom said I was probably sleep (I tend to do that a lot). Any way, I came out after him and I was also smaller than him. With that being, I was given the role of the little brother (even though we were the same age). And everybody went on with this. My family treated me as the baby of the clan. But just cause you are given a role, does not mean that you take it. I grew up a lot faster than he did. Not physically, but mentally. Don't get me wrong...I kicked it...I had fun as a teenager. I still get my "to the windows, to the walls" on...I have a real bad case of the Kanye West disease. I'm a grown-ass-kid, but not all the time. It's all about moderation. It has taken Brother C. Gerard Harris 4 years of higher ed. and D-1 football to figure out the formula. I am very proud of him...The number one thing I am proud about is that he is graduating with a bachelor in Criminal Justice...Now before you start clapping for the young brother, let me finish...Okay, and his childhood dream of playing on Sunday is becoming very visible. He is known as one of the best secondary players entering the draft next year. So when he signs that nice NFL contract, I just want him to remember one thing..."I need my piece"...What! Reparation for all the scars I took from the hands of the famous F and C BEAT DOWN Task Force, because of something you did. The sibling oath can be a mother...I'll keep you posted

A Little Message From Rev. Park My Cadillac

It feels really, really good to be in the house this morning. How is every body doing in the House of Blog this morning? Amennnn, Amennnn... I was really moved by this article I read on Wednesday....So I decided to just scratch my entire sermon on people's infatuation with clubs...cause you know we be clubbin...The name of that powerful sermon was going to be "Move B!@$%....You F@&*ing Up My Shoes"...But I guess I will have to cover that at a later date because I really wanted ya'll to gravitate your ears to this word I have for you this morning....We are reading from the book of Yolanda Young ...So everybody get your USA Today out and follow me....When you get there please say Amen....

Tough Choices For Tough Times (USA Today)
By Yolanda Young

These are tough economic times, especially for African-Americans, for whom the unemployment rate is more than 10%. Alarmingly, rather than belt-tightening, the response has been to spend more. In many poor neighborhoods, one is likely to notice satellite dishes and expensive new cars.

According to Target Market, a company that tracks black consumer spending, blacks spend a significant amount of their income on depreciable products.

In 2002, the year the economy nose-dived; we spent $22.9 billion on clothes, $3.2 billion on electronics and $11.6 billion on furniture to put into homes that, in many cases, were rented.

Among our favorite purchases are cars and liquor. Blacks make up only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for 30% of the country's Scotch consumption.

Detroit, which is 80% black, is the world's No. 1 market for Cognac.

So impressed was Lincoln with the $46.7 billion that blacks spent on cars, that the automaker commissioned Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the entertainment and fashion mogul, to design a limited-edition Navigator replete with six plasma screens, three DVD players and a Sony PlayStation 2.

The only area where blacks seem to be cutting back on spending is books; total purchases have gone from a high of $356 million in 2000 to $303 million in 2002.

This shortsighted behavior, motivated by a desire for instant gratification and social acceptance, comes at the expense of our future. The National Urban League's "State of Black America 2004" report found that fewer than 50% of black families owned their homes compared with more than 70% of whites.

According to published reports, the Ariel Mutual Funds/Charles Schwab 2003 Black Investor Survey found that when comparing households where blacks and whites had roughly the same household incomes, whites saved nearly 20% more each month for retirement, and 30% of African-Americans earning $100,000 a year had less than $5,000 in retirement savings. While 79% of whites invest in the stock market, only 61% of African-Americans do. Certainly, higher rates of unemployment, income disparity and credit discrimination are financial impediments to the economic vitality of blacks, but so are our consumer tastes.

By finding the courage to change our spending habits, we might be surprised at how far the $631 billion we now earn might take us.

What the hell are we doing to ourselves? Is that skit on Chappelle's Show about reparation true? Detroit, the world's No. 1 market for Cognac...."That don't make no damn since" (words straight from the queen MOMMA HARRIS). We complain about our children not getting the education they need. Well if you get out of MACY*S long enough to go pick up a childrens' education book at Barnes & Nobles. That might help them out, just a little bit....Now the doors of the church are open....Don't forget your love offerings....There will be an usher to take all collections in the comments box....I'll keep you posted

Soulful Sitcoms...Can You Dig It

I started forming a quiz to test your Soulful Sitcom knowledge while watching My Wife & Kids last night...Since I had nothing else to speak on today, I decided to post it...If you post your answers in the comment box I will return your score.

What is the name of the missing member of this trio from What's Happenin'?Raj, Rerun & ________
A)DeWayne
B)Dexter
C)Delvin
D)Derrick


What is Moesha's little brother's name?
A)Michael
B)Jason
C)Miles
D)Ray J


What was Roc's shiftless brother's name?
A)Joey
B)Johnny
C)Jeffrey
D)Joshua

Which sitcoms did Dawn Lewis appear on?
A)Martin, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
B)A Different World, Roc
C)Cosby Show, A Different World
D)Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, A Different World

What was the name of the crackhead on The P.J.'s?
A)Woody
B)Smokey
C)Puffy
D)Reggie

What show did Kim Fields NOT have a role in?
A)Good Times
B)Diff'rent Strokes
C)Baby I'm Back
D)The Jeffersons

What sport did Marion retire from on In The House?
A)Basketball
B)Boxing
C)Football
D)Baseball

Who played the role of DeWayne Wayne's mother on A Different World?
A)Patti LaBelle
B)Gladys Knight
C)Dionne Warwick
D)Diana Ross

What is Tommy's occupation on Martin?
A)Mailman
B)Account Executive
C)Bartender
D)None of the above, he ain't got no job!

Who was the father/daughter team on Amen?
A)Ray & Tia Campbell
B)Tom & Jenny Willis
C)Ernie & Thelma Frye
D)James & Thelma Evans

Which show did NOT have 3 children consisting of 2 girls and a boy?
A)My Wife & Kids
B)Thea
C)The Parent Hood
D)Bernie Mac

Which show did Morris Chestnut star in with Patti LaBelle, Vivica Fox & Duane Martin?
A)Out all Night
B)In The House
C)Good News
D)Wayan's Brothers

Who starred in the short lived Royal Family?
A)Redd Fox, Demond Wilson
B)Redd Fox, Della Reese, Larenz Tate
C)Larenz Tate, Nia Long
D)James Earl Jones, Richard Roundtree


BONUS
What is the name of Steve Harvey's group only hit record?



I'll keep you posted

"Entertain Us"

Me and the ONE were at my cave reaching into our deep and diverse taste of music. We were watching a special on Nirvana...Yes I said Niverna...And Yes I'm a man of color...Get outside the box a little...If Billy from "Suburbia" can crews down Shady Grove with some Nelly in the disc changer, I can sit at home with some "groovy" tunes of Kurt Cobain (R.I.P). Any way, we were trying to figure out what the hell was he saying in the hook of SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT LYRICS...So here it goes;

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT LYRICS
NIRVANA

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea

But I couldn't stop there...I had to dig a little deeper...And ask the age old question of WTF was Tracy Chapman saying or smoking while the recording of Fast Car...So once again...here it goes;

FAST CAR
Tracy Chapman

You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way


Now if somebody can Translate Tracy to me I'll will be so gracious. So if one of you deep individuals can bless me with some of your words of deepness I will greatly appreciate of it...I'll keep you posted

Sounds of the ATL

Say Shawty...Whats really good...I just came from my trip to the ATL...And we scraight kicked it...I can't talk like this for too long. It's starting to irritate me. Well, we (I'm talking about me and the ONE) took our ghetto passport and adventured in the land of the ATLiens. Let me break the trip down in category for you;

GRUBBING
Fat Matts; I felt like I was in Memphis...It's a hole in the wall joint, that some of the best BBQ I ever tasted in my life. What reminded me of Memphis so much was the pictures on the wall (JFK, Al Green, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and they even had a picture of Beale St.)

Cheesecake Factory; Food was okay...The Cheesecake...What more do I have to say.

NITE LIFE
The Living Room; V.I.P. Treatment. It felt good to be able to walk pass a line about a block long and just walk on in. It was the bomb. Only had one problem and that was...I forgot I promised the one I wasn't going to bring it up again...All I have to say is WTF. And if you ever go there...Tell the bartender you are from out of town. And leave them a tip like it's their Birthday or something. The only thing I didn't get to see was Felix making an example out of somebody.

Dave and Buster's; A Grown-Ass Chuckie Cheese. The food was okay. I was over charge on a Bud Light. I just don't want to bring that back up.

WE BE SHOPPING
Lil 5 Points; It was like a dream...I love every store. My wish list got bigger and bigger as we walked from one end to the other.

Lenox; The classic mall for the well off. I just wanted to go to Urban Outfitters.


Qoutes & Phrases
"We Don't Sale Liquor After 12"
"What Type Of Cheesecake Do You Want" (Seductive Voice...Ha, Ha, Ha)
"Man I just Gave You A Quarter"
"Dude, I Believe In Jesus"
"I Want Some Fruit Punch"
"You Can't Pimp Me, I'm A Pimp Myself!"
"I Like Your Shirt (ah giggle, giggle)"
"Like...Where From Philly"
"Alright...You Stay Out Of Trouble" (I Mean WTF...Sorry...I couldn't help myself)
"WhereYouAt"
"Give Her A Big Tip, It's Her Birthday"
And Last But Not Least...
"What You Doing In Douglasville?"