Archives for : January2012

Part I: We Are All Witnesses

Actress Yvette Nicole Brown from the NBC comedy "Community" (not "The Help") and "View" co-host Sherri Shepherd

Sunday, on "Watch What Happens Live" with gorgeous host Andy Cohen, funny lady Sherri Shepherd admitted, "I've been to jail. For traffic tickets. I was a Jehovah's Witness. I thought Armageddon was coming."

There is nothing more annoying than the renegade relative who shows up for a gathering unexpectedly (or early) and the rest of the family holds its breath waiting to be overcome by warm but incessant waves of shame.  The worst part about this relative is that in their blind ignorance, they reckon they are perfect exactly the way they are, frontal gold tooth and all.  For the Christian, the third cousin who makes us cringe is the Jehovah’s Witness.

Jehovah’s Witnesses are strange.  There is no other group resembling the Christian that is stranger.  They make the Amish seem normal.

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Part II: We Are All Witnesses

Knock, knock, knock!

Someone's knockin' at the door, somebody's ringin' the bell, do me a favor, NEVER open the door and let 'em in...

There are many of us who don’t have an opinion until someone else provides one for us. We don’t stand for anything unless Angelina Jolie does.  We have an interest in the Illuminati because we believe that Jay-Z and his crew does.  We will only wear bangs if Jennifer Aniston does.  If we are people of the Middle East, we believe the President of the United States is a great liberator.  If we follow Matt Damon, though Osama Bin Laden is no more, we may agree that our President is without “stones.”  If we follow Bill Maher, we may look and find that the President is a “big pu$$y” [cat].  Beyond Twitter, mindless following is a shameful way to live.

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It’s Over . . . For Now

Heidi Klum and Seal announce their separation.

Heidi and Seal won't be renewing their vows this year.

Like a shadow without sunlight, velvety smooth singer Seal and his lovely Supermodel wife want us to believe that it’s all over.  They’re separating.  They want us to believe that the couple that renews its marriage vows each and every year is truly neurotic and unsure of its love, and that kind of love could never last . . . 

The timing could not be more perfect.  Soon, Seal will be going on tour to sell his new CD—and the fantasy of being with him—to lonely women all over the world.

I’m still not sure if Usher is really divorced.  Don’t you wish that people would grow up emotionally and love their favorite artist whether he has a hot wife or not?

Good Luck Feeding Your Family Here

Cleveland Foodbank discriminates against unemployed workerIn a starving economy, when non-profits claiming to serve the community become the “we” that can’t hire you because you don’t have a job, it’s enough to cause the innards to churn the bitterest bile.  Recently, the Cleveland Foodbank posted an employment ad for a Customer Service Representative that would make you sick to your stomach:

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It’s a Girl!

Blue Ivy is born!Music and news-making superstars Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed baby girl Blue Ivy into the world this past Saturday. 

You might have thought that the bitter blacklash surrounding the child’s odd name, security measures taken at the hospital, and exclusive arrangements made for her birth were enough to make the couple blue.  Not so. 

Jay-Z posted a tribute to his baby girl on the World Wide Web expressing his utter joy in a “song” called “Glory.”

The song, which included an unexpected revelation of a miscarriage, ends with the lament of a child, believed to be baby Blue’s precious first cries. 

Congratulations to proud parents, Beyonce and Jay-Z!

Lil Wayne Judges Stripper Fight

Lil Wayne paid strippers to do more than strip at King of Diamonds in Miami last Monday.

Who knew that stripping could ever get boring?

When it does, King of Diamonds packs the house for a special fight night.

On Monday’s night of fright, the lucky lady in the purple trunks took home a quick stack of bills in its own plastic wrapper totaling reportedly $1,000.  Courtesy of yours truly, Lil Wayne.

No one knows the exact amount for sure . . . since . . . they’re . . . all . . . one . . . dollar . . . bills!  (Thanks a lot, Weezy.)

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Congratulations, LeBron James!

LeBron James Proposes to Savannah Brinson

Photo Courtesy of Andy Kropa/AP; Inset: Alan Diaz/AP

LeBron James finally proposed to longtime girlfriend and high school sweetheart Savannah Brinson on New Year’s Eve.  On bended knee, the Miami Heat pro-baller presented his wife-to-be a dazzling pear-shaped diamond set atop two sparkling baguettes.  As the proud mother of LeBron Jr., 7, and Bryce, 4 (who were already born and staring Savannah dead in the mouth at the time of the question), how could she refuse?

“I had no idea it was coming,” said teammate Chris Bosh [before collapsing to the floor in tears].  “I just heard some commotion, and yeah, there it was.  It was nice . . . real cool.”

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Nick Cannon Will Live

Nick Cannon in an Aspen, Colorado hospitalNick Cannon, Nickelodeon Executive and host of America’s Got Talent, was admitted to a hospital in Aspen, Colorado while vacationing with his wife Mariah Carey and DemBabies.  Mariah tweeted earlier today that her hubby had symptoms of “mild kidney failure.”  But that didn’t keep the voluptuous one from crawling into bed with him and risking full paralysis of his right side.

In all likelihood, the health scare may have just been a distress signal sent out to rescue a black man and DemBabies from the side of a mountain.  Black people don’t ski, Mariah.  (That means you too.)

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