Manic Monday - 01.17.11

An individual has not started living

until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns

to the broader concerns of all humanity.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

THIS happened last MLK Jr. Day.  Pretty cool, eh?

Damn, Gina!

It's Friday, but it feels like a Monday!!!!  Damn Gina!!!!

If you don't know where that catch phrase comes from.....you are too damn young for this here blog!  Just kidding.  Keep on reading, I love your young ass anyway!

At any rate - I am waaaaay toooooooo bizzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeee for a freaking FRIDAY ya'll!!!! 

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You better get your ass off your shoulders and make that money.

~ Craig Jones from Friday

{yeah, your probably too young for that too!} 

Just go ahead.  And.Lay.Me.Down!!!!!!!!!!!! 

And have a good weekend.

lots of prayers for Australia

The news and stories of survival and loss are just heart wrenching to read...coming out of Australia. 

Please take a moment....or alot of moments - to pray for their states.  Their country.  Their people. 

God Speed.  And God Bless!

Haiti: a year later

It is hard to recall the images of just one year ago today.  The devastation from the massive earthquake that struck Haiti.

I marked the despair of that awful day with this post.  And then this one.

Truth is, a lot of despair and ruins are still left.  Coupled with the tragic cholera outbreak late last year.  This country, their people, still need our prayers.  And our hope.

To understand how much...read this.  And keep them in your prayers.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

~ Oscar Wilde

some funnies sitting in my desktop



Can't site the sources of the images, because I suck!  **See?  That is the sarcastic stuff I mentioned.**  I REALLY ROCK HARD!!!

Happy 40th Mary!

I love Mary J. Blige.  And she turns 40 years young today....so.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY GURL!!!!!

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything. ~ mjb

I don`t know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It`s up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. ~ mjb, No More Drama

Won't you be my inspiration,

Be the real love that I need.

~ mjb, Real Love

Gorgeous lady.  Unbelievably talented, soulful voice. 

See, I have been a fan of Mary since her Real Love days.  That's my jam ya'll.

Yep, I'm taking it back to the old skool, 'cause I'm an old fool.  Ha!  1992...yep, it's been a minute.

Manic Monday - 01.10.11

I Can Do Anything - Starting Right Now.

I have my dream, I have God, and I choose to move in the direction of my goal,

even when I am afraid or unsure.

Whenever I fall, I stand up, brush myself off,

and keep moving toward my goal.

- Jonathon Lockwood Huie

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