Hump Day.....News & Views

The great Beijing conspiracy.....

It's been almost 10 days since the story first broke........We were one of the few who dared to post it.....

You remember........the Chinese government forcing local establishments ......not to allow blacks in bars.....during the 2008 Olympics.

Well........there has still been nothing from the major media outlets. MSNBC's web site had a message board.....

MSNBC - Race & Ethnicity message board - Blacks banned from bars ...

But........that's about the extent of the coverage. Go figure........


Mr Favre........just won't go away.....

Brett Favre is coming back. Favre faxed his re-instatement papers to the league office while Green Bay Packer brass flew down to Mississippi to talk him out of attending Packer training camp.

What a mess...........It's obvious, the Pack........does not want Favre.....but they also don't want him to play for another team.....

Note to Green Bay: "You can't have it both ways.....either accept him back on your team.....or give him the release he asked for a month ago".

Egos.......egos.....


The NBA is making........off season news?

Say it ain't so..........but this is good.....No, nobody got shot..........or arrested.......just a major trade.

The Sacramento Kings have traded our favorite bad boy, Ron Artest, to the Houston Rockets......Yes, that Ron Artest........That Ron Artest, who incited that famous Detroit brawl.....That Ron Artest, who leads the league in technical fouls every year.......

But........the boy has game.....and ........teaming with Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady........makes the Rockets a contender in the NBA western conference.

Yes ............there is baggage here........but ........the guy can play.


My wedding ..........is this weekend......

Well, it's not exactly ...my wedding.

My daughter is marrying the man she has chosen.......to accompany her through the rest of her life......

My small role is simply to answer the question of , "Who gives this woman away"..........

I think I can handle that........My hope is .....for her eternal happiness. She deserves nothing less.


Finally............

Gardening........is ..........very humiliating.......

Last summer, I bragged........maybe even on this blog......(I just can't remember)....about being a ....."master gardener".

Well.........let me tell you.....This year........nothing.

The corn I planted grew to about 2 feet.......and quit. The Okra never even came up. The green beans were a miniature version (as were the collards and tomatoes)..........The squash decided to bloom, but bear no veggies........

Between the drought..........and the oak trees.......and that fig tree.......and that plum tree.......all those roots.......and lack of water.......

I.....have failed this year.

Have a great........Hump Day!