Lost at Sea

Today's news is a sobering reminder about how truly precious and fragile life can be. We will continue to pray for a miracle, though we fully understand and respect the decision of the Coast Guard. This is what the Detroit Lions had to say today.

This is a sad story that most likely will not have a good ending for two NFL stars
who left the coast of Florida for a fishing trip Saturday morning. A missing persons call was made Saturday evening when the four never returned.

Officials said the search would end at sundown, with Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent defensive lineman Corey Smith, who played with the Detroit Lions last season, and former South Florida player William Bleakley still missing in the rough, chilly seas.
Following this story reminds me of my freshman college days at the University of Florida, there were at couple of weekends where I was invited by one of my good white friends, to go deep sea fishing, in a small boat, about the same size as Marquis Coopers boat. There were three of us, and we would leave out before sunrise, and by the sun came up there was no land in site. I would always tell my boy, "why in the HELL are we out so far"? And if I had to swim, I would not know what direction to go. It's one of those things I look back on now and say, it must not have been my time to go, because drinking and high seas don't match. Needless to say both trips I got home safely, but there were some scares, such as the having something on our line that was so big, it actually moved the boat while we were trying to bring it in (LOL).

Cooper and Smith, 29, became friends when they were teammates at Tampa Bay. Smith signed with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent in 2002, and spent last season with Detroit before becoming a free agent. The former North Carolina State standout recorded 42 tackles (28 solo), three sacks and 10 special teams tackles in 2008, his best NFL season.

My prayers are with the families.

Kneedeep7

Google Cell Phone Tracker Follows Peoples’ Real-Time Locations

Google's new mobile maps upgrade includes a cell phone tracker that lets you follow your friends or families locations in real-time. The cell phone tracker is called "Latitude." It plots a user's location using cell phone towers, GPS or Wi-Fi connections. User's pictures show up on the corresponding location on a Google map.

Now I don't know about you, but are you ready to be tracked down by your Mate, Friends, Parents, Boss, or God only knows who? Well this is nothing new, most of us have GPS systems in our cars, so it's just tracking in reverse. So watch out where you go, if you don't that known, cause not "big brother" is watching.

Tell me what you think?

Santonio Homes is my MVP

I know you saw the game last night? Well for most the game did not get GOOD till the 4th quarter. So here comes Santonio Holmes, to bring the Steeler's back to winning the Super Bowl. The behind the scence story is that Santonio, use to sell drugs in his younger days in South Florida. He lived in a small town where a young boy had two choices, either sell drugs or play football, well Santonio tried both till one of his best friends got locked up. So the choice was made, and look at who caught the winning touchdown last night.

Now for the other part of the story, who did Santonio piss off to post this naked picture of him in the shower? It's all over the Internet and shows him with nothing on but a braslet. What do you think?

KneeDeep

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE SINGLE ON Valentine’s Day

In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day you were fine with being single, right? Then it happens. You’re flipping through a magazine or maybe passing a store’s window display full of “the perfect gifts” that say, "I love you." At first you roll your eyes and keep it moving, right?

However after passing five more store fronts, or seeing all kinds of adds in the paper celebrating the holiday of love, you begin to feel like you’ve been left out of the party. Do you have someone special to spend your Valentine's Day with?

Well I'm single and have been thinking about what are the pluses about being single on V-day.

1. I can go hang out with other single friends (dinner, drinks or whatever) not spending more money then it would cost to treat myself and stay out all night without feeling guilty.

2. I can shop for myself. You know the day of flowers and a box of candy is gone, and V-day shopping can be exspensive. So I have thought of a few DVD's and CD's that I don't have, or HELL I can get myself another Ipod or digital camera.

3. Since I don't have anyone special, I've thought of at least three people I can send a V-day card to, and it will be a total surprise to them, you know "makes me look like the better man, and I thougth about you on this special day".

4. My back up plan. If I don't go out, its always cheaper to at least know how to log on to the Internet. Instead of spending money on gifts and a night out, on February 14, I can PLAY that "Computer Love" thang! LOL, it's SAFE!!!!

5. I remember that "SHIT , I'M HAPPY BEING SINGLE FOR NOW, and I can live with that.

What are your thoughts?

How I got the day off for the WHITE SOX PARADE!

Hmmmmmm....!
I urgently needed Friday off for the White Sox parade downtown, but I knew the Boss would not allow me to take a leave. I thought that maybe if I acted "CRAZY" then he would tell me to
take a few days off. So I hung upside down on the ceiling and made funny noises. My blonde co-worker asked me what I was doing I told her that I was pretending
to be a light bulb so that the Boss would think I was "CRAZY" and give me a few days off. A few minutes later the Boss came into the office and asked "What are
you doing?" I told him I was a light bulb. He said "You are clearly stressed out. Go home and recuperate for a couple of days". I jumped down and walked out of the office. When my co-worker (the blonde) followed me, the Boss asked her"
....and where do you think you're going?" (You're gonna love this.) She said, "I'm going
home too, I can't work in the dark!"

Quirks

Time to share and get to know your neighbors. What are some of your quirks?

When I eat a meal, the last bite has to be the best tasting thing on the dish.
When I set my alarm, I set 2 alarms, one for my wake up time and one for my get up time. When I set my alarm, the time has to equal up to the number 13. I.E.7:06am, 6:52am. I always rinse my dishes before placing them in the dishwasher. I always squeeze off a batch before I go on a date. On certain exercise machines I always seat down from the same side if there is an option to sit from either way. When I use a public bathroom, I hate touching the doorknob with my newly cleaned hands and use the paper towel I used to wash my hands. While in my doorway before I leave the house, I have to visually look at my keys before I leave. When I sign my name I always use my middle initial and always with a black pen. When I sleep alone, I have to sleep on the side closest to the door. My money is always face up and in order of dominations.
When I open a beer, I always hold the bottle up and look at it from the bottom.
When I wake up in the morning, the bathroom is always my first stop.
After starting my car, the music has to be set on what I want to listen to before I drive off.
On the bus or train, I have to sit on the outside seat.
When watching football on Saturday or Sunday's I have to use two tv's.
When making coffee, the sugar goes in the cup first.
On a plane I have to sit in a window seat.
While sleeping, I have to have at least two pillows.
I always drink my liquor straight.
And last but not least, I do not burp, belch, pass gas, or fart in a public place or otherwise emit fumes (LOL)

Bird Flu!

I had to ask myself, is this Bird Flu something that I should be worried about? Over this past weekend I thought about some things. Being a black man from the South, I know from an early age, my meat diet was mostly chicken. Can you imagine if this thing hits the United States, what it will do to chicken industry, let alone the "black community"? Two out of the four Sunday's of the month, chicken was apart of my Sunday dinner. Hell, if we ate dinner at church, nine out of ten times the meat was chicken. In the Boys Scouts, we sold chicken dinners. At my family reunions, there were at least six kinds of chicken you had to choose from. At lunch or dinner, to pick the lazy way out, I sometimes go to KFC's or Popeye's. At the grocery store, you can always find a good deal on chicken. And now so many of my brothers and sisters don't even eat red meat, but depend on fish or chicken to eat. So again I ask myself, what will happen if we had to stop eating chicken.

I did a little studying to answer some of my questions and this is what I found out.

1. Is there a cure for bird flu?
"No. There's no cure for any kind of flu. However, antiviral drugs taken very soon after symptoms -- such as a sudden fever -- appear make the illness less severe. The H5N1 bird flu is resistant to an older class of flu drugs, but remains sensitive to Tamiflu and Relenza".
I should have known this answer, because of the common cold can't be cured.

2. Should individuals stock up on flu drugs?
"No. Several flu experts tell WebMD that they are not stocking up on flu drugs, and they strongly recommend that individuals follow their lead.
Why? First of all, the drugs are in short supply. In the event of a pandemic, public health workers will need all the flu drugs they can get in order to treat people actually exposed to the virus. The drugs won't do nearly as much good sitting in people's medicine cabinets".
My thing is even if we had the drugs on hand, when would we take them? Without a flu test, it's hard to know whether your symptoms are the flu or another respiratory infection. And the pills only work against the flu.

3. Can you get bird flu from eating chicken or other poultry?
"No -- if the meat is fully cooked. Cooking kills flu viruses in poultry, meat, and eggs".
Now come on, you think I'm going to trust eatting chicken that has "bird flu" by making sure its cooked well done? That's like not washing the fresh cut greens they sell in the bag, because it says they were "pre-wash", it's not going to happen.

4. How do you catch bird flu?
"People have caught bird flu from handling infected poultry and from surfaces contaminated with poultry feces. There are a few suspected cases of human-to-human bird flu transmission. This happened only after prolonged face-to-face contact. But bird flu has not learned how to spread easily from person to person".

The bottom line is that bird flu virus can survive on raw meat from infected poultry, so they want you to use hygiene -- hand washing and the disinfecting of all surfaces that come in contact with the meat -- is essential. But I don't think all this will be necessary, cause when the first out break happens here in the states, no more eatting chicken for me. And years of tradition of black people eatting chicken will come to a HAULT!

Sometimes, I sit back and wonder. You know what I mean?