Happy New Year !!!

What the Memorial Day Weekend Indy 500/NASCAR double is to some in the South -
The New Years Eve/Day Las Vegas/Pasadena double is to many on the West Coast.
But the West Coast double comes with a catch.
If one enjoys himself too much on New Years Eve in Vegas,
the Pasadena New Years Day leg becomes impossible.
Only once in my lifetime was I able to complete such a double.
I had to leave Vegas a bit early,
and the Rose Parade was viewed through blurry eyes.

But I love the Rose Parade in Pasadena.
It's much better than a tacky balloon filled parade through dirty streets (Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade).
How ever you celebrate it - Have a Happy New Year !!!

Happy New Year !!!

Meal which is considered to be good luck here in Southeast Texas;
Pork (Pig Tails, Pig Feet, or Chitterlings)
Cabbage or Greens
Black Eyed Peas.

(I guess I'm in for a bad year.)

Happy NEW Year !!!

Have a Happy 2010 - Good Riddance 'o9 !!!

Have A Safe Flight

Members of the NTSB and FAA testing out the new safety seats now required on all international flights.
(Now this ish has gone too far.)

Is Grey Matter Dark Matter?

Most people accept that the majority of light is non-visible.

Still more accept the idea that we only use about 5% of our brain's potential.

And with the Universe consisting of 70% Dark Energy and 26% Dark Matter - it would seem that we are only able to identify about 5% of it's contents.

Is our understanding of Dark Energy and Dark Matter related to the development of our Grey Matter?

When primitive man only understood his local surroundings - was his brain operating at even less than our current 5%?

Bai Ling sits alone at a cafe in Hollywood

Carrie Underwood attends the 43rd Annual CMA Awards

If We're Keeping Score

After inheriting a failed banking system and a failed auto industry - some would say that Obama is ruining the country.
But a quick look reveals something different.
Dow Jones Average;
January 2009 - Markets trade at a low of 8000.86
December 2009 - Markets up to 10547.08

After Bush promises an end to our 'long national nightmare of peace and prosperity' (The Clinton Years) - at least the man seemed to deliver on his promises.

Dow Jones Average;

January 2001 10646.15

December 2001 10021.57

And some on the Right claim that Obama is ruining our country?

If We're Keeping Score

Barack Obama - Sworn into office January, 2001.

December 25 - "Briefs Bomber" Farouk Abdul Mutallab attempts to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253.

George Bush - Sworn into office January, 2001.

September - October, 2001 - Anthrax mailings panic much of the nation.

September 11, 2001 - Terrorists commandeer three planes crashing two into American landmarks.

December 22, 2001 - "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid attempts to blow up American Airlines Flight 63.

By a score of 3-1, Bush leads Obama in acts of terrorism allowed during his first year of tenure.

Rachel Uchitel enjoys the Florida sunshine just seven miles from where Tiger Woods moors his private yacht

After weeks of feeling the heat from the Tiger Woods scandal, bikini-clad beauty Rachel Uchitel is feeling the heat of a different kind - that of a sun-soaked beach.

"Taste Is A Highly Subjective Thing..."

A sagacious blogger stated.

I understand that.
But visual tastes are more complex than what the eye can see.
Ones tastes in preferences for potential partners are similar to that of ones tastes in foods - which go beyond the usually simple tastes of sweet, hot, sour or bitter that are generally associated with foods.
Our preferences in tastes in foods/women can also be determined by what one craves, what the body tells the brain it needs.
Tastes in foods/women can also be influenced by that to which one has been exposed.
Some people love Chitterlings - some, not so much.
Some people love ethnic foods - others don't.
Some people like cooking that tastes like their mother's - some don't like their mothers cooking.
One man's cuisine can be another man's slop.

But a quick sampling of my current list of newscaster hotties includes many types of women who seem to be a variation of the same model.
Since I moved to this undereducated and over-fat market - an attractive, well spoken and fit woman seems to be all that I can focus on while watching television.

So here's a quick run-down of the hottest Black newscasters on television.
(Yes, there are a lot of beautiful non-Black newscasters too. But for the sake of space, I'll limit this list to Hot Black Newscasters.)

Bloomberg - Zahra Buton (pictured above) makes the list.
Monica Bertran fails to make the cut.

CBS News - Michelle Miller and Debbye Turner make the cut.

While Rene Syler, Chagnion Antoine, Stacey Tisdale, Aleen Sirgany, Gwen Beltran, Thalia Assuras and Priya David miss being listed among the elites.

ABC News - Robin Roberts and Linsey Davis make my short list.

While Maya Kulycky and Deborah Roberts fall short.

CNN has a strong showing with Fredericka Whitfield, Richelle Carey and Soledad O'Brien.

While the likes of Stephanie Elam, Femi Oke, Brenda Berard, Kareen Wynter, Valerie Morris, Monica McNeal, Lola Ogunnaike, Natisha Lance add a strong back-up group.

NBC currently leads all takers with my girl Jenna Wolfe, Tamron Hall, Christina Brown and Hoda Kotb.
But Rehema Ellis, Tracie Potts, Rosiland Jordan, Allison Stewart and Sharon Epperson come up short.

The odd this is - I had assumed that ESPN's Sage Steele, Lisa Salters, Rescheal Canidate, Jemele Hill,

or The Weather Channel's Betty Davis, Vivian Brown or Tetiana Anderson would have made my cut.

MY list includes women with fake tiddies (which I hate), small tiddies and no tiddies.

MY list includes some who would be thought too old and some who would be thought too young.

MY list includes some who could be thought too short and some too tall.

My list is just that - "MY list".

But yes... I think these women are my current ideal of beauty.

Mormons > Pac 10 > Catholics

If I were to write the Pac Ten's results in bowl games in the form of an equation - it would appear that the the Mormons would come out on top.

Las Vegas Bowl - BYU 44 - Oregon St. 20 - What a shame, it seems the Mormons decided to take back their old trail from the land in which it terminates.
Poinsettia Bowl - Whotah? 37 - Cal 27 - Okay brohammas... the Utes got lucky.
Emerald Bowl - USC 24 - Boston College 13 - The Trojans sweep the Catholics this year and ex Trojan's quarterback Mark Sanchez dashes Peyton Manning's dream of an undefeated season in the same week?
Okay, I'm back on the Trojan's bandwagon.

Now lets see how the rest of the Pac Ten does in it's upcoming bowl games against the heathens.

Creole Christmas

Much like a Hispanic celebration of Christmas on Christmas Eve filled with friends, family, tamales, and cerveza - many Creoles celebrate Christmas Eve with friends, family, a big pot of gumbo and a lot of liquor.
Instead of listening to oldies - many from southern Louisiana dance to Zydeco in a dance that seems like a more lively two-step.
Not to be confused with the Second Line genre popularized in New Orleans, Zydeco is a bit more country.
A bit more raw.
A lot more fun.

The next time you find yourself down on the bayou during Christmas - skip the traditional Christmas day celebrations.
Instead, try to find a lively Creole Christmas Eve party.
C'est Le Bon Temps Roulez!

Best Modern Family Invention

I gotta' give it to Nintendo and it's Wii - this gadget went against the grain and decided to offer family friendly games instead of high-tech games geared towards men.
(Although I do prefer the PS3 Blu-Ray player.)

This past Christmas, instead of giving gifts to each child in the dysfunctional families I help out, I gave the head of household a Wii gaming system and an extra controller setup ($80 bucks for a primary controller, Nunchuck controller, and a gel motion cover? WTF?).

These single mothers seemed confused by this choice of gifts.
What were they going to do with a kid's gaming system?
But as their son's were able to teach them something while creating their avatars, these mothers began to engage their sons in a way that many haven't been able to since many were young boys.

Instead of each family member being in their own rooms doing their own things - these families began to once again communicate.
These mothers seemed to enjoy their new found ability to knock their sons to the ground in the systems boxing game.
These mothers seemed to enjoy teaching their sons how to plan their way around a golf course.
These boys seemed to enjoy having an attentive mother.

But something odd happened.
Most of the families ended up going outside to play real tennis at the local park (I'd given the kids tennis rackets on prior Christmases), or going to the local park to shoot baskets, or going to the bowling alley for a few games.
Most of these families had forgotten how to have fun with each other.

Marisa Miller attends the Victoria's Secret fashion show