Houston, We No Longer Have a Whitney – But We have Woodworks

Now that Ms. Houston has passed on, it seems people are coming out of the woodwork to give their thoughts on Ms. Houston’s life, troubles and untimely passing. I, for one, am not one of them, because I’ve been voicing my opinion of Ms. Houston since day one, which was me not liking her. It wasn’t until The Bodyguard came out did I begin to like Ms. Houston. When she married Bobby Brown, I know it was a train wreck waiting to happen. But all that’s neither here not there right now. The purpose of this post is to express my thoughts, briefly on everyone coming out of the woodwork about Ms. Houston.

It never fails, when someone passes, those we have never heard of or heard from, want to say something, like they have inside information on the passing person’s last years, months or days and sometimes even hours and minutes. There isn’t anything we don’t know about Ms. Houston they can tell us. We know her marriage to Brown was a joke and very troubling. We know she loved her daughter and we know she wanted to be back on top of her music game. The only thing we don’t know and probably will never really know, is the extensive the abuse she endured because of Boxer Bobby Brown.

That’s my two cents.

//Signed//
Grumpy All Over

Sharron Smalls, Jane Addams High School Principal, Under Fire For Facebook Picture

I knew someone in which every picture you saw of her, she had a drink in her hand at a bar. People don’t think before they post things on Facebook.

A high school principal is facing harsh criticism after a revealing picture found on her Facebook page surfaced.

The photo showed Sharron Smalls, of New York’s Jane Addams High School, next to a topless man as he pours a dark liquid substance over her. Students passed a copy of the photo around school last week.

Smalls is already under fire for allegations of credit padding. A New York City Department of Education probe is looking into whether she gave students credits for classes they didn’t take.

“They put me in cosmetology because we don’t have chemistry,” 16-year-old senior Clarissa Williams told The New York Times.

The scandal has outraged students, many of whom may not graduate due to lack of credits.

Jane Addams High School received a an F grade from the city and is in danger of being shut down.

via Sharron Smalls, Jane Addams High School Principal, Under Fire For Facebook Picture.

via Sharron Smalls, Jane Addams High School Principal, Under Fire For Facebook Picture.

Woman ‘tried to burn down house of long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook’ | Mail Online

Facebook is causing people to do the dumbest things because of what’s being said or people unfriending them. I think people need to build a bridge and get over it.

Sidenote: If I un-friend any you, please don’t burn down my house.

 

A woman tried to burn down the house of a long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook, police say.

Jennifer
Christine Harris, 30, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been charged with
first-degree arson and is being held in the Polk County Jail.

Harris allegedly tried to torch the home of old friend Nikki Rasmussen while Nikki and her husband Jim were sleeping.

The fire broke out in a detached garage at 1am on October 27 at the Rasmussens’ home, officials said.

The police report says the fire caused a popping sound which was followed by a ‘boom.’

The
couple were woken up by sound and they managed to escape as the siding
on their house started melting from the heat of the fire in the garage.

The roof of the garage collapsed on the cars parked inside and other items stored there were ruined.

No one was injured in the blaze, but the garage was destroyed.

When
police asked Jim Rasmussen if anyone had a grudge against them he gave
them the name Jennifer ‘Jen’ Harris, desmoinesregister.com reports.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057170/Woman-tried-burn-house-long-time-friend-defriended-Facebook.html#ixzz1fbGxPvQ1

via Woman ‘tried to burn down house of long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook’ | Mail Online.

I SHOT A DOG IN THE NAME OF ART

Tom Otterness, in 1977, picked out a dog from a dog shelter and then killed it by shooting it. Not only did he shoot the dog, he filmed himself shooting the dog, and called the project art. HUH?

And now he is being rewarded ($750,000) by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency:

In June, the board of directors of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency approved a contract with Otterness for 59 bronze sculptures to fill three levels of the proposed subway’s Moscone station. An agency spokesman said the board was unaware of Otterness’ controversial past and relied on a recommendation from the Arts Commission. SF Examiner

I heard about this, (geez, do I dare call him a person) inhumane person from NPR (National Public Radio) and was appalled by his reward for an act done 34 years ago, and the question brought up was just that; the act was done 34 years ago, should he be forgiven for it now? NO! Another question posed was, does this act define his character? YES!!!!!!!!   He, being of sound mind and body, walked into a dog shelter, picked out a dog, and then shot it. HE PICKED OUT A DOG WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SHOOTING IT!

Michael Vick was only sentenced 2 years (I believe) for his crimes of systematically killing dogs that loss fights (money) for him. When Michael Vick was given the position of quarterback for the Eagles I was appalled. Then I learned recently, that he was awarded a 100 million dollars contract. If that doesn’t teach him that what he did was wrong, I don’t know what will. COME ON PEOPLE! Now, this idiot (Otterness) is being rewarded $750,000.

I believe in giving everyone a second chance for we have all done wrong in the past, but I feel that when one deliberately kills a dog, there is no forgiveness nor no rewards to be given.

Bo

This is Bo. He is approximately two years old and he ran away from home….literally. Its a long story, but he’s in a good place now and gets more love than he knows what to do with. We are watching him until January and then he will go to his new owners. I am going to miss him so much when he goes to his new home, but will be able to visit him when I want and we will be cat-sitting more down the line or just have him over on weekends.

And in case you were wondering, we did not pose him this way. He did this on his own. I think I have a GQ model on my hands.

Same Blog, Different Name

Trying to get a blog page perfect is a long process with many changes taking place from blog name to themes. I have finally settled on a blog name and theme. If you are following me, no need to adjust your TV set. If you have me linked to your blog, please note the name and URL change. If you aren’t following me, you really should so you can be the cool one on your block. SMILE

Bank of America Class Action Suit – Overdraft Fee

Someone filed a Class Action suit against BofA stating they unlawfully charged overdraft fees. The suit states that BofA would rearrange the debit charges in the consumer’s account in order to cause the consumer to be short of funds in their account, thus charging the consumer over  draft fees. Bank of America Law Suit

This lawsuit is to cover millions of BofA members.

I left BofA, or as I like to refer to them, Bank of Piss Me Off Again, over a month ago and went to a credit union, and so far I am a happy banker. Ran into a slight bump in the road with the credit union, but they fixed the problem in a very good way.

 

Cain Is Not Able – Herman Cain and the Sexual harassment Revolution

Herman Cain, recently, has been ducking questions about past sexual harassment charges that were filed against him, but settled out of court, by two women in the 1990′s. Another lady is now coming forward, with lawyer Gloria Aldridge, that she too, was sexually harassed by Cain. The first two women will not disclose their names, however, the third “victim” (and I use the word very loosely here for right now) doesn’t seem to have a problem exposing herself.

My understanding is that Perry’s (Rick) crew is the one that dug up the story and Politico is the one that presented it to the world. Again, that’s my understanding. I could be wrong. Wait, I’m never wrong (insert laughter and applause).

I have not lost faith in Cain because of the allegations. I’ve lost faith in Cain because he won’t own up to it. When it was first presented to him, he claimed he didn’t know anything about it. But when his campaign group presented the information to him, he tried to back pedal. BACK PEDAL. That’s why I can’t support Cain anymore. And when I say support, I do not mean forking over my hard earned quarter to his campaign fund or trailing behind him wherever he goes (TV wise), or hanging on to every word he says. When I say support, I mean, I actually found someone I might have voted for. Um, voting is a whole other blog that I may or may not write about. I’m trying to decided if I want to be driven to Smack Down Hotel after my post. But I digress.

As mentioned, I am not holding Cain’s past “mistakes” against him. I don’t hold anyone’s past mistakes against them, if they are willing to own up to them by saying they did it and they were wrong. Cain has yet to do either one.

Some are referring to this as technology lynching. I just call it dirty playing on the part of the Perry campaign group. What people did in their past is just that, their past. We cannot judge a person from their past actions, we can only judge a person from their present actions…BACK PEDALING. We will always keep in the back of my minds what has taken place in the past, but that should be the end of it. But politics isn’t like that. Politicians want to profess their honesty and integrity to the world, all the while, they are playing dirty in the background. They are quick to throw the brick and then hide their hands.

My name is Nikki and this my two cents with some change probably coming back.

What Facebook’s New Features Mean for Journalists

 

 

 

 

 

As a blogger and aspiring Pro-Blogger, ghost writer, paid contributor, and any other writing that will allow me to get paid, I am really hoping that Facebook’s new feature will help me get myself out there to more people. Right now, I only have two subscribers on Facebook. I am not sure how to get that number to increase. All I can ask is for people to support me and subscribe.

I haven’t received the new Timeline widget yet, so perhaps that might help me as well. We will see.

What Facebook’s New Features Mean for Journalists.

The Health of the President

So, the news report says that the President of America (Obama) is in tip-top shape, but they made no mention of the country.  No one has to be a genius nor a doctor to know that the rest of the country is carrying around PhD’s: Poor, Hungry and Depressed!