I'd like to think we've come a long way from the shoe box sized grey cell phones Zack Morris used in Saved By the Bell, however, people still feel the need to yell into their phones in public places. The speakers and mics on phones/pda's nowadays are really good and are very sensitive....so why are you yelling? I went to brunch the other day and a woman was having a conversation that could wake the dead. And I'm not so upset about her talking on the phone in a restaurant, although in nice restaurants you should ALWAYS put your phone away. This was more of a diner, so it wasn't so bad. This woman was sitting a good 20 feet away from me, however I could hear every word of her conversation. What makes people speak like they are in a wind tunnel when on cell/mobile phones?

What ever happened to "using your inside voice"??? It's a lesson we learned in kindergarten and it still holds true today. Believe me, no one wants to hear who it is going to pick up the kids, or you giving someone else directions to your location, or which one of your kids slapped the other.

I can be (at times) a food/restuarant snob. I like to eat out and enjoy my meal and enjoy my restaurant experience. So if you're talking loud enough for the entire place to hear you and you're sitting halfway across the room, be prepared to catch a dirty look and maybe even a left hook. Unless your President Obama, keep your mobile phone in your purse or pocket, and if you absolutely have to take the call, excuse yourself and move to a more private area...it's just common fricken courtesy.

Bow ties are not for everyone! Few men can actually get away with it, yet more and more men are attempting it. Bow ties do not work on heavy set men, sorry guys they just don't. Instead of evoking a preppy-cool look, you end up looking like an uptight professor or worse, Re-Run from "What's Happening". People like Andre 3000 can pull off a bow tie, hell he can pretty much pull off anything (look up his Benjamin Bixby line).

Remember this, bow ties work with slender/lean frames. Keep patterns simple and keep shirts fitted. It's a fine line between looking chic and looking like your part of the waitstaff at The Palm. The goal is to look like your not trying too hard.

PS...Since we have brought back the bow tie, can we try to resurrect the white dinner jacket?? Think James Bond and Cary Grant.

PSS...Tom Ford at the Oscars is the look you want when dressing formal! Get your game up!

Later!

Yes it's true. My man Sadat X from Brand Nubian is now a wine taster and critic. Check out his videos on Youtube! They are Hilarious!



FYI- My download links haven't been working because the site I use to house my mixes is acting a fool! I'll repost them.

Lata..

Ed Hardy has been pissing me off for a VERY long time. There are very few designers that reach a level of tackiness and gaudiness that physically makes me sick. While walking down Collins and Lincoln in Miami Beach, I had to stop numerous times to grab some water or just sit down to keep from throwing up in my mouth. Thanks Christian Audigier! As my friend Neran pointed out, Audigier has now made it infinitely easier to point out douchbags. If your a friend of mine and you still wear Ed Hardy, please stop! As a friend, I beg of you! JUST STOP! I wonder if Ed Hardy has signed on as the official wardrobe provider for VH1's "Tool Academy" (a guilty pleasure I must admit).

Bottom line: Ed Hardy clothing is not a good look!

Honorable Mention: Affliction clothing is just as bad!

Dueces!

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Rarely do I use the word "HATE", but in this instance, I really do HATE Jon and Kate! These two bastards have managed to completely ruin the lives of 8 innocent children and redefine the term "disfunction".

Is it me, or am I the only one that thinks putting these two opportunistic, self centered jackasses on full blast is just a waste of space! Every time I see, hear, or read about Jon and Kate I want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty screwdriver! (BUNG BUNG!) And rarely do I read about the EIGHT CHILDREN they have! That's proabably what pisses me off the most. That these children are highly neglected. Yeah, I know, they are probably living with relatives or staying with friends whenever their disfunctional ass parents aren't parading them infront of cameras to extend their crappy 15 minutes of fame. But kids need their PARENTS....BOTH OF THEM!

These two idiots aren't even thinking about the embarrassment they are causing their children and their families. How would you feel if everyone knew your parents business like that? These news articles, pictures, magazines are forever. Anytime someone looks up their names, these things will come up. These children are going to get teased like no other and it will hurt. Kids are cruel.. and so are parents.

So to you Jon and Kate, if I ever catch you in the streets just know that I will drop kick both of you in the throat! I will knock those hair plugs straight off of Jon's pea shaped head! No Warning! No Heads up! Just straight Jim Kelly your ass!

Peace.

OH yeah, almost forgot! And to you Richard and Mayumi Heene(Baloon Boy's parents), you and your wife are gonna get two slaps. One for being douche bag parents who don't give two S#its about your children and just want to be "reality" stars, and two for naming your kid "Falcon"! What the hell???

I agree with President Obama when he said he's doesnt really think he deserves it. There is still work to do and I think he is on the right track, but maybe the folks in Oslo should have waiting a year. With that being said, I am still very proud of our President, as should the rest of America. The backlash against President Obama's award seems a bit.....irrational. Along with the wildly unreasonalble backlash against Health Care Reform, this ranks up there as a "WTF" is wrong with you moment. I honestly feel that the Nobel committee is giving this award to Pres. Obama because it feels that the President is on the right track to repairing our image as well as engaging the rest of the world in a civil dialoge instead of wagging our fingers at the world like a dictatoral parent. As Rachel Madow explains, he is not the first Laureate to win based upon effort. I'm sure he will not be the last.

To those Necons that really HATE Obama in their heart of hearts, I would LOVE to know why? What is it about Obama that you really HATE? We've had 8 years of Necon/Rovian policies and look where that has gotten us. WHY do you insist on going back to policies that are OBVIOUSLY leading to the death of the greatest nation in the world?