Don't cry for Star ...

... apparently ol' girl knows how to land on her feet.
News broke yesterday that Starlet Marie Jones Reynolds filed for divorce from her "husband" of three and a half years, Al Reynolds back in March.
Now every since my girl has been seen with Reynolds, there have been a few, uh, concerns about whether or not he's of the homosexual persuasion. Now he nor she neither confirmed nor denied that he has ever had sexual relations with a man or a woman for that matter.
I have been concerned every since she showed him on The View and I noticed that he arches his eyebrows. I don't know if he plucks, shaves or waxes them, but either way, that's a lil' on the feminine side. No straight man needs to walk around with his eyebrows arched. Anyway, shortly after they were married, it was reported that the man wore a Speedo and a loin cloth to a Halloween party. He was Bam Bam from The Flintstones.
I don't know about you but I don't need anymore evidence to rule in the matter of Al Reynolds' sexuality. I, the jury, find Al Reynolds to be gayer than Christmas - and I mean the lights, the tinsel, the metallic ornaments and the garland.
But hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of, we've all had a crush on a gay guy or two. Hell, I dated one in high school and I'm OK. In fact, we're the best of friends now. But for the record, I knew something was up when he was trying to "cut" after band practice.
In addition to my, and the rest of America's, speculations, Sybil on the Tom Joyner Morning Show said this morning that Jones kicked Reynolds to the curb because the brotha isn't working. And forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't blame her for that. Shoot, it's even in the Bible.
The Word says in II Thessalonians 3:10, "Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat." I didn't say that, Paul did. So she was right to do that and nobody can fault her for that either. If you do, then you feed that shiftless negro.
While a divorce is certainly a set back, Star has definitely landed on her feet. In fact, the Detroit Free Press has reported that she is dating Dewayne Wade. That's right, D. Wade of the Miami Heat.
I wonder if he put her in his Top 5 on his T-Mobile phone. Even if he didn't, she's still doing better than Big Gay Al. She's doing so well, I had to go back to the 80s to find her a new theme song!

It's about that time

November One means only one thing, the beginning of basketball season. I love this game. I love football and everything, but a girl can only take so many crazy T.O. and concussion stories. It's time for crazy basketball player and technical foul stories.
And what better way to begin than the Miami Heat getting blown out by the Chicago Bulls. Technically it was last night but it is still a mess. I don't know what the freak was going through the minds of the Heat's players when they were taking those crazy shots all willy nilly.
Now I know the Heat players were all excited about getting their rings and everything but they should have focused at least a little bit on the game.
And what's up with those D. Wade Converse commercials? Could they have made him look any darker or shinier? Look at his lips in that commercial, he looks like he's been eating fried chicken and biscuits with a whole lot of butter on 'em.
And ya'll, I must address this with all jokes aside. Who in their right minds invented this NiggaSpace Web site? That has to be the most offensive Web site I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot of Web sites.
I have visited this site and apparently it is supposed to function like MySpace. But this is no space anyone should want to be a part of. Rumor has it that this site is the brain child of some rich white folks and it is supposed to show how the word nigger/nigga has become a term of endearment.
Speaking as a black person who knows the origin of the word, it doesn't seem very endearing. It is offensive and I, for one, am offended.
For those of you who think that the word nigger means ignorant, let me give you a little history lesson laced with some linguistics. The word nigger is derived from the Latin word nigre which means black. Some where around the 1700s, some southern slave owner got a hold of the word and butchered it and it derived into the racial slur that it is.
Doesn't seem very endearing does it? Don't believe me, look it up.
With that said, I can not stand the word, I detest it and I don't want anyone to use it in my presence. I think it is high time that we stop using it in our music, in our speech and anywhere else. It is flat out inappropriate and I'm sick of it.