https://www.facebook.com/101838786530649/

IUSE2GRADEPAPERS Entertainment, Jacksonville, FL (2024)

02/05/2024

Did you know that 49 of the 50 states in the United States are majority European with the exception of the state of Hawaii?

01/19/2024

God and the ancestors have bestowed a blessing and peace in our hearts.
Lil' Morris has had a few discipline incidents...Like his dear old dad, but this year we hit a "bad patch".

We were so frustrated that corporal punishment, time out, physical exertion were employed almost on a daily to get some control of the reports and such.

This led to a discussion about and IEP evaluation for behavior...

I was NOT happy, but I had to address the issues, so we scheduled a screening.

Yesterday the committee gave us the good news that our beautiful, kind, energetic, and loving son has NO issues and that the school will have to make adjustments to their expectations for a five-year-old. Thank you, ancestors.

Now, I know he can be a handful and those teachers aren't creating some scenario that shouldn't be addressed or and expectation that is unreasonable, but "Damn it feels good to see people up on it!"

I'm so damned happy that he can eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner this weekend... Well, he can have a little for dessert tomorrow.

It is rough being a parent and wanting the very BEST for your child before he is even born. Wanting him to be happy and healthy. Wanting to instill pride for self and love for humanity. To build memories and have experiences that will last a lifetime.

I'm just saying that we are so very blessed to be the parents of this angel, and if he comes and gets in MY bed again, like he did yesterday, and declares, "Dad...I don't want to go to school (gets under the cover and turns his back to me) Turn off the light." I will be have to be evaluated for bussin' his little head down to the white meat. LMAO

God knows our heart and the ancestors have seen fit to bless him and us with mutual understanding.
Hotep

01/11/2024

On Death

Kahlil Gibran (1883 –1931)

Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death.
And he said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honor.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

01/03/2024

A Florida State University fan had better NOT NEVER say a single thing about their record, who they recruit, who transfers out/in, the attendance at a game, merchandise sales, athletics, getting into college, or wearing garnett and gold.

I can't believe, although I really can, that Seminole fans are actually DEFENDING the actions/decisions of those players who opted out of the Orang Bowl!!!!!!

"They were screwed by the committee, so they decided not to play"

"They saw no need to play for a T-shirt and cap"

"They were upset because they were left out after going 13-0"

"They lost faith in the system after being snubbed by the committee"

Do you realize how many denials our ancestors GOT?!?!?

Do you realize how many odds they faced?!?!

The intimidation, threats of violence, and VIOLENCE?!?!?!

One of my regular customers at the ABC/Jax Liquors in Frenchtown would speak to me about his return from the Korean War and wearing his Navy uniform as he smoked a cigarette walking past the FSU Strozier Library and being set upon by white college students for walking on THEIR campus!

I remember when the Black Student Union was being evaluated for relevance in recent years. Shout out to Ben Crump for his two terms as president during my tenure at FAMU.

Amid this history, how can you just QUIT?!?!?

You didn't get picked as a starter...
You played a team that had home cooking with the refs...
You have a health setback or family issue...
You violate a team rule and get disciplined...
You have another player vying for your position...

I was taught in grade school not to quit, so I don't believe in it...

You can't be UNCONQUERED if you QUIT!
You have to FIGHT to be VICTORIOUS!
You must engage in battle to win or you just lie down and accept the rule of others over you (Sparta and the 300)...

I'm gloating, but I'm serious about those athletes who took the easy way out by opting out.

If you are NOT a top ten draft pick, then you take the field to make your perspective NFL team rethink you and your value. You do the same thing you did in high school to get the very scholarship that you walked out on. I think that they need to be made to repay their entire scholarship, if they don't have a medical reason for not playing in a bowl game. If you are saving yourself for the draft, then cut the check when you get that bonus.

I'm serious about this and YOU, as Seminole fans, shouldn't be so dismissive about their cavalier attitudes towards the program.

ALL those that opted out are TRUE semen holes, and I mean that.

01/02/2024

For all of you FSU Semen Hole fans who are using the opt-outs, injuries, and transfers as an excuse for the lopsided loss to the Georgia Dawgs...Look at this right here.

There is only one Champion in Tallahassee and I hope that the plans to have a combined parade to celebrate both schools is scrapped and the Rattlers can be showcased as the true and only champions in the city.

Damned shame... "Unconquered"?!?!?! LMAO

Happy New Year

01/02/2024

Michigan wins the Rose Bowl and will be playing for a national championship! Congratulations to the Maize and Blue for the win and the punching of their ticket to Houston, Texas.

Congratulations to #2 for breaking the Michigan touchdown record on the game-winning overtime drive.

Hail to the VICTORS!

Lil' Morris is officially on loan to Coach Harbaugh for the Championship Game.

01/01/2024

Culture versus community.

I attended Jean Ribault Senior High School back in the early 80s and I am a PROUD Blue and White waving Trojan.

However, I was misinformed and would have attended William Marion Raines if I had been properly educated on my high school choices. In fact, I would have made the choice to attend Edwin McMasters Stanton High School, if I had it to do all over again...

Naw, I would have chosen Raines. I needed the band. LOL

We attended Ribault to support our community, which is what anyone does. We continued to make Ribault Manor, Sherwood Forest, Harborview, Washington Heights, Lincoln Estates, Forest Hills, and surrounding areas OURS.

The community saw 'Whtie Flight' in the early 70's and the Black families readily moved in with zeal and optimism.

This was despite the occasional overpriced properties and the sabotage that was rampant in the newly purchased homes. (People were putting cement in the drains and toilets...)

We peppered and then blackend the entire area in a matter of three years or so.

This was against the backdrop of Northwestern becoming a junior high school and Willam Marion Raines being switched to a high school from an elementary school to stave off the attempts to integrate the gem of the northside...Ribault High.

Jacksonville coordinated the integration of the formerly 'all white' schools to be supported in 1971 and they bussed in the black youth to integrate, which meant that black kids had to get up an hour earlier to catch a bus to a previously all-white school to be bullied, discriminated against, and exposed to racial tensions that still exists in communities that have realigned to remain as segregated as they were in the 60s. Although they are segregated by economics more so now.

We made the community ours. Unlike Englewood, Terry Parker, Wolfson, Ed White, Robert E. Lee., etc, we LIVED in this new neighborhood school. Similar to Gilbert, Stanton, Northwestern, and Butler.

We put our efforts into making the community OURS.

We thought that being Black would automatically bring culture with us and that it would be championed, but it wasn't.

The thing about culture, you have to be purposeful when you begin to institute it. The '70s saw bell bottoms, vibrant colors, afros, and platform shoes. We saw the music, hairstyles, and verbiage of the young people become a part of our culture and our community.

The same with the 80s with the Chic, Calvin Klein and other jeans, the crayon, Leglove shoes, thin straight ties, Member's Only jackets, and the Jeri Curl.

The culture also so the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the introduction of crack co***ne. This is when we saw criminal and health issues be either ridiculed, ignored, or secretly tried, and this led to the demise of our neighborhoods/communities. This was NOT cultural but an epidemic. Still, we saw the violence, drug dealing, street cred, and objectification of women become a part of the downside of the culture.

This is when we saw the negative, criminal activities that were occurring in our community become embraced as a part of our culture when criminal activity has never been a major part of any cultural image or activity. It is frowned upon, discouraged, and looked upon with scorn.

Today, we see students bring the criminal elements to school, to the mall, to sports contests, and to other activities as though it is part of what it means to be 'black'. It is so rampant that students from all socioeconomic backgrounds believe we should carry guns, smoke dope, be sexually promiscuous, lie, steal, and assault one another because it is the cultural expectation when we know differently.

My point is this, we have sullied our cultural identity and have championed a community that was a hand me down from the previous owners. We were never French Huegenotts or colonizers and we can see that attempting to make those aspects a part of our culture is fruitless without the proper cultural relevance.

We have to teach our young people that the goal is to live in peace and harmony and NOT to create tensions, commit violence, and destroy the very areas where we live.

The goal is to utilize the principles of Kwanzaa daily to make our village, empowered, economically sound, and develop in a manner that is what we desire. One that serves all ages, and economic levels, and endeavors that help us to become the BEST community that we could hope for.

Be culturally purposeful and respect one another for the diverse, rich, and talented diaspora that we are.

This Black History Month needs to continue to shine a light on the accomplishments of our local heroes and sheroes and the direction that we need to continue to move in for our ancestors.

Signed, a proud Ribault Trojan who is a Viking at heart, but an advocate for the cultural relevance of our community.

Hotep

01/01/2024

To celebrate Kwanzaa is an act of faith and resilience.

By reflecting on each principle African-Americans acknowledge the past with gratitude for our elders and the ancestors whose names we may or may not know.

We also acknowledge and accept the precious gifts of of principles and traditions of which we are now stewards.

Precious, because they were not documented but survived the slave trade and were all but lost to us.

Now we continue in faith toward the future, with a focus sharpened by the time spent reflecting on these principles.

Happy Kwanzaa and Happy New Year!

12/28/2023

Day 3
Build, support, advocate, invest in your community.

12/13/2023

It's NOT just a queen's birthday, but MY beautiful Queen's birthday!

Happy, blessed birthday, Pooter, and we will celebrate with the cake that Lil' Morris has dutifully and explicitly asked me to by for YOU both. LOL

We have been together since 1991 and each year my love for you is increased exponentially.

I pray that we stay out of your way and allow you to enjoy yourself and we will jointly celebrate your solar return later.

**On Marriage**
BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
Then Almitra spoke again and said, And
what of Marriage, master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you
shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white
wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance
between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond
of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from
one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat
not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each
other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain
your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near
together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow
not in each other’s shadow.

12/08/2023

God is good...

The groundbreaking approval has been eagerly anticipated by patients and doctors alike. The treatment is priced at $2.2 million per person.

02/24/2023

https://fb.watch/iULx1yw9jM/?mibextid=cobsDW

03/15/2022

Kanye West is a musical genius, suffers from mental illness, and is an a$$hole... DL Hugley is the MASTER roaster, so Yeezy don't want that smoke! LOL

12/24/2021

Merry Christmas to you and your families!

08/31/2021

Memphis, Maine!
https://youtu.be/hY8vges4y6U

Memphis voiceover comedian Ig:tmoney_sofunnyFb: tmoney sofunny TikTok- tmoney_sofunnyTwitter: Live_tmoney ...

07/17/2021

The Vapors
Biz Markie
Can you feel it, nothing can save ya
For this is the season of catching the vapors
And since I got time, what I'm gonna do
Is tell you how this spreaded throughout my crew
Well you all know TJ Swan who sang on my records
"Make the Music", "Nobody Beats the Biz", well, check it
Back in the days before this began
He used to try to talk to this girl named Fran
The type of female with fly Gucci wear
With big truck jewelry and extensions in her hair
When Swan tried to kick it, she always fessed
Talking about "N***a please, you work for UPS"
Since he wasn't no type of big drug dealer
My man TJ Swan didn't appeal to her
But now he trucks gold and wear fly Bally boots
Rough leather fashion and tough silk suits
Now she stop fronting and wants to speak and
Be coming to all the shows every single weekend
To get his beeper number, she'd be begging please
Dying for the day to get skeezed
She caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
I got another partner that's calm and plain
He goes by the name of the Big Daddy Kane
A mellow type of fellow that's laid back
Back in the days he was nothing like that
I remember when he used to fight every day
What grown-ups would tell him he would never obey
He wore his pants hanging down and his sneakers untied
And a rasta-type Kangol tilted to the side
Around his neighborhood people treated him bad
And said he was the worst thing his moms ever had
They said that he will grow up to be nothing but a hoodlum
Or either in jail, or someone would shoot him
But now he's grown up, to their surprise
Big Daddy got a hit record selling worldwide
Now the same people that didn't like him as a child
Be saying can I borrow a dollar, ooh, you're a star now
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
Now I got a cousin by the name of Vaughan Lee
Better known to y'all as Cutmaster Cool V
He cuts, scratch, transform with finesse
And all that mess
Well I remember when he first started to rock
And tried to get this job in a record shop
He was in it to win it but the boss fronted
Said, "Sorry Mr. Lee, but there's no help wanted"
Now my cuz Vaughan still tried on and on and on
'Til the like break of dawn
To put this j-o-b in effect
But they'd look right past him and be like, "Next"
Now for the year of '88
Cool V is making dollars so my cousin's like straight
He walks into the same record shop as before
And the boss be like, "Vaughan, welcome to my store"
Offering him a job but naw, he don't want it
Damn it feels good to see people up on it
'Cause I remember when at first they wasn't
Now guess what they caught from my cousin
The vapors
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
Last subject of the story is about Biz Mark
I had to work for mine to put your body in park
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be down
With a lot of MC-DJ'ing crews in town
So in school on Nobel Street, I say "Can I be down, champ"
They said no and treated me like a wet food stamp
After getting rejected I was very depressed
Sat and wrote some def doo-doo rhymes at my rest
When I used to come to parties they'd make me pay
I would have to beg to get on the mic and rap that day
I was never into girls, I was just into my music
They acted like I wanted to keep it instead of trying to use it
But now things switched, without belief
"Yo, Biz, do you remember me from Noble Street, chief?
We used to be down back in the days"
It happens all the time and never cease to amaze
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
They caught the vapors

07/17/2021

07/12/2021

City Council At Large, so EVERYONE can vote for this servant of the people! Save the VOTE!

07/12/2021

Happy Birthday, William H. Cosby, Ed. D.

07/02/2021

Xavier Gordon has a new album release on tomorrow. Let's support this outstanding, young, and talented artist!

I need everyone to tell a friend to Pre Order my New Ep Excellence on the ITunes Store App! We’re at the top of the Pre Order list ,and it’s important that we hit the #1 spot.

06/28/2021

‼️⁉️ ANYONE NEED YOUR YARD DONE?

FURNITURE MOVED AROUND?

ANY WORK AROUND THE HOUSE?

DISHES ⁉️❓

SHARE,SHARE,SHARE
PLEASE RockSolid Services (904)450-1463

06/25/2021

Come out at support an HBCU college student as she prepares to study fine arts at Howard University!

06/12/2021

Hot fish and shrimp for a worthy, charitable, cause.

09/23/2020

Come out and support a worthy cause for our community. Proceeds are used for our annual Past Master Donald Rice Scholarship Fund. Dinners can be delivered to your location or you may stop by 410 Broad Street and the dinner can be brought to your vehicle.

09/18/2020

Alvin Boyd Kuhn should be read by every "so-called" Christian.

Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Kuhn studied the Ancient Greek language at university.[2] He obtained his B.A. in 1903 and started his career working as a language teacher in high schools. He enrolled in summer sessions at Columbia University in 1926 and 1927, and then quit teaching to devote to full-time studies in 1927. His thesis, Theosophy: A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom was, according to Kuhn, the first instance in which an individual has been "permitted" by any modern American or European university to obtain his doctorate with a thesis on Theosophy.[3] Kuhn later expanded his thesis into his first book of the same name in 1930. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1931, he returned to teaching for one year, but then spent the next 30 years writing, lecturing, and running his own publishing house, Academy Press in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[3]

Highly influenced by the work of Gerald Massey and Godfrey Higgins, Kuhn contended that the Bible derived its origins from other Pagan religions and much of Christian history was pre-extant as Egyptian mythology. He also proposed that the Bible was symbolic and did not depict real events, and argued that the leaders of the church started to misinterpret the bible at the end of the third century.[citation needed]

Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Kuhn studied the Ancient Greek language at university.[2] He obtained his B.A. in 1903 and started his career working as a language teacher in high schools. He enrolled in summer sessions at Columbia University in 1926 and 1927 and then quit teaching to devote to full-time studies in 1927. His thesis, Theosophy: A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom was, according to Kuhn, the first instance in which an individual has been "permitted" by any modern American or European university to obtain his doctorate with a thesis on Theosophy.[3] Kuhn later expanded his thesis into his first book of the same name in 1930. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1931, he returned to teaching for one year, but then spent the next 30 years writing, lecturing, and running his own publishing house, Academy Press in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[3]

05/10/2020

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!

04/13/2020

As we speculate, develop conspiracy theories, and racially accuse this administration of allowing black and brown people to die... Let's pay attention to the TRUE victims of this pandemic.