Before Oprah hooked up with Steadman, I was Oprah's man. I got her phone number - 312-633-1000. Oprah don't go, Oprah say it ain't so. The Queen of Daytime TV is calling it quits to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Sept 19, 2011, moving her empire from Chicago to Cali.
Oprah don't go, sweetheart. The near west side will miss taking pictures in front of your studio. Restaurants will lose business, and no more car giveaways at Randolph, Washington, and Carpenter.
Please baby, please...Oprah don't go, baby. You left Mississippi, Milwaukee, Tennessee, and Baltimore to be with me...right here in CHI, and now you're leaving me. It aint right Oprah. I feel like a jilted lover, finding out that my woman broke up with me through a text message. Oprah I need you bad baby...my 9 o'clock won't be the same without you.
You leaving me for better weather? More tax breaks? You'll never be happy without Garrard McClendon Live girl, so reconsider your move. You're gonna miss my television lovin...and you'll be back...
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A ministers' alliance is saying that the investigation of school Michael Scott's death needs to continue. Are they meddling? I s Mayor Daley defending Scott for questionable reasons? See Tribune article.
Police chief, Jody Weis, discussed several facts leading to the death of Scott. Police have connoted that the weapon was registered to Scott and that ballistics show that residue was found on Michael Scott's left hand.
Cash, credit cards, and a cell phone were found, noting that the death was probably not a robbery. Scott was last seen on Sunday around 4:15 p.m., however there is evidence that his car was seen at 4:50, 6:30, and 10:30 p.m. parked near 350 N. Orleans.
Will the Blackberry or GPS device leave clues of Scott's last hours? Is it right to rule out homicide?
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Chicago's big shoulders are getting thin when it comes to conventions. The SPI plastics show and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have said "NAY" to the Windy City.
Come on toddlin' town...the disappearance of the 2016 Olympic bid, high taxes, and Chicago's crime factor are probably contributors to Orlando and Las Vegas's denial. These cities have stolen two huge conventions from Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune reported Mayor Daley saying, "the trade show's decision to leave is "a very serious loss." Daley called on unions and others working at the convention center to make changes to fee structures and onerous work rules so Chicago can compete with other cities for major trade shows.
The mayor has to get his hands back on the city by making sure deals like these remain, or else other conventions will vanish to 4th and 5th choice cities with more amenable accoutrements.
My day was saddened when I heard the news of the president of the Chicago School Board. Michael Scott is no longer with us and the speculation on his last moments are rampant. As a business person, mayoral confidant, and school board president, Michael Scott's life was complicated, to say the least. See
Tribune story on Michael Scott.
Trib photo: William DeShazer
The Tribune reported that "around 3:15 a.m. today, police found Scott's blue Cadillac parked next to a trash bin yards away from where he was discovered along the river, police say. The car was winched onto a tow truck about 6:30 a.m."
I will await more details on the death of Scott. My prayers are with his family as the mystery unfurls.
Leatrice Jackson was fed up. She decided to keep her child home from Fenger High School because she had fears of Tywon, her son, being harmed. Can you blame her?
Tywon Jackson at home. Photo by Terrence Antonio James
The Chicago Tribune ran a front page story on Tywon not going to school for three weeks. He was sprawled across his bed, chillin', with no homework in sight.
But if homeschool, charter, magnet, or other public school options weren't available, what else could poor little Tywon do? Fire up the Palystation bruh.
To be fair, his mother tried endlessly to get her child into other schools, but she is quoted as saying, "When you say you are coming from Fenger; they don't want you. You're automatically labeled."
Let the labeling begin as Tywon bounces into Corliss High School. I hope that he can regain the three weeks lost in class time, because a mind is truly a terrible thing to waste.
I am still in Jay Cutler's corner. I like him as risk-taking gunslinger. He makes the game exciting. But man, did you see that last loss by the Bears. Singletary's boys made us look like a Pop Warner team swimming in codeine.
Six Robbie Gould points and no Red-Zone success. We got served and I may head toward my wife's favorite team: the Indianapolis Colts. You know that a 4 and 5 record is terrible. We have to win 4 more just to break even on the season.
It's official: The bears are below mediocre - Lovie's coaching is horrendous and the offensive line could stand to spend more time in the weight room. They suck everyone, and you know it. Bears fans, like Cubs fans are slightly demented.
Sad.
Trib photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo
WGN TV's Allison Payne interviewed Chris-tia Donaldson about her new book, "Thank God I'm Natural." What do you think? Chris-tia will be on Garrard McClendon Live tonight.
Chris-tia Donaldson
Is it an identity crisis or skin damage? Former Chicago Cub slugger, Sammy Sosa, seems to have chosen the life of "a wanna-be." Cosmetic skin lighteners have been around for over a century, and the struggle of embracing your own identity and the dominant culture's is turbulent navigation of self-worth and self-love. Baseball has been good to Sammy, but he's hating his own skin?
I don't think that Sammy loves himself any less. But he's no longer the slugger who jumps in the air after a home run on Waveland. He's becoming obscure now, so the possible skin lightening photographs may have been his way of viral marketing for a company he will reveal at a later date. Could it be WhiterSkin.com?
But why would you want your skin lightened? Those with critical skin conditions, massive discoloration, and uneven skin tones may choose to lighten up. Vitiligo? Last But if Sammy was having skin problems that weren't color related, why use a lightener? This gets us back to identity.
Sammy's God given skin color was fabulous, but his new hue makes him look ghost-like, especially with those peculiar contact lenses.
Black people wanna be White, White people wanna be Black,
Hispanic people wanna be white or Black, What's the flack, why do you attack your own...
Lyrics from rap group, Total Control
