Is it March Yet?

           Every four years we get an extra day in February called Leap Day. 24/7/365? Not this year. We have 366 days in 2012. So what does that mean? Well, nothing really. Except for an extra day of Black History Month. Do you believe that? White History doesn't even get its own month, let alone an extra day every four years. Relax, I'm kidding. But seriously. What does this extra day mean for us? If you watch "30 Rock" like I do every week, we're supposed to take advantage of this day. We can do anything we want. Whatever happens on Leap Day doesn't count. Wait, what?

           Unless you knew about this already you might not have anything planned for this year. So maybe we should take this time to plan for 2016. And plan something crazy! Sky diving? Base jumping? Alligator wrestling? Bank robbery? Long distance swimming? Scuba diving? Unprotected hooker sex? The list goes on. The list also get really weird. So you should probably choose something for yourself. Just make sure you pick something you wouldn't normally do on a Monday. (Leap Day in 2016 will be on a Monday) Which is actually a perfect opportunity. Make a long weekend out of it and go nuts.

                  Well, that's all I have to say about Leap Year. I would like to touch on something else that happened over the weekend if you don't mind. Even if you do mind, blow it out your ass.

          I talked about stereotypes a while back but one of them got cemented this weekend. The Nascar fans out there know what I'm talking about. Women can't drive! The face of GoDaddy.com crashed 3 times this weekend. Apparently they all weren't her fault (I don't watch Nascar) but the fact is, she was in 3 crashes. Every race she was in this weekend, she crashed. So, I'd like to take this time to thank Ms. Patrick for confirming what we already knew in our hearts. Women can't drive. And if they're Asian women, run for the hills because it's about to get crashy.

         Okay, let's recap. This is a Leap Year and unless you have something planned for the 29th this year, let's starting thinking about 2016. It'll be a Monday and you'll have plenty of Vacation days to use and go bananas. Also, women can't drive. Thanks Danika. I'm going to celebrate Leap Day 2012 by doing something crazy. I'm going Subway to buy a 6 foot Ham Sandwich and get the best Hand-job money can buy from at least 4 bums behind the IHOP. (It's National Pancake Day so it should be packed back by the dumpsters)

Eat Healthy? Exercise? Nah, There's a Pill for That

           For many years now our country has had an obesity problem. It's quite possible that we are the fattest country in the entire world. There are a number of reasons that contribute to this sad fact. Laziness, fried food, bad eating habits, laziness, and some people have even said there is a gene that causes obesity. Well, I'm not buying it. The truth is; if you exersise and eat well, you'll lose weight. Period. If the calories you burn during the day are greater than the calories you take in during the day, you'll burn fat. It's science. For the math nerds out there, it looks like this. Calories Burned > Calories Consumed = Burned Fat. Burned Fat = Lost Weight. It's that simple.

          To be fair, it's not easy to eat right and exercise regularly. It takes a level of self discipline and will power to drag yourself to the gym everyday. And it can get pretty expensive to eat healthy. So it comes to do how much you value your self-image and overall health. Even if you can't afford to eat the healthiest food, you can still keep your calorie intake down by not eating as much of the bad stuff. If the gym membership is holding you back, there are a number of exercises you can do at home. It all comes down to what kind of shape you want to be in.

          I'd also like to be clear that I'm talking to the obese people out there. The problem I have with this whole obesity thing is that these people aren't happy with themselves. If you aren't happy with yourself, then do something to change it. I'm not saying that everyone needs to have sculpted abs and buns of steel. Shit, I don't have a six-pack but I'm happy with the shape that I'm in and I go to the gym to improve on it. If you have a couple extra pounds here and there and are happy with yourself, then so be it. More power to you. But if you can't see your feet and need help with everyday tasks, there is a problem.

         So what's the solution? There has been surge of healthy habits and exercise over the last few years. Shows like "The Biggest Loser" and "I used to be 600lbs", or whatever that show is called, demonstrate the benefits of working hard and eating right. It's just not enough. The message just isn't getting through to the people that need it.

         Laziness to the rescue! Yes, laziness appears to be the solution. A medical advisory board has endorsed the "obesity pill" and recommended it to the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) for approval. This is the same pill they tried to approve 2 years ago but it was found that the side effects were too risky. The side effects were heart problems and birth defects. Two years later they are trying to get this pill approved by saying the benefits out-weigh the risks. A strict regulation of drug prescribers and recipients will apparently lower the side effects. The side effects are still heart problems and birth defects. So is that what this country has turned into?

        Lazy, pill popping fatties. I'm saddened by the fact that, instead of doing it the right way, a pill is our answer to obesity. To be honest, I hope it works. What do I really think will happen? Obese people will take this pill and continue to eat and not exercise. They will remain fat and maybe lose the 10% of their body weight this pill promises. So instead of being 400 lbs, they'll be 360lbs. Great.

        In summation, I'd like to say that eating right and exercising is right way to get in the shape you want. I reiterate, the shape you want. I don't think everyone should be super thin or crazy muscular. You should be able to do your everyday tasks without help and be happy with yourself about it. If not, I guess now you can just sit back and feast on a pill. Just worry about your heart and the future of your children while cruising down Easy Street. Me? I'm going to find the fattest bum I can and make her chase me a mile before giving her a Ham Sandwich for my Hand-job. Every little bit helps.

        

You Can't Avoid Boyd - Nobody Wants Any Sausage Tom Green

Nobody Wants Any Sausage Tom Green

With February coming to a close, this is the last post for the “Worst in Hollywood”/”Props to a Black Dude” series. If you liked it, great. If not, eat a dick. Today, we talk about the worst movie of all-time, “Freddy Got Fingered”.

First off, I hope Stains isn’t reading this, because this will break his heart. There are a few things about Stains you need to know. He is a successful accountant, he is surprisingly athletic, and he is the biggest Tom Green fan ever. He loved his show and was beyond excited when he heard Green was going to a star in a movie.

The Friday the movie debuted, Stains bought 12 tickets early for it for him and his friends. He didn’t want to chance that the movie will sell out and he’d be left in the cold. Remember, this was 2001, we were all in high school, and alcohol, drugs, and pussy had yet to consume our free time. Unfortunately, he forgot to grab tickets for me and another friend. I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to get in as movies on the weekends typically sold out. Upon arriving minutes before the start time and waiting in a long line, we were able to get the tickets. Once we walked in, there were only 16 people in attendance, 14 of them being our crew. This was the first sign that this movie might not be worth our time and money.

90 minutes later, it was confirmed: the movie was crap. Sure, I laughed at some of it, but the movie was god awful. If you never saw the movie, you can Wikipedia it, but Green plays a failed cartoonist who moves in with his parents after he is fired from the cheese sandwich factory. Like his MTV show, the movie is scattered with shock and gross-out humor. The original cut of this movie was rated NC-17, but it was toned down to receive an R rating. It also co-stars Don Geiss from “30 Rock”, the chick from “Airplane”, the dude who bangs Stifler’s mom in the “American Pie” movies, and the female cop in “Super Troopers”.

The critics didn’t sugarcoat their thoughts on the movie. Several prominent movie critics gave the movie zero stars out of four, while the Toronto Sun thought it was so bad, it created a new scale and gave it negative one stars. The movie won five Razzie awards out of eight nominations, highlighted by Green accepting the awards in person. I don’t want to contribute Tom Green’s demise to this movie, but this was probably the start of his decline.

On a positive note, it has achieved a cult like following and did not win the “Worst Picture of the Decade” Razzie (“Battlefield Earth” took that honor.) Plus, Stains is only one of two people I know to have owned this DVD. If he ever gets married, I am bringing up this fact during the best man speech, whether I am the best man or some blacked out guest.

This week’s “Props to a Black Dude” goes to Greg Oden, who probably needs some cheering up after his latest knee surgery. He hasn’t had any good news since becoming a pro since some naked pictures were leaked on the Internet, showing off his monster dong. He was one of the top high school basketball players in the country before committing to Ohio State. He would have been the top pick in the NBA draft, but had to go to college for at least one year. In that one year, he was an All-American and led the Buckeyes to the championship game.

He came out for the 2007 NBA draft, being viewed as the top pick. However, Kevin Durant was also vying for the top spot. The Portland Trailblazers had the top pick and took Oden first, adhering to the “You can’t teach size” rule. They adhered to that rule in 1984 when they drafted Sam Bowie over some guy named Michael Jordan. Just like in 1984, this pick bit Portland in the ass.

Greg Oden has had four knee surgeries (three of them micro-fracture) in his brief pro career. He has only played in 82 games in his five years with Portland, which is the length of one normal NBA season. He hasn’t played since December 2009. In the same time, Durant has become one of the best players in the league. Props to Greg Oden, who needs something good in his life.

                   -Written by Marcus Boyd

Donuts, Ashes, Sacrifice, Easter, What?

          Happy Fat Tuesday. Today is the day where you get to eat all the bad stuff you want and not feel bad about it. Right? You can stuff your face with donuts and candy and whatever else you think falls into the category of "fat making" food. Well my description of this little celebration might not be the best one out there but it sums it up pretty well. Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, and the start of Lent. For those that don't know, Lent is a Christian observance of penance and sacrifice. It is very religiously significant in a number of ways that I'm not going to get into. Why you ask? Because: 1. I'm not a Priest 2. I don't feel like getting into it and 3. The only thing people really care about is giving something up for 40 days.

          Lent is the time of year between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Now, for those of you who ran to your calendar to count the days. You'll find more than 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Well, dummies, it's because the Sundays don't count. So you take Ash Wednesday and the three days that follow, plus the six full weeks until Easter (excluding Sundays) and you'll get 40 days. [(6 X 6) + 4 = 40] That number is significant in a number religious ways as well. I won't get into them, I'll just say them. The Israelites walked in the wilderness for 40 years, and Jesus walked in the wilderness for 40 days. If you want to know more about that then please Google it. I'd like to focus on giving something up and sticking with it for the duration of Lent.

          This is supposed to be a time sacrifice and reflection. The idea of giving something up for Lent is so you can understand sacrifice and appreciate what you have. There are a number of ways to accomplish this. Let's look at a few.

          You can take the easy way out and give up something that you don't use that much anyway. For example, you could give up cheese puffs. Not a big deal if you don't eat them that often. You can still gorge yourself with chips and not feel guilty. It's a pretty lousy way to do it, but who am I to judge. In this time of year I'm pretty sure you know who'll be doing the judging.

          You can step it up a notch and give up something you do use everyday. For example, you could give up drinking beer. Or eating all kinds of candy. Or drinking soda. Those are a step above the cheap bitch in the example above. But you can still get drunk, eat unhealthy and drink other crappy drinks. So it's not extreme that the big guy upstairs is looking for. (I'm talking about GOD)

         The next step is giving up eating during the day. Very similar to Ramadan (the Muslim celebration thing) where Muslims fast from Sun up to Sun down. That's no eating or drinking (water is allowed) from the time the Sun comes up, until it's dark out again. That's a pretty extreme way to do it, but that certainly is sacrifice. JC's dad would appreciate that I'm sure.

          The real extreme would be to fast completely for the entire 40 days. You'll probably end up really sick or dead so I don't suggest this at all. You want to look good in the eyes of GOD but you don't necessarily have to schedule a meeting during Lent.

          I like to go with the second option on this one. I'm not real extreme about it but I'm still going to give up something I use everyday. For me it will be candy and junk food. I was thinking beer, but with St. Patrick's Day coming up I'd have to drink Gin all day long and that's a dangerous, very dangerous thing to do. I usually eat candy at lunch everyday, so I'll certainly be sacrificing. Add that in with the fact that you aren't supposed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent and I'll be sleeping like a baby at night. What is your plan?

           And you know, even if you're not a Christian, you could give something up for Lent anyway. Whether you agree with it or not, it will still make you appreciate what you have and give you another level of discipline you probably don't use right now. So take this time to reflect, either about religion or just about your own life, and see what you're made of for the next 40 days. One thing I won't be giving up is exchanging Hand-jobs for Ham Sandwiches. And that's just the way it is.

You Can't Avoid Boyd - Insert Generic Jeremy Lin Pun Here

Insert Generic Jeremy Lin Pun Here

I know I usually write on Thursdays, but something needed to be on the HJFHS record about the latest phenomenon going on. It’s not shocking for a Harvard grad to be doing well in New York City (plenty of people in the business/finance sector went to school there). It’s also not shocking for something of the Asian persuasion to dominate Google searches (fetish porn websites). What’s shocking is that both criteria apply to Jeremy Lin, the New York Knick point guard that is the talk of the world right now.

Jeremy Lin went from nobody to superhero in a two week span. He was on two NBA rosters this shortened offseason before the Knicks claimed him on December 27^th. The team had two players injured and needed depth at the point guard position. His role was the last guy off the bench, as he did not play in 13 of the team’s next 22 games. In the nine games he did play in, a blowout loss to the Houston Rockets was the only game where Lin played more than seven minutes. The Knicks sent Lin to the developmental league in mid-January for a few days and there was talk of cutting him before February 10^th, the day his contract became guaranteed. He was sleeping on people’s couches, knowing he could be cut at any time. Fortunately for Lin, the team was playing horrible and Coach Mike D’Antoni decided to see what he could do before potentially cutting him. This was the smartest/luckiest thing D’Antoni ever did.

Getting extended playing time for the first time since his Harvard days, Lin went off. Despite not playing with the team’s top two players for most of this streak (Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire), he’s led the Knicks to seven straight wins. He’s the only player in NBA history to have at least 20 points and seven assists in his first five starts. His 136 points during that stretch is the most since the NBA-ABA merger. On Monday, he hit the game-winning three-pointer to beat the Toronto Raptors. Wednesday night was the first time he didn’t score at least 20 points in a game since Linsanity started (he only scored 10 points, but had 13 assists). Everyone and their moms know about Jeremy Lin at this point, with President Obama giving Lin some dap this week.

This story is beyond remarkable. I’m a sucker for underdog stories, but this is ridiculous. Victor Cruz came from nowhere this year, but as a wide receiver, he’s only involved in 10-15 plays a game. Tim Tebow had a great run in 2011, but he was a first-round draft pick and may be the greatest college football player of our generation. Lin was overlooked coming out of high school, college, and in the pros. No one saw this coming, including scouts and general managers whose main goal is to find basketball talent.

The best way to describe Lin’s immediate success is a perfect storm. It took a whole lot of little things to get to where we are. Lin has talent, but was rotting away the bench. Even the Knicks didn’t think much of Lin early on. However, the Knicks’ system was perfect for him. Mike D’Antoni requires a point guard who can run the pick and roll offense. Lin is suited for that style.

Despite his recent run, people are excited to see how he plays with Amare, a forward who has thrived in that style of offense before.

It also helps that the Knicks didn’t have a real point guard as another option. Toney Douglas and Iman Shumpert are shooting guards, Mike Bibby should have retired three years ago, and Baron Davis can’t seem to get healthy. D’Antoni was relying on Douglas, Shumpert, and Carmelo to play the point and that experiment failed. I don’t think Lin would be scoring 20 a night on any NBA team. He needed the right offense to get going.

Lastly, maybe Lin needed the constant rejection. He didn’t receive one athletic scholarship offer despite being the player of the year in high school. Despite the numbers he put up in Harvard, no NBA teams deemed him worthy of a draft pick. All the adversity might have made Lin a better player, forcing him to practice relentlessly and allowing him to bide his time until he got a chance.

I know some of you are already sick of this guy. He’s being covered by all media outlets, not just sports. The Knicks have become a big draw on the road, as Asians-Americans are coming to see Lin live in person. Knicks home games are the hottest ticket in town. Stores can’t get Jeremy Lin jerseys and merchandise fast enough.

There are two guys who are not ravaged by Linsanity. Writer Jason Whitlock made an off-color tweet about Lin after last week’s Lakers game, playing up to the stereotype of Asians being small in the dick department. He has since apologized, but that was retarded. A man in the media can’t make that joke. My friends can, but not a professional. Also, boxer Floyd Mayweather stated Lin is only getting attention due to his race, not his play. Once again, Lin is the only person to hit up 20/7 in his first five starts. I’m sure anyone would be getting this hype, regardless of color. Race might play into it somewhat, but it’s not the whole story.

There are so many goofy nicknames and word play with his last name. He’s not fantastic, he’s Lintastic. He’s not wonderful, he’s Linderful. He’s Linsane in the Membrane. He’s Linfinty and beyond. We get it; you can substitute Lin for in or anything for that matter. Frankly, I’m getting sick of some of these, but I am not getting sick of the player.

I realize Jeremy Lin will eventually have a bad game and the Knicks will lose a game. I know Lin hasn’t faced the toughest opponents yet. I know he turns the ball over too much for a point guard and has other flaws. However, this is a once in a lifetime story. A guy who couldn’t get a chance is now the biggest sports star in a big city. Will he stop putting these types of numbers? Probably, but one doesn’t know. All I know is this guy has woken up the Knicks from their slumber. Before their winning streak, the team seemed to be going through the motions and D’Antoni was on the hot seat. Now, the team has life. Teammates are genuinely excited for Lin and his play. Despite being a Knicks fan, I think it’s good for the NBA to have the Knicks as a positive storyline. And right now, Lin is dominating an otherwise mundane sports world. I was on board for Cruz and Tebow. You’re damn right I’m on board the Jeremy Lin train. I guess you can say I have yellow fever.

           -Written by Marcus Boyd

You Can't Avoid Boyd - If Only the Oscars Gave an Award for Best Kick

If Only the Oscars Gave an Award for Best Kick

I have very little expectations for a movie. I’d just like the movie to make sense, be worth the $12 to see it in theaters, and have some realistic acting in it. One of my pet peeves is when actors look out of place in movies. Charlie Sheen looked like he could bring the heat in “Major League”. Tim Robbins had the same throwing motion as my girlfriend in “Bull Durham”. That always bothered me, as he was a phenom flamethrower, yet threw like a Kansas City faggot. When it comes to action movies, I realize I’m not watching Shakespearian actors, but at least give me a decent performance. That’s why there is one action star out there that I always have to watch with a grain of salt: Steven Claude Van Seagal.

That’s right, it’s a tie between Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme. Great martial arts experts, god awful actors. Yet, I own several of their movies. Why? Because they are some of the funniest movies in my collection, unintended of course.

We’ll start with JCVD. After bursting through the scene in the late 1980’s, his first few films did quite well. “Bloodsport” got him onto the scene, and his early movies were box office hits. They kept it basic with JCVD. Early on, he played kickboxers, a karate expert, and a soldier, roles that pretty much were tailored to JCVD’s experience. Once the “Muscles from Brussels” actor hit it big, Hollywood couldn’t get enough of him. They decided to branch away from kickboxing and created more mainstream roles for him. Unfortunately, they required JCVD to act and his acting career with downhill.

Sure, you can blame the writing on “Street Fighter”, “Maximum Risk”, “Double Team” (co-starring last week’s subject Dennis Rodman),”Knock Off”, and “Universal Soldier: The Return”, but that was either a lot of bad writing, or one bad actor. Lately, his career has gotten back on track with “JCVD”, where he plays a somewhat fictional version of himself (just like The Weasel did in “Pauly Shore is Dead”) and his upcoming role in “The Expendables 2”. It seems his rejuvenation coincides nicely with Van Damme not acting outside his boundaries.

Steven Seagal knows how to do two things very well: karate and being a shitty husband (twice he knocked up girls that weren’t his wife while married). He is a 7^th degree black belt in Aikido and got his Hollywood start as a karate instructor. As a favor to an agent (a former Aikido student of Seagal), Seagal starred in “Above the Law”, about a cop seeking justice. The film was a surprise success and Hollywood decided to run the same theme into the ground by having Seagal play a cop seeking justice in his next three films: “Out for Justice”, “Hard to Kill”, and “Marked for Death”. In 1992, Seagal played former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback in “Under Siege” and it made him one of the hottest action stars in Hollywood.

No one could argue that S-squared knew his way around a dojo, but the man couldn’t act. His delivery was as vibrant as Terri Schiavo. Granted, producers paid him to kick the shit out of bad guys and deliver horrific one-liners. His next film was “On Deadly Ground”, where he played an environmentalist who defeats an evil oil refinery corporation. This started Seagal’s decline, where he did have some successes (“Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” and “Exit Wounds”) but more misses (“Fire Down Below”, another freakin’ environment movie, and about 15 pieces of shit that went direct to video.)

Despite their extremely flawed thespian skills, I think I can save them. They need to star in a movie as half brother mutes (Seagal is a cop in Thailand while JCVD teaches kickboxing in Los Angeles) where their father has been brutally murdered by the mob for no justified reason. They never knew about each other until the death, but now team up to avenge their father’s demise and defeat the mob, one kick and throat rip at a time. I would easily shell out $12 to see “Silent Treatment” in the theaters.

This week’s “Props to a Black Beezy” goes to Whitney Houston. Henny did a good job covering this earlier in the week, and I’m going to focus on the good instead of the bad (drug addiction, shaky marriage to Bobby Brown, her downward spiral of a career, infamously announcing “crack is whack” on network TV before relapsing, or her apparent accidental overdose.) Houston was the top female star for over a decade. All upcoming female singers aspired to be her. She is an indirect reason why shows like “American Idol” and “The X-Factor” exist today. Her music allowed her to be successful as an actress. Lastly, her rendition of the National Anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl should be the benchmark for all professionals singing that song. She sang it with pride and emotion but didn’t turn it into an eight minute song or flub the lyrics. When you look at the big picture, she had a career that anyone would be proud of.

                    -Written by Marcus Boyd

Houston, We Have A Problem

                 Stand down Kevin Costner, your services are no longer needed. On February 11th 2012 Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room. The cause of her death will not be finalized until the toxicology report comes back, which typically takes 4-6 weeks. It has been reported that through a combination of sleeping pills and alcohol, Houston feel asleep while in the bathtub and drowned. Whitney Houston had documented problems with drugs and alcohol for many years. She was attempting a comeback that fell a bit short. Should we be surprised? Probably not.

                 Whitney Houston was one of the most talented singers of our generation. Her voice was powerful and pure. Her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XXV was simply moving. Our country had just entered the Gulf War in the Middle East (Desert Storm) and she brought us together by belting out our National Anthem in the most amazing of ways. She then captured our hearts alongside Kevin Costner in the blockbuster hit The Bodyguard. The theme song "I Will Always Love You" topped the charts for weeks and earned her Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal. That same year she made a small slip up by marrying former New Edition member Bobby Brown. That marriage was anything but ideal, but gave them a daughter Bobbi Kristina. She kept her Hollywood career going with Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife, alongside Denzel Washington. She won another Grammy award in 1998 for Best Female R&B Vocal. Scatter a few domestic disputes with her "husband of the year" in there and her 1990's were quite a decade.

                She would struggle a bit in the 21st Century starting with cut lip and bruised cheek from self proclaimed "king of R&B" Bobby Brown. Her first visit to rehab came in 2004. She promptly returned in 2005 under court order. Her role in the reality show Being Bobby Brown should go unmentioned, but you deserved better than that. So there it is, she stared in the show that I'm sure you've never seen. Whitney filed for legal separation in 2006 and divorced Mr. Brown in 2007. Nice move, unfortunately it would be too little too late. Her problems with drugs and alcohol were already overwhelming and even after cutting ties with that loser husband of hers, the demons inside were gaining strength.

                Houston released an album in 2009 titled "I Look to You" which was fairly disappointing by her standards. It eventually went Platinum selling over a millions copies. That same year she announced to Oprah that she was drug free. Only to return to rehab in 2011. The last few months for Whitney were anything but glamorous. Pictures of the once beautiful singer looking like she should be begging for change on the side of a crowded intersection were popping up like her favorite painkillers. There were stories all over TMZ about her being wasted at clubs and just plain acting a fool. The drugs and alcohol had taken over and even extended to her daughter with a photo of the young Bobbi Kristina banging rails (snorting cocaine) at a party. All she needed was a couple tattoos and uglier face and she could have passed for Amy Winehouse.

                It all came to an end on February 11th, 2012 in a Beverly Hills Hilton. Without confirmation we can only speculate that it was an overdose of sleeping pills and booze that put her to sleep in the bathtub. But should we really be surprised? Anyone who knows anything about Pop stars should have seen this coming. Failed rehab after failed rehab will ultimately lead to an overdose in a hotel room. It really is a shame that we had to lose her this way, but she turned down this path years ago. Was it the money problems she was having after her 2009 album didn't do so well? I mean don't get me wrong, it went Platinum. But for Whitney Houston that just wasn't enough. Was it the fact that she kind of fell off as a star? Could it have been the divorce?

               Who really knows what the cause was. The sad part is nobody did anything to stop the downward spiral she was tumbling into. We lost one of the greatest voices in recent history to drugs and alcohol. And it seems a lot of the greats go out that way. The question we should ask is why? Why do they have to turn to substance abuse when they are famous? Why doesn't the rehab stick? Why can't people like any of the Kardashians or the entire cast of The Jersey Shore overdose in a hotel somewhere? It has to be the good ones? That's bullshit! I only hope someone tells Lindsay Lohan where she's headed. On second thought, don't tell her anything and I'll write up a much shorter and less eventful post when she eventually bites the dust in a motel 6.

              In closing I would like to say that Whitney Houston really was an amazing woman in the 1990's. It's a sad day for everyone that cares about music. I'd also like to point out that there hasn't been any cases of stars overdosing on marijuana. All they do is make hit movies. So I will honor the once great singer the only way I know how. I will head into DC and while I'm getting a Hand-job for a Ham Sandwich from a Houston look-a-like, I'll be singing "I Will Always Love You." R.I.P. Whitney Houston.