V phi V that's what we wanna be..Heyyy, remember us?
♥∑Δ♣♠ΨΩ∞Φ♥♦
LOL...I'm over working on my page for romance...mmmmm
You know me girl, always swoonin over 'somethin' or another..lol Thanks for the good words over there at my Al Green blog. Fascinating story, eh? I remember the Al Grits incident too.

I was wondering what ever happened to the woman who did that this morning and started researching. That's awful to be so emotionally involved that you would gritsalize then commit self-o-cide..Crazy...

Any...who!!! It feels funny talkin over here in a brand new domain doesn't it? I'm used to writing/typing on the side..lol
*creature of sho'nuff habit*

Love you Virgolicious Virgonometry Virchology IV..
*crackin up laffin*

Hey Sweet Virgo...Thanks for the blog comment, i always got something going in the blogs and Black Ivory truly has it going on, it's still hard to believe that they were only 17 years old on that video.

Hope you like my newest blog...SMILE

Usher "Urkie" Raymond III
posted January 19, 2008

Minister Usher “Urkie” Raymond III, 52, of Chattanooga, died on Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, in an Atlanta hospital.

He was a 1973 graduate of Howard High School, where he was the captain of the Hustlin’ Tigers basketball team. He attended Motlow State Community College. He was a member of Greater Friendship Primitive Baptist Church. He was an instructor for the Overcomers Organization.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Milton Berry; father, Usher Raymond Jr.; and sister, Connie Raymond.

He is survived by his son, Usher (Tameka) Raymond IV, of Atlanta; daughters, Tomika Johnson, of Chattanooga, Ursula Parson, of Dallas, Texas, Ushyra Raymond, of Oklahoma City, Ok., and Shelley (Kevin) Lusk, of Red Oak, Tx.; mother, Evangelist Ernestine Carter, of Chattanooga; grandmother, Etta R. Berry, of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Thomas Atkins Jr., of Chattanooga, Usher Raymond V, of Atlanta, Undre Brown, Sharayah Reed, Joshua and Jasmine Simmons, all of Red Oak, Tx.; brothers, Duane (Sandy) Raymond, Dorian (Carol) Raymond, both of San Diego, Ca., Eric Perkins, of Atlanta, and Fred (Patricia) Roddy, of Chattanooga; sisters, Wava R. Brooks, Linda Raymond, Raynor Davis, Rena Oden, all of Chattanooga, Blondell Roddy, of Los Angeles, Ca., and Alice Conerly, of San Diego, Ca.; uncle, Charles (Erica) Berry, of Tacoma, Wa.; aunts, Willene Simmons, of Chattanooga, Lela Ramey, of Monroe, Ga., Betty Martin and Beulah Martin, both of Chattanooga; several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives; dear friends, Deloris Frizzell, of Marietta, Ga., Cheryl Raymond, of Dallas, Tx.; and many other friends.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Elder James Penny officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens...Chattanooga, Tn.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.

THE WARMTH AND TONE OF A LEGEND


SMOKEY AND THE MIRACLES...MEDLEY 1967


SMOKEY AND THE MIRACLES...MEDLEY 1970

Hey Virgo...Hope you are having a great evening....SMILE

Look at Teddy Pendergrass Hair....LMBO

You like my Photoshop Art





BWAAA HAHAHA

LMBO...I was being bad that day.

Mr. Peabo Bryson...SMILE

My Great-Grandfather...Otto Herd Sr...SMILE

I have always loved this song by Carl Thomas and Faith Evens, but this guy on the second video is a friend of mine on Youtube and he is a amazing singer, why he doesn't have a Recording Contract is simply puzzling...

Faith Evans ft. Carl Thomas - Can't believe (Emotional)


Jon Mcsingee...Can't believe (Emotional)

I enjoyed reading your profile and congrats on the completion V phi!!!

Hand dancing in Washington DC,s metro area. Three popular dances from the 60,s by some that were teenagers at the time. The Slop, The Birdland and Hand Dancing.


DC Hand Dancing. Bopping to " Members Only" by Bobby Blue Bland


MJ's Meeting Place in District Heights Maryland, Washington DC Metro Area. The Booty Call Line Dance.

I sure was wondering..I was like, where's V phi?? To quote Hangaroo, I was like--"don't make me bust out my kung fu"..LOL

Glad to hear from you and congrats on your Bachelor's!

Hey Sweet Virgo...SMILE

V phi V..that's what we wanna be...lol How you doing suggah? I was happily surprised to hear from you--always.

It's storming here--humid, the whole nine yards--tornados and no power. They be messin with the rainforest and upper atmosphere with their mess---and the poor planet is all off balance weather wise. Anyhoo...stay cool sweetie. Love You.

Bake And The Tenderhearts...Fork In The Road


Bake And The Tenderhearts...Ooo Baby Baby


Bake And The Tenderhearts...That's What Love Is Made Of


Bake and the Tenderhearts...Bad Girl

SINGING...There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
An' it looks like its climbin' clear up to the sky.

Chorus:
Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,
Everything's going my way.



Awwwwwww isn't that cute....SMILE/ROFLMBO

I just got back in town, i just had to go see my new Grandbaby...SMILE. These are not the greatest pics, glad i bought another camera. I have to get that film developed.

My Grand-Daughter Janiyah, born June 22nd, 2008...
5 pounds 10 ounces

Papa and Janiyah

Grand-Daughters Jaleesa and Janiyah

Grandkids Jaleesa and Jabarie

Thank you Virgo, yeah she is a little doll....SMILE. How have you been doing?

You know things are pretty messed up when the Animal Kingdom starts up their own band









But it's even worst when a Monkey starts laughing at how dumb they look....




ROFLMBOOOO

And now presenting the hottest new group to hit the top of the charts in the last 20 years...The Stray Cat Trio singing their number one hit, The Stray Cat Strut...

SINGING.....

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air

Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat,
A feline Casanova, hey man, thats where its at
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can

Yeah don't cross my path

I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."

I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."

I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.



ROFLMBOOOO....BWAAAA HAHAHA

Hey V phi! Saw your comment over on my Slow Jams page. How you been?

To me, this is one of the greatest true life sports movies of all time...I have watched this movie dozens of times over the years and getting ready to once again watch it....LOL. The videos down below only tells a part of the story of Earl "The Goat" Manigault, i would go out and tell anyone to buy this movie, it's a must have for your movie collection. Don Cheadle did a great job playing Earl.

On the very last video, be sure to watch from 5:25 till the end, you will see the real Earl Manigault....

THE GOAT (R.I.P)
Real Name: Earl Manigault
Hometown: NYC, New York,
Born: September 7th 1944...Died: May 15th 1998
Height: 6"1
Position: Guard
Affiliations: Rucker Legend
Filmography: Rebound

Short Bio
The Goat held court against countless NBA pros and Hall-of-Famers. This sleek 6-1 court-acrobat ran like a gazelle and seemed to defy gravity when he took flight. The only thing that could bring The Goat down to earth were his own personal vices on the street. Earl will always be remembered as a playground legend of his day. Earl "the Goat" Manigault is perhaps the best basketball player ever to have played the game. A shade over 6 feet tall, he could dunk effortlessly with both hands. With a vertical leap of 52 inches, he had the ability to jump up and grab quarters off of the top of a basketball backboard. He played during the renaissance of New York City basketball in the 1960s, at in the famous Rucker League where the best playground players played with the pros every summer.

"One of the greatest players the Rucker has ever seen," said Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. "The best basketball player his size in the history of New York City," said Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Called "the king of his own generation of ballplayers, and the idol for the generation that followed" by Pete Axthelm in The City Game, Earl Manigault never realized his incredible potential as a basketball player because he succumbed to the lure of drugs in the Harlem neighborhood of his youth.

Earl "The Goat" Manigault, the New York City playground basketball legend whose life was chronicled in an HBO movie two years ago, recently died of congestive heart failure at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. He was 53.




Tribute to Earl ''The Goat'' Manigault (By Cipsas)

Otis Redding & The Bar-Kays - Try a little tenderness, December 9, 1967. This is Otis Redding's last television performance taped less than 24 hours before He and most of the Bar-Kays were killed in the plane crash on December 10th 1967.

2 of my Grandfathers Favorite Groups.....SMILE

The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care


Mills Brothers - Cielito Lindo


Miss you Grand-Daddy...Thanks for your part in making me enjoy these timeless classics from yesteryear.....SMILE

That's okay V'phi..the party is pretty much perpetual. I'll have to think of a good time so we can party..let me know when's a good time for you. Love n Huglets..

Hey stranger!! How ya been?

Trying to stop by and say hi, but as you can see, thats impossible...



ROFLMBO

The Road To The White House Begins Here....

LOL

What do you have when you combine, to much traveling, eating dinner, drinking wine and beer, and a crazy nephew with a Camera Phone....

Uncle Blue Snoozing On Labor Day....ROFLMBOOOOO

HAPPY THANKSGIVING



AWWWWWW.....LOL

Hey Virgonometry. I came over to do some maintenance only to see that my acct had been closed. Thanks for coming through.

Hey Sweet Virgo, i'm fine, just can't wait till the beginning of the year, so i can have some vacation time...LOL

Sweet Virgo...Merry Christmas to you and your family.

V phi! Good to see you as always..

TODAY IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE, MAY YOU ENJOY THIS MOST HISTORIC DAY THAT WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO WITNESS...

GOOD MORNING SWEET VIRGO

Good evening Virgo...Hope your weekend is off to a great start.

It's always good to see you Vphi!!!!

What up there!? What can you tell me about EV's demise?

..and can you do us a justice and upload a see-able profile pic?? Thanks V-phi!

V-Phi!!!! Wow! I sure have missed you my dear! What happened to EV??

Thanks too!