Friday Flashback

Marion Jones Gets 6 Months

Why? For lying about her role in a check fraud case that was run by her ex husband.
After years of vehement denials, Jones, flat broke and stripped of her gold medals, came clean at last and paid the price.
“I have no-one to blame but myself for what I’ve done,” she said after [...]

The Falling Down Professions: For lawyers and doctors, gold-embossed diplomas are no longer so golden.

Hat tip to my lil’ sis, Yani.
-From the New York Times
“The pay is still good (sometimes very good), and the in-laws aren’t exactly complaining. Still, something is missing, say many doctors, lawyers and career experts: the old sense of purpose, of respect, of living at the center of American society and embodying its definition of [...]

Quote of the Day: Tyra Banks

“I’d go to work [on ‘The Tyra Banks Show’], and women would be crying in my arms. But then I’d go home and put my key in my door and … nothing. No friends, no husband, no children. I feel so full when I’m at work but so empty when I come home.”

–Tyra Banks

Source: Bossip

Movie Recommendation: "Bus 174"

Hat tip: Matty the Marguerita Maker

Last night Ike’s Mama and I rented “Bus 174,” a Brazilian documentary about the hijacking of a Rio-area bus by a black 21-year old street thug named Sandro do Nascimento. After witnessing his mother’s brutal murder as a 6-year old, Sandro grew up homeless as a beggar and [...]