joelz speekerz

memphis pastors and civil rights leaders unite

...against gay people.

there is a proposal from a council member to amend the non-discrimination clause to include LGBT people, so that gays and lesbians can't be fired from their jobs just because of their orientation in Shelby County.

im surprised this isnt already the law everywhere, but for some reason this seems to be raising quite a stink here in the bluff city. former leaders of the civil rights movement have joined forces with white suburban conservative ministers to denounce the proposed change.

its really sad when you have a leader of the community with a reputation for supporting the rights of black americans turning around and saying that he didnt walk one step in the protests for civil rights in the 60s for gay people. gobbles my goop. being gay isnt a choice, being black isnt a choice. lets move forward.

i only have hate for you

chris "rihanna-beater" brown wants us all to know he has an album coming out (which i will not buy) and a single dropping this summer (which i will not listen to). also, he is "not a monster" (which i know not to be true).

UPDATE: women of memphis beware

NeRd aLeRt!

Ellerbe Becket who has designed some other NBA arenas has been brought on by Forest City Ratner to "implement cost cutting measures" on the Frank Gehry designed arena for the New Jersey Nets in Brooklyn.

Additionally, Frank Gehry has laid off every one of his employees that was working on the Atlantic Yards project.

GULP.

Ellerbe Becket may be good enough for Memphis or Charlotte, but not Brooklyn. 2 cents.

these people stole my birthday

jordan stewart aka next door neighbor

jack mcbreyer

hubert humphrey

isadora duncan

christopher lee aka saruman the white

vincent price

paul bettany

andre benjamin

shiloh jolie-pitt

and...

dont not watch this on me this time.

thx g!

i want that.

guess what...

IT'S JOEL'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!happy BEARthday joel!!!

(i just learned the hard way not to google image search "bear party".)