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UPDATE on my life: Sup whats good i'm just here chilling, just finished my homework, about to go to bed i'm very tired, i have no news, i'm blessed to see each day and be counted among the living, i have a huge project due Friday that I need to boost my grade, I started on it but have'nt finished it. (if u know me i think everything is huge, this project is only worth like 20 points lol) Hopefully I can do some more radio shows soon when I have time. Anyways hit me up anytime @ jmkcool2002@yahoo.com. Peace and blessings. G2G TTYL GOD WILLING C U L8ER.

-J.M.K.
God is Love.
Stay Breezy.
Stay Cool.
Peace.
Adios!

Review of the NFL season after Week 14

The NFL playoffs are just 3 weeks away and teams, coaches and players are going wild and crazy trying to find a way to win each and every Sunday. Last year we had the fascinating story of the dominance of the New England Patriots but this season there is no overachieving team that everyone knows is destined to make it to the Super Bowl or win it, on any given Sunday anyone can lose and hurt their playoff chances or hurt their momentum going into the playoffs just ask the 1968-1969 Baltimore Colts. For some teams like the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys its win or stay home, they both sit at number 6 in their respective conferences or in other terms the last wild card teams to make the playoffs. Both teams have difficult games to play to cap off their season including playing each other on the only Saturday night football game of the regular season, which could possibly be the last home game for the Cowboys in Texas Stadium depending on their playoff standings. For other teams its win and make sure you have no injuries entering the playoffs. Teams looking at it at this stance include the hated Pittsburgh Steelers, with a 10-3 record and the number 2 seed in the AFC and the Tennessee Titans, who tried to create their own pursuit for perfection but were upset by the New York Farves (Jets) which caused them to fall to 10-1. They are now in a close race with Pittsburgh for the number 1 spot in the AFC and home field advantage. The New York Giants are another team with this perspective, they are 11-2 after falling to the Eagles at the Meadowlands, and they just lost Plaxico Burress this week for the entire season due to his off-the-field issues, hopefully the team can go on without him but keep in mind that without Mr. Burress and some key plays that revolved around him during the playoffs and the Super Bowl, Eli Manning might not have joined his brother as one of only 2 Mannings around the world to hoist championship rings. Finally there are the teams that are just waiting until the draft next June and keeping a close eye on the BCS to see some future players they may be competing against on their team or on other squads. Those are teams in the cellar like Oakland, Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco and Detroit. Absolutely no surprises there, but there were two teams that were real disappointments this year, this includes the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are on the outside looking in with a 4-9 record which is the 4th worst record in the AFC. The Jags had everything going for them, a great running tandem in Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor, a successful quarterback in David Garrard, a consistent offensive line giving Garrard more time at the pocket and an addition in the wide receiver position via free agency with the underrated Jerry Porter who came from the disgruntled Raiders. To top all that, during the playoffs they were able to come out of Heinz Field defeating the Steelers and they came out during the regular season with surprise wins against the reigning AFC South champs in the Indianapolis Colts. But one thing led to another and all hell broke loose, instead of the offense wearing different defenses down, the defenses of different teams began to notice offensive tactics quick which lead to losses, a decreased time of possession during the games and a tired defense who was on the field majority of the game. Put that together with WR Matt Jones getting caught with coke, and offensive tackle Richard Collier becoming paralyzed from the waist down after a shooting and you have an underachieving south Florida football team. Another disappoint this season is the San Diego Chargers who just came 2 wins away from winning it all. The Chargers are likely to be eliminated from playoff contention in the next 2 weeks due to the surprise in Mile High with the Broncos. The Charge of America’s Finest City were filled with injuries including their best player on defense in Shawne Merriman as well as a not so hot LaDanian Tomlinson and a not 100% Philip Rivers. The lose of key free agents of Michael Turner, Lorenzo Neal and Shane Olivea was another factor and at the beginning of the season in training camp, tensions were flying high amongst all the players due to last year’s playoff lose to the Patriots, the lack of a leader to lead them to the promised land after Shawne Merriman’s injury and the lack of a player to step up as a leader during their difficult times through the course of the season. They were expected to be in the Super Bowl and to be one of the teams to take advantage of an injured Tom Brady and a shockingly inconsistent (until recently) Peyton Manning but they were never able to get over the hump, get off the fence and hop over the border. Despite the many disappoints and positives that fill this interesting and intriguing season players still have to remember that there is a lot of football to be played and that even though the numbers behind the teams that they play at the end may not be good, these are still NFL professional football teams, every single team in the National Football League is a team to be reckoned with and not a team to be treated like a mid-major or an amateur team. At least we can draw one conclusion; it’s not a good time to be playing college or pro football in California.

A note to my auntie

Auntie Njeri how are you? How's life? anything new? Anyways I just wanted to say hello, it's been 5 years since you left and we miss you very much. You lite up the room with your smile and your laugh and raised Mwangi and Shiro the best way that you could, they are two cousins that I cherish having. You were a special person to me, you treated me in my opinion almost like a son. You helped me set up my first email address, whenever I came to Atlanta you would show where you taught other students in college and you even took me to your Catholic church where you worshipped the one true God. You enstilled in me values that were so important whenever I was there. I have always loved the city of Atlanta because of you and you were a stepping stone for many people in the Kenyan community of Atlanta. The most important thing that you have put in me though is education. I don't know what it is about this family of ours but education seems like such an important thing to everyone. I remember when you took me to see the downtown campus at Georgia Tech, you always said to me that if I could go to a school like that here in Georgia you would be so proud of me. You fought a very hard and tough fight, when my dad told me that you had cancer the first time I was shocked because the only way I remembered you was as a smiling, happy person who trusted in God and dedicated her life to educating students and dedicated her life to her family. Whenever there was a family argument, you were the one that stepped in the middle to try to mediate and bring peace. You were an angel sent from God. Two summers ago I went to visit your brother in California and he told me so many stories about you. You have touched so many people's lives that you don't even know it. You're legacy still lives on to this day through your children, your family and the many lives you touched. What I have carried on through your life is two important things, a love and trust from God and the importance of education. You were like another mother to me. You gave me advice and I was always excited to see. This weekend many people specifically Kenyans from all walks of life and different cities around the world will gather in the city of Atlanta, GA during the Thanksgiving holiday to remember your life and how you fought your way through tough circumstances to make it through life. Please forgive me auntie, I will not be able to attend, I'm sure you know why but I am also happy to let you know that when I sit down on Thursday and I am giving thanks for the many blessings that I have encountered in my life I will remember that being able to know you as a auntie, a mother and friend was one of the greatest moments in my life. I know you are having a joyous time up there and I know that you have touched my life very much. I also want to let you know that I am considering going to Georgia State and UGA for college, Georgia Tech does'nt offer my career major, but I want to thank you for enstilling the love I have for the city of Atlanta in my life, ever since I was a little kid I have always said that I wanted to move to Atlanta, go to school there, make a living there. If it is God's will hopefully it will happen and it will be all because of you. We miss you, we love you and we will always remember you, you were the joy of so many people and the friend many people wished they had. Thank you Auntie Njeri.

Dr. Njeri Karangu Memorial Foundation
405 North Fields
Alpharetta GA 30004

palin is so stupid

IN THE DEBATE TONIGHT SHE NEVER REALLY ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS SHE WAS ASKED AND I DONT BELIEVE GWEN IFIL WAS BIASED LIKE EVERYONE SAID, I THINK SHE WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE FAIR TO PALIN THAN BIDEN, ANYWAYS OBAMA WON THE 1ST DEBATE SLIGHTLY BUT BIDEN WON TONIGHT'S DEBATE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. I WONDER WHAT JOHN IS THINKING IN HIS RANCH IN ARIZONA? WHY DID I PICK A STUPID, UNINTELLIGENT WOMAN WHO HAS THE LOOKS OF TINA FEY AND THE BRAINS OF GEORGE W. BUSH? GOOD NIGHT, GOD BLESS SEE U SOON. PRAY FOR ME HOPEFULLY ILL PASS THE SCIENCE TEST, MAYBE AUFBAU, HUND, DALTON, THOMSON, RUTHERFORD, BOHR AND PAULI CAN HELP ME OUT UP THERE!

science

im studying for my science test right now praying to God i at least get a B

Where I stand in the 2008 US Presidential Election

NFL Recap, WEEK 4

Have you ever worked on a project with someone and you end up doing most of the work, you talk to your partner and tell them to do more work, and they say that they will but no progress is made and you guys end up getting a D because you did your half of the work but your partner was lazy and did not. That is basically what happened with the Detroit Lions. Matt Millen, a former linebacker and TV analyst for the Lions was hired to bring the audacity of hope where there was no optimism; he was expected to make a subpar less than .500 team into a playoff team and possible contender for the Super Bowl. Instead as the president/CEO and General Manager of the team he led the team to a 31-84 record since 2001 going all the way to the present. It’s not like the Ford family, owners of the team, were stingy like a famous lawyer who owns a baseball team in town is, they offered to pay the players with as much money as it took to bring in free agents to turn the Lions from a pretender to a contender, but as the old saying goes you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, and Matt Millen was the old dog. He reminded many Detroit football fans of Sarah Palin with barely any experience at the job he was hired for, and he brought misery to the city of Detroit where there was already sadness, desolation and despair due to the fact that the economy in the city was and still is low, the car plants were shutting down, the mayor was a liar and lied to his city under oath and the professional basketball and hockey teams were winding down their glory years in the spotlight of their respective leagues. "We've been pretty much stuck on dead center for quite a few years; Matt offers us an opportunity to move ahead.", that’s what William Clay Ford said when he hired Mr. Millen back in 2001, I guess you could say that they are once again “stuck on dead center….”, with a one-hit wonder quarterback in Jon Kitna, a so-far rookie bust in Calvin Johnson and mediocre running backs that average only 78.3 yards per game which is 29th in the league, it does’nt look like they are coming out of that circle anytime soon. At least they are better than the Rams.

The St. Louis Rams who are 31st in average points scored and yards per game, 32nd in rush yards per game, 27th in passing yards per game, winless so far this season and arguably the worst team in football, I mean so bad that probably Dickinson Red Devils of Division 3 football could beat (OK, maybe an overstatement but I know at least USC could beat them), have decided to bench starting quarterback Marc Bulger and put in injury-friendly Trent Green, the funny thing about this is that the Rams had Trent Green back in 1999, but he was replaced due to guess what AN INJURY! Kurt Warner replaced him in what sounds so similar to the Bledsoe-Brady story, Warner led the Rams to a championship on what was known as the Greatest Show on the Turf, but was later replaced by Marc Bulger, but now the circle of life has completed its journey and now returned to Trent Green and the Worst show on turf.

Ever since Tom Brady announced that he has a season-ending injury, the AFC has been collapsing piece by piece by piece. As soon as Brady was confirmed out, everyone thought that this was Peyton’s season to shine, but so far the new Lucas Oil Stadium is not doing anything for the Colts, they are winless at home, I guess oil is basically destroying everyone including Peyton Manning, who would’ve ever thought that would happen. After that we decided to look to the San Diego Chargers for some anticipation, since they were the team that is expected to win the Super Bowl this season, but LT and gang have been filled with injuries including Mr. 28 TD’s himself. We go up to the Meadowlands and look for Brett and the Jets to step up but it seems that the Madden curse is starting to kick in for Mr. Un-retire. (You see what happens when you don’t finish school you make up words like misremembered and unretire) The AFC may be struggling with injuries and having mediocre teams like the Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos leading the conference by example but they are moving on up in the ratings. In a piece this week by Peter King of Sports Illustrated it was shown that the Patriots have higher ratings when Brady is out than when he is in the game. I guess parity is good after all, who would’ve ever thought that the Broncos and Ravens would be atop the AFC right now, you know what I mean, although it is still to early to determine playoff spots at this time. I think Bud Selig needs to learn a thing or two about parity and a salary cap, maybe the O’s might actually have a chance then to win at least 80 games in a season.

This past weekend in an AFC North division rivalry match at M&T Bank Stadium, the Baltimore Ravens took on the Cleveland Browns in a match that was supposed to be one-sided but in a state that actually matters in the 2008 Election. In the first half, the Ravens were very limited on offense grabbing very few first downs due to the feirceful vengeance of the Browns defense, but Derek and company did not capitalize on advantages that the defense gave to them on the field. The Browns led at halftime 10-7 but Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and the veterans on defense were out there to prove a message, that they may be a little old but they were’nt ready for wheelchairs yet. Ray Lewis made up where the defense forgot to clean up when he came in with some hard-hitting tackles and almost caused two forced interceptions. Ed Reed came up with the play of the day with an interception that led to a touchdown. The Ravens, who look very Hardball seemed like they enjoyed not getting “Billicked” on offense and won by the final score of 28-10. On the losing side of the lop-sided win was a hurt, struggling team with injuries that hurt them like cats and dogs raining outside. The football gods seem to not be letting Juliet marry Romeo for some dogon reason, or in other words Romeo Cornell does’nt seem to be able to coach the Browns to the playoffs (Juliet). I guess this proves my history teacher right when he said history repeats itself. For the past 6 seasons, since the NFL has returned to Cleveland, Juliet has only visited the Forest city of progress and prosperity once. All of the other times either Juliet has missed her flight by only a couple of minutes like last year when they were the sleeper in the league and posted a 10-6 record, or she just does’nt feel like coming because of the consecutive losing seasons that have occurred in the home of King James. This season looked bright with the re-signing of surprise quarterback Derek Anderson as well as top free agent signings and trades to bolster the offensive and defensive line, but different woes have brought the team down in the injury report from a sure bet in the playoffs, to probable, to questionable, to maybe even doubtful, although it is too early to call, there were questions of whether the luck of the Irish would take over for the Browns as the starter but that seems unlikely. The Browns don’t want to end up like the Ravens and not have faith in DA.

Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS WINNER: CLEVELAND
Minnesota at Tennessee 1:00 PM FOX WINNER: TENNESSEE
Denver at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS WINNER: DENVER
San Francisco at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX WINNER: NO
Arizona at NY Jets 1:00 PM FOX WINNER: NY JETS
Green Bay at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX WINNER: GREEN BAY
Atlanta at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX WINNER: ATL
Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS WINNER: JACKSONVILLE
San Diego at Oakland 4:05 PM CBS WINNER: SAN DIEGO
Buffalo at St. Louis 4:05 PM CBS UPSET SPECIAL: STL
Washington at Dallas 4:15 PM FOX WINNER: DALLAS
Philadelphia at Chicago 8:15 PM NBC WINNER: PHILLY
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 9/29 8:30PM ESPN WINNER: B’MORE

Fantasy Keeper: Marion Barber, Aaron Rodgers
Fantasy Sleeper: Kurt Warner, Joe Flacco
Fantasy Dropper: Brian Westbrook, Plaxico Burress (suspended)