TYRESE

Tyrese CD will drop tonight! He is one fine man.

IN THE NEWS

Fucking Ebola! So thousands of gorillas have been killed by the Ebola strand. Isn't that the same virus in that movie Outbreak that came out a few years ago w/ Cuba Gooding Jr.
This shit is crazy! Scary. The virus moved from gorillas to humans in the movie.

This is from the Associated Press:

PARIS (AFP) - An outbreak of Ebola virus in northwestern Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 gorillas, helping to push the threatened species even closer to extinction, a study says.

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The estimate is made by a team of scientists in Europe and central western AFrica, who say there was a "massive die-off" of gorillas in Congo's Lossi Sanctuary park from 2002 to 2004.

The great apes which died were western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), one of two gorillas species.

The other species is the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei).

"The Lossi outbreak killed about as many gorillas as survive in the entire eastern gorillas species," laments the paper, carried in Friday's issue of the US journal Science.

But the death toll is probably only a "small fraction" of gorillas likely to have been killed by Ebola in the past decade, it says.

"Add commercial hunting to the mix, and we have a recipe for rapid ecological extinction. Ape species that were abundant and widely distributed a decade ago are rapidly being reduced to remnant populations."

Lead author is Magdalena Bermejo of Ecosystemes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale (ECOFAC) in Libreville, Gabon.

Ebola first came to light in 1976 in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and is named after the river with which this outbreak is associated.

It is of four categories of viruses that cause viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF), a disease whose outbreaks among humans are sometimes traced to the bushmeat trade -- gorillas and chimpanzees that are killed, butchered and sold for meat.

VHF causes the feverish patient to bleed under the skin and in severe cases, from the mouth, ears and eyes. Blood loss, shock and organ failure lead to coma and delirium and, in many cases, to death.

The new study suggests that the gorillas were not only infected by some animal reservoir -- last year, three species of African fruit bat were fingered as an Ebola source -- but also by contact between ape groups themselves.

THE KING IS TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET

I saw this at metacafe, thought it was funny.




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Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock to divorce 44 minutes ago


They said it wouldn't last....And it didn't.


LOS ANGELES - Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock each filed divorce papers Monday seeking to end their marriage of less than four months. Anderson's representative would not comment on the reason or any particulars of the divorce. Anderson and Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, each cited "irreconcilable differences" in their divorce filings in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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"Yes, it's true," Anderson wrote in a brief statement on her Web site. "Unfortunately impossible."

A message left with Ritchie's attorney wasn't immediately returned.

The relationship

MIKE TYSON

I googled Mike Tyson's quotes, and got these sayings. There is a disturbing video that Mike has out on You tube that supports my claims of Mike madness. Mike Tyson is deeply disturbed, he facinates me, with his insanity.

"I'll fuck you 'til you love me, fagot!"

“[He] called me a ‘rapist’ and a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse.”

On Lennox Lewis

"Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"

"My main objective is to be professional but to kill him."

"I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him [Lennox Lewis]. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children."

On Evander Holyfield

"You got nothing coming, man. I'm going to enjoy this fight."

After biting Holyfield he said, "This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. He butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me."

"I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened."

On Razor Ruddock

"You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend."

On Tyrell Biggs

Tyson on Tyrell Biggs' complaining to him about low blows "Low blows? Low blows? Huh! Motherf**ker you're fittin' to die!"

"He was screaming like my wife."

"I could have knocked him out in the third round but I wanted to do it slowly, so he would remember this night for a long time."

On His Wife

"I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin. When we got to the gorilla cage there was 1 big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined

...AND MARLBORO CO AUTHORED HER BOOK

So I'm chatting with a friend and she informs me that she's back to smoking. I'm like WTF? She took a week long hiatus from smoking and developed writers block. Okay. Me being a non-smoker tried to explain to this woman that Marlboro doesn't write her stories, so she's not blocked because of smoking. And I used my clinical psychologist voice on her too. It didn't work. She went back to smoking and pumped out 10k that day, she and Mr.Marlboro Man have been writing in a smokey haze ever since, so for real, should the Marlboro man get half her royalities for serving as her motivation? After all, she has admitted herself, she couldn't have done it with out him.

Lea
Love ya Blacque, Smooches

GAS PRICES2

Okay, the cost of gas has gone up this week. Who here is surprised? LOL.


Lea

BACK FROM THE BLACQUE

Layne Blacque is now back, and she has dumped her boy toy; cleared her head from her foggy haze and writing in her Layne Cave. Interview at my blog coming soon.



Lea

DIDDY AS 007 WOW!!!

Can you imagine P.Diddy as James Bond? Well,I say 'gon' on w/ ya bad self'. Who'd thought hip hop would take him so far? Here's the article:



Diddy says he wants to be the first black James Bond

11/03/2006 2:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dotmusic

Diddy says he wants to be the first black James Bond. The rap star put himself forward for the role at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen last night.

Diddy, who's only previous acting role was in Monster's Ball five years ago, said: "One day the time will come for a black Bond, and hopefully I can audition for it.

"It's a dream of mine to play a great role like that," he admitted before insisting he was the man to keep Bond fans entertained should he get the part in the future.

However, Diddy has backed new 007 Daniel Craig, who takes a bow as in Casino Royale later this month.

He said: "I love the Bond they have now. He's a great actor and I think they made a great choice."







I say, Good for you P.Diddy.

I'm out

Lea

HOMELESS: BUT I GOT A JOB!!!

I'm watching the news and it's talking about the rise of individuals with jobs and are homeless. Isn't that almost an oxymoron? Apparently not since the working class is becoming the fastest growing group of homeless. Whatever happened to the days where if you worked hard, you were rewarded with great things: A house, cars, boats, etc...? Now if you have a great job you're rewarded with: A roof over your head and hopefully some cable. This is bananas. I live in a state where the minimum wage is under $6.00 and hour. How can you honestly expect a grown adult to survive off of this, especially if that adult has a family? Why do Americans have to work 3 jobs, or 1 job and a hustle, to survive? Something's wrong here, and we need to do something about it before this trend of the working homeless becomes a larger problem.
I wonna hear your take on this.

Holla back
Lea

IN THE NEWS

It's messed up stories like this to make me thank God that I live in the U.S.:


KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen broke into the house of an Iraqi women's rights campaigner and shot her dead in front of her three children, police have said.


Human rights activists say the lives of women in Iraqi society have worsened dramatically since the US-led invasion of March 2003, amid a general break down in law and order and the rise of conservative Islamist militias.

Captain Imad Khudhir of the Kirkuk police said Saturday 38-year-old Halima Ahmed Hussein al-Juburi was killed late on Friday by 10 unidentified attackers who broke into her home in the northern town of Hawijah.

"We do not know the motive behind the crime," he said.

Juburi was the head of the Human Rights organisation of Maternity and Childhood in Hawijah, a lawless town in an area plagued by violent Sunni insurgent groups.

Her husband was not at home at the time of the attack.

Professional women and rights campaigners are often targeted by conservative Islamist groups who adhere to a strictly traditional view of women's role in society and use violence to drive women out of public life.

These are some mean M.F'ers to have done something so cold and heartless. And the police claims to not know the motive behind the crime??? Okay...
Dear God pray for that nation and it's occupants, and especially this woman's family.



I'm out.
Lea

VOTE FOR GAS!!!

As the Mid-term elections draws near(Nov.17 for Floridians), I've noticed that the gas prices are going down. I wouldn't be such a conspiracy theorist if the prices starting going down like in Aug. Floridian's have been paying tripple their usual gas prices since Ivan hit back in Sept. of 2004; so now the govt. wants to lower our gas prices? Thanks, but I my mind about our govt. hasn't changed.


Oh well, we'll see what happens.

lea

FOR THE LOVE OF KIRA

My book For The Love of Kira is out!!! I am so excited.








For The Love of Kira by L.T. Rashard
Genre: Contemporary/Multicultural
Cover Art by Jinger Heaston
Read an Excerpt
About the Author
Length: Novella
Rating: Tidal Wave


After Leslie finds out that a sexual predator her daughter, Kira, had met online was stalking her, Leslie decides to enlist the help of the only man who can help protect her daughter: Antoine Mardrice, her daughter's father.


Antoine is rich, handsome and single. His life was uncomplicated until his mortal enemy struts into his office needing his help protecting a child she claims is his. Now his seemly uncomplicated life is very complicated, thanks again to Leslie.


Lies broke them up, but will the need to keep their child safe be the push Leslie and Antoine need to bring them back together?

An Excerpt from For the Love of Kira

by L.T. Rashard

Antoine hadn’t had time to respond to Daisy before the object of his nightmares walked into his office. The she-devil was even more enticing at thirty-three than she had been at age seventeen when he’d last seen her. He had often dreamt of the day that he’d meet up with her again—preferably at a function where he was donating money to someone less fortunate, and she was the recipient. He would then make her squirm for the money she needed, while he smiled at her misfortune. Shame, she didn’t look destitute. In his fantasy she was fat with about six kids surrounding her and one hanging from her sagging breasts.

How far from accurate was he. The object of his hate was about five foot six inches of curves. Her sheer cream top was open in the front exposing creamy golden skin and full breast, firm and supple enough to entice without the aid of a bra. A thick black belt held the garment closed, while a long beaded necklace hung loosely around her chest area, keeping her from exposing too much skin. She wore green knee high baggy cargo pants that clung to her narrow hips, leaving a space between the hem of her shirt and the top portion of her pants, to expose a small waist, and a tone, flat abdomen. Looking further down her body, he took note of long slim legs, which seemed to go on forever. She wore green beaded high-heeled open toed sandals that laced up to her muscular calves, making her ankles look delicate and alluring. Even her toes were sexy. She wore an American manicure with the tips painted black with diamond studs on them. He knew that when he made love to her again, he would pay special detail to her feet.

Shaking his head, he looked up into her big golden brown eyes.

“Now I have to say, I am completely surprised by your visit. What do you want?” He asked, looking her up and down, not even extending the courtesy of asking her to take a seat, or even standing to welcome her in. He just sat back comfortably in his desk and assessed her openly.

“I need your help.” He watched her full luscious lips move, instead of concentrating on what the mouth was saying.

He shifted in his seat, suddenly uncomfortable at the direction in which his thoughts were taking him.

Lust.


Happy Reading.

Lea

WTF???A SPECIAL KINDA EVIL

What in the hell is going on? With the recent shootings at schools, pedifilers are going plum mad, and politicians too busy trying to cover up their perversions rather than step down and address the problems I'm afraid for my family and yours! I wonder if we as a nation, are going to hell in a Marc Jacob handbag. Who and the hell wants to hurt little children? This woman in this story, is going to hell on a concord flight, because it takes a special kind of evil to do this:




Police: Suspect Says She Stole Fetus, Drowned Kids
Search For Missing Children Of Dead Pregnant Mom Ends Tragically
(AP) EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment, an official said Sunday.

Preliminary autopsies on the dead children Sunday appear to show they were drowned, Ace Hart, a deputy St. Clair County coroner, told The Associated Press.

As of Sunday, Tiffany Hall, 24, had not been charged in the children's deaths, but prosecutors on Saturday accused Hall of killing their mother, Jimella Tunstall, 23, and her fetus. The fetus had been cut from her womb, authorities said.

According to Sunday's autopsies, there were no signs of physical abuse or trauma on the children -- ages 7, 2, and 1 -- and toxicology tests were pending "to see if they were poisoned or possibly drugged," Hart said.

"They were not drowned there in the wash machine," Hart stressed.

On Sunday, the community turned to prayer to understand the slayings at a service for the slain family.

"This is an opportunity for people to turn to God," said Debra Kenton, a member of the New Life Community Church. "Who else can explain things like this?"

Authorities suspect Tunstall was slain on or about Sept. 15.

That day, Hall summoned police to a park, saying she had given birth to a stillborn child, Hart said. She was arrested after she told her boyfriend during the baby's funeral that the baby wasn't his and that she had killed the mother to get it, authorities said.

Tunstall's body was found Thursday, and authorities began a furious search for her children. Police said the children were last seen with the Hall on Monday.

Authorities had visited Tunstall's apartment Friday but noticed nothing amiss while looking for photographs of the children for media outlets to publicize in their search, Hart said.

While in custody, Hart says, Hall told investigators she killed the children at another location, then hauled them home and hid them in the washer and dryer.

Hall said he understood why investigators may have overlooked the children during their previous trip to the apartment. "Who would be looking in the washer and dryer?"

By Saturday night, Hart said, "you could find them by the smell."

The oldest, 7-year-old DeMond Tunstall, was found in the dryer and the younger two children — 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall-Collins and 1-year-old Jinela Tunstall — in the washer. Two of the children were found nude, the third wearing only underpants, Hart said.

Hall remained jailed Sunday on $5 million bond, charged with first-degree murder in Tunstall's death and with intentional homicide of an unborn child.

Meanwhile, stuffed animals continued to mount outside Tunstall's apartment, its door crisscrossed with white evidence tape. There was a white teddy bear, and a stuffed race car with DeMond's name.

An autopsy showed that Jimella Tunstall bled to death after sustaining an abdominal wound caused by a sharp object, believed to be scissors, Hart has said. Authorities believe her womb was cut open after she was knocked unconscious.

Relatives say Tunstall grew up with Hall and had let her baby-sit her children. Hall has two children of her own. Illinois State Police Capt. Craig Koehler said they are "safe and sound."

Hall likely will be arraigned Monday on the two charges, each carrying a 20 to 60 years or life in prison, prosecutors said. The murder count could be punishable by the death penalty.

DNA tests should determine definitively whether the baby was the one Tunstall was carrying, Hart said.

IN THE NEWS

Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin is dead. Associated Press reports that he died of a wound to the chest by a stingray, while diving. Sad, I'm gonna miss him.

Someone stole Iraq's best soccer player. Why?

God bless the families in Russia who has lost their loved ones in the terrorist assault in a school.

God bless the 6 souls that died in a Chicago fire because they didn't have electricity so they used candles for light. The house caught on fire. Victims were children ranges in ages from 3-16. God bless the family. There were three survivors.

ABU RANA, terrorist leader was captured and he's singing like a bird! It's amazing how these monsters are so dreadful and dangerous, until they are caught. Then they become punks.

Lea

IN THE NEWS

I Pray that they catch the killer of the little angel, Jon Benet Ramsey. She deserves to have her murder solved.
I am however bugged that the media is doing so much coverage on her, God rest her soul, and the pervert claiming to have killed her, and not on pressing issues, like Iran's giving the middle finger to the U.N. about creating a nuclear weapon. Or the fact that Russia and China are basically saying 'What's the big deal? Let them make a Nuclear bomb.'
Or how about the media covering stories about how we are suppose to handle military persons forced to do their 3rd, 4th, and 5th tour in Iraq? Or the batallions who were scheduled to come home this week, but were just told that they have to stay at least 4 more months!!! Why isn't the media addressing the long term psychological impact that this will make.
Ohhh got one for ya: How about the media focusing on the academic achievements of young students today? Children are doing better in school.
Or the media can report on how to save money during this sluggish economy.

And if you want to be a victim's advocate, how about the media focus's some of it's attention on this nutjob Karr, and redirect it on a little brown, black, or Asian child that is missing, or dead and need media coverage to solve it's case before it becomes cold. Or to reopen it w/ new clues if it is.

But then, I may be asking too much.

Lea

THADIUS

I have to say, BellSouth has the best customer service I've ever used, hands down. So I was complaining about something(really can't remember), and this guy, actually, his name is Thadius, from Bellsouth, helped me with not just my problem, but with another problem that I was having, all the while he was really curtious.
So, I want to take this time out to say "Thanks Thad", you've done well.

Lea

BACK TO SCHOOL

School is now back in session and I am sooo excited! I've made it through another summer, Praise the Lord!

Now, this wouldn't be a typical L.T. blog with out mentioning some of the things that I've observed that has bothered me.
J1, my eldest daughter, is in the 8th grade. That's middle school. Middle school doesn't look the same since I've entered middle school over 2 decades ago(sheesh, has it been that long?)
These days, they have, amazon's and linebackers, in the 6th,7th, and 8th graders. It has to be something in the water.
Also, a lot of these young boys and girls have a blatant disrespect for themselves and others. They curse like sailors(I know, I was in the Navy)and a lot of them are just very obnoxious. (And she goes to an excellent middle school academically).

As I'm looking around the middle school, I notice a lot of young girls in the office. No need to explains why, it's obvious. They are in violation of the shcool's dress code. Young girls who think it's appropriate to come to school with skirts so short they look like belts!
Now, I don't blame the children, they are, after all, children. I blame the parents for buying these items. Maybe I wouldn't be so peeved if the kids looked destitute. You know, the theory: They have nothing else to wear.
No! These girls were shiny and new.

Now, being a mother of 3, I can't play ignorant to what's going on. I just wondered when parents stop being the ones in control and started becoming servants to the demands of our precious children?

Holla back,
Lea

LANCE BASS

Lance Bass former member of the boy band "NSYNC" has announced that he's gay and in a good relationship. Is anyone surprised by this news? Are we as a society so far behind that individuals has to deny who they really are to appease us into buying what they are selling? I don't think so. However, I maybe wrong about this, because I am one of these individuals who believe that racism still exits in America and especially in the world.
But Whoo is me. Good luck Lance, I hope the best for ya.


Lea

UPDATES

My contest is now closed, however, I want to take this time to thank each individual for taking the time out to submit. Shiree McCarver is our winner.Congrats Ree. The new name is: For The Love of Kira.
Now, my new book, Jinger with a "J" is coming soon. My favorite cover artist inspired it, so thanks Jinger. Also, instead of a Prelude to the book, I've created an online diary for Jinger which will lead up to the book.
http://jingers-diary.blogspot.com
Come and check it out.

Lea