The comments from my post regarding to the little incident with Samantha has taken off into another direction. So let’s talk about respect.

First thing first, I haven’t bothered to response to an Anonymous because I don’t feel that I get the respect from someone who doesn’t leave a name. Just put down something. Dickhead is fine.

So now we have a female teacher who witnessed her sixth grade students yelled at their parents and the parents just sat back. How old are sixth graders? And isn’t that the age kids most often misbehaved?

Samantha now is in her 3rd grade and I am proud to say that she is very well behaved. Thank you. I do teach my niece the proper respect. Even if I don’t, my sister does, and she is very strict about it.

Let me also clear up the confusion. Samantha was frightening and didn’t want me to come near her, which was understandable. I was careless and caused her to fall. She was sure mad at me, but I didn’t feel the disrespect. At three or four, the poor little kid knew a few words to express herself and “go” was one of them. If I were to tell her to go do her homework and she yelled back at me. That is disrespect.

Respect goes both ways. I’ll respect someone older than me because he earned it, not because of his age. If he’s older than me and shows me no respect, why should I give him my respect?

One time an old man was cursing my mom out because of some friction between his wife and my mom at work. He used the words “du me” toward my mother, and he was younger than my mother. I asked him nicely not to use those two words when addressing my mom and he told me that he could say whatever he wanted. Of course, I cursed the motherfucker back. If he didn’t give a fuck, why should I?

You want respect? You better earn it.

HillmanCurtis.com sports a new, clean, crisp, white design. Such a great approach to showcase his work. Speaking of work, check out his new short film, Bridge as well.

The Game takes on the beef to diss 50 with “The Taped Convo.” Calling 50 a “homo snitch nigger” who tries to “burn his own baby mama.” Yet the crazy part is when he talks shit: “still got that gap in your mouth, nigger? Let me put my dick in your mouth, nigger. You might like that, faggot-ass nigger.” Not sure why rappers are so homophobic. Gay people are mad cool.

On an unrelated topic, here is a funny shot of Jay-Z.

I just took a big dump and I am feeling much better now. Last night my wife’s sister made sausages with spaghetti. That’s right, the sausages filled the spaghetti, not the other way around. After dinner I could barely walk. My stomach is no longer accustomed to that kind of heavy meal, but it was delicious though. I had to run two miles this morning to make up for what I ate.

Plenty of times I try to quit, but I keep coming back to it
When I am down, I am turning back to it
Life’s still a bitch, and I still have to deal with it
A fine romance with no kisses, well, just accept it
You can do anything when you put your mind to it
A job is a job, don’t put your whole life into it.

Young Buck responds to “The Taped Conversation.” The heat is on.

Lil Wayne drops “A Millie” remix to celebrate his album went platinum. Oh shit, did he said “homo Jay?”

NPR profiles John Coltrane:

Toward the end of the 1950s, Coltrane again teamed with Davis, contributing to classic albums like Milestones and Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album in history. Davis was investigating modal jazz when Coltrane rejoined the group. While the trumpeter was exploring a more minimalist approach to music, Coltrane seemed locked into playing as many notes as possible. Coltrane’s long, feverish solos became the pillars of his legacy; jazz critic Ira Gitler coined the phrase “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s playing during this period.

Check out the program here.

Young Buck gets sentimental on “My Whole Life” while the Clipse is still hustling on “Fast Life.”

A worth-visiting collection of sites with great use of typography.