Facebook and Hate Speech

Below is an article that I found about Germany urging Facebook to remove Nazi hate postings. While Facebook's rules forbid bullying or any type of behavior that is harassing or treating some critics believe hat the social network doesn't do enough to enforce those rules.

Prosecutors in Germany have begun investigating Mark Zuckerberg as well as other Facebook executives. The complaint alleges that the company broke national laws against hate speech and sedition by failing to remove racists posts.


http://www.jpost.com/International/Germany-probing-Facebook-over-lack-of-removal-of-Nazi-hate-postings-471749

What is becoming of us......?

Social media has grown very fast in the last few years. Every day developers are creating new apps for uses to connect with each other. And what we do and say can be put on the internet within minutes if not seconds. Sometimes it's good and then sometimes it can be bad.

Unless your living under a rock then you know that Flint, MI has been without clean water for an ungodly amount of time. Children have been effected by it, people's skin has broken out in rashes and other countless health problems from both children and adults.

I don't follow sports nor am I a big fan of it. So I don't understand the rivalry that fans of  both college and professional teams have. But I feel as a human you have to know how wrong this is. I don't understand how anyone found it funny to make fun of people going through something so horrific. I don't live in Flint, but I live in a city very similar where the same thing could easily happen. Nothing about this picture is funny and my heart breaks a little to know that their are people out there who would find it funny. Even if they don't think that's it's funny they posed in front of a sign that mocks a real life or death situation.

In a matter of hours this picture went viral and not only the students but the school as well received a lot of unwanted media attention.  Sometimes we think that we do online is for our eyes only or the people that we share it with. But it only takes one person or one slip up that could put the picture/video in the wrong hands.

A weekend in Stars Hollow

ALERT THIS HAS SPOILERS!!!! 

IF YOU PLAN ON WATCHING GILMORE GILRS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE 

DON'T READ THIS YET!!!

I hate to say that I didn't watch Gilmore Girls on its original run back in 2000. I don't know why but the show never really applied to me. If I remember correctly I didn't get into the show until I was out of college. I may have been in my last year or so but whatever. SoapNet (and I don't even think that's around anymore) had picked up the show and they showed re runs every weekday evening. That's when I fell in love!!!! <3

It was quirky, snarky, sarcastic, they talked fast (much like I do) and it was funny. So I was really excited when Netflix announced that they were bringing it back with four episodes. Each episode represents a season in Stars Hollow, CT (the town they live in if you didn't know). Rory returns home (but she says she's not back) at 32 which seems as though she's there for a visit. 

As the episodes go on we learn that Rory is up for a job with Conde Nast as well as having in affair with an old boyfriend (Logan). Which is something she kinda sorta did before with a different boyfriend (Dean) the original series.  

Aside from Rory, Emily is grieving over the death of her husband as well as Lorelai and they end up going to counseling for. Lorelai has a fight with Rory when Rory tells her that she wants to write about Lorelai being a teen mom. Lorelai objects that idea and the two are left on not so good terms. Lorelai feels that she needs time to herself and goes on a type of survivalist hike. That doesn't last long and she then goes home and tells Luke that they should be get married. 

In true Rory and Lorelai fashion they make up and Rory gives her mom a rough draft of the book to read. I would also like to point out that it seems as though Emily has gotten some oomph to her. She went off on her DAR members and a woman who was being interviewed for the group. If you're a fan of the original then you know that Emily is very prime and proper and she never acts in crude or unlady like way. That scene was also probably my favorite out of all four plus hours!!! 

While I love Gilmore Girls nothing will ever compare to the original.  I think that the remake is good (I'm glad that mostly everyone came back) but it doesn't live up to the expectations of the original. 

I guess there supposed to be a season two.....so I'm counting down the days! 

OMG, They're back again!!

 Yes, those are the Backstreet Boys! And that's ME with them!!!

Usually when I tell someone that I'm a Backstreet Boys fan the response that I get is...”Are they still together”? “I thought that they broke up”? Or my personal favorite “you still like them”? My answer is always yes, no, they never broke up and yes I do.

I have been a BSB fan for the better part of 20 years. Even if one day they do stop recording (yes they still make NEW music) and touring (something they also continue to do) I will still be a fan.

Being considered a boy band they may not always get the recognition that they deserve. But they are truly great artists who put their all into the work that they do.

I didn't have the best childhood and I feel that the Backstreet Boys helped me get through that dark time in my life. It's also something they continue to do to this day. They have also taught me not to give up and stick through it. You're probably reading this rolling your eyes, but in all honesty the Backstreet Boys have been a great support system for many of their fans. We find their music therapeutic, comforting and just good.

Through all the issues that they’ve had with poor management, greedy record labels to Brian's heart surgery, AJ's rehab and Nick's bar brawls (and more I'm sure we have no idea about) they have had each other's backs and their bond grew tighter.

Because of them I have met some of the most amazing people. Their not only my friends but their also the sisters and brothers I've never had. We can rely on each other and we support each other.  And whenever I need advice or anything under the sun I have my Backstreet buddies who are there to support me and give me the encouragement that I need.

OU Baksetball

My first OU basketball game. Too bad it was 

AFTER I graduated.  I can't believe that I had never
gone to one until the other night (11/11/2016) The team played against
Bowling Green University and won 78-70. 

The OU Band playing Taylor Swift's Shake If Off

OU's Clock Tower

The Clock Tower at OU. 

Chicken and Rice Recipce

Chicken and Rice

 I found this recipe on Facebook and I made a few adjustments to it. It turned out perfect and I wanted to share it. 

6-8 Chicken breast, tenders, or thighs
 -I used 6 thighs to last for 3 people for 2 days. 
2 cans of cream of Mushroom
-I use 1 can and a scoop or so from the other can. Use as mush as you want. 
Chicken Broth
Fresh Mushrooms (Use as much or as little as you want) 
Seasonings 
-I used a chicken rub for the chicken that I put on the night before. But you can just use your favorite seasonings.
2 boxes of long grain wild rice
-I used 2 small boxes of Uncle Ben's

Oil 
Fresh Garlic

Season the chicken and pan sear with a little oil. Grease a 9X13 pan. Mix rice w/ soup in the baking dish pour the chicken broth into the can and put it over the mixture and stir well.  Sauté garlic and mushrooms for a few then add to the baking dish and mix well. Place chicken on top and cover with foil. Bak @ 335 for 2 1/2 hours. Remember not to take the foil off until then. 

Brown for a few minutes when done. 

BBW Candle

I love this candle from Bath and Body Works. 

It smells like men's cologne. 

Donut worry be happy!!!!!

I went to the Donut Bar this morning!!! 

Chicken and Waffles and Oreo Donuts!!!

6 Reasons to watch This Is Us

6 Reasons you should watch This Is Us

This Is Us premiered on the NBC network on September 20, with each episode we learn one or two new things about the characters in the show. In the first episode we know that three people share a birthday and a couple are awaiting the arrival of their triplets. Sadly, one of the triplets doesn’t make it but a baby was left at a fire house and the said couple adopt him. At the end of the show we realize that the couple are 36 years in the past and the people celebrating their birthday are the “triplets.” Or as the parents call them The Big Three.

1. Jack and Rebeca

Jack and Rebecca are played by Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore. While every early in the second episode we see that Jack and Rebecca have a few road bumps in their relationship. But they are also 100% everybody’s TV relationship goals.

2. Kevin and Kate

Kevin and Kate are the two biological babies of Kate that survived. So technically their twins and they have the twin bond through and through. Kate is also Kevin’s personal assistant as he is an actor in Hollywood. Or I should say was since he went ballistic on the set of his TV show and quit in front of a live audience.

3. Multiracial family

Everyone in the family is Caucasian expect for Randall who is African American. He was the baby that was left at the fire house who Jack and Rebecca took home with Kevin and Kate. Being African American I’ve heard people having issues with people of different races adopting children outside of their own race. But does it really matter? If you can give a child a good home, treat them like your own why does it matter that you’re of a different race.   

4. Randall and Beth

Beth is Randall’s wife and she is basically her husband’s protector and backbone. As you already know Randall is adopted so he had no idea or didn’t know much of his birth family for his whole life. On his 36^th birthday he got an e-mail from the private investigator that he hired to find his father. Randall went to the man’s home and confronted him for leaving him at a fire house. Randall then invites the man to his home where he later invites him to stay. Beth being the protective wife she is grills Randall’s dad to find out where he’s going every day and what his intentions are.

5. Kate and Toby

One of the main focal points of the show is that Kate is a plus sized woman. She attends a support group and she leaves post it’s on the junk food in her fridge to tell herself not to eat it. At her group she meets Toby who I guess you can say is her boyfriend.” Toby tries to make Kate feel like she’s the most beautiful woman on earth regardless of how much she weighs.

6. The Family

I can’t remember the last time television had a good family drama. I have to take my hat off to NBC for featuring a family like this especially since some people don’t know that it’s 2016. And that America is a melting pot of cultures.