The 4th film from The Fast and The Furious series, Fast & Furious, will be released in theaters nationwide this Friday.  Lemme get this straight.  You’ve taken out the word The from the title twice, so what’s the meaning of that?  Is that really gonna make a world of difference, by taking out one word from the title twice?

Couldn’t think of anything more original?  Some big shot executive actually got paid to think of a new title, which really didn’t involve much thought process.

I have a routine that I go through every morning after I wake up.  I first thank God for allowing me to see another day, brush my teeth, take a shower, put on my undies, robe and slippers, take the dogs out to do their business, retrieve the morning paper while outside with the dogs, then go back into the house for breakfast or finish getting dressed for the day.

Well this morning while taking the dogs out to do their business, I noticed that my neighbor’s German Shepherd was not inside of her gate.  Let me give you a little background history on that dog before I proceed to tell the rest of my story….

My neighbor’s German Shepherd barks ferociously at my dogs every morning.  This is normal and I’m used to that, but the dog is usually behind a gate, so I ignore it.  Today, there was no barking, so that instantly heightened my senses.  From my peripheral vision, I spotted the dog across the street watching my dogs on my front lawn as they pooped.

This dog, still not barking, all of a sudden charges at me and my dogs.  Now mind you, I have 3 dogs on 3 leashes, and I’m wearing a robe and slippers.  There is probably a 20 second run to my front door to get back into my house with all 3 dogs, plus myself in tact.  With panic in all of my dogs and my eyes, we took off like Flo Jo.

For those of you who have seen Enemy of the State with Will Smith hauling ass in a robe and slippers…..that was me this morning!  I was able to make it to my front door in all of 5 seconds flat, but *gasp* I dropped the leashes and the dogs were on their own.

They were just about to take one for the team because the German Shepherd was literally nipping at their tails.  Somehow they made it through the front door in time.  I cannot believe it.  As Frankie, Keyshia Cole’s mother, would say, it was about to be a man down/Code 10 situation, because had those dogs not made it in time, I don’t know if I would have gone back outside to fight the German Shepherd to save their lives.

Now, was I wrong for that?  Yes, but in that brief instance, it was survival of the fittest.

For those of you who were lucky enough to catch the UnSung docu-series on TV One this past winter, you can look forward to the return of the docu-series in June of 2009.

Previously, the life stories of R&B group DeBarge, the late R&B/Jazz chanteuse Phyllis Hyman, gospel greats The Clark Sisters and the late R&B singer/songwriter and producer Donny Hathaway were aired on UnSung.

Legendary R&B singers, Melba Moore and the late Minnie Riperton, are just two of the artists whose life stories will be featured on the series this summer.  So be on the lookout for the return of UnSung in June.

Someone forwarded me this clip from Youtube, and it is hilarious!  You know that old saying, “Kids say the darndest things”.  Well, take that expression to the nth degree with David. 

According to his father, who shot the video, “David just had a tooth removed due to Hyperdontia or extra tooth. This was taken in the parking lot of the dentist office. He was so out of it.” He ain’t lying.  Take a look….

Prom time is right around the corner for a lot of high schoolers, so what better way to kick off that time of the year than with a flashback pic of First Lady, Michelle Obama, at age 18 with her first boyfriend, David Upchurch, at her senior prom.

And check out the split in Michelle’s dress.  Naughty!