Hook Me Up is now on Facebook! January 5, 2008

Hey everyone,

We have done it again, Hook Me Up has grown, as we continue to leverage the power of the internet to connect you with Hook Up’s.

We are now on Facebook!

It’s the same great community now we get to see each other and share messages and comments in real time.

I will also continue to post everything here on the blog and I will also keep sending out e-mail’s to the yahoo group members.

To join our new facebook group follow these simple speps,

1- Go to facebook.com

2- Search for “Hook Me Up” ( Were right on the first page I think #3 or #4)

3- Join the group.

4- Say Hi by leaving a message on the wall.

Tell your friends ~Rico

Whats the worst that could happen??? October 29, 2007

Casting Call For Slice October 9, 2007

The Slice network is having a casting call for all their “reality / makeover” shows. Check out the list (see below) and if there is a show that’s a great fit for you, simply click on the link and send them an e-mail.
I did it last year and 2 days later they were at my house shooting the screen test and the next thing you know. I was on Renovate my Wardrobe with Peter and Glen.. It was am a great experience.

Good Luck – RM

At the End of My Leash
Birth Days
Bulging Brides
Crash Test Mommy
Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp
The List
The Mom Show
Matchmaker
Newlywed, Nearly Dead
Outlaw In-Laws
Party Mamas
Project PI
Project Runway Canada
Renovate My Wardrobe III
Spoiled Rotten
Superstar Hair Challenge 2
Three Takes
Til Debt Do Us Part
WEDDING SOS Needs Brides and Grooms-to-Be
X-Weighted

Eddie Griffin Thrown Off Stage for using N-Word September 6, 2007

It’s about time !!!!

I have been saying for years now that we should not be be using the N-Word..  Read the story below and share your thoughts in the comment section.

 

Rico

The Hook Me Up man

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Eddie Griffin Thrown Off Stage for using N-Word at Black Entertainment Event

Eddie Griffin thought he’d shock the swells at a big Black Enterprise event ( 14th Annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge.) over the weekend by littering his act with N-words, but the comic was the one who got the real jolt when the mag’s owner gonged his routine, and tossed him off the stage!

Rev. Al Sharpton tells TMZ that Griffin took the stage as the headliner and did his best Michael Richards impression, blistering the mostly African-American crowd with a barrage of N-bombs, and wailing, “Why are some black leaders telling us to stop using the N word?”

Griffin’s mike was promptly cut, and Black Enterprise owner/publisher Earl Graves stomped on stage and proclaimed, “We … will not allow our culture to go backwards … We will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that’s the way he’s going to talk.” Oh, snap!

The crowd gave Graves a standing ovation — and Rev. Al, speaking the next day at the event, gave Graves props for his axing of Griffin. A rep for Griffin had no comment.

Jena 6 August 28, 2007

Hey everyone, here is an update on the Jena 6.

They are a group of 6 Black high school students facing life in prison for a school yard fight. This case is getting national attention and is the home page for the NAACP.
I realized that I only posted the first video on my facebook page, so I will got that video and post it here as well (see below)…

Spread the word and sign the petitions.

http://www.petitiononline.com/aZ51CqmR/petition.html It makes a difference!!

Sign Teh NAACp petition as well. http://www.naacp.org/get-involved/activism/alerts/110aa-2007-7-20/index.htm  and click on sign the petition.

Ciao Ricardo

P.S I am still sitting here wondering why we have massive coverage about Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie going to jail on news channels like CNN and CBC and nothing about the Jena 6? Leave a comment below and lets discuss it.

The update on the Jena 6

Some background info about the Jena 6.

The Real News – IWT August 22, 2007

Heyy peeps

If you know that the media is controlled by big business and government you will want to check this out..

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Dear Supporters,

We just hit 101,000 views of The Promise on YouTube!

We want to thank you for helping us reach this milestone by viewing the video, sending it to friends and spreading the word about The Real News vision.

Now help us promote a new video with Eric Margolis. This video is the first test of a new program called, The Real Story. Eric Margolis, contributor to American Conservative magazine and The Real News, says television news is misleading people about the responsibility of the U.S. in fueling the Iraq civil war.

Click on the link, rate it and send it to your friends.

Together we are making The Real News a reality.

Thanks again,

Paul Jay
CEO & Senior Editor
IWT/The Real News http://www.therealnews.com/web/index.php

24 TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY WHILE OUT August 3, 2007

24 TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY WHILE OUT

This report has been prepared by Nicky Billou and Dr. Marina Zelenovic, DNM, RNCP, principal nutritionist to members of the Toronto Argonauts (CFL), Maple Leafs (NHL), and Blue Jays (MLB), as well as American celebrities.

You are eating out in a restaurant?
You are eating on the run?
You’ve been invited over for dinner at someone’s house?
You are going to a party/bar-b-q or other social engagement?
IN A RESTAURANT:

1) ALWAYS ask your server how the foods are prepared! This will allow you to make necessary changes to your meal ~ and DO NOT fret ~ they are always willing to oblige you in restaurants.

Jennifer Hudson is on the cover of Vogue Magazine. February 23, 2007

 Heyy friends,

My friend Charmaine sent this to me and I she gave me permission to share it with you. here is her e-mail unedited   I Love  her passion! and I hope U do 2.

Please pass it alon, and go get your copy today. ~ Rico

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Hello All

If you don’t already know, Jennifer Hudson is on the cover of Vogue Magazine.  She is only the 4th Black Women to EVER be on the cover of the magazine. 

I know that Vogue’s lack of acknowledgment of the beauty that black women posses is in question but we still need to go out and buy this magazine.

Peace and hair grease – Charmaine

Charmaine Denton

Denton Associates

Business Wellness Consultant

Phone / Fax 416-205-9203

www.dentonassociates.ca

do what you do best and delegate the rest

Sex survey results – What are other people doing in bed???? February 17, 2007

Sex survey results

1. What gender do you most identify yourself as being?

Of the 6,516 generous respondents who shared their answers with us, 51 per cent identify as women and 49 per cent as men. And we hope each and every one of you is proud.

Because you told us your secrets, we all get to discover more about ourselves. you TELL US:

A homosexual male stuck in a juicy girl’s body.

A tad on the girlie side but can still play the straight game without clutching my pearls.

Female from birth, but only recently starting to genuinely celebrate it.

Femiman.

King of the jungle.

Male, but I do like Broadway musicals and occasionally cry at sad movies.

Male, but with an overdeveloped sensitive side…..more Hook Me Up 

Growing up without men February 5, 2007

What does it mean to grow up without a father?

Thanks to all who shared their answers to that question at our town hall forum.
Watch a slideshow of one debate on the roles of sex, intimacy and parenthood.

A generation ago the mother-led family — while hardly rare — was still an anomaly. That’s no longer the case.

For one community in particular, the reverse is true. About 40 per cent of black children in Canada grow up without a father. Among Toronto’s Jamaican-Canadians, the numbers are even more dramatic: two out of three children grow up without a father (Statistics Canada, 2000).

Download the report [220 Kb .pdf ]

In “Growing Up Without Men,” young black adults tell us their stories. We also hear…