Peruse through pop culture history with me as I reminisce on this Throwback Thursday for the week of 11/8/21. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, subscribe to my blog at http://the40andoverproject.com, and join my Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/the40andoverprojectpodcast
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modern day adulting: my knee injury and more
Soooo, a few weeks ago, I had to drive myself to urgent care. It had been raining all day here, and that morning, on the way to work, I fell in the garage on the wet hard concrete and banged my knee pretty bad. I went to work, put ice on it and took some ibuprofen. That worked for a while however, at 2:30pm, before the school day was over, I hopped in the car and headed to urgent care because it started feeling worse. Life at 48. We’re falling apart. LOL. If you are in your 40s then you know the feeling. Thank the Lord, it was only a bad bruise and pain along with some motion issues. I was for the remainder of that evening and the whole next day. An athletic wrap, Tylenol, Ibruprophen, and ice pack were my BFFs. LOL.
This would have accounted for my third injury since school started in early August and it was only September when it happened lol.
Actions that put me on the injured reserved list:
1) A swollen lip from me trying to hit the volleyball and knocking my radio into my face, hard too.
2) Waking up one Saturday last month and I couldn’t use my arm because I haven’t played volleyball in 30 years and my muscles were cussing me out like, girl, you 48!
3) being clumsy slipping and hurting my knee, in the words of Slick Rick, “on the hard concrete”
My advice, be careful out in these streets (or at home), because our 40 and over bodies aren’t getting any younger.

Remember the After School Specials
If you are #40AndOver you should remember the “After School Special” TV series on ABC from #the70s? It premiered 49 years ago, this week, October 4,1972. It ran for 25 years! Crazy right! #ThrowbackThursday #OldSchool #PopCultureUpdate #Classic #the40andoverproject #moderndayadulting

Throwback Thursday. RIP Biz Markie
RIP to another rap pioneer, #BizMarkie, what are your favorite songs? Mine include: Nobody Beats the Biz, Vapors, and Just A Friend #OldSchool #40AndOver #the80s #the40andoverproject #HipHop #GenerationX #PopCultureUpdate
From Wikipedia : Marcel Theo Hall (April 8, 1964 – July 16, 2021),[2] known professionally as Biz Markie, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and record producer. Markie was best known for his 1989 single “Just a Friend“, which became a top 40 hit in several countries. In 2008, “Just a Friend” made No. 100 on VH1‘s list of the 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time.[3] Markie was sometimes referred to as the “Clown Prince of Hip Hop“.[4][5][6]

Podcast: 4th of July Freedom
Listen as I share one of my blog posts in audio form, from 2020, my commentary on the 4th of July, what freedom really means, and how it affects us today.
#the40andoverproject #40AndOver #Freedom #4thofJuly #Holidays #blackpodcastnetwork
#ThrowbackThursday Old School Summer Jams
It’s #Cookout season. You know what that means right? Alot of #OldSchool dance music to set the mood. Before I Let Go, by Frankie Beverly, has got to be one of everyone’s all time favorites for family reunions and weddings. Keep this one on blast and you will be sure to have a successful Que (BBQ that is and guarantee that somebody’s auntie will break out into a line dance after a mean game of Bid Whist on the card table! And we can’t leave out the Hip Hop classic, Summertime, by Will Smith because the title says it all! This should be in heavy rotation in your “CD player”, lol, or on your playlist, either way, it’s the jam! Enjoy!
#HappySummer #the40andoverproject
podcast: Reflections on Graduation
Listen as I reflect on my graduation 30 years ago and provide some modern day adulting tips for today.
podcast: childfree substitute teacher
Listen as I share my thoughts on my path and journey to substitute teaching, being childfree, and some humor from the classroom.
Podcast. New Jack City at 30
My commentary on the 30th anniversary of a cult classic, New Jack City which premiered on March 5, 1991.
Here’s an episode for you… New Jack City at 30 episode of the 40 and over project
PODCAST: Lessons Learned. Inauguration Day
It’s Inauguration Day in America ! Listen as I share my thoughts on the significance of this day and what it means as we prepare for a new administration.