First 5 in a Class of Many

Another spin in the time machine to take a look at a few notable first........

1. Lunchbox The Green Hornet, I actually found some a website devoted to you guessed it Lunchbox History The Green Hornet box (pictured)has Green Hornet striking a bad guy with a gun in hand.

The Green Hornet was launched on the heals of Batman, which debuted some eight months earlier. Both shows were televised on NBC. Not unlike Batman, The Green Hornet did not last long. After its first telecast on September 9, 1966, it found its way out the door on July 14, 1967. But it still is quite a memorable show, mostly being associated with the late Bruce Lee, who played Kato in the series.

Found early on that the my well packed peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, not only were kept fresh from the harsh NYC winters but also made me Barry Bonds (on juice)when I swung that damn lunchbox at the bigger kids in elementary school. Wish I had a big kid luch box for the office today!

2. First Orginazation - Pop Warner/Pee Wee Football
Pop Warner was founded in 1929, continues to grow and serves as the only youth football, cheerleading & dance organization that requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order to participate. Pop Warner's commitment to academics is what separates the program from other youth sports around the world.

As the only national youth sports organization that requires scholastic aptitude to participate, Pop Warner is committed to developing America's young people on the field and off. Each year Pop Warner continues to expand its efforts in team and activity participation, as well as visibility and outreach in the community.

Since 1929, the Pop Warner Programs Philosophy has been that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. At every level, Pop Warner programs seek to develop well-rounded young men and women who learn not only the fundamentals of football, cheerleading, and dance but also the importance of education in an atmosphere conducive to developing sound character while having a good time.

My participation in pop warner stem from the fact that my mother had me in violin lesson early on and my dad the "traditional man" thought that shyt was gay, so he gave me the option of playing sports looking back on this do you know how many black accomplish violinist there are? exactly Pops you miss the boat on that one! However it was a lot of fun for me and eventually got me my first athletic scholarship to college.

3. Sneaker Pro-Keds(name brand) - I should para phrase to say first sneaker that didn't come out of that big ass steel cage in the supermarket that your mom dug through till she found your size...and you wonder why I have an obsession with sneakers.

By the Late 1970's PRO-Keds had become synonymous with some of the biggest names in basketball history and professional sports, and attained cult status as the first real sneaker with style among New York City's early hip hop community.

Dame Dash has come on board to try and revitalize the company the shoe pictured is the Bun B designed "Free Pimp C" sneaker prior to his release, I have some suggestions for some of the newer lines Dame you listening?

* OJ "If our Shoe Fits you didn't kill a Bitch" Hi-Tops
* Cheney "Move Bitch Get Out the Way" Camoflauge Hunting Sneakers
* George W "Weapons of Mass Destruction" low-tops very rare & hard to find
* Sprewell "My kids are still hungry so buy the damn sneaker" Hi-Tops

4.First International Travels - Easy ITALY actually spent more than a decade there with my family in a small town right outside Vernoa and the next person who ask matter factly "oh you lived in Italy can you speak Italian?" and you wouldn't understand it if I spoke it anyway, you are getting choked out!

6th Century BC the Veneto occupied by the Euganei and the Veneti (the latter people ultimately gave their name to the region)
3rd Century BC Romans conquer the Veneto
89 BC inhabitants of the Veneto given full Roman citizenship
30 AD Arena completed.
1263 Rise to power of Leonardino della Scala ("Mastino" or Mastiff) begins the rule of the Scala ("staircase") family
1301 Dante arrives in Verona
1302 Romeo Montecchi (Montague) and Juliet Capuleti meet and die. The Montecchi were Guelphs who supported the Pope; the Capuleti were Ghibellines who supported the Holy Roman Emperor.
1308 Cangrande I ("Big Dog") comes to power and extends Scaliger rule over almost all of the Veneto mainland.
1329 death of Cangrande I, Verona's power starts to decline
1387 Scala family loses power
1405-1797 Verona becomes part of the Venetian state
1520s Luigi da Porto (of Vicenza) writes the story of Romeo and Juliet
1595 Shakespeare dramatizes the story of Romeo and Juliet
1801 Verona split between Austria and France
1866 Austrians defeated, Verona becomes part of Italy
1915-18 Verona heavily damaged in fighting between Austria and Italy
World War II Allies bomb the city heavily; Germans blow up all the bridges
1995 Greater Verona is a manufacturing center with a population of over 300,000 (about 10% that of Rome).

First celebrity crush - Pam Grier
Pam Grier rocketed to stardom as the queen of blaxploitation films with this big cult hit. Director Jack Hill, who had launched her film career two years earlier with THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, here casts Grier as a hardworking nurse out to avenge her smack-addicted 11-year-old sister by waging a one-woman war on Los Angeles drug dealers. Better believe she can do it, too. After her cop friend Carter

Hey if I have to explain this one to the guys than you are missing the next showing of Broke-Back mountain ok????? and you wouldn't understand!