- Bernard-Charles

Bernard-Charles host/director/producer of two hit college radio talk shows PJ in the Morning with Bernard-Charles and EL OH! EL on WPPJ 670 AM is in need of amazing stories that he can read on the air. He is looking for stories ranging from funny to life-changing heroic adventures and to those heartbreaking romances.

Stories will be read ON AIR starting February 10, 2010. So send them in and get your story out there.

To Listen for your Story: Click Here

All submissions will be screened for respect and content.We do reserve the right to quote stories or alter them for grammatical accuracy.

You may e-mail all stories at bernieluvsellen@live.com

Submission Deadline is February 28, 2010.

Please Include your Name or Pen name (ex. Troubled Teen) and city/country you live in.

*If you have any comments to question please feel free to e-mail Bernard at bernieluvsellen@live.com*

Shhhhh!! I have a surprise! Okay, you can tell everybody. I have my own radio show! Wait, I have two! One show is during the week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm est. The other show is on Saturdays 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm est. So mosey on over to my portfolio or click here.

Bernard-Charles

Just Watched: “Julie & Julia”

I must say this was a warm dessert to end my winter splendid day. “Julie & Julia” is a loving film that captures Julie Powell  (Amy Adams) an aspiring writer in her efforts to take on infamous cook Julia Child (Meryl Streep) by cooking all 536 recipes in one year from Julia Child’s first book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”.

I will not give away any ending to this wonderful home-cooked delight, but I will say this, Julie Powell has in fact transformed my way of thinking about my own personal blog (www.bernardtalks.com). Like Julie Powell, I too, started a blog. How far this blog could go is still decided upon faith.

Similar to Julie Powell, she did not know who was reading her blog and where it would take her in life, but she was dedicated to finishing what she had started.

Ms. Powell did have her ups as well as her downs in her attempts to cook every meal exactly as Julia Child had done. Unlike Julie, I am not attempting to cook every recipe of a cookbook, but I am trying to have a forum to communicate and inspire others to dream bigger then what may typically be in front of them. My goal is to become a talk show host and to help those who may not have the necessary guidance to achieve their own personal dreams. I guess you could say I am like a coach and teacher rolled into one.

This movie has truly given me the motivation to continue this blog and to allow destiny the freedom to bake its own cake of perfection with my life. All I ask in return is to give people the inspiration that I have been given and I believe that becoming a talk show host will do just that.

“Julie & Julia” will have you laughing, cooking ,and even thinking about boning a duck. Yes, boning duck may sound rather unpleasant. However, the art of cooking in Julia Child’s case calls for one cup of pure adventure!

The New York Times says

“Julie & Julia” proceeds with such ease and charm…

Ruth Hessey from MovieTime, ABC Radio National claims

Ebullient, witty, and wonderfully warm-hearted Julie & Julia is a celebration of how to live life to the full.

Here is the “Julie & Julia” trailer that will have you craving more than your regular sweets and midnight snacks!

Like Julia Child would say “Bon appétit!”

Do you have trouble meditating, or tried but could not find any relaxing music?

Bernard Charles here saying, Start off the New Year right!

Starting off the New Year can be very stressful. With all the resolutions going around and the winter blues, we all may need some new source of inspiration. Fortunately, this inspiration has gone virtual.

I have came across a website that may just do the trick to cure that stress or confusion about your inner self. We all are drawn to ourselves in some fashion and so knowing how we can better our lives is very important.

Michele Bernhardt founder of  My Inner World.com has created a website that can help users discover the knowledge within themselves.

According to My Inner World.com, Bernhardt

…appeared on PBS, Fox, Bloomberg and Oxygen TV. She has consulted for and worked with corporations and institutions such as Bloomberg World News, Neutrogena Corp. Spiegel and L’Oreal. As an author and columnist, she has contributed to many publications some of which include Travel and Leisure, Seventeen Magazine, Cosmo Girl, Redbook, Country Living, Fitness, The Miami Herald, Buzz, Spy, and many others. New York Magazine describes her as a ‘must see phenomenon’.

Bernhardt is a practitioner of intuitive arts, healer, astrologer, metaphysician and author.

In 1995 she was a recipient of a foundation grant for her innovative and successful work in the use of sound and language to affect healing.

My Inner World.com comprises of a

• Community Tent-Discuss different topics with other My Inner World users
• Compatibility Swing- Did you know you have a Birthday color?
• Wishing Well- You can make a Wish here
• Weather Vane- Weekly/Monthly Forecasts
• Caretaker’s Cottage- Browse the Library
• Meditation Tree- Meditate Serenely
• Bulletin Board- Updates
• Flowerbed- Plant your own seeds and watch your flower grow
• Castle- Keep track of your journeys

And Much More!!!

“This site is an amazing land of self-freedom”

-Bernard Charles (That’s me!)

Going on self-journeys users can reflect and understand more about themselves and the world around them. In addition, users can record their own personal thoughts and reflections with the help of little creatures that wonder around the site and each task you complete, you may be given a token.

Each token is a symbol of a certain aspects of your life. For example, the heart token represents love and romance and the coins token is a symbol of prosperity and earnings. The tokens you collect are placed in your gunnysack to later be used on another journey.

With tokens in your palm and knowledge in your mind, Michele Bernhardt is here to help you along the way with her unique and creative site My Inner World.com. This innovative resource of self-discovery gets even better! It is free! There is no cost for registering or using any of the given tools that are listed above.

So, now if you are ready to challenge yourself and learn more about your life, then start now for the New Year 2010!!!

Well I was browsing YouTube and I came across The View’s hot topic about getting gifts for teachers.

I had a blog post about this “Hot Topic” on December 22, 2009.

So enjoy!

Ellen DeGeneres announced her New Year’s resolution!

Do you think you can guess what it is? Well, last year it was to get on the cover of O magazine. And she made that happen! For 2010, Ellen DeGeneres wants world domination. That’s right!

So it is our job as her loyal fans to expand the DeGeneres Kingdom.

You may want to write in to the show by clicking DEAR ELLEN

Tell her about your thoughts of the show and about this wonderful wacky resolution for 2010!!!

Also click below to help Ellen even further!!

Ellen Wants You!

In other news, please keep sending in your own New Year’s resolutions! The list is growing and coming in fast!

Since my blog post about an offensive image, there have been many comments. Okay so I would like all those who used foul language and threw nasty names at me, to go to Google image search and type in Michelle Obama.

Ahh you will find that this Blog no longer holds the place for the top result. Interesting, now it turns to Popehat.com.

Further updates about this will be noted. I am just saying that other sites have this image.

So my good people, please restore some maturity in the world and send your apologies to The Bernard Charles Show.

I am not racist or mean. I am simply informing the world of a freedom that can be seen in many different lights. As my blog post is called Search Engine Ran Off the Track of Expression for a reason.

-Bernard

Bernard here just dropping by and saying thank you for all your comments and support. Lately, my Blog post about Michelle Obama and the whole Monkey image that Google had in its database has been heating up a lot of strong opinions. I would like to apologize on behalf of those people who voiced themselves rather violently. Using foul language and derogatory phrases.

Well, I would like you to know that I am not the one who made that image in the first place. I found this “hot topic” on CNN. So, all those who read the post and felt it was necessary to complain/ridicule my reputation and beliefs because of my efforts of informing the public about this interesting article, I would like to personally say “Calm down”.

I like discussions and varying opinions about different subjects, but once the maturity level drops to zero then it is utter nonsense. We all do have our beliefs, but guess what there is a proper way to express such manners of ideas. I am not deleting or ignoring any comments that may seem to be violent in nature, because I do believe people have a right to express themselves.

It is in the manner of expressing that is uncalled for. Therefore, I will continue with my daily thoughts and will enjoy the open forum that is at hand. It is nice to pose questions and discussions as a way to see different perceptions.

I agree that the image of Michelle Obama depicted as a monkey is offensive in nature. If I was depicted as a monkey I would be mad as well.  However, if as much energy and debate over this image is an issue then it should be equally problematic across all offensive images that is circulated across the internet and other public forums. I did post two other pictures one of Rosie O’Donnell and John McCain to prove that there are other pictures that are offensive in nature.

Therefore, these images should be set as an example. We are constantly learning, so learn from this and think of others morals. Honestly, the image is of someone’s creative efforts of depicting Michelle Obama as a monkey. So, it is protected under freedom of expression.

Well I assume that the issue is Michelle Obama being African American and it is commonly noted that African Americans look like monkeys. This is the hot spot. So Racism comes into play. Well is it really racism? Okay, I am opening my dictionary online here to define race. And racism.

According to Merriam-Webster online, Race is defined as

[a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics]

Racism is defined as

[racial prejudice or discrimination]

There you have two definitions. Now, the picture is depicting a specific representative of a race (Michelle Obama represents African Americans) in a racial prejudice (African Americans look like Monkeys).

So this gives proof that the image is offensive in nature because of the bondage between race (African Americans) and racial prejudices (The Monkey characteristics).

I do not think we need scientific evidence to prove to us that there is a common perception that African Americans look like monkeys. For all you over analytical people, I underlined the above phrase, because I am emphasizing that I did not say they look alike, I said there is a perception.

Ugh that was quite a bit talking and clarifying.

Now, I know people can argue over this image all day long, but in the end who is right or wrong? There will always be those who don’t care about the image, and those who are really upset about this and then those who sway with the crowd.

This is my challenge to you. Think by yourself and act for yourself.

There will be more hot topics and it seems as though the United States is really sensitive about Race and social classifications and stigmas. Hmmm, will this ever go away?

To be continued…

-Your Host

Bernard Charles