Griffin in 2011
Birth Name: Blake Austin Griffin
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 16, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – African-Haitian/African-American
*mother – English
Blake Griffin is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6′ 10″ tall power forward. He was the number one NBA draft pick in 2009.
Blake is the son of Gail and Tommy Griffin, who is a basketball player and basketball coach. His father is black, with African-Haitian ancestry. Read More...
Reader Question: “I was told that snakes cannot make it up a set of stairs. Is this true? Can snakes climb stairs into a house?”
Yes, they can climb stairs very easily. They can also climb trees, rocks, and just about any other vertical surface. I have witnessed this firsthand on several occasions. In fact, I once had a Brazilian rainbow boa escape from its cage (temporarily, thankfully), and he climbed up the stairs to the second floor of my house. Read More...
Granted, I’m not a fancy-smancy Hollywood director or casting agent or movie promotional expert. But it seems to me like it’s really bad business to cast Chris Pratt as the voice of Mario in Super Mario Bros Movie and then the entire f–king promotional tour and every interview is all about how Pratt’s voice sucks and he shouldn’t have been cast to voice Mario? Like, I get it – it’s all “buzz” for the movie, and die-hard fans of the video games will see the movie regardless, but… I don’t know, it’s not like Hollywood lacks Italian-American actors? Read More...
