Wrapping It Up: 9 Lessons Learned From the Black Blogosphere in 2011

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2011 has been a helluva year. It had its ups and downs, but we’re all still here another day. There’s a lot to be thankful for even if you had a rough one. Pause. With the end of the year officially looming, I wanted to talk about some of the lessons I’ve learned as a [...]

Women Don’t Want Men to Have Fun

I wonder if he knows he has key tracker on his laptop.

Let’s face it, we all know that women don’t want men to have fun. You are only allowed to ever have fun with her and her alone. Have you ever seen the rage in your woman’s eyes after admitting you actually had a good time “just hanging with the fellas”? It’s terrifying. That’s why whenever [...]

Inner Circle Dating and the friends caught in the crossfire

This is a throwback from earlier this year. It was a letter we received, in situations that we’ve all been through at some point. Enjoy and Happy Holidays! THE EMAIL Streetz, As we get older our networks continue to expand and there’s always a conversation among the fellas about dating inside or outside the circle. [...]

The Problem with Black Men Accusing Their Women of Being “Crazy”

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Today’s post is a Guest Post from a good friend of mine, Ayanna Abrams, Psy. D.  She graduated from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and is completing a postdoctoral fellowship as a Psychotherapist at Emory University Student Counseling Ctr.  I thought this would be a good way to present this post.  I had long thought about [...]

Engaged Black Male: 5 Signs Your Marriage Will Fail

"Just relax your lips and close your eyes! It's not that hard"

I Worry.  If I don’t grind hard enough, I won’t be rich.  If I don’t set at least 2 alarms, I’ll miss my flight.  Sh*t happens and I try hard to make sure it doesn’t happen to me. Now I find myself about to get married.  I am about to commit the rest of my [...]

How Many is Too Many: What’s Your Number?

Whats Your Number

I meant to write about this movie when I first saw it but life happens. In order to keep my G-status intact I will provide a brief explanation on how I came to see this movie in the first place: I set out on my date to watch Killer Elite with Jason Statham, Clive Owens, [...]

Friends vs. Associates: How Do You Know Who’s Who?

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Friend is a term that I see thrown around carelessly on a daily basis. I think that as children, we are ingrained with the notion that friend should be used in a broad sense. Anyone that you didn’t hate, but knew randomly, was a friend. As we grow older and experience these so-called friends disappoint, deceive, and [...]

Love Changes … and Best Friends Become Strangers: Four Relationships Destined to Fail

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Not too long after graduating college, an ex-girlfriend from back home asked me why I didn’t come around anymore and why I didn’t spend time with my best friend from high school. I didn’t have an answer, the best response I could come up with was “I think we’ve grown apart.” The truth was,  I [...]

The Music and Memories That Make This Time Of Year Special

And This Chistmas ... Will Be ...

Without a doubt, my favorite time of the year, the most wonderful time of the year, the time of year I look forward to more than any other is Christmas time. What’s not to love about this time of year. Most of the major religions of the world have major holidays around this time, we [...]

A Few Ideas To Make Her Christmas Great

Women be shoppin, Lord... Women be shoppin....

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