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Fabian McNally stops in this week to offer his insight on highly touted college basketball player Julius Randle. Follow him at @FabianMcNally for his insights into sports, or to roast him…whatever. Julius Randle came into the college basketball season ranked, by many, as the 3rd best collegiate prospect behind Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker. Three […]

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Someone Is Going to Love This Blogger: What’s It Like To Date a Blogger?

August 16, 2013 Patia Braithwaite

I told him. I told my oldest male friend about my break up with The Besticle. I told him about how we broke up, how I blogged about it, and how that mother fu my ex called me up to complain about my blogging. Then I cringed. And waited. On some level I knew my […]

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Tipping in the United States vs. the United Kingdom: Who Gets It Right?

August 13, 2013 Ian Forrester

A Cornell professor has written a lot of papers about tipping, with some interesting results for the urban male. Now I know living in the United Kingdom we don’t tip, anywhere as much as Americans. Not only that, the percentage we tip is far below the scale of the U.S. But I’ve spent a lot […]

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Based on a True Story: Pay Attention to Her Red Flags

August 5, 2013 WisdomIsMisery

If you’re on Twitter, you might be familiar with a post that was well-circulated last week written by Nova Giovanni about his experience with a woman he met on-line. We’re all aware of the Catfishes that exist on-line, and while this woman wasn’t fake, the experience was definitely interesting. But, don’t take my word for […]

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SH*T HAPPENS (A Story of Gratitude)

July 10, 2013 Patia Braithwaite

This a happy little story about gratitude. And poop. But mostly gratitude. I woke up the other day in wonderful spirits. Realizing my life resembles a Taylor Swift song, I played some of her greatest hits while singing (loudly) in the shower. I am grateful for Taylor Swift’s train-wreck of a love life. I had a meeting […]

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Break Ups and The Fear of Not-Enough-Ness

July 3, 2013 Patia Braithwaite

One of my biggest fears in life is that people are better off without me. I worry that the room becomes more awesome when I leave it; the air becomes lighter when I’m not breathing it; Things magically become better because I’m not there. When I was little, I was always sent to bed before […]

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The Great Gatsby Complex: When Your Perception Clouds Your Reality

July 1, 2013 Guest Post

“Nick you always see the worst in people!!! “Yeah, because people are the worst!!!” – New Girl This shouldn’t be funny. It could be, but it’s not meant to be. This is an epiphany I had in high school and over the years I’ve grown to see how it underpins most of our interactions with […]

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Why Nice Guys Finish Last And Always Will

June 28, 2013 Guest Post

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So let me say first, hoping that I’m speaking/writing within some invisible, online no-judgment zone, that I have dated every flavor of thug — the sensitive thug, the angry thug, the quiet storm (just like WBLS in every way) and after a period of being young and dumb, I decided to get it together and […]

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I’m A Black Woman — Unmarried Without Kids

June 28, 2013 Guest Post

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I am 30 years old, and I’m not married, nor do I have any offspring of my own. I know this can be shocking to you, but it’s really okay. I am not unstable, or emotionally challenged. As far as I know, my eggs are in order, and when I am ready to procreate with […]

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Technology Assisted Dating

June 19, 2013 Guest Post

Today’s guest post is from a writer from across the pond. I’m sure he thinks Americans are <redacted>, so be sure to prove him wrong by showing him some love in the comment section below. LOL! Welcome today’s post from Ian Forrester. Enjoy! ********* I live in Manchester, no not Manchester Alabama, Georgia or anywhere […]