There’s a guy that I know who seemed pretty cool and went out of his way to hail me up and chat to me at parties. Recently one of his closest friends that is like a brother to me told me how racist he was behind closed doors and while it was a bit disappointing, I was glad that I got the warning. Classic Art of War my dear denizens “know thy enemy”. Do I act differently towards this individual? No, but if he invites me out camping one night in Mississippi I would at least know to pack a Desert Eagle and some ninja gear. When people’s dirty underclothing gets revealed I do not know why people get so upset – I mean, the mask has been lifted and now you know right? We should be thankful! There are a few occurrences in life when the people that you don’t know all too well… [Read more]

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Keri Hilson has posed nude for Allure magazine and her haters are going crazy on the internet about it. As you can see the shoot was very airbrushed oops I mean tasteful so it’s not as if she opened the pearly gates™ for Playboy or worse. So why all the hate? Let’s break it down to it’s bare structure and you will see that Keri can piss gold to save the economy and people will still hate her. At the core of the hate, there is the stigma of the pretty girl, that I have explained several times over on this site. Keri Hilson isn’t built like the stereotypical black woman, her singing is not as strong as the best in her genre and her songs (at least the ones I hear) aren’t exactly classics. She rides the central wave of sex-appeal and radio music which sends the purists looking for an Anita Baker type… [Read more]

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Unapproachable is a different way of saying intimidating or scary. When someone seems perfect or devoid of flaws, it makes them seem unapproachable to others who may be interested. It is also the reason why you see dorks with some of the best looking chicks and guys that probably would make great couples with these women by them themselves feeling salty and being haters. It is if the best thing a hawte can do is smile like an idiot and make dumb remarks in order for a guy to feel comfortable just to step to her. A super cultured, well dressed, well mannered, well spoken and well adjusted chick will scare guys away left and right unless he has money, power, or something else that bolsters his confidence. Usually the guys that win women like this are the ones that can step pass the initial and move forward to talking with her without worrying about… [Read more]

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For every plan, for every idea, and for every invention, there is a hater in the shadows telling you that you shouldn’t do it because it’s been done a million times before. I’ve heard this same feedback about sites that I’ve created, about ideas that I have come up with and about articles that I’ve written. These people aren’t adding anything towards the discourse, they aren’t helping you out, they are are not even trying to motivate you with formulating a replacement idea if need be. They just want to tell you not to try. It is very important that you tune these people out or just get them out of your life, period. When someone gives you that kind of feedback then you probably don’t need to go back to them for advice about anything. These people drain your creative juices, they are parasites to invention. Their feedback is not necessary, it’s not valuable,… [Read more]

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Today the Hall puts up Angelina Jolie as one of our favorite celebrities. It is a long time coming and something that should have been done since that category’s inception. Doing this will no doubt bring out a lot of heat for us since the “Jolie hate” seems to get bigger and bigger each year that she works on projects, acts her ass off and stays (for the most part) out of the cross-hairs of paparazzi ex-cons looking to get a payday. Many celebrities are scorned, envied and attacked by Jane Average for more reasons than one, but Jolie’s seem to be a hate bred from her over exposed connection with Hall favorite Brad Pitt and her shocking and non-vanilla past. One of the dumbest things that people lament on Angelina Jolie is the media fueled charge that she “stole” Brad Pitt. Let’s define theft a bit here, think about it, how do you steal… [Read more]

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1. Alimony Celebrities aka The “Wives” Reality Shows I can’t watch these things and I am not coming from a place of ignorance in my avoidance as I have tried watching a few and they are so contrived it’s a wonder that the moniker of “Reality Television” is still fooling people. This is not reality people, it’s an edited, scripted show that uses… you know what never mind. The rise of the alimony celebrity is more disturbing than 2010’s sex tape celebrity – yup Kim K. Half of these women are not wives on the shows, they are ugly inside and will probably keep men single out of fear of landing one of these liabilities and being forced to pay a 6 figure allowance to her for years. Only the people can affect this change and women LOVE and support these shows so I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath. 2. Social Network Lynch Mobs… [Read more]

Removing friends from your life isn’t something that sounds remotely like a good idea. For many people a friend is a rare brother from another mother that you love as much as your blood kin. Well as you progress in life and you develop a code for living, your stances, belief-structure and families will warrant a re-adjustment of your familiars. While Tito the whore monger was your boy back in school and you wanted to be like him, now that you’re a beta man with family, kids and a jealous wife, you may want to reserve your time with the still single Tito to a minimum. One thing that is important when dumping friends (which a lot of people don’t do) is that you owe the person an explanation as to why you are done with them. It’s simple observe: Concerned Dad: Hey Mike, I’ve known you all my life and I know you have… [Read more]

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Dear Dragon, do you think it’s wrong to not put on your Facebook that you are in a relationship or hide your relationship status when you do? – Daryl.A I hate Facebook, there I said it, it’s a necessary evil for us web inhabitants and it is pretty much an ego stroke more so than a communication portal. See with MySpace people would express themselves through glittery, god-awful graphics, goofy pictures and the latest songs. Facebook lacks all of that ugly gaudiness so now we suffer through bible verses in status updates, relationship updates, celebrity spam, Hall of The Black Dragon spam and NSFW clips posted to your wall. Being that as it may, it is still extremely useful, it is super popular and it is another avenue of exposure and attention. Many women LOVE attention, not all (waves to my fellow introverts) but many do. Women tell their besties everything, it’s all about “oh… [Read more]