(ThyBlackMan.com) From your first kiss to your first time meeting each other’s families, relationships offer many exciting, and stressful, experiences. It can also be a stressful experience for your waistline as well. According to research from the journal Obesity, dating and cohabiting can lead to weight gain. The 2009 study looked ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In 40-plus years of political observing, analysis, watching, and of course voting, I have never publicly endorsed a presidential candidate. I have zealously maintained the hard firewall that I believe should exist between being an objective political analyst and an impassioned voter. This presidential election I am tearing down that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Death is one of those subjects that we tiptoe around. The reality is death is a certainty of life. Nobody knows the exact hour. To ensure that your goals, dreams, wishes and responsibilities to your dependents don’t cease ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The best thing about the South Side of Chicago is that it’s nothing like the stereotypes you see on TV.  Everything we see in the media about black men killing one another left and right, with gang bangers everywhere, is directly contradicted by the tree-lined streets and neighborhood fellowship ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Most NeNe Leakes fans have followed the reality star since she was introduced to the world on “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” but to hear Donald Trump tell it, he’s responsible for her success. After three seasons on the hit Bravo series, NeNe Leakes appeared as a contestant on Donald ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Russell Simmons is a brilliant man, a jack of all hip-hop trades.  He has leaped tall piles of money in a single bound, doing yoga one minute and rolling with Young Jeezy the next.   There is part of me that respects Russell to the core, when I see ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been traveling in and out of Nigeria for the better part of a decade. I’m now in the process of being transferred there permanently by my employer. A few years ago, the US State Department travel warnings cautioned against movement in the South or “south-south” as Nigerians call ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Cisco Certified Network Associate Voice (CCNA Voice) certification is obtained through taking the 640-461 ICOMM v8.0 exam. Once you obtain the CCNA Voice certification, you will remain certified for three years. Renewing your certification will require passing a CCNA Wireless, Security, Voice, or Service Provider Operations certification exam. ...