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My final input on this subject is that woman not only adorn and embellish themselves to attract men, but - they do this to compete with and inspire the envy of other women. They are steady checking each other out,pricing each other's clothes, and grading each other's over-all appearance. They will wear high-priced stilletto heeled shoes that are killing their feet, not to seduce men but to impress other women. Yet, women are more inclined to overlook physical "flaws" than men are. A smart male with a good job has better luck with the opposite sex than his plain-Jane female counterpart. It's rough out there in the mix and it requires a lot of perserverance and savvy to cut through the BS. It's easy to prate about beauty only being skin deep, but in 2015, all bets are off. I've needed glasses since 8th grade and also have an overbite that had a slight effect on my eating and my smile. But the one natural asset that worked in my favor were my - dimples. Who'd have thought it? My husband.

I watched the video snippet and listened to what Ta-Nehisi Coates had to say, and it was true. But is it profound or enlightening to anybody other than naive white people who might just include the editors at his publishing company. Are there any critical thinking black people who don't know that personal responsibility and virtue on their part does not trump racism and poverty?? Or does being twice as accomplished as a white rival even guarantee success. In reality, many high profile blacks have become multi-millionaires not by exhibiting personal responsibility but by simply having a talent or a skill that provides entertainment and diversion for white people. A famous quote by Proust says that "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" Could this be why the articulate and animated Ta'Nehisi Coates has catapulted to the ranks of an intellectual rock star? Because he simply looks at the ongoing problem of race with a new set of eyes, making his generation aware of what black elders have already figured out. It's interesting that Toni Morrison and Cornel West have butted heads over the validity of Coates' genius. Has Toni anointed him because he says what she wants to hear because what is familiar to her is what she wants to hear? Does Cornel feel threatened by this upstart's ideas, a frustration making him resort to style over substance diversionary tactics that consist of theoretical counterpoints? Am I missing something here? Or is the release of this new book much ado about nothing, comparable to the hulabaloo over Harper Lee's prequel to "To Kill A Mockingbird". My cynical reaction to so much of what is going on this silly world is not something I have to work at. It comes natural to me. Would I be bragging if I make claim to being a true iconoclast??

A great example of the power of a cosign.

I like that song and it really does a decent job of explaining how people look at others only on the surface. I have multiple gaps. I also weighed 260 at one point, so I don't think my gaps have anything at to do with my eating, lol! I just don't see the point in paying for braces other for the sake of vanity. I can understand getting it with the chip tooth though. My son was going to have gaps because I have them so I paid for his braces early. He's in good shape and won't have to overcome the jokes or the self consciousness which gives him a leg up on confidence. As far as glasses, I wear them but I haven't bought a pair in 20 years. I'm a disabled vet and they are free, lol. When I play in a basketball league I don't even use glasses and I've never had contacts. I play damn near blind, but muscle memory is an excellent thing to have. I can still nail threes with blurred vision.