My opinion is that the medical use of marijuana will soon be approved by the FDA.  Why? People want it.  I was listening to the story on NPR and they are doing a series on “The New Marijuana” that I found to be most interesting.  Click on the links to check out the stories.  Let me know what you think.  Should it be legalized?  Is it a slippery slope, that is by passing the FDA regulations for approval of a drug for medicine?  Do you believe President Obama when he says his administration is not interested in prosecuting doctors and patients who use medical marijuana?

Passing the blunt, I mean the pen to you:

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The Cliche’:  The 10 Most Stupid:

10.  The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree – I know this cliché’ should make you feel warm and fuzzy because it refers to children taking on traits of their parents, but upon further inspection, it’s not necessarily true.  If the tree is on a hill it may not fall far from the tree but it will surely roll down hill.  And what about those apples that fall directly into a collection for resale and consumption?  The proper cliché should be: If you are an apple, hang on for dear life, you may get eaten.

9.  Beggars Can’t Be Choosers – We all love this one because when being generous no one wants the object of your generosity to be ungrateful.  WRONG! Give or don’t give because you want to or not and stop worrying about the receiver.  Need help with this one let’s try this cliché’: I got some ice cream and you can’t get none, wanna lick? Sike! Movie one liners sum it all up (I know it was a comedy).

8.  That Which Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger – Yeah, yeah, yeah? If you make it through alive you will be better because of your trial.  B.S. If death were really possible, the will probably make you weaker.  Try suffering through food poisoning.  It may not kill you, but you damn sure will be weakened by it.  The proper cliché’ is:  If you survived it, don’t do that dumb stuff again.

7.  A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step – YOU INSENSITIVE BASTARD.  What about those millions of people who can’t walk?  Can they not travel too?  I hear you saying that forward progress is necessary to accomplish a goal but let’s go to music for this one:  “Move B!tch, Get Out the Way!”

6.  Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me That It’s Raining – Straight to what it should be: If you pee on my leg… Look, just don’t pee on my leg.

5.  People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones – People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones through the glass. And, why are you living in a glass house?

4.  The Light at the End of the Tunnel – You’re finished with your goal.  When I say you’re finished I’m not saying you’ve completed your task, I’m saying you’re dead because of the high speed Aceala train coming at you – that’s what the light was dummy.  It should be: Git ‘er done.

3.  When in Rome Do as the Romans Do – Well that wouldn’t work because the Romans go into their homes without knocking.  Try this one:  When you visit my home ask before you get put out.

2. Good Things Come to Those That Wait -  That may be true if good things were coming in your direction already; but, what if good things were going away from you?  Don’t you think you may want to chance the good thing down.  That leads me to my penultimate better cliché’:  If you smart enough and fast enough, good things can be caught.

1.  THE DUMBEST CLICHE’ OF ALL TIME:  Give it 110% (or any number over 100%).  What the hell are you talking about?  If you are saying that you are giving your absolute best you are in fact saying you’re giving your all or 100%.  But if you are saying you have 10% in reserve somewhere, then guess what?  You didn’t give your ALL the first time.  Better cliché’:  I’m giving you 100% of what I think you deserve, but only 50% of my capacity. Tell that one to your boss and I promise you won’t have to attend the next office meeting.

What are your favorite clichés or least liked ones.  Scroll down to the bottom and comment.  Obscene & Not Herd has also been updated so check it out by clicking on the link.

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Top 10 Inventions that Changed the World for the Better and Now for the Worse

10.  The Clock – If there were no clocks we would be required to come to work during some time frame as opposed to a time certain.  “Yeah get to work before the sun gets to mid-sky.”  Good-bye CP Time.

9.  The Phone – No, I don’t want to go back to smoke signals but how many times have you wondered, “Why doesn’t he call me back?” If there were no phone you wouldn’t have that stress in your life.  How many times have you said, “Unknown caller? That must be a bill collector, I won’t answer?” I’m just saying our stress level would be lower.

8. The Wheel – GOD I HATE ROLLIE BAGS. Get your work out on lazy.

7. Music – I love music but some of this crap is noise.  I’m not even talking about Soulja Boy Tell Em today.  I’m talking about these fools on American Idol, I’m talking about, country music (sans Charlie Pride and Ray Charles), and I’m talking about Soulja Boy.  HA HA HA, I don’t have to turn my swag on when I wake up, it’s automatic and turn that noise off.

6. The Camera – Without cameras there would be no Facebook.  I do like Facebook.  I don’t like getting random friend invites from someone who takes great pics but when you meet them in person, OH GOD, YOU DEVIL.  It’s a joke.

5.  Eyeglasses – Now, I’m just wrong for this one right? Wrong! If there were no glasses beer goggles would not be a factor and we could drink without fear of meeting the wrong person.  You’re so vain, I bet you think this post is about you, don’t you?

4.  Clothes – For different reasons I wish they had never been invented.  1. We’d be perfect (Another conversation for another day) 2. If clothes weren’t invented then spandex would never be invented and my eyes would not have to shudder when I see more of your business than your doctor sees when you don’t go to get check ups 3. Skinny jeans and sagging jeans would not exist.

3. The Computer – But for the invention of the computer there would be no Droid for iPhone haters to falsely claim is better than the iPhone.  All things would be equal and you wouldn’t have to kill yourself when the iPhone 4 comes out.  Shameless plug but get on my level.

2. Religion – I’m really not a heathen.  I am really spiritual but the invention of religion has served to oppress the masses and promote warfare in the name of something holy.  Y’all need to stop.

1.  The Number One Invention that Changed the World for the Better and Now the Worse – TELEVISION – Have you ever seen any of the Real Housewives, The Flavor of Love, Bobby and Whitney, Brandy and Ray J, The Kardasians, etc etc etc. un-Reality TV is the bane of my existence.

What do you think of my list?  Check out the conversation at the Nights @ the Round Table Page… HILARIOUS…

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I’m not advocating holding on to every piece of stock you have.  I am however saying, stop and think about your judgments and decisions that seem so right and justified today.  Be it your personal life, professional life or whatever life you choose.  Start a habit of saying “What if I’m wrong?”

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1. “full-os-o-fee” – is a brief bio and snippet by the contributing authors and me.  It’s named full-os-o-fee because well it’s our/my philosophy and it explains that we will dive into all topics from the sublime to the serious as we see things.  The only fee will be a few moments of your time.
2. “Obscene and not Herd” – is my oldest page and you will get the RAW and uncut views that are not for the sheepish followers of social norms – last warning.
3. “Nights @ the Round Table” – is my pet project that will allow you to follow me around with the fellas and get an over-the-shoulder peek into the real life conversations that me and my friends have.  Please grab a seat and participate.  I’m not scared of what you have to say, can you say the same?
4. “N-Visible Politricks” – is a page about the political machine that I love as a matter of principle but we will strip it naked and get real down and dirty with it and how this tricks of the trade work.
5. “Seal of Approval” – is my way of showing you what I like.  Think of this page as Oprah’s Favorites on DOPE.
6. The last two are ways you can catch up when you can’t keep up.

Please play around with the blog and I hope you enjoy.  The first posts are but a sample and I promise you will experience an N-finitely Unique View of the Human Condition.

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In a recent conversation, I laid out, from an N-Visible perspective of course, that all women are crazy.  To be sure, the conversation was filled with Bourbon or maybe vodka, wait, it was a combination of the two.  Women are all crazy was my assertion and she took me to task on my idiotic statement that I support today.  I told my lady friend to pick one woman dead or alive and I would break down her lack of sanity.  To my amazement and pleasure she selected Eve.  The conversation wouldn’t have worked as well if she had picked someone who I didn’t have knowledge of but she did and I went in.  First, I said, she spoke to a serpent and where I’m from, talking with the inanimate is the surest way to be declared CRAZY.  Conversing with animals is the second.  We went back and forth for a second or 360 before she pulled out a bible to explain to me how “the serpent approached Eve and asked her a question.” <<<<—-whispering– “crazy.”  I mean if I walked up to you and said, “Hey, Reader, I was walking through a garden and I came across a snake and I was talking with it.”  What would you say to me?  Don’t worry, you don’t have to answer, we both know the answer.  But, getting off of the example of Eve, ladies, how many times have you went off on someone for no reason whatsoever?  I mean you really went off only to later admit to yourself your behavior was inexcusable and unwarranted.  That behavior can only be described as crazy.  A major female organ derived its name from the Greek word that has colloquially been referred to as hysteria.  The portion of the brain that controls impulses, in ancient times, was removed to deal with female hysteria.  I mean I’m not going to continue to go in on women being CRAZY, DERANGED but the point is to say that y’all are and since I love you so much what does that make me?  SIMPLE.  (We’re not talking about me today)

Ladies take one second and look in the mirror.  You are so sexy.  You exude sex appeal.  The entire human race would cease to exist but for your fine, CRAZY, beautiful, CRAZY, tantalizing, CRAZY being.  I don’t know how to explain it any better.  However, not all women are created equally from a physical standpoint so how could I make such a sweeping generalization.  I’m going to call out a close friend of mine who I’ve spent countless hours philosophizing on the ways of the world and women.  We play a little game while walking down the street.  Here’s an excerpt:  NightHawk: “N-Visible Man, look at her [pointing to a woman that may be lacking some physical presence according to social norms].  Say something nice about her.”  N-Visible Man: “Look at her cute face, her dimples are just perfect and that accentuates her smile.”  The game isn’t a game at all we try to find something positive to say about random women we see but sometimes it’s challenging and we may not be able to say anything more than “I bet she is sweet as pie.”  The key is that all of you are SEXY in your own way, shape or size and I truly love you for it.

There is at least one woman for every man.  That woman can break that man down to allow him to be vulnerable.  He can open up to her despite all the challenges the world faces.  That’s such a cool experience once you’ve been there.  Simply put all women are Crazy, Sexy and Cool and as such, I love all of you. BUT I’m not N- that mood today.  I want to talk about one woman in particular.  She inspires in me the brilliance that I know exists in me.  This post is dedicated to her:  My Perfect Woman.  Many of my female friends and I have had audience with each other where they attempt to get into my head and figure out what’s my type of woman.  The simple answer is I don’t have a type of woman.  But, no one believes me so I created a list of characteristics that would make my type:  1) Beautiful 2) Confident 3) Intelligent 4) Loyal 5) A Freak in Bed.  Don’t judge me.  I’m working on my first novel and this woman inspires me on the level of the introduction to my novel, History – A Novel of His Story:

When you have been without the true companionship of a woman for two years, you start to miss them; it doesn’t matter that I chose a life of emotional celibacy.  Last night I was able to reflect on the status of my personal life. I realize now that there are two women for me. One I have met but never see and the other I have seen but have yet to meet. I forgave the former and I pray the latter will forgive me – I know she will. I miss the former and I am danger of never knowing the latter. God knows I’m ready for her; is she ready for me – I know she will be. She isn’t looking for Mr. Right because Fate has found him in me – [The N-Visible Man]!

Here goes everything.  This PERFECT WOMAN is an amalgamation of the following:  I love Southern woman.  No one walks in high heels like a Southern girl.  I was walking out of my building for lunch today and I found no fewer than 5 women who couldn’t walk in heels.  She will make love to you the way a woman should and get up cook biscuits from scratch in the morning.  She will carry your water.  If you don’t know what that means, you aren’t from the south.  Now I try not to call out names in particular because that’s just not my thing.

SWITCH!  I was watching a talk show and my muse was on the show.  Her name is Vivian Green.  I mention her because when I write, I write to her music.  She’s been my favorite singer since she first came out, this is no secret.  But, here’s why.  If you ask me to explain myself in one word, I’ll say PASSION!  Passion is how I live my life and this woman sings with passion and that’s probably because she writes most of her own lyrics and it’s about her life.  I know others do that, but when I started writing my novel I understood what it means to pour your soul into your work and I appreciate that about her music.  I digress, this woman talks about her family especially her son at her shows.  Her brother, who is a talent in his own right, helped her with a couple of songs on her album Beautiful. (BUY IT)  I love a woman who loves her family.  I am not star struck at all, in fact, I’m usually unimpressed by celebrities, but if Vivian Green were not in a relationship I would seriously have to try to get her attention.

Finally, my perfect woman is my PERFECT PERSON – my best friend.  She doesn’t have to agree with all I do but she has to abide my vices (SMOKING CIGARS and PLAYING POKER).  I mean I know that sounds selfish but it’s not intended to be so.  I try not to break major laws so my vices are something I do for me.  If a person can’t allow you to be you they are not the person for you because they are trying to make you into their idea of what you should be and that is some B.S.  She can abide my vices because she has her own life.  I know it’s great to come together and do couples stuff.  If you are together all the time and when you’re not you’re texting, chatting, or talking on the phone, what will there be for you to discuss in each others presence?  NOTHING.  Finally, she has to be able to hold an intelligent conversation.  Here’s the N-Visible Test:  If after sex I want to talk to you, you may be in the Perfect Potential category.

You’ve just read a teaser to my Novel and specifically the main characters are based on me (Davis) and my Perfect Woman (Jones).  Please let me know what you think about them and if you comment here I promise you an autographed first edition copy of History – A Novel of His Story.  If not, thanks for flowing with me while I was N- the Mood.

Blessings,

The N-Visible Man

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Social media has made communication and the dissemination of information as close as a downward motion of the finger.  Twitter, Facebook, and blogs have become very prevalent.  You can now connect, reconnect and disconnect to and from friends at record speed and with increasing frequency; thereby, making snail mail nearly obsolete.  Additionally, the sharing of other forms of intellectual property have become easier and more frequent with invention and subsequent popularity of iTunes, torrents, and other file sharing programs.  Technology is the root source of these advances and it has been described as “a human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities.”  In short, we are in the midst of the most expansive advances in our abilities to accomplish and develop as a species.  The contradiction lies in the fact that this beautiful technology has caused a dearth of greatness.  Genius is disappearing.

This post is a little different the previous ones in that it is a call to action.  Songs while clever and catchy they lack originality and depth.  Musicians sample and remaster brilliant beats, melodies and lyrics of times past.  We are living in a time of unparalleled group thought.  Topics are trending throughout the ethos of mankind seconds after the appear.  Great literary works simply are no longer being produced.  I had a conversation with a new friend I was able to reconnect with using this media yesterday and we lamented that the genre of books that sell usually are replicated to a point where characters lack depth and originality.  I want this to stop or at least be minimized to a point where we utilize this wonderful technology to illuminate MODERN GENIUS.  I encourage you:  Share a new thought no matter how far out the box;  Write something of your own; Make music that would make Miles proud.  I want it and I need it in my life.  What about you?  Let me hear from you; am I wrong, are you working on something you want to share?

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MODERN GENIUS

Ladies, have you ever asked yourself, WHY? Why, men cheat? Why, men lie? Why, men ain’t shit? Of course not, I’m making this up because you know the answer! But keep reading and your eyes and subsequent relationships will receive an elucidation for which you will thank me. Warning, this message is not for the faint of mind or reasoning.  So here is my Theory on Women and why men cheat or lie or do whatever else.

Females typically mature faster than do boys.  Puberty normally hits women at somewhere in the neighborhood of pre-teens.  In times past and lands distant these newly formed women were eligible for child-bearing and marriage.  As Chris Rock put it, somewhere around this time they have had to beat off indecent proposals nigh and far.  The beginning of functional womanhood correlates to menarche.

Guys are much slower to  join the club and stop shooting spring water - welcome to manhood.

While these two groups posses the tools neither equipped themselves with the ability to embark into the majority.  This isn’t however a lesson in biology.

Women have just changed for but the first time and men have changed for nearly the last.  The next time women change occurs when they are about to graduate from high school or around 18 years old.  They often change friends and men like underwear.  They become more ready to enter into social situations.  The high school boyfriend is very expendable because she is now looking for a man or woman as the case may be.  Open to experimentations and waffling.  This is not the last time women change.

Sometime around 23-25 years of age women become WOMEN.  Confident, assured and in a prime position to handle relationships from an emotional, psychological, and physical standpoint.  They often are finishing up their academic careers.  Here’s the tricky part: they project their emotional maturity on to men.  MISTAKE!!! With that most women that I have come across will have sex sooner and more often because hey they can handle it and they know what they want.  When this does not result in requited love or emotional reciprocity: FRUSTRATION!

Not done yet.  For those women who do not find what they are looking for at a previous stage in womanhood, around the ripe old age of 30 they began to go through a reflective period.  ”Why am I not married?” “I want kids!” etc.  Until those questions are answered, there continues to be frustration and agony, FOR MEN!

The problem arises when these phases of life for men and women don’t coincide.  There becomes a communication gap.  Steve Harvey exhorts you to think like men but act like a lady and I submit that is part of the problem.  WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE.  Women don’t communicate their needs and wants.  They don’t communicate to men when they are in the third phase their desires.  They look for “stats.”  A close friend of mine, who will probably not agree with these sentiments showed a path that women should take.  She uplifted the man she was dating.  She helped him get through his phases to manhood.

No, I was not looking for help, but I needed it.

I can’t read your mind but now I know what you’re looking for.

I see you need

1. a toy – take time and enjoy your youth, you won’t find your soulmate until much later in life
2. a boy – men are usually not dogs in the tender years of teens and early adulthood.  At this age we don’t know how to cheat and lie in a relationship but women usually hurt us first and from that point we are ruined (EXPERIENCED).  You teach us how to do these things, unwittingly of course
3. a man – be patient we grow into maturity at around 30 but we won’t be forced into the tame boys that you once loved.

We need

1. a woman – I mean an influence of a mother, a teacher, and/or a confidant to teach us about women.  Lacking this we experience pain and learn how to dish out pain.
2. a girl – a girlfriend someone we can experience life with without the pressures of getting married or being anything but a single man.
3. a toy – let us experience FUN.  Don’t be afraid to let your man have his pleasures and on his own time he will reach manhood and come find a woman whom he can trust, love, and give his all to.

So, women whatever phase you are in be aware and then beware.  You won’t be able to force a man into your ideal of what a husband or partner should be.  If you are fortunate enough to get a good man when you want him consider yourself lucky and work with the brother not work on the brother.  Become the best woman you can be and you will find the partner you need – better still he will find you.  DON’T SETTLE and DON’T MEDDLE.  If you are looking for a path look to the book that taught me about life the Bible.  Proverbs 31 will guide you and the only man who died perfect didn’t truly become a man until he was about 30.

Yours,

The N-Visible Man

My daily routine includes sports in one way or another. I like gadgets, not as much as Tito, but I probably come in a close second. So when I was trying to fill the need for my daily routine I was ecstatic to find out that the iPhone had an App for that. And not just sports in general but in the words of DeWayne M. Carter, Jr. “Sports, Sports, Sports…” in his mixtape song “Sports Center.” Next to Jeopardy and Countdown with Keith Olberman Sports Center is my favorite show on CRT, LCD, LED OR PLASMA… Sports, Sports, Sports, I love sports.

Inter alia, I am all things Louisiana: WHO DAT!?!; beignets; and the family tree of New Orleans Bounce Music.

When I shit, shower, and shave in the morning (shut up RS 34), “Mike and Mike in the Morning” provides me with a steady stream of sports’ commentary and analysis of current sports’ events. However, we down south guys are cheap or in the King’s English, frugal. So, why buy a subscription to satellite radio when, there’s an App for that too.

Last Friday, while working for the man, the woman and the child I accidentally forgot to close the sports talk application on my iPhone and ended up listening the co-host of SportsNation with @ESPN_Michelle on his daily radio show. Normally, I’m annoyed by his voice and viewpoints but this time he was talking about the NFL’s main cable network and the Thursday night games and the general unavailability of these games to the average person. In making his point that the NFL is savvy by making their games more unavailable than other American sports, he said, and I’m INCORRECTLY quoting here: “the NFL is doing to fans like men should do with their families. Don’t give your wife or kids everything they ask for so when you do give them something they are more apt to appreciate it.”

That got me to thinking about other machismo filled edicts that the fellas normally refer to as Man Law: What, pre tell is Man Law? Is it an actual statute and if it is how is it enforced?

Yes, I’m about to take it there. Let’s answer the easy questions first. If you are found to have violated a provision of Section 68 of Title 1 of of the Universal Statutory Code you may suffer penalties up to but not limited to getting your MAN CARD PULLED. Man Law is an actual statute, Don’t you see the citation? So what is Man Law?

MAN LAW

Many have tried to put pen to pad to list man law. Some have been so bold as to make commercials about man law. However, the beauty of it is there is no list of what a man MUST do.

I was first exposed to it when my mother told me “a man should always wear a watch and have a wallet.” Women always have an idea of what a man must do but they are always wrong. Not for lack of knowledge but always for lack of insight. The list isn’t a set of rules but rather a collective thought of behavioral patterns in response to a situational catalyst.

What would a Man do if his boy’s side piece tries to holla at him?

First, he should take his time and evaluate what’s important in life. Far be it from this N-Visible Man to prioritize the status of the various players in a man’s life but I have some views on this particular situation. Have you ever heard the saying Bros before hoes? This principle applies in spades. You know what kind of man your boy is or isn’t. I’ve found that some who play the game don’t like when the game plays them back. Personally, I try to limit those people in my life. I can’t abide a hypocrite. A wise man once told me that you can only claim one woman. I tweaked that gem and funkdafied it to fit my life experiences: If you claim then you have to claim her. Now some friends, foes, and fogies don’t believe in sloppy seconds and I tell them all to GROW UP! For the Grown Folk I say go for what you know. But claim your actions and don’t try to be underhanded. Does that mean you should step to your boy and tell him? Absolutely! He may not like it but he can’t help but to respect the gangsta of another MAN. Or can he?

WWMD if he’s out in the club and he peeps his boy’s ole lady with another man getting too cozy?

I’ll start with what he shouldn’t do: GOSSIP! You are not breaking some unwritten code by not running back and telling him. A few scenarios resurface in my head. I was much younger and quite precocious and I lived in a small town outside of Lafayette, Louisiana called Cecilia. Here I was in the living room of our small yellow wood framed home jumping to and fro on chair, sofa, floor and any other obstacle to my country fun. CRACK, BAM, “OOPS!” You guessed it, I broke the arm off the sofa. It was all fun until my mom came home. She asked what happened, my older brother denied doing it, and hey since she wasn’t there SO DID I, “it wasn’t me.” Then out of the blue my brother told her that I did it. I wanted to bust him in the head. Don’t get confused with the details of me actually having committed the infraction and what he did was technically correct. My point is, if you snitch you get stitched. Seriously, there is no good that can come to your relationship with your friend. I still denied breaking the arm of the couch and I eventually was found out to have done it. How, I told on myself. And so will you’re boy’s ole lady. Now here’s the rub, if he asks you about the situation, and he will a MAN SHOULD ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH TO HIS BOYS.

WWMD if he’s invited to a lunch with his female boss (yes she’s fine) and the conversation becomes “interesting?”

Like a man, I would tap that! Sike! A close friend so crudely but truthfully put it, (paraphrasing) unless you’re making a ham & cheese DON’T PUT YOU MEAT WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR BREAD! I joined the learned counsel from California in this assesment, you shouldn’t. As with all rules there is an exception and this may provide such an occasion as an N-Visible Man would know! As a general principle you shouldn’t engage a woman who doesn’t have as much or more to lose than you. So double sike! But you have to be smart about it, by treating this as a business. As with all matters professional you should have a paper trail. Now, I don’t advocate snitchatory behavior; but, you email all things proposed and accomplished. When she invited you it is incombant upon you to confirm via email. Then, after the deed is done: “Ms. President I thank you for inviting me to a lovely lunch and a debriefing is acceptable to me so we can advance the company’s expectations of me. I want to produce all deliverable in an acceptable and timely fashion. Next [insert day of the week of the "lunch" here] should provide an ample assesment period to revisit deliverables.” Not only will she appreciate your descretion but you will put on a corporate Jimmy hat!

WWMD if his boy introduces him to “the One” and he possesses carnal knowledge of her “special skills?”

See above. Keep your mouth closed but this time she will too. I do wonder: if you are leaning towards female traits, WHY DID YOU LET HER ASS GO? I thought so! You are being selfish if you feel a strong urge to canary it up. Let’s face facts the same reason you kept hitting it is keeping your mans happy? All that can erupt from you letting him know is a magmatic disaster of the magnatude a man would want to avoid! Keep in mind if he asks you, 68 may not be for him so he deserves the raw funk. Then destroy his world, other than that Tell The Man-Truth. This is the perfect time to remove a piece of this N-Visible Veil. Being emotional is a female trait it defies reason and logic so the raw truth is the response that is not only warranted but justified. Justice is Just ICE. COLD!

WWMD if one of his friends is putting that man’s name in the streets?

Apply the last two sentences of the last scenario but add one ingedient, Glass! For more elaboration you should Google Miss Demeanor’s mid 2000s song: Hit That Bitch Wit a Bottle! Yeah “hit that bitch wit a bottle!” I don’t condone violence. This is discipline.

WWMD if one of his friends has a reputation for being (for my Omega friends) “OWT” and the man’s sister asks for an introduction to him?

This is a test of your manhood. It tests your love (philos) for another man while balancing your responsibility as a paternal reflection. A man should never hate on another man. I believe that when you are in the game you should be ALL IN! But this is lil’ sis and as my boy you should respect all that is mine – a potentially fatal assumption but one based on the ability to select an appropriate inner circle. Before you commit to a position an N-Visible man would first recognize the trust of your sister approaching you with the request. Had Gina done the same Tony would not have killed Manny and Barack wouldn’t be POTUS (different historically popped culture discussion that deserves its own post).

With the aforementioned appreciation in hand a man should have a heart-to-heart with the young Man-ny. Explain to him that your love for him is dwarfed by your chromosomal connection to your sister. Then after the introduction tell the truth to both of them. You’ve done your job and leave it alone. Hakuna Matata!

WWMD if he knows one of his friends to be a pathological liar?

INTERVENTION. ENOUGH SAID!

WWMD if he finds out his son is gay?

A recommend a 25-year old single malt and a few moments alone with “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley. No, get your mind out the gutter my son is too young for me to have faced this situation.

A man can take this blow to his ego. That is blood of your blood and flesh of your flesh so he should love his child(ren) unconditionally! We all face situations that may not be the most comfortable or conducive to the life we imagine. But LIFE IS REAL. Teach your son to be a man and put faith in your love to direct your heir apparent to make the right decisions even if those choices aren’t the ones you would make. A man should realize that your seeds are gifts from God and they are imperfect like you are.

WWMD if he finds out his teenage daughter is promiscuous?

You should have had a son like The N-Visible Man. Just kidding folks. You reap what you sow. Ok, I quit; however, it is true but not to that application. A man would take this opportunity to parent. Notice I didn’t say lord your morals and views but parent. All we can do as fathers is prepare our daughters for this thing called life.

Chris Rock charged dads with the task of keeping your daughters off the stripper pole. I disagree, kinda sorta. I say our job is to make sure that the pole doesn’t kill her. I’m only partially joking with that one. Irrespective of the choices made by your baby girl, a man should above all else love, protect and educate the young’ins. So next time you’re at Fuegos, Magic City or your local strip club listen to the other man’s daughter and tip her not because she us stacked but she’s going to help you in your endeavor to keep your baby your baby no matter what she does “Daddy.” OK that was a joke.

At the end of the day a man should do things his way. But the N-divisible truth is you should be a man in thought, speech, and insight.

What’s N Your Mind?