Last year, writer Bene Vierda wrote a piece for Essence.com titled " Do I have to dumb it down to date?" In it, she laments about how all her accomplishments force her to either have to play back all of who she is and go along to get along, or find a new crop of equally "accomplished" men to date. It's funny because "Dumb it down" is one of my favorite Lupe Fiasco songs. Anyway, one of my brothers from a another mother (and father) aka my homeboy accused me of dumbing down my sports knowledge in the past. Now in the particular instance he references, I did kinda do that. Not on purpose though.