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Top Five Destinations of Richmond

I don?t know much about Richmond, Virginia, but as soon as Google started to spit out results of my queries, I knew it had something to do with the Confederate States of America. Turns out, the capital of the confederacy was Richmond. Today, that?s just a two hour car ride from Washington D.C. If anyone

Awesome Men Throughout History: Richard Dadd

This week’s choice for Awesome Men Throughout History?disturbed artist Richard Dadd?is a controversial choice, because it’s impossible to defend patricide and I’m certainly not going to try. But I am very interested in the idea that art can redeem, and Dadd was an immensely gifted painter whose oil didn’t touch the dipstick, if you catch

Top Five Movies of Natalie Dormer

Besides the movies below, Natalie Dormer has one credit that interests me from a personal and a business standpoint: ?Game of Thrones.? Since this show is on HBO, the only episode I?ve seen is the 2nd season premiere. (Because I read the books, I knew I could jump in and understand what was happening, but

The Four Dates That Most Women Don’t Want to Be Taken On

Some of the most popular first date ideas are the ones that all women hate. Your first few dates need to be romantic, tasteful and not unbearable. The following ideas should never be used when you are first getting to know each other. The movies on student night

Top Five Destinations of Chattanooga

In the past two years, I?ve taken my second and third trips via train in the U.S. (The first didn?t go so well as it was a bunch of friends taking the train to Chicago for a wedding and the train got delayed a few times, which greatly impacted the drinking time in Chicago. Though

The Self-Made Man: Sam Yagan

Any TSB readers around my age have most likely been up to their necks in weddings over the past couple of years. Whether you’ve been attending them, hearing about them, or just enduring an entire Facebook newsfeed’s worth of engagement photos, the love and happiness of others can be really overwhelming if you’re single.

Awesome Men Throughout History: Prince

You can say a lot of things about Prince. He’s crazy. He’s a recluse. He’s way too aggressive about his religious beliefs (he’s a Jehovah’s Witness and has been for years). He looks and dresses like a fop from a Richard Sheridan play. He’s a copyright bully who famously wouldn’t let Kevin Smith use one

Top Five Movies of Paula Patton

Occasionally an actress?s name will just pop into my mind and I?ll search the internet for her career information. Most of the time, it?s a visual cue that starts me to sleuth. I might see a familiar face on a TV show or movie, or for that matter, an unfamiliar one that blows my socks

The Self-Made Man: Anthony Volodkin

Many of this generation’s entrepreneurs are younger people with tons of programming/web design experience under their belt, gained from childhood interest or internships or both. This week’s Self Made Man, Hype Machine founder Anthony Volodkin (whose name could be a minor character in a Chekov play), didn’t have either of those things and he still

Top Five Destinations of Augusta, Georgia

Before I started to write about how tough it is to get tickets to The Masters, I figured I should do a quick Google search to confirm my suspicions. I mean a good friend had got tickets for a practice round, not even the real tournament, through a guy that knew a guy because his

Awesome Men Throughout History: Ernie Barnes

This week’s Awesome Men Throughout History returns to the visual arts, because it’s been a while since we talked about that, and we’re also going to talk about sports because this week’s subject?Ernie Barnes?was deeply involved in both. Ernie was a professional football player whose career included stints with the Baltimore Colts, the New York

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