Top Five Movies of Annette Bening
Have you ever hated a movie universally beloved? I’m not talking about one that is hyped to a huge extent and then lets you down because of your expectations (like many of the people I know that saw “The Blair Witch Project”) but going to see a...
Top Five Destinations of Kalispell, MT
With regards to the weekend, I rarely like to plan farther ahead than Thursday, maybe Friday. Sure, if there is a concert, comedy show or convention, then yes, I’ll need to plan further ahead for the good ones. However, most weekends are best when you...
The Self-Made Man: Clarence Otis, Jr.
I just finished a Buzzfeed article that talks about how the impulse towards misbehavior and risk-taking—i.e. the building blocks of entrepreneurship— is rewarded more often for white males than for women and minorities. Buzzfeed is hardly an authority...
Top Five Movies (and Performances) of Mila Kunis
Even though we’ll always view celebrities from afar, we still get glimpses of the person behind the curtain. (Get what I did there? You see, Mila Kunis stars in “Oz the Great and Powerful,” based on the world created by L. Frank Baum, originally...
Awesome Men Throughout History: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I’m going to hazard a guess that we all had to read The Little Prince for school at some point, although most of us don’t remember anything from it except asteroids and baobabs. It’s a pity, because it really is a good book. More to...
Top Five Destinations of Spokane
Personally, I find it strange that I’ve never visited Spokane. But Jason, you might reply, in the scheme of things, not many people have ever visited Spokane. Sure, I say, but I’m not talking about people that have never left the confines of the Ohio...
The Self-Made Man: James Sinegal
The Costco members in TSB’s readership are going to like this week’s Self Made Men column, I think. We’re going to look at the career of former Costco CEO James Sinegal, whose concern for the well-being of his employees turned Costco...
Top Five Movies of Susan Sarandon
I had no idea that Susan Sarandon was 66. The moment I saw her birthday on IMDB (October 4, 1946) it stunned me. So, I looked at the rest of her filmography and realized that her first role came when she was 24 in 1970. She did “Rocky Horror Picture...
Awesome Men Throughout History: Giorgio Moroder
I think most of us like at least some electronic music. Your interest in it might be limited to wanting a 4/4 dance beat when you’re on the elliptical, or maybe you’re one of those hipster guys in colored jeans who still thinks Daft Punk’s...
Top Five Destinations of Eureka, CA
Three things come to mind when I think of the word “Eureka.” Second is the legendary (emphasis on “legend”) quote attributed to Archimedes when he connected water displacement with his own volume when stepping into his bath. I would bet that’s...
