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Posted June 21, 2012
This past weekend was a bit crazy down here in Baltimore, with Father’s Day, Gay Pride, and the Star Spangled Sailabration taking place at the same time. Suffice it to say that Baltimore’s gay sailor dad population held a special place of honor on the 17th. It did get me thinking about who to feature
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Posted June 20, 2012
Dollar bills. Most of us wish we had more of them, yet most of us don?t do too much to grow our funds. I can assure you that almost all of the millionaires and billionaires you see on the TV screen learned to be frugal with their money many years ago. Frugality doesn?t have to
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Posted June 20, 2012
We?ve all been there. Whether it?s working the night shift at Taco Bell or staying up to watch an all-night MacGyver marathon, eating junk food and staying up late seem to go hand-in-hand. But why is that? According to new research in sleep deprivation, there?s a reason why we reach for hamburger-flavored Doritos before apples
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Posted June 19, 2012
Most cartoonists would be considered extremely lucky to be successful with one character or comic strip, let alone an animated series based on their work. By that metric, Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, has hit two major home runs in his career (well, Futurama was a foul ball for a couple of
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Posted June 19, 2012
For the second weekend in a row, ?Madagascar 3? raked in more money than any other movie. I mention this for two different reasons: one, how our opinions of movies have changed and two, the lovely and talented Jada Pinkett Smith. If last week in this space I made the declaration that I was old
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Posted June 18, 2012
If you live in the suburbs, you need a car. If you have your own business, you need a website, if you own a home, you need an internet connection. Of all the must-haves of the modern world, the biggest is a cell phone. You might be able to use public transportation instead of a
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Posted June 14, 2012
I?ve been to Boston twice now. On the first trip, I saw the bar where they shot the exterior for ?Cheers? and saw some statues of little ducks in a park that had some meaning. (Ok, I looked it up and it?s from a children?s story called ?Make Way for Ducklings,? so that?s pretty cool.)
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Posted June 14, 2012
We’ve covered a lot of entrepreneurs so far, and there are more coming, but few of them are as dominant in their industries as WWE owner Vince McMahon. Few of them are as divisive, either; people tend to admire Vince’s vision, drive, and success in a business that was entirely regional until he brought it
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Posted June 13, 2012
Visiting the beach is one of summer?s greatest pleasures. The combination of sun, sand and scantily clad women just can?t be beat. Everything seems perfect, that is until you take off your shirt and expose your beer belly to a bunch of unsuspecting vacationers. While the beach might be a great place to lie down
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Posted June 13, 2012
If they are in a certain tourist destinations, travelers are virtually required to visit those headlining attractions that are featured in every guidebook and every glossy travel magazine.? The Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum, the Great Pyramids, and so on.? Wherever you end up on your travels, there are bound to
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Posted June 12, 2012
Man, do I love cartoons. This is partly because I am a huge nerd (as are many TSB readers ? don’t kid yourselves), and partly because, to quote Don Hertzfeldt, animation is ?the purest way of making a movie, because you are literally building every single frame from nothing.? Don says a lot of cool
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