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The Greatest Irish Drinking Games

March 14, 2008 - 06:12

I’m no dummy. I know that people out there are excited about “getting their drink on” this weekend for the early St. Patrick’s Day celebration. And I also know that many of you so-called revelers are secretly sad inside. Why? Because consuming... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 1 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

10 Easy Ways to Recession-Proof Your Life

March 7, 2008 - 09:39

I’m tired of getting depressed about the economy. I’m sick of sitting up nights worried about gas prices, foreclosures and the languishing stock market. It feels like there is nothing I can do, at least not until the new Democratic President/Superhero... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 1 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Six Degrees of Richmond

February 22, 2008 - 09:34

The world is a very small place. You should keep that in mind as the entire planet girds itself for the giddiness of Oscar night on Sunday. The 80th annual gala of mega-celebrities, glamour pusses and brown-nosers may seem like it’s happening galaxies... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 0 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

False Starts and Broken Dreams

February 15, 2008 - 09:50

In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t have a damn thing to say this week. If you’ve stumbled on this commentary and have something better to do, please do it. Seriously. Those clothes aren’t going to fold themselves and the recycling isn’t... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 0 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

The Times-Dispatch Done Me Dirty

February 8, 2008 - 13:25

Oh no, here I go again. Here I go wasting words and valuable World Wide Web space complaining about my former employer. I’m bored and bitter, so you, dear reader, get another rambling tantrum about unfairness, narrow vision and the ham-handedness of... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 6 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

How the Times-Dispatch done me dirty

February 1, 2008 - 09:08

Once again I find myself on the outside looking in on a schoolyard rumble between the Richmond Times-Dispatch and… everyone else.Okay, maybe ‘rumble’ isn’t quite the right term, but there’s definitely anonymity in the air. The tension is not... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 7 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Hey Kids! Reader Mail

January 25, 2008 - 13:41

This week, I’ve decided to help RVANews sift through some of the massive bags of reader mail that get delivered every day. You’d think that a website would receive most of its correspondence electronically, but you’d be wrong. In additional... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 1 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

A Brave-less New World

January 18, 2008 - 06:23

Good riddance. That’s what I say. They can take their smelly gloves and dirty balls and go play somewhere else. Baseball is boring anyway. The most exciting part of any Richmond Braves game was sitting in the nosebleed seats and watching the outfield... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 3 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Bring Out Your Dead

January 3, 2008 - 09:31

Last year is history, and unfortunately, so are all the people on these lists. If you were too busy embracing life to notice the handiwork of the Grim Reaper, consider these a friendly reminder that our mortal party won’t last forever. Happy New Year! 10... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 3 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

The Carytown Christmas Miracle – Part Two

December 20, 2007 - 14:25

I woke up tasting blood and link sausage. The air was thick with the stink of burnt toast and gunpowder. Kernels of broken glass covered the tile floor and then I felt the jab of a shoe in my left kidney. “You alive?” someone asked. I pulled myself... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 0 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features 

The Carytown Christmas Miracle – Part One

December 13, 2007 - 09:00

A Holiday Tale in Two Parts This is the story of how my car got to smelling like smoked meat and candy canes. It’s not pretty and I’m not proud, but it’s the truth. And that should be worth something Last year, I pulled into the Carytown... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 5 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Five Ways to Keep Your Holiday Shopping Local

December 6, 2007 - 08:44

The holiday season is upon us and that can mean only one thing: spending money you don’t have on things that other people don’t want. I don’t mean to be a Scrooge, but I believe gifting has become a sickness. Just like the flesh-eating virus, it’s... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 3 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Nine More Ideas to Save Downtown Richmond

November 29, 2007 - 09:30

Richmond got an early holiday gift when a draft of the Downtown Master Plan arrived this week. The hefty document is impressive but also weighed down by complex color-coded maps, in-depth market analysis and boring pages about economic strategy. Where’s... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 9 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Brick Weekly: Thirty Days Dead and Gone

November 20, 2007 - 08:27

Time is a funny thing. If you watch enough Oprah Winfrey and play enough online poker, a month can seem like a blur of disconnected days. It’s hard to believe that four weeks have passed since I stumbled out of 300 East Franklin Street with all my stuff... (more...)

by Pete Humes | 17 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features