Sake tasting for outsiders
While it is very common for brewers and distillers in America to offer tours and tastings of their beer, wine, and spirits, sake-loving outsiders in Japan…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
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Elite schools are targeting more rural applicants
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Google is trying to improve mental health
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Choose-your-own-adventure goes to the movies
Many people will remember the choose-your-own-adventure style books from their childhoods that allowed the reader to have some say in how the characters…
Keeping track of a child at a theme park
One minute you are holding your kid’s hand, and the next, he’s gone. At a crowded theme park, jostling crowds or just a busy kid can quickly turn a fun…
Cheap, and useful, tool
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Flour doesn’t last forever
If you buy flour in December for special baking, you will probably have some left over in February. The good news is that, if you’ve stored it in an…
Renting out a room to travelers?
Millions of people are renting rooms in private homes instead of hotels. And millions are doing the ‘hosting.’ Before you join the crowd to rent out a…
Spay and neuter: Save the animals
Pet owners should watch for low-cost neuter and spay offers at the end of February in honor of Spay Day, Feb. 25 and World Spay Day, Feb. 27. It’s the…