09 June 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Summer Goal #5: Finish DowntownShortPump.com

Almost four years ago, I purchased the domain name www.downtownshortpump.com. It was a site owned by the developer of the Downtown Short Pump complex with Barnes & Noble and Regal Cinemas. They used it as promotion for their shopping center and etched it into two huge signs at the busiest intersection in Henrico County (West [...]

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06 June 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Summer Goal #2: Get Out Of My Comfort Zone

I’ve always considered myself a relatively outgoing person. It could be said about my late grandfather that he “never met a stranger,” meaning he always talked to people when out and about and whatnot, and that trait has been passed on to me. However, we all get into ruts. I’ve developed a bad habit of [...]

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01 June 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Summer Goals Series

Plain and simple, here’s what the summer has in store for me, if all goes as planned. By the time I head back to school in late August, here’s what I wanna do to change myself and enrich my life (in no particular sequence or order).
I’ll be on vacation this coming Thursday through the Thursday [...]

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29 May 2008 ~ 0 Comments

“Henrico, Virginia” Mailing Address Coming Soon

If your mailing address is Richmond, Virginia, but you live most anywhere in Henrico County, your address will soon change to Henrico, Virginia. Why? Henrico County loses millions of dollars every year to the City of Richmond. Big corporate chains that are based outside of the area think that because the mailing address is Richmond, [...]

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28 May 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Tracing The Three Notched Trail

I’ve always been fascinated with local history, but nothing has intrigued me more than Three Chopt Road. Hundreds of years ago, it was an Indian trail, and was then improved in 1730 as a more substantial roadway between Richmond and Charlottesville. Route 250 (Broad Street) replaced the road in the 1930s, but it’s still one [...]

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