Duane Rollins

I enjoy gambling way more than the average person. It is the obsessive side of my personality where I love to get engrossed deeply in something. My personal gamble of choice has always been roulette. I was hooked the first time I played. I was freshly 18 and was in

Synopsis: Reddit took on WallStreet. Reddit is winning… big. Another great story of the magnificent year that is 2021 is retail investors from Reddit taking on the hedge fund Melvin Capital Management. So far Melvin has taken a huge loss and had to get a ~$3B(!!) cash infusion to shore

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Besides our forever FLOTUS, Amanda Gorman is the most talked about person of the inauguration. She went from having 50k to 1.1M [https://twitter.com/TheAmandaGorman] followers on Twitter in 24 hours. Seizing the moment is an understatement. As we watched her poem, my wife looked over to me

The start of the Joe and Kamala Era (courtesy of Joe Biden’s Instragram)There’s a sense of relief within me today. We get to start something new. Today we have a chance to create a more effective and accountable government. That is what America has lacked sorely these

A rite of passage in the hip-hop game is the art of the freestyle. These are usually ephemeral moments that used to only be heard about via word of mouth or if you were really lucky, you’d get a bootlegged tape. The best stand the test of time. Today,

A friend and accountability partner of mine recently shared with me his theme for 2021, “Pull up from 30.” This year, don’t be timid. Take your shot. Shoot with confidence no matter how far out it seems. Steph Curry is the embodiment of this this theme because there’s

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