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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

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August 23

1912 – (John) Keith Vaughan (d.1977) was an English painter. After attending Christ's Hospital school, he worked in an advertising agency until the war, when as a conscientious objector he joined the St John's Ambulance. In 1941 he was conscripted into the Pioneer Corps. Vaughan was self-taught as an artist. His first exhibitions took place during the war.

Also during the war Vaughan formed friendships with the painters Graham Sutherland and John Minton, with whom after demobilisation in 1946 he shared premises. Through these contacts he formed part of the Neo-Romantic circle of the immediate post-war period. However, Vaughan rapidly developed an idiosyncratic style which moved him away from the Neo-Romantics. Concentrating on studies of male figures, his works became increasingly more abstract with time.

Joseph and His Brethren

From 1946 to 1948 he taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. During this time a penniless painting student, Ramsey McClure, turned up at his doorstep, and they became partners and lived together for 30 years.

Keith Vaughan met many other gay figures from art and literature including Christopher Isherwood, (as noted in his diaries for 1947 and 1948), and E M Forster.

Keith Vaughan taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1948 to 1957. He painted the Theseus mural decoration in the Festival of Britain Dome of Discovery in 1951.

From 1954 he taught at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he taught David Hockney. He also travelled extensively and was visiting resident artist at Iowa State University during 1959. In 1962 a retrospective of his work was held at Whitechapel Art Gallery with an Arts Council tour. In 1964 he received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art. In 1965 he was awarded the CBE.

Vaughan is also known for his journals, selections from which were published in 1966 and more extensively in 1989, after his death. He was a gay man troubled by his sexuality, and much of what is known about him is through those journals. In the journals, he decided to be truthful about his homosexuality. Following this line he wrote explicitly about his sexual practices with other men, masturbation, and experiments with sadomasochism. Vaughan's journals give insight into the relationships he had with other men, particularly with his working-class lovers, John McGuiness and Johnny Walsh, and his long-term companion and lover Ramsey McClure. Like many middle-class gay men of his generation, he was attracted to an ideal of working-class masculinity. Although Vaughan wrote freely about his sexuality in his journals (and in the erotic short stories he wrote for his own pleasure), he was a product of his age. He had grown up at a time when gay men were driven underground into their own subculture and made to feel guilty about their sexual preferences.

He was diagnosed with cancer in 1975 and committed suicide in 1977, recording his last moments in his diary as the drugs overdose took effect.

1933 – Peter Wyngarde (d.2018) was a British actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: Department S (1969–70) and Jason King (1971–72). His flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to popular success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s; Mike Myers credited Wyngarde with inspiring the character Austin Powers.

He was born in Marseille, France, the son of an English father and a French mother. His father worked for the British Diplomatic Service, and as a result his childhood was spent in a number of different countries. In 1941, while his parents were away in India, he went to stay with a Swiss family in Shanghai. When the Imperial Japanese Army invaded the city, they were captured and placed in the Lung-hai concentration camp. Conditions in the camp were sometimes harsh. On one occasion Peter had both his feet broken and spent two weeks in solitary confinement after being caught taking messages between camp huts.

As a young man he went into acting and from the mid 1950s had various roles acting in feature films, television plays and television series guest appearances. In the late 1960s he was a regular guest star on many of the popular UK series of the day — many of which were espionage adventure series — including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, and The Champions. He also played the rotating guest-star role of the villainous Number Two in the episode 'Checkmate' of the cult series The Prisoner, which took place in a community of spies who had retired... or been retired.

Wyngarde became a British household name through his starring role in the espionage series Department S (1969). After that series ended, his character, the suave womaniser Jason King, was spun-off into a new action espionage series entitled Jason King (1971), which ran for one season (26 one-hour episodes).

From 1956, he had a no-so-secret, ten-year-long relationship with fellow actor Alan Bates. In the 1960s, he had shared a flat with Alan Bates; according to some sources this was a sexual relationship.In 1975, he was arrested and convicted for an act of "gross indecency" with a truck driver in the toilets of Gloucester bus station, which followed an arrest and caution for similar activities in the toilets at Kennedy Gardens in Birmingham the previous year. After the first incident, Wyngarde had provided interviews for the Sunday tabloid press (News of the World and the Birmingham based Sunday Mercury) where he claimed that the arrest was due to a mis-understanding. The second incident severely damaged his reputation, and he claimed he had suffered a "mental aberation" in his defence. Although it caused a scandal, particularly with his audience who largely identified him as ladies man Jason King, Wyngarde's homosexuality was actually well known in acting circles, where he was known by the nickname of "Petunia Winegum".

After losing his TV celebrity status, Wyngarde worked in Austria, acting and directing at the English Theatre in Vienna, and in South Africa and Germany. He also landed the role of General Klytus in the film version of Flash Gordon, although it is perhaps significant that the part required him to wear a metal mask throughout.

During the 1980s and 1990s he made a number of TV appearances, including the Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire (1984), Hammer House Of Horror & Suspense (1986), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) and the film Tank Malling (1989).

In recent years he had been a regular, warmly welcomed guest at Memorabilia, a cult, science fiction and sporting memorabilia fayre at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK. In 2007, Wyngarde participated in recording featurettes for a reissue of The Prisoner on DVD, including a mock interview segment titled "The Pink Prisoner"; this material was released in The Prisoner DVD set issued in the UK in 2007 and in North America on both DVD and Blu-ray in October 2009.

His agent and manager reported that Wyngarde was admitted to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London in October 2017 with an unspecified illness. He died on 15 January 2018.

1958 – Neil Bartlett, OBE, is a British director, performer, translator, and writer. He is one of the founding members of Gloria, a production company established in 1988 to produce his work along with that of Nicolas Bloomfield, Leah Hausman and Simon Mellor.

His work has garnered several awards, including the 1985 Perrier Award (for More Bigger Snacks Now), the Time Out Dance Umbrella Award (for A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep), a Writers Guild Award (for Sarrasine), a Time Out Theatre Award (for A Judgement in Stone), and the Special Jury Prize at the Cork Film Festival (for Now That It's Morning). His production of The Dispute won a Time Out Award for Best Production in the West End and the 1999 TMA Best Touring Production award. He was appointed an OBE in 2000 for his services to the arts.

He also served as artistic director at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith from 1994 until 2004. Many of his translations of classic plays have been performed throughout the world.

Who Was That Man showed how the gay history of London in the 1890s affected Bartlett's life as a gay man in London in the 1980s. His latest novel, The Disappearance Boy was published in London by Bloomsbury Circus publishing in January 2014.

1978 – Andrew Rannells is an American actor and singer best known for his work as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. As a featured soloist on the musical's Original Broadway Cast Recording, he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. His other Broadway credits include Jersey Boys and Hairspray.

Rannells plays the recurring role of Elijah on the HBO television series Girls, as well as playing lead character Bryan Collins in Ryan Murphy's television series The New Normal, now cancelled.

Rannells is of Polish and Irish descent, and he is openly gay. He knew he was gay by high school. Rannells said he came out to his family when he was 18, but by then they had already figured it out. He also came out to his theater friends but not the people at his all-boys Catholic school.

Rannells currently lives in New York City after temporarily re-locating to Los Angeles to film The New Normal. He played Larry in the 2018 Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band. It was a limited run, in honor of the play's 50th anniversary. It won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. He revived his role (along with the rest of the revival cast) for the film adaptation for Netflix, which was released on September 30, 2020.

Since 2019, he has been in a relationship with actor Tuc Watkins. The two met the year before while playing a couple on the Broadway production of The Boys in the Band. They reprised their roles for Netflix's film version of the show and also worked together on Black Monday in 2020.

1989 – Brian Michael Firkus , better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, and singer-songwriter originally from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is known for his exaggerated, high-camp style and blend of comedy and acoustic pop. In 2015 he competed on the seventh season of the drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race, where she finished in 6th place. In 2018, she went on to win the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

Brian Michael Firkus was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Silver Cliff, Wisconsin. He is Ojibwe and comes from a Native American family in Crivitz, Wisconsin. He had an abusive stepfather who would call him a "Trixie" when he acted feminine, which later inspired his drag name. His last name was inspired by his affinity for the Barbie doll and toy company Mattel. Before deciding on "Trixie Mattel" as his drag name, he originally considered the name Cupcake. He moved in with his grandparents at age 15. His grandfather was a country musician who taught him how to play the guitar.

Firkus is proudly gay. Since 2016, he has been in a relationship with filmmaker David Silver, who also produced his documentary Moving Parts. He is a vegetarian, an atheist, and a collector of Barbie dolls.

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Day 12: Cusco - In Which I Do Not Kill Us Both

We had been messaged, late last night, by the purveyors of the ATV tour we were due to embark upon today, informing us that our meeting time had been amended from 6:45, to 7:00am. This extra fifteen minutes of sleep, you'd imagine, should have come as something of a boon to us, though given that until the point at which we received that message, we had believed, with full conviction that we were supposed to meet at 9, it actually came as something of a withering blow. Regardless, we pulled ourselves out of bed at six in the bastard morning, like the heroes we are and some time later, after a very sad breakfast, left our apartment to endure the twenty minute walk to the office, in the freezing morning mountain air.

We didn't have to wait long before our minibus arrived, to whisk us away to the other, higher mountains to begin our day. Or we wouldn't have done, at least if we had boarded the correct bus. Somehow, despite confirming with the driver that we were indeed going on an ATV tour with the correct company at the correct time for us to be picked up, we (they) had managed to beef the situation pretty hard, leaving us bound for the incorrect place, on the incorrect bus. Fortunately, the mistake was rectified after only a couple of blocks and we were unceremoniously dumped back on the street, left to trudge unhappily back to the offices. A good start, I think we can all agree.

Not long after that, we were picked up by the actually correct driver (at least we thought so; he called me by name, so he was either the right guy, or it was the most sophisticated scam I've ever been targeted by) and, after whizzing around the city to pick up some fellow quadders, none of whom were particularly interesting enough to mention, we were finally embarking on our adventure, on the right bus, to the right place and everything.

The bus ride was longer than expected, clocking in at just over an hour, winding through bumpy, uneven country paths, up into the even-more-mountainous bit of Cusco. Sam, who suffers quite badly from travel sickness, strangely did not enjoy the journey as much as me, and was left feeling rather peaky, to put it as crudely as I have been permitted to, by the end of it. Now all pale and shaky and one sad breakfast lighter, Sam no longer felt comfortable riding her own ATV and so, instead opted to jump into the passenger seat of mine and cling onto me like a sloth, for the duration, as demonstrated in this not at all terrible selfie.

#clout

Now having been given the added stress of having an additional person to try not to kill, we were instructed to try out a few practice laps along an empty stretch of road, which I did expertly, only Austin-Powersing the ATV at a particularly narrow turning point once, in the process.

Now a bonafide quad-bike expert and none of you can say otherwise, we set off for our first destination of the day; the Maras Salt Flats.

I found myself paying very, very little attention to the, frankly quite impressive scenery on the way

This is nothing to me

Instead opting to focus mostly on not running our bike into a ditch or crashing into a bush. Though, generally, despite my initial nervousness, I settled into the driving fairly quickly, only filling my pants once or twice, when passed by huge, speeding buses, travelling the opposite way along the narrow, dusty road, which we shared Somehow not dead, though, we arrived at the salt flats and disembarked our bikes for a quick look around, down ten soles which we had to pay for the entrance fee, even though you'd definitely expect that to be covered by the agency under almost any other circumstance.

The flats were, however, pretty cool and probably well worth the entrance fee, despite the relatively little time we were given to gawk at them

Kind of.

though after around fifteen minutes of staring out at this bizarre and genuinely quite impressive alien landscape,

Spooky. And salty.

we were quickly ushered away to the a series of market stalls, essentially operating as the gift shop, where we were left to mill around for substantially more time than we were given to look at the actual flats themselves - in a move which I felt was perhaps a little crass and inorganic. I still bought myself some salty chocolate, though, so I guess I'm a capitalist pig, too.

Back at the bikes, our group was given a choice, we could either go with Moses, our guide, to see Moray; an impressive, sprawling set of Inca ruins, set deep in the heart of the sacred valley, or...we could side with the other guide, whose name I never got, and go to a big splashy lake, yaaaay. Entrance to Moray costing seventy extra soles which we frankly, could not spare and also my disproportionate love of having a bit of a paddle coming into play, we opted to go to the lagoon.

We quadded there without issue and soon arrived at a genuinely pretty lovely little lake

Moist.

where we were given another (woefully inadequate) fifteen minutes to explore, nearly all of which I spend knee deep in weirdly freezing lake-water

After what must have been actually closer to ten minutes, we were called back to the ATVs and so, with a heavy heart, I dredged myself out of the water and, now with the added bonus of having cold, wet feet, popped myself back on the bike.

We drove back to base-camp, again without incident, meaning that I had completed the entire day without crashing the bike and/or horribly injuring either myself or my girlfriend – which I'd call an unexpected win – and, with the package now complete, we were loaded back onto the minibus to Cusco, with almost negative fanfare, if such a thing is even possible, and fucked back to the city, like a bag of shitty nappies.

We were dropped off...almost at the main square – pretty much as close to it as the driver could be bothered going, I think – and headed to the first place we could find, for some much needed lunch. The first place we could find, as it turned out, was actually quite a fancy hotel, right in the middle of the tourist-zone. This meant not only that we were basically paying UK prices for, admittedly very nice, sandwiches, but also, given that we were dressed for ATVing (a difference from the norm which much more noticeably effected Sam, than I) and covered from head to toe in dust, from our earlier efforts, meant we stood out like sore, dirty, tired, scummy thumbs. Regardless, we endured the stares and tuts from the other eatery patrons- an act at which, by now, I am an expert – munched through our food and paid in full, like we were in Pretty Woman, or something. I don't know, I haven't seen it, but that sounds about right.

After our lunch, we were left with little in the way of plans. It was only around mid-day and we didn't fancy going back to the apartment, quite yet, as good as going back to sleep definitely sounded to both of us. We had read of some Inca Ruins just a little bit outside the city centre called Saqsaywaman (very amusingly pronounced “sexy woman”). At just a fifteen minute walk from the Plaza Del Armas, we thought we'd be foolish not to go and have a look. Sure entrance, much like Moray, cost seventy soles, but apparently you could get a genuinely good-enough view of them from outside, peering over the fence, like some nonce from the 80s, and that sentence, as frequent readers of my blog will know, is like catnip to me. Looking at things from the outside, without paying, that is. Not the nonce part...

As it turned out, Google Map's estimation of the walk taking fifteen minutes was optimistic at best and a flat out lie at worst. It may have taken that long if it were at sea level, and the entirety of the trek wasn't straight up and I could breathe properly and didn't have to take a five minute break after every flight of stairs, but all of those things were the case and, as it stood, it actually took closer to forty. That forty minute walk, incidentally, was to Saqsaywaman's first entrance; the one from which you could peer over no fences and see no ruins, and so we had to keep walking, for close to an hour, also uphill, to get to the auxiliary peeping entrance. A walk which, by the way, shouldn't have taken that long, even at high altitude, though we had to stop every few seconds, so Sam could have a right good complain, and, honestly? that really tacked on some travel time, if I'm being real.

After a very wearying amount of both walking and snipping, we finally arrived at entrance two, which we milled about, genuinely suspiciously, attempting to figure out the best way to steal a glimpse of the ruins. As it turned out, that would be by walking another two or so minutes along the road to a gap in the hedge. Sam, being the Lawful Good sort she is, was very concerned that we would be stopped, fined and/or get in trouble from the Saqsay tour guides, though I, being somehow the more relaxed of us two, was less concerned about this, given that ten feet away from where we had parked up, a double decker tour bus had stopped to lets its passengers take as many pictures of the ruins as they liked, over the hedge.

Having had our fill of sexy women, we made the significantly easier walk back downhill, taking a clever shortcut, sort of, to get back to our flat, without having to endure too many stairs. If I'm totally honest, the end result of all the walking to the ruins, probably wasn't really worth the energy expended in getting there, but don't tell Sam, though. She'll think it means she wins.

After an early start and close to twenty thousand steps, most of which were at a frankly silly incline, by the time we were home, I was absolutely ruined, as I seem to be every evening on this trip, except far, far worse. I made us dinner, because I am a hero and clambered back into bed- the only warm(ish) part of the entire flat – to eat it while watching a terrible film, expecting my shortness of breath, tightness in my chest and heart palpitations to abate after a short while. They did not, which was quite worrying, to be honest. I briefly considered that I might be having a stroke or something, but didn't voice my concerns for fear that it might have made Sam thought that she had won, and so, bravely soldiered on in silence, until I managed to fall asleep, instead. I wasn't having a stroke, by the way. Or if I was, I dealt with it incredibly well and can't see what the big deal is about, really...

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In addition to all these, Texas is named the “Best State for Business” by CNBC and has been ranked the “Top State for Business” by CEO Magazine for the past six years, going to show that this state is viable for business and any entrepreneur that wants to move to Texas would be doing themselves a great favor.

Texas does not only favor big conglomerates, as small businesses are also known to thrive there. So if are looking for a small-scale business to start up as an individual in order to take advantage of the bubbling economy of Texas, then here are 50 small businesses for you to consider.

Coffee Shop: A lot of people love coffee, and would always stop over for freshly brewed coffee every occasionally. Setting up a coffee shop in a busy area will attract many customers during office break times and in the mornings. You can add donuts, pretzels or bagels as coffee accompaniment.

Gift shop: granted, there are many gift shops already in Houston, but there is room for new players in the trade. Though the business might be somewhat seasonal, with profits spiking during the Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine, and other festive periods, an encouraging volume of sales are made all year round.

Hardware Store: setting up a hardware store in Texas is a good business idea because not only you do not need any skills to start the business, but also because the startup cost of the business is quite reasonable. You can setup your store in a commercial area and offer a wide variety of products at reasonable rates. To make it more appealing, you can set up an online storefront for people to choose items from and offer free delivery.

Laundry service: everyone does laundry, and as such, a laundry service is a good business to start anywhere including Texas. This business, even as it is lucrative requires very little startup capital and expertise. All you need to do is find a good location and gather the required equipment. Spread word of your business all over your Houston neighborhood and you will surely get clients provided you offer quality services.

Appliance repair Business: An appliance repair business repairs equipment and appliances that are used in the home and garden. The barrier to entry into this industry is very low and majorities of establishments in this industry are individuals who are running the business on their own. If you have the knowledge, you can start a business where you can repair appliances for people.

Home health care: Home care providers majorly provide non-medical services such as personal care, homemaker and companion services in the homes of their clients. You can start this service on a small scale, but it would definitely expand due to factors such as the aging population and prevalence of chronic diseases such as cancer.

Recycling Business: A recycling facility engages in the recycling of materials such as plastic, paper and glass from waste locations. Once these materials have been separated and sorted, operators go ahead to refine them into useable products and then sell them to wholesalers as well as manufacturers. You can run a small recycling plant in Texas where you can recycle either paper, plastic, metals or other types of materials.

Math center: Many students have challenges learning mathematics, and would need a lot of aid. Setting up a mathematics center in Texas would surely fill such need, as parents would not hesitate to enroll their kids who have challenges with the subject.

Library: A library is an essential facility to have in any state. People go to libraries to read, make research and borrow books, periodicals and magazines. There can never be too many libraries, so one more in Texas would not hurt.

Medical billing service: Medical billing is a payment practice within the United States health system. The process involves a healthcare provider submitting, and following up on claims with health insurance companies in order to receive payment for services rendered, such as treatments and investigations. You can start this business in Texas and make a profit; you only need to have good marketing and networking abilities to enable you get contracts.

Retail travel agency: A travel agency is a private retailer or public service that provides travel and tourism related services to the public on behalf of suppliers such as airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, hotels, railways, travel insurance, and package tours. You can make money from starting this business in Texas to help people make travel plans.

Senior care home: senior home care is a type of residential care that provides a round-the-clock nursing care for elderly people. Texas has a good population of seniors, so starting a business that aims to provide quality care for seniors would prove profitable. However, you need to ensure that you have the required personality to handle the elderly.

Adult Daycare: An adult daycare center is typically a non-residential facility that supports the health, nutritional, social, and daily living needs of adults in a professionally staffed, group setting. Many people in Texas prefer to keep their aged parents and relatives at home instead of sending them to nursing homes, but they would need help to care for them when they need to go out for extended periods. With the right facilities and staff, you can easily carve a niche for yourself.

Savings consultant service: A savings consultant helps clients accomplish financial objectives by assessing financial situations; developing and presenting financial strategies and plans; monitoring changes in financial status and life circumstances. Texas being an economically viable state, savings consultancy services are quite essential.

Sanitation services: This business amongst other things provides odor control services to commercial, industrial, institutional and private markets. You can set up sanitation business to provide such services for businesses.

Fitness club: People always like to keep healthy and fit, and they do so by eating right, getting enough sleep and going to fitness centers. So starting up a small fitness center would sure be a profitable business in Texas.

Pilate’s center: Pilates is a physical fitness system that builds strength, flexibility and lean muscle tone with an emphasis on lengthening the body and aligning the spine, rather than on bulking and shortening the muscles. Some people, especially females prefer this fitness format because of its emphasis on toning the muscles instead of enlarging them. This business can be started small and enlarged gradually when you achieve good customer base.

Healthy vending machine: These days, people are very careful about what they eat as they seek to minimize calorie-laden diets. Healthy vending machines mostly vend fruits, fresh juice etc as against candies and soda. This business would be quite profitable in Texas especially if located in areas where people take their health seriously.

Locksmith: Locksmiths are people that fix broken locks, make keys, and install security systems like alarms. Security is a big part of every state, and since people would always want effective locks and security systems, then your services as a locksmith would be in high demand.

Fundraising service: A fundraising service is a business that helps individuals and businesses to raise funds for their cause. A professional fundraiser works with charities, nonprofit organizations, schools, groups and political groups to help each organization raise the money it needs. Being that there are several such, businesses that need help raising funds in Texas, so a fundraising service would do well in the state. You will get your income from commissions from the funds you raise.

Sales and sales management training: This is a sales management-training program that provides sales people and sales managers with proven skills, knowledge and tools they need to drive bottom line performance. Texas is a state that is high in productivity and as such sales is big business there. Setting up a center that trains people to be proficient in sales would be a moneymaker because you would always have individuals who want to acquire this skill, and organizations that are sending their people to become trained.

Boutique: Part of the basic needs of man is clothing, and everyone has to be clothed no matter the season. You can choose to set up a boutique in the Lone Star State and make large profits. You can choose to go strictly high end in order to carve a niche for yourself because many people can afford such clothes owing to the economic viability of the state.

Home inspection service: As a home inspection consultant, your job will be to identify construction and remodeling problems based on local zoning laws and building codes, and you will also be asked to recommend remodeling projects to help add value to a home. This is a small-scale business that one can start to take care of properties for people.

Dry cleaning service: Texas is a productive state, and many of its citizens are likely to be too busy to take care of their laundry by themselves. A dry cleaning service is a small business that would prove profitable for you if you are able to market it properly.

Window cleaning service: A window cleaning is a small-scale business that can only prove profitable in Texas if you have a right links. It is a fact that Texas has many offices with many of them being high-rise and all requiring professional cleaning. You can start this business if you have the right training.

Ice cream parlor: Everybody love treats, and with Texas being a hot state because of its location close to the desert, their weather is usually suited for ice cream. Just ensure you can produce great tasting ice cream, and you would never lack customers.

Interior painting company: It is a fact that people only paint their houses when they have disposable income. With Texas being an economically viable state, it would be easy for people to repaint their houses from time to time.

Hood exhaust cleaning business: Hood exhaust cleaning (often referred to as kitchen exhaust cleaning) is the process of removing grease that has accumulated inside the ducts, hoods, fans and vents of exhaust systems of commercial kitchens. Texas has several commercial kitchens, and you are sure to make good profit when you start this business.

Gardening service: Gardening is a fast-growing business idea that can save customers’ money and beautify the landscape while also helping the environment. With Texans being too busy to take care of their gardens, you can offer this service for a fee.

Landscaping business: A landscaping business provides clients with lawn services to keep their yards groomed and can plant flowers, trees and shrubs. If you have some training in landscaping, you could provide this service too.

Kitchen remodeling business: Kitchen remodeling is good business, as people frequently want to remodel their kitchens. This is also a good small business to start in Texas.

Spa service: A spa is a business that provides a variety of services for improving health, beauty and relaxation through personal care treatments. Spas offer a variety of services such as manicures, pedicures, hair care, seaweed wraps, aromatherapy, facials, waxing, acupuncture, facial and full body massages. These services are almost essential because people need to relax and pamper themselves after working so hard during the week.

Eyebrow threading business: Threading is a method of hair removal that uses strings in fast motions to remove single strands of unwanted hair in order to create a defined eyebrow shape. Many people want defined brows all days of the week, and you can make a good deal of profits if you start this business but you have to ensure that you are very professional about it. You can also make it a mobile business to gain more customers.

Construction site cleanup: Texas is a state that is always improving on its structures because of its comfortable economic state, and wherever construction is going on, there is bound to be a mess. Construction site cleanup services perform a final cleaning and removal of left over construction materials from commercial and residential properties.

If you can handle this level of cleaning, then you can start this business. Nevertheless, you should note that starting a cleanup business requires a variety of licenses and permits, as well as a budget for buying or leasing the equipment you will need.

Recruitment service: Texas is an upwardly mobile town and as such, there would always be job opportunities to fill, you can as well decide set up a small business where you recruit staff for companies. You can also provide training for the new staff to increase your earnings.

Document scanning service: Document scanning is all about transforming your paper piles into text- searchable digital images. Document scanning eliminates the need to store your paper documents in prime office space and allows you to focus on your core business. You can set up this service in a business area and offer your services to businesses.

Pool cleaning service: People are always too busy or too lazy to clean their pools by themselves, so you can provide this service in a small scale and rake in profits especially during the summer.

Mobile Salon: Nowadays instead of people travelling to salons to utilize their services, the services are travelling towards the people. Setup a vehicle with the required equipment, products and an assistant, and then you are good to go. Definitely, you will need some skills or you can always learn them. This is a onetime investment that will earn great profits.

Travel Agent: Travel agents are people who plan trips for clients according to their budgets. You just need to have a good professional circle in the required field and set up your business online. Offer deals to the common holiday destinations and people will keep coming. You can also provide services to the corporate sector.

Mobile food truck: A food truck is a large vehicle equipped to cook and sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch. The mobile food truck is quite profitable especially when set up near construction sites, or where blue collar workers abound in Texas. You can sell sandwiches, hamburgers, French fries, and other regional fast food fare.

Social media consultant: A social media consultant is someone that handles social media publicity for a company. The social media consultant raises company brand awareness through social media. With there being a proliferation of companies in Texas, you can offer this service to companies who would not mind outsourcing it. This business can be started even from home and it requires only minimal startup capital.

Chauffeur Agency: The Lone Star State hosts many conferences, symposiums and business meetings frequently. In this regard, many executives, CEOs, business officials and high profile people travel through the city and they need protocol as well. You can invest in some luxurious cars and appoint some people to be chauffeurs for those cars. You can even rent the cars and gradually buy them after saving the amount from business. The better your services, the greater clientele.

Meat shop: Texas has many restaurants, diners and eatery businesses that need regular supply of the meat. Moreover, many people also like to cook for themselves. You can set up a meat shop of such kind and in a short time you will have regular customers. You need to have a sound knowledge of this business or you can always appoint one for the job.

Car wash service: Car wash business is very lucrative for a state like Texas; it requires little investment, skills, and you are ready to start the business. Majority of people are lazy to clean their cars themselves, target them by providing the best services and making them your regular customers. You can add sidelines of tire changing, pressure check etc.

Second-hand Goods Shop: Majority of people prefer to buy second-hand goods than investing heavily in new ones. The better the stuff you have on sale, the greater the customers entering your store. This business requires tact, and you can sell the goods at modest rates keeping a profit for yourself as well.

Advertising agency: An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for businesses. Since Texas is not lacking in innovative organizations, you can approach them to handle their advertising and publicity. This business can be started on a small scale but it has the potential of growing big in future.

Mortuary and cremation service: Death is a certainty of life, and with the growth of senior citizens in Texas, it only goes to say that a mortuary and cremation business is essential in the state. Have it in mind that you need to have the right attitude before you can succeed in this business.

Sports Goods Supplier: Texas is home to major sports leagues and this is the reason for the heavy sports culture here. One of conventional ideas for business in Texas is opening a sports goods store. For this business to kick off on a sound footing, it needs some investment in good quality products. You can always work as an affiliate for some manufacturers in order to get the right products; all you need is to have the skill to sell them.

Massage service: A massage therapist is someone who treats clients by using touch to manipulate the soft-tissue muscles of the body in order to relieve pain, rehabilitate injuries, and reduce stress, increase relaxation, and aid in the general wellness of people. Most people tend to overwork themselves especially in Texas where people tend to handle multiple jobs. You can set up this business to help them relieve their stress. You only need aggressive marketing to set the business on track.

Pet sitting service: People with the increase in disposable income, many people in Texas can afford to have pets. You can decide to take care of pets for people when they have reasons to leave their homes for some length of time. You get to walk, feed and bath the pets. Taking care of pets is quite easy as pets generally do their thing most of the day. You can even decide to open a day care where people can bring their pets and collect them at the end of the day.

Mel Feller, MPA, MHR, is a well-known real estate, business consultant, personal development consultant and speaker, specializing in performance, productivity, and profits. Mel is the President/Founder of Mel Feller Seminars with Coaching For Success 360, Inc. and Mel Feller Coaching, a real estate and business specific coaching company. His three books for real estate professionals are systems on how to become an exceptional sales performer. His four books in Business and Government Grants are ways to leverage and increase your business Success in both time and money! His book on Personal Development “Lies that Will Sabotage Your Success”. Mel Feller is in Texas and In Utah.

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The photo below is a Palestinian. He can’t breathe… How many know that Israel is training 100s of our law enforcement agencies in “crowd control”? Is excessive force any wonder? Since 2004, the Anti Defamation League has taken American law enforcement on annual trips to Israel, where, the ADL says, the cops get “strategies and best practices in fighting terror” from “Israeli experts.”

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As an author, you are always juggling. Not only are you writing the next book, but you are promoting your latest book, writing a monthly newsletter, keeping up with your blog (or other blogs), and updating your website. And that’s just for starters. This is where a virtual assistant (sometimes called an author assistant) comes in handy. They can help you gain some breathing space and may even boost sales with their knowledge of promotions. These assistants—who don’t have to be in the same office, or even same city, as you—handle a multitude of tasks, including: Marketing, from writing press releases and newsletter to coordinating contests and giveaways. Some virtual assistants have graphic artist experience and can create the promotions for you. Social media management. VAs will handle social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Instagram, YouTube, etc., creating content and replying to comments. Scheduling. 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How to work with a VA Most virtual assistants charge $25 to $50 an hour for their services. You don’t need to hire them full-time, although you can. You may need them just for a few hours a month, or to work on a specific project. “Each virtual assistant will have a different skill set,” said Jenel Looney, who works full-time for three authors. “If you want someone to create marketing graphics for you, make sure that she knows how, and that you like her style. If you want someone to help you brainstorm contests that will get readers excited about your books, make sure you hire a VA that has creative ideas that are in line with your readers’ tastes. If you want someone to handle a large mailing for you (like the 30,000 bookmarks I recently mailed to Susan Mallery’s readers), make sure you hire a VA who has mad organizational skills.” If you know that you will have to promote your book (because your traditional publisher only does so much, or you are self-publishing), then your VA can help you come up with creative promotions. For example, Looney, who works with mystery author Kate Carlisle, designed a custom deck of cards for one of Carlisle’s books. Each face card held a different murder weapon. It was used for a giveaway for members of Carlisle’s mailing list. In addition, Looney created a video revealing each day’s random winner. It was so popular that “she had a lot of readers asking if they could buy the cards,” Looney said. “I offer a wide variety of services that come down to this: helping authors get more organized and feel less stressed,” said Mel Jolly, who has assisted multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. “The clients who utilize my services best keep me in the loop for everything involving their business. When it comes to things that need to get done (website updates, blog interviews, social media posts, newsletters, launch plans, ad booking, etc.), I either do the thing or I make sure the thing gets done.” Another assistant, Amanda West Kassis, who also works as an editor, focuses on publishing weekly newsletters and growing subscribers. “I am in the publishing industry, which gives me unique skills and knowledge,” she said. She will help an author post on social media, write newsletters, and do other marketing. Is it worth hiring a VA? You may have written a wonderful book, but it won’t go anywhere without marketing. And marketing may take away time spent writing the next book, which is crucial in a series. Most virtual assistants said this is the beauty of having help—the author can concentrate on the writing. Having a virtual assistant, said Looney, “isn’t going to magically make you a bestseller. In my opinion, authors should not hire a VA until they’ve reached a stage in their career when it makes financial sense, and that’s a decision each author must make for herself. When you’ve reached the level of success that leaves you too busy to have a life, consider hiring a VA.” Sarah Merchant, who specializes in social media and website/blog management, said that what may take someone else hours to do might take her minutes. “Is it worth it to you to struggle through those hours simply because you think it will save you money? Isn’t your time worth more than that?” she said. “I have a lot of respect for authors, and love putting my skills to work for them, so they can concentrate on their writing.” She can’t say how much her work has helped with sales, but pointed to a recent Facebook promotion she did for an author. Her work resulted in an immediate increase in clicks. Looney also said it’s hard to pinpoint whether her work has boosted book sales. “The frustrating thing about marketing is that you will rarely be able to draw a straight line from a specific promotion to specific sales,” she said. “I will say that I don’t take any credit for my clients’ success. That always, always, always comes back to the book. They write books that readers love. My work is not responsible for their success; rather, I help them manage that success.” An author first needs to consider the budget and her priorities, said Jolly. 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fullerstreetproductions · 7 years

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Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg General Store: San Francisco & Austin

We had the amazing opportunity to accompany our client, Mirrorball Agency, on two stops of their Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg General Store tour. This traveling pop up general store is to celebrate the Lynchburg Distillery and it’s 151 years of making the top selling American whiskey in the world. The first pop-up location we got to work on was none other than the Golden City, San Francisco. We took over The HERE Collective at 930 Alabama St. from July 16-22, turning a collaborative work space/ event space into the amazing Jack Daniel’s General Store reminiscent of its hometown, Lynchburg, Tennessee. Earlier this month we concluded our time in Austin, Texas at 800 Congress Avenue which took place from October 8-14.

The store ran for a total of 7 days offering a selection of unique goods and services, so here’s a recap for you. First of all, if you came at the right time you could catch a set by the house band, The Bobby Hawk Band. He’s one amazing fiddle player!

Now the visit starts with grabbing a glass of lemonade or sweet tea and perusing the delicious pastries at Miss Mary Bobo’s Bakery.

While digesting your Southern treats, stop by the Jack & Friends booth, where craftsmen demos such as candle making and leather embossing are hosted by local makers. The local partner changed every day so there was a craft for everyone to enjoy. The best part is, you got to create something you could take home with you.

Speaking of craftsmen, you could meet a real Jack Daniel’s Barrel Man at Jack’s Workshop and see how the art of barrel making is done. If you wanted your very own custom barrel, you could do that too!

Check in at the Lynchburg Travel Agency desk to book a virtual tour through the nation’s oldest distillery, Lynchburg Distillery. If you’ve never done VR before, this is a fully captivating sensory experience. While in the store you also get the chance to see the actual safe Jack Daniel famously kicked, leading to his death in 1911.

Looking for a spruce up? Gentleman Jack Barber Shop offers $5 proper hair/beard trims and styling. That’s a deal that couldn’t be passed up!

Once you’re all done up at the Barber Shop, head on over to the Music Photo Booth for some memorable photos. Dress up like the rock star you’ve always wanted to be and share on your social media for all your friends to see. Check out hashtag #jdgeneralstore to see some of the awesome pictures that were taken.

At the center of all the action is the Charcoal Mellowing Station, offering a sensory experience taking you through the history and process of making Jack Daniel’s whiskey. Daytime customers were able to sign up for the Private Tasting from 6-7 pm each evening, where they got to taste test Old No. 7, Gentleman Jack, Single Barrel select, and Barrel Aged Rye.

Of course visitors couldn’t leave without purchasing some unique Jack Daniel’s merch and whiskey related goods.

It was a pleasure working on this amazing project! We focused on the staging and lighting aspects of the job. Shout out to Nomad Sound for the audio and Breakthrough Productions for their beautiful fabrication work. As of right now Austin was the last stop on the calendar, but who knows... the Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg General Store might be coming to a town near you!

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800travel · 5 years

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Cities and Destinations – Top city in the US | 800travel

Are you a travel-savvy? Do you love exploring newer locations especially those located abroad? Well, then you are at the right platform. Every human at least once in their lifetime wish to visit the country of the statue of liberty which is none other than the United States of America. From Texas to the serene beaches of Miami, there are numerous cities and destinations located in the US that make the best travel locations for vacations or family trips.

Whether it is a short vacation with your friends or that of going on a solo tour, the cities and destinations in the US are always thronged by people from across the globe. However, as easy as this dream seem to be, the quest or process of an actual reaching there is quite difficult. But with us at 800 Travels you can be assured to reach the destination hassle-free. We render you all the required help to make the journey a hunky-dory experience. And this not only after the trip is booked, but also in the pre-preparation period.

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While there are numerous flights which ply to the US, finding those which doesn’t cost huge cost is very crux. We help find flights, book airline tickets in addition to keeping a tab on flight information all under one roof.

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Going to an alien country can be quite enthralling as well as filled with moments of anxious feelings. However, with us at 800 Travel, you can stay tension free are listed among the best travel agency offering flight bookings and checking online airfare information quite easy. So, whether you wish to go to Seattle, San Diego, Boston, Charleston, Austin or Portland there, we ensure to book you in cheap flights that won't hold your wallet.

So contact us today to enjoy the best travel deals abroad and make you trip a memorable one.

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humblynomadic · 5 years

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Want A Free Travel Agent To Do The Tedious Legwork For You?

Digital Nomads Open Full Service Travel Agency

We are excited and proud to announce that we have opened a full service travel agency. It simply made sense to become nomadic travel agents because of our experience as digital nomads & love for travel. Besides, we were already helping friends and family book travel on a regular basis anyway.

Oregon USA The last couple months were spent getting it all set up and rocking. We had to get the website built and integrated, as well as learn new booking & CRM systems. Humbly Nomadic Travel is now fully licensed and insured for travel sales!

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The Best Travel Prices & Selections

We partnered up with one of the best and largest host agencies, so we have access to the best pricing and selection in the travel industry. Our affiliation with all the major travel suppliers assures we will be able to get you the vacation you want at a price that can't be beat. View Current Promotions We have your travel needs covered whether you are looking for the perfect vacation, or a company looking for a corporate travel agent. If tours, excursions & attractions are your thing, we can do that too! We look forward to booking your future travel! As always, 10% of commissions earned go directly to charitable causes!

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What Are The Benefits Of Using A Travel Agent?

Time & Money We can search faster and better than you. Travel agents have access to booking engines and flight consolidators not available to the general public. By partnering with a high volume host agency, we get the best prices and perks such as upgrades from all the major travel suppliers. Also, we will save you hours of research, and time is money after all.

Full Moon Over Cabin At Dream Valley Resort Belize Humbly Nomadic Travel does not charge a booking fee, so we will get you the same or lower price than you would find online yourself. Assistance & Recommendations What if something goes wrong? What if flights get canceled and you are in a place with poor phone or internet service? With an agent you have someone in your corner to help get things corrected.

Thailand Scenery A travel agent has a pulse on the travel industry. Especially a nomadic travel agent. We can provide guidance if you are not sure where to go and/or the budget you require. We know what tours are the best and what scams to avoid. Less Stress Instead of dealing with several different vendors, you deal with one central individual. Let someone else sit on hold waiting to book that tour or attraction. Additionally, travel agents will generally have better travel insurance options than what is offered at checkout from most travel vendors. Perhaps most importantly, you get to deal with the same person from start to finish. Request Quote Contact Us

Humbly Nomadic Travel Agency Is Already Flourishing

Our travel agency is already off and flying. Even though this very blog post is the official public announcement, we have already booked multiple vacations for multiple clients. A little word of mouth, referrals, and a couple comments in facebook groups got us rolling pretty good before we even officially opened. It seems it was just meant to be!

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Perfect Money Mindset Decision

For us, it will be an excellent way to make money while traveling as digital nomads. We have a money mindset that prevents us from doing anything just for the money. One of our lifestyle requirements is that we actually enjoy and are happy doing whatever projects we choose to work on. This travel agency supplements our current business model and is in line with our passions for travel and helping others, making it a perfect fit. As we say in our core values: "Have Fun – If you don’t like what you’re doing, then do something else!" When you are ready to book your next trip please, REQUEST A QUOTE or CONTACT US!

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Apologies For Lack Of Posting & Fresh Content

The last couple of months have been both busy and lazy for us. I know that sounds funny and does not really make sense, but that is what it feels like. I guess you could say we are binge workers and lazy in between.

Photo Credit: https://www.reactiongifs.com/eating-chips-bed/ The last few months we spent waiting out winter in Zapata, Texas at Falcon Lake RV Park. We have ventured about this area a bit including Laredo, Rio Grande City, Corpus Christi, South Padre Island, and the Mexico border towns of Ciudad Acuña & Piedras Negras. So we have a ton of new content to get edited & posted from these trips. Our equipment store will be built out the rest of the way soon too, complete with full product reviews & videos. We will start posting content on a regular basis very soon. Thanks to everyone bearing with us while we get everything built out & streamlined.

Heading Towards Austin & San Antonio

Now that winter has passed for the most part. We are going to start heading north towards Austin & San Antonio. If anyone wants to meet up, knows of good charitable activities, or has food and/or sightseeing suggestions, please hit us up in the comments section.

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rachelpoppinglikes · 8 years

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Begin in Business for a year

This year has been a wild whirlwind of learning experiences and adventure. Lets start at the beginning. Was in a 4 year relationship from 22-26 with a man that not only spoiled me with a higher quality of life, but travel. I was hooked with the world that was surrounding me, so I stayed in this what seemed like an amazing situation, which soon turned into a nightmare. That’s not where I’d like to start our story, but yet the prelude to my future endeavors and now current passions. Once this toxic relationship was finally extinguished I found myself back at my mother house working for her company, with no will to live on. Each day seemed so meaningless. Something had to change and I needed to find a new level of inner strength that I did not know I had at the time. My Mother has been in business for over 42+ years and has raised more than one successful company. She turned to me one day and asked if I wanted to act on what I had been thinking about since before going into the epic 4 year relationship. She asked “are you ready to go into business for yourself? That was the day Deborah Watts, CEO of True Vines, Inc became my rock and mentor in business. Started by going to the DMV to see if the name picked over 5-6 ago was available for purchase, and behold Populated Likes was born! This was a blessing and direct confirmation from the Lord that I need to do this, because not only was the name free and clear to purchase my DBA, but the domain name was also available. When Populated Likes first launched the focus was only on social media. The only client was True Vines, Inc, which is still one of our best clients to date!

My savings were depleting so I sold the meaningless engagement ring that was given to me to keep the business afloat, then the end of February 2016 came around right after a family vacation in Colorado with beautiful family member “bonus” aunt Stacie! Stacie works for HP and had taken an interest in what I had going on with Populated Likes. She wanted to help and see my success, so offered to try & make a connection with a colleague. This colleague worked for an agency based out of Dallas; the Infinite Agency, which is a young group of advertising professionals and influencers. The Infinite Agency was looking for brand ambassadors to travel on the Bud Light Texas tour, and aunt Stacie’s colleague thought I’d be a perfect candidate. Reluctantly I applied for the position and being a bit nervous about the whole thing asked Jordan to apply with me; we were both selected! A week later Jordan and I were packing our bags to head to Dallas, Texas. Meeting the team for the first time was extremely exciting, intimidating and a little overwhelming.

Mind you while I was in the 4 year relationship, which really had ended about 2-3 months prior; I’d lost most of my friendship for numerous reasons. Had no clue becoming a brand ambassador was going to jump start my heart and stimulate the inner entrepreneur, which would finally bring down all the walls put up to protect myself. The Texas tour was a huge success and blast! Made a whole new group of friends working along side each other traveling on the Bud Light tourbus around Texas engaging with consumers. Johnathan, with the Infinite Agency took interest in my performance, and will to attempt to run Populated Likes, while on the road. Once the Texas tour was completed a conversation was had between the two of us, which in turn added the brand ambassador program to my little social media operation. This was a huge confidence booster for me which has carried Populated Likes its current state. Jonathan asked if Populated Likes would help him the Infinite Agency to build a database of brand ambassadors. Soon I found myself training, scheduling and scouring BAs in Dallas, Houston, & surrounding areas. I am so grateful for the relationship I have built with the Infinite Agency team! Now Populated Likes, is progressively becoming nationwide and we’d worked with high profile clientele such as Anheuser Busch, Fox Sports & Non profits through collaborations with our preferred valued clients (marketing, adversing, & promotional agencies). Even had the opportunity to work, facilitate & staff for Super Bowl 51 here in Houston, TX.

To fast forward to present date now Populated Likes has been in business for over a year and focusing on up coming SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Stay tuned for from here on out the adventures will be documented! Soon tails and intrigues from Austin during our experience March 8-18th for SXSW.

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