Nina Dobrev and her Costars do a Vampire Diaries photoshoot for Entertainment Weekly

Ever since Twilight, I couldn't get myself to watch any more vampire flicks. Suddenly, Vampire movies were all about prepubescent children running around with glitter professing their love for one another. Sorry! What ever happened to Bram Stoker's Dracula? Vicious man eating beasts roaming the country side seaking out victims. Now that's a vampire story!

While I can't get into the new wave of vampire flicks, I can get into the new wave of vampire chicks. Nina Dobrev, for example, is one vampire I could definitely get into. Nina Dobrev, and her Vampire Diaries costars Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, have just done an interesting spread for Entertainment Weekly. While I would prefer to see more of Nina and less of her costars, I guess I will take what I can get. Here are the photos, hope you enjoy them. The quality is poor, but the images are nice.

Top 5 Tricks to win Chinese Checkers Game

Chinese Checkers is a game founded by an American professor named Dr. George Monks. He got this idea after reading an English game called Hoppity. His enthrallment towards the game ultimately led to the invention of the game. Apart from Dr. George Monks, a major contribution was also made by Dr. Thomas Hill. Hence the game was first launched by E.I Horsman Company in 1885.

Chinese checkers is much similar to the checkers and chess as it includes the jumping movement style of checkers and demands planning and strategy of chess. However the strategy is bit different as the goal of the Chinese checkers is to move your pieces to the other side of the board. A maximum of six players can enjoy this game. Basically, every player is given 10 game pieces, but some variants allow up to 15 pieces per player. In order to win the game, the player is allowed to jump over opponent’s pieces and block their paths.....

Taylor Swift Goes Casual in her Entertainment Weekly Photoshoot

Its rare in to have a beautiful girl not go full on whorish sexy in photoshoots these days, but Taylor Swift definitely goes against the grain here. I have yet to see a really sexy photoshoot with her, but at the same time I have yet to see a photoshoot with her that she wasn't sexy. Being a natural beauty helps in this respect, I guess.

Entertainment Weekly caught up with our country singing hottie and managed quite the interesting shoot. Not sure if these are behind the scenes shots or not, but Taylor definitely looks great.

Photo Report of Vladimir Putin's Fishing Trip

When Vladimir Putin decides he wants to go fishing the world stops to watch the kinds of Fish that are put on his hook. The reporters present weren't dissapointed when Putin removed a fish about a meter long. 

Putin didn't go alone, he brought Russian Prime Minister and former President Dmitry Medvedev. Also, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also joined the hunt. The three richest Russian men didn't just go anywhere, then visited the remote region of Tuva and Khakassia, on the Mongolian border.

As the group did their fishing and their hiking, they stopped to check out Reigndeer farms, drank some hard liquor and enjoyed the scenery from boat. The photos should do justice to their trip.....

6 Celebrities Who Wish They Could Go Back In Time

It isn't easy being rich and famous, or so you would think by looking at Charlie Sheen and his protégé Lindsay Lohan. Most of us would like to think we could do moderately better than that, even when being chased by paparazzi and criticized for our professional failures. Other celebrities don't have the laundry list of OMG disasters .... these folks could come out winners if it wasn't for one little mistake. Oops!

1. Tiger Woods Hits the Tree

No, not with a golf ball. He hit the tree outside his house with his SUV while his wife was chasing him with a 9 iron, and who could blame her? His string of infidelities was longer than Lohan's rap sheet, and to add insult to injury, was about to go insanely public. $750 million later, and even using the best business insurance his partnerships and investments still managed to fail.

2. Aaron Hernandez Murders Odin Lloyd

New England Patriots' tight end Hernandez wasn't squeaky clean, but it didn't stop him from going pro in the fourth round of the 2010 draft. The man who occasionally smoked pot, had an admittedly rough upbringing, and used to catch BCS title-winning tosses from role model Tim Tebow, fatally shot a semi-pro football player. Bet he'd like to take that back, and so would the grieving family......

Google Maps shows different borders depending on which country you live in

Take a look at the map above. It should be difficult to identify the country in question. Central to the map is India, but you can also clearly see Pakistan and a good part of China. Here is where things get interesting.....

More Lingereie Shots of Barbara Palvin from Victoria's Secret

It seems like only yesterday I was posting sexy photos of Barbara Palvin donning Victoria's Secret lingerie. Oh, wait .. that was last week. Looks like Victoria's Secret really like Barbara because they just released a new set of photos, but likely ones from the same shoot. Doesn't matter, still hot. 

The Evolution of Russia's Paper Ruble throughout the ages

Every country changes its money from time to time. Few countries have seen such often changes as the Russian Ruble. From the time of the Czars, the Ruble has been Russia's currency. It is cherrished by Russians and collectors alike.

If you are interested in seeing how the Ruble changed throughout the years the images below will be to your liking. They start with the Rubles original paper printing in 1898 and work into modern time. Much has changed in the last 20 years due to Revolution.

For a good history lesson on the Ruble click over to Wikipedia.

Crickety trends; a fashion fiesta!

Men these days have developed a great sense of fashion unlike their sense in the past. They now know how to categorize their wardrobes according to the respective events and therefore, majority of them easily put up a trendy look deciding what to wear and when.

The legacy of dressing-well continues even when they are all sporty. Seeing these young men gathering up to compete in local tournaments gives a good impression because they are not only there to play but their dressing shows how good they want to look when compared to others.

Men shirts producers these days are bringing into the market one of the most eye-catching tee shirts with very cool and trendy season-wise colors; and famous characters printed on them give them a lively look. These young players should go for a cotton-fabric tee shirt instead of jerseys, because it is sweat-absorbent and very airy; which helps you keep the cool while you play. In addition, while choosing a shirt for gaming make sure you pick up the colors, which go with your skin tone. For winter-wear, grab a hoodie or a double-sleeve tee shirt to avoid winter air bother you as well as to look cool on the go.

These young lads have set new trends on the grounds of cricket. Surprisingly, these rules are being followed by a majority of guys on the field already. They know that along with their performance their personality matters too. Therefore, they know when is the time to improvise their looks to stay ahead of others. It has been seen that men shirts have the power to change the look as well as the attitude of men.