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As the gluttons at Epic Meal Time would say, this idea isn’t just smart, it’s Epic Meal Time smart!  The McRib is a national phenomenon and one of the biggest fast food successes in McDonald’s history, yet somehow, someone was able to take the McRib and make it even better.  How much better?  Well, deep […]

It’s one of the busiest days of the year at your local breakfast joint, thanks in no small part to IHOP.  That’s right, it’s National Pancake Day, and that means the International House of Pancakes is giving away a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes provided you’ll consider making a donation to the Children’s Miracle […]

While it wasn’t a record crowd for last night’s NBA All-Star Game, the lucky fans in attendance actually got to watch a thrilling basketball competition and not just a simple exhibition.  At one point, the East was down a staggering 21 points, and that’s when things got chippy.  Players grabbed rebounds, fouled one another, and […]

Last night’s Oscars was a big night for the silent movie industry.  After being out of vogue since… oh, 1976 or so, the silent film made a comeback in a big way thanks to French film “The Artist.”  “The Artist,” a love letter to old Hollywood that featured no dialogue and a dog giving the […]

It’s a big day in Hollywood. Hairdressers are rolling and shellacking their clients’ hair. Designers are making final adjustments to gowns. Limo drivers are fueling up their long black vehicles. Housekeeping is running the vacuum over the red carpet. And Billy Crystal is rehearsing his jokes one last time. Yep, it’s Oscar Night in LA. […]

Thanks to social media like Facebook for some people nearly every waking moment of the day is documented for the rest of the world to see. We’ve gone from six degrees of separation to four degrees and in addition way too many TMI moments. Now the whole world can not only see fun photos of […]

Reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun is one of the most valuable players on his team, and on Saturday, October 1, right before the opening of the playoffs, one of Major League Baseball’s drug testers visited him.  The man drew a sample of blood, and on Monday, that blood was sent in for testing.  According […]

Sacha Baron Cohen is one of the principal performers in Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s beautiful homage to the early days of cinema and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars.  However, Sacha Baron Cohen may also be persona non-grata at The Oscars if he comes in a persona and not […]

The last time the Food and Drug Administration approved a weight-loss drug was way back in 1999.  Since then, no new obesity medications have been approved or hit the market, and the obesity drug market has been rocked by multiple lawsuits.  However, medication to fight obesity is still big business, with 35 percent of Americans […]

For the last quarter century, the best athletes in the world have gone to Indianapolis, Indiana, for a glorified meat market.  They will be weighed, measured, stretched, and put through a whole litany of tests, physical challenges, and psychological screenings to determine if they are ready to become professional football players.  That’s right kids, athletes […]

It seems like it has been forever since Stephen Colbert’s show unexpectedly suspended tapings, leaving fans in a tizzy and forcing Comedy Central to squash the rumors.  Was it a bear attack?  Was it politically motivated thanks to the Colbert Super PAC?  Did he offend the wrong people?  Apparently, it was none of those things. […]

I’ll admit I need to go on a diet. Granted I’m not as large as the world’s heaviest mother, but even she is trying to lose weight. I could stand to skip a few meals here and there, but I really can’t imagine missing two months worth of meals. Skipping meals for two months wasn’t a […]

The stars gathered to shine and honor one of their own in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday. One week after her body was discovered in an LA hotel room, friends and family of Whitney Houston gathered in her hometown church, New Hope Baptist Church, to mourn the untimely passing of the woman whose iconic voice […]

For those of you in the reading audience who are fans of, or might have had tickets to a taping of, the Colbert Report, don’t bother turning on your television or heading down to the studios for the tapings.  The Colbert Report has canceled its tapings for the rest of the week, and it may […]

TCU isn’t officially joining the Big Twelve until the beginning of next season, but the team has already decided to get a head start on some traditional Big Eight-style criminality.  Taking a cue from Big Twelve stalwarts Oklahoma’s glory days of the 80’s, four members of the TCU Horned Frogs football team were arrested by […]