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Jesus Is My GM

By Stew

I set out to write this blog post about the upcoming fantasy football draft and to provide some “expert” analysis just in case you hadn’t tuned-in to ESPN within the last ten seconds. From the pimply-headed high school dweeb to the sit at home/spend daddy’s money douchebag-type, fantasy football is one of the few activities… »

Ohhh, I’m Sorry! I Forgot You Invented The Cookie

By Stew

So it finally happened. Score one for the open-market. Someone has finally broken up the monopoly that is the Girl Scout Cookie racket. Unfortunately it took Wal-Mart to do such a thing. Long suffering from artificially low supply, and subject to pity of an exploited workforce, the U.S. consumer can now sit back and scarf-down… »

QB Colt McCoy, A Businessman First

By Stew

University of Texas quarterback and Longhorn favorite (gulp, that’s still hard to stomach) Colt McCoy recently purchased an insurance policy on himself in case of catastrophic injury limiting or preventing him from a future career in the NFL (ok that’s enough, i just can’t stomach that!). For what his father Brad McCoy says as an… »

The Road To Flavor Country Is Paved With Good Intentions

By Stew

HEADLINE: Congress sends White House bill giving gov’t regulators unprecedented authority over tobacco
Finally! a victory for the little man against the big bad tobacco industry! Or at least we thought.
As is the case with most industry/lobbyist fine tuned legislation that makes its way through D.C., the U.S. Congress has passed a “landmark” bill that on… »

Dia de los Doughnuts

By Stew

For all of you that are ready to get your jellyroll on, Krispy Kreme is celebrating National Doughnut Day tomorrow (Friday, June 5th) by offering you a free doughnut!
(side note): This National Doughnut Day tip was taken from Krispy Kreme’s press release as to what customers should do when they go get a free doughnut… »

Is The Economy Grilling You?

By Stew

If you feel like you’ve been getting grilled by this icy economy, then now is your chance to make some extra bucks by turning those crowns into cash. At Sell Your Gold Teeth you can cash-in on the onetime fad/honest mistake of your gold grill and revert back to those pearly whites. And hey, who… »

Antichrist: Bad Press Is Better Than No Press

By Stew

From casual movie-goers to hardcore movie buffs, everyone knows that the Cannes Film Festival is the creme-de-la-creme of movie festivals on the international stage. Independent gems are discovered and big budget blockbusters are premiered here during the two weeks of the festival along the French Riviera.
But if you’ve paid attention to any news coming out… »

What’s Your All-Star Birthday Band?

By Stew

Yet another great pastime brought to you by the wonderful world of Wikipedia.
It’s as easy as going to Wikipedia and entering your birth month and date. Once your birthday page comes up you will see all kinds of interesting events, birthdays and deaths that have occurred on your birthday. Create a band comprised of members… »

Au$tin, Texa$ (1st in Affordability?)

By Stew

Deep in-the-heart of Texas lies a small, pristine, friendly, underrated, servile, weird city where college kids meet capitol bigwigs and apparently, according to Forbes.com, you can find the most affordable city in the United States.
Now, first off, I really question how someone could trust a magazine’s ranking of affordable towns when that publication is run… »