Photos: Rock ‘n’ Roll Beer-B-Que 2012 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoThe Rock ‘N’ Roll Beer-B-Que Wrap-Up (Clean Plate Charlie) Sometimes you’ve gotta take one for the team. That was the case when I was asked to be a judge at the Rock N’ Roll Beer-B-Que at the Seminole…
In a shining example of government idiocy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is actually encouraging people to apply for food stamps.The government agency has an active program to lure more Americans into applying for food stamps, specifically targeting senior citizens. This program costs the USDA $2.5 to $3 million…
Something just ain’t kosher.As reported by Short Order earlier this week, ConAgra Foods, Inc., the company that produces those delicious Hebrew National hot dogs, is being sued. Well, not only sued, but sued in a class action lawsuit. The law firm of Blackwell Burke filed the suit in Minneapolis on behalf of…
See also “Nickelback Petition Backfires, Band to Play BankAtlantic Center.” The Internet really hates Nickelback. As far as avid tech geeks and music snobs are concerned, they’re the worst band ever. And in line with its total, unabashed disgust for the Canadian bad boys of flavorless ballads, the Internet has…
In February I wrote a scathing review of the Sonic Beach in Homestead. I was contacted by one of the proprietors and told the following:One, Sonic took feedback very seriously.Two, the manager mentioned in my review had been demoted and was undergoing further training, specifically for customer service.And three, the…
Talking to a music snob can be a great learning experience. Or a great pain in the ass. You know the type. Sure, they’ve got stellar taste. But they hold it over everyone’s heads like some kind of license to poop in your cereal. Though each snob has his or…
Talk to the Manager, a new text message service, gives diners the opportunity to send complaints and praises directly to a restaurant’s manager and owner.The creators of Talk to the Manager launched the business to help restaurants help themselves before unhappy customers slam them on public forum sites like Yelp…
The Colonel is killing tigers.Greenpeace International has released a report accusing Kentucky Fried Chicken of using food packaging made with wood from rainforest trees in Indonesia.According to the report, independent tests were conducted on KFC food boxes in China, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom. Rolf Skar, forest campaign director for…
Florida is notorious for Medicare fraud, and we also have more than our fair share of food stamp fraud. At least Miami residents can console themselves with the fact that our food stamp defrauders are not as shameless as those in other states.EBT cards, modern-day food stamps, are being traded…
In an effort to force citizens to make healthier choices, a few countries have instituted a “fat tax” or “junk food tax,” which requires consumers to shell out more for unhealthy foods. So far, Denmark and Hungary have done so. France has so far restricted its levy to sweetened drinks.Health…
See also “Deadmau5 on DJ Pauly D: Has No Talent, ‘Typical Bottle-Popping, Play-Pressing Garbage.'” You know why non-EDM fans don’t take DJing seriously as an art form? It’s because celebrities keep ruining everything. When shit went digital in the mid 2000s, it was the coolest thing to happen since Grandmaster…
Don’t be fooled by his laid-back California surfin’ schtick or occasional impersonation of a “racially ambiguous homeboy” … The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston isn’t some hippie in love with the Democratic party and Obama. In fact, he thinks our nation’s first black president is “an asshole” who’s planning to bankrupt…
Most of you remember ‘pink slime’ don’t you? That nasty little recipe that was being used by many fast food restaurants and passed off as straight up beef to us ignorant folk?Well, there’s another very popular and equally anonymous food product ingredient, “meat glue,” that you should know about…
Rihanna has no filter. She’ll tweet about her porn habits, rocksee-through shirts in New York City, and call her abusive ex-boyfriend a “bitch.” Last night, however, the Barbadian songstress committed a major faux pas. The 24-year-old singer announced that she and 36-year-old Rick Ross were going to have a baby,…
Busted while blazing … Again. Last night, Wiz Khalifa got caught with weed by cops in North Carolina, according to TMZ. Reports claim that police found 11.39 grams of marijuana after searching his tour bus. He was cited and released. However, Khalifa is expected to appear in court at a…
I am not going to lie and say I am completely against the tactics used on prisoners at Abu Ghraib, but when similar abuse is suffered by Americans not suspected of, well, anything really, there is a problem.We are human and we do make mistakes, but there are certain situations…
Bobby Brown wants the world to know that he “wasn’t the one [who] got Whitney on drugs.” Recently, Brown sat down with NBC’s Matt Lauer for a candid interview which is set to air on tomorrow’s Today Show. It will be the 43-year-old singer’s first sit-down since ex-wife Whitney Houston…
We never thought the members of Foster the People would dance like a boy band. But today, they proved us wrong. The band released a new music video for its most recent single, “Houdini.” And crappy dancing aside, the clip stays true to the band’s image. Like the vid for…
Since America began closing mental institutions in 1955, the streets have been deluged with mentally unbalanced individuals unable to care for themselves. (Blame JFK for that guy you see on your way to work every morning, who sits at the curb mumbling about spacemen and radioactive jelly beans.)As I am…
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, but it should be renamed the “Year of the Salmon–ella outbreak and consequent civil suits.”Too long?Two lawsuits due to salmonella poisoning have been filed against Taco Bell this year. The second lawsuit, also filed by Marler Clark, the…
How adorable are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, y’all? They’re like the cutest rebound couple ever! But don’t remind Kim’s stepfather, former Olympian-turned-cosmetic-surgery-disaster Bruce Jenner, that they’re dating. TMZ reports that Jenner was at a speaking engagement at Northeastern University when someone in the crowd asked the former track star…
I don’t like the online activist group Color of Change. The namby-pamby, can’t-we-all-just-get-along-as-long-you’re-a-vegan, Obama-loving, Christian-hating, war-protesting, Democratic-donkey-defending, liberal members are all a bunch of imbeciles.I know that’s a pretty broad generalization. And I’m sure you’re cursing me right now…
