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FREE Fryday at Chik-fil-A

If you’re willing to accept the fact that Chik-fil-A isn’t open on Sundays, and hates gay marriage, and you want some of their GODDAMNDELCIOUS waffle fries with the newly designed and totally awesome Heinz ketchup packets (pictured), head on over to your local Chik-fil-A today from 2-4pm. Mmmmm, homophobalicious. … Read entire article »

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Damn You, Chipotle!

If there’s one thing for certain, Americans are total whores for Chipotle. Their streamlined ordering system, the pure deliciousness of their burritos, the …industrial styling? It’s all enough to send you into oblivion. Taste oblivion. And like you, I’m a total whore for Chipotle and went right ahead and watched this video promo for “America’s Next Great Restaurant” on Facebook without hesitation and got myself a BOGO burrito at Chipotle. Damn you, Chipotle. Click on the image to whore yourselves out for free burritos! … Read entire article »

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Michael Phelps video game for Kinect – Bonus levels revealed!

Michael Phelps video game for Kinect – Bonus levels revealed!

Business Wire released today that 505 Games is slated to debut a video game starring Baltimore Area’s Sweetheart, Michael Phelps. The 14-gold medal winning swimathlete will be featured in michael PHELPS: push to the limit, a swimming …simulator? for the Xbox Kinect. The Kinect is a gaming accessory which allows the player to use their own body in lieu of a hand-held controller to control the game, which sold millions of units over 2010′s holiday … Read entire article »

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GM sales up in China, here are some horrible Chinese crash test videos!

Widely widely reported today that General Motors is lauding their 6459867% increase in sales in China throughout 2010, a figure that might seem high upon first inspection, until you quickly search through the vast sea of Internets and realize that Chinese cars are either total knockoffs of better brands and models (the Shuanghuan Noble being the most egregious), or outright death traps in general. I’ve collected some of the best of the best Chinese crash test videos for your horror, each and every one a monument to terrible engineering in and of itself – something Chinese products are mostly known for considering they’re basically stolen IP with cheaper parts. And bear in mind that some of these cars may soon be coming to American, probably to be sold at Wal-Mart. In … Read entire article »

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Pizza Memories: The Magnificent Shrinking Little Caesar’s

With all this talk of pizza, the inevitable lengthy discussions will occur: how hard pizza rules, what pizza doesn’t rule so hard, how awful those Joe Flacco Pizza Hut commercials are – and it won’t take too long to come to the question “What the f**k happened to Little Caesar’s?” Years ago, Little Caesar’s was everywhere. Wikipedia sez there were over 5,000 locations nationwide; their presence was about as competitive as Pizza Hut and Domino’s in this region. But at this point, Little Caesar’s operations in the area are limited to K-Marts, which don’t really exist, and one location off of the top of my head on York Rd. near Towson (if it’s still there). Their commercials are non-existent in this region anymore, whereas once Little Caesar’s produced some of the … Read entire article »

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