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Tiger Town

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Posted by: Trent on May 12, 2013| Leave a comment

Yesterday was another fun-filled day here in Detroit Rock City … even if the weather started to get a little stank midway thru the day. My friends and I started our day in Royal Oak, MI where we lunched and shopped before making our way downtown to cheer on the Detroit Tigers as they faced off against the Cleveland Indians. While the weather was nice and warm in the day, it got much colder, windier and wetter as evening fell. We kinda froze our buns off at the game but we had a lot fun … even if the Tigers lost a little bit :) More »

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Watch: A ‘Banned’ Guinness Commercial From 1995, Featuring A Same-Sex Couple, Finds New Life In 2013

I'll Drink to That
Posted by: Trent on May 10, 2013| 10 Comments
Stand By Your Man

Back in 1995, Guinness produced a television commercial that featured a same-sex male couple in a loving (if somewhat messy) relationship. At the time, the company decided that the image of a male couple in an ad campaign was not suitable for airing on TV (largely due to the British tabloid press that deemed the ad “controversial and wrong”). Late last year, the commercial found its way to the Internets and it’s been making the rounds ever since. I am in love with this commercial … which I find clever, cute and extremely progressive … especially for the time in which it was produced. Guinness has long been one of my favorite beers so I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see that a company that I love to support has been a long supporter of gay rights. Even tho the commercial was never officially released, it’s clear the company intent was to showcase same-sex love in a very positive light AND associate that love with the Guinness brand. Amazing. My Goodness, indeed.

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A Queens Elementary School Becomes America’s First All-Vegetarian Public School

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Posted by: Shannon on May 2, 2013| 7 Comments

So, this is pretty awesome. We all know that healthy eating and living in America is, like, this huge thing. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there and it’s not always easy to determine what’s healthy or not (for example, I’ve been hearing that soy milk is, maybe, not that good for you… what???!!!) but many experts seem to agree that getting people to change their relationship with food is extremely difficult. If you’ve been eating a certain way your whole life– and if you were raised to eat that way– when you’re an adult it becomes that much harder to change those habits that were instilled in you for 20+ years. As with most things, it’s best to learn while you’re young and a school in Queens, New York is trying to teach their young students what healthy eating can look like (and how delicious it can be). Click inside to learn more about the nation’s first all-vegetarian public school food program.
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Watch: Taylor Swift’s New Diet Coke Commercial Has Been Released

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Posted by: Trent on April 11, 2013| Leave a comment
"It feels like a perfect night"

Back in early March we learned that Taylor Swift was readying the release of her first commercial for Diet Coke. A few days later, Taylor released the music video for her single 22. Today we get to see the marriage of those two things in the just-released Diet Coke commercial starring Taylor Swift. As you can hear above, the commercial features Taylor‘s single 22 as well as, of course, prominent Diet Coke placement. Check out the commercial and see what you think.

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Chocolate Easter Eggs In Italy Are Better Than Anything Else

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Posted by: Shannon on March 31, 2013| 3 Comments

Okay, so I’m not one of those people who makes, like, ginormous Easter baskets for my kids and I don’t do dyed eggs but I’m seriously starting to rethink those decisions. Apparently, Easter eggs are amazing and I need to start making a bigger deal out of them… but only if I can get Italian with it. Did y’all know that chocolate Easter eggs in Italy are, like, insane? Okay, well. Chocolate Easter eggs in Italy are insane. Click inside to see the crayest Easter eggs ever!
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Britney Spears Poses For ‘Shape’ Magazine, Celebrates With Kentucky Fried Chicken

MY GIRL!
Posted by: Trent on March 20, 2013| 4 Comments

Our dear Britney Spears will be appearing on the cover of an upcoming issue of Shape magazine, which this month features Beyoncé. We know that Britney will be featured in Shape because she let us know yesterday that she shot the cover for the mag this week … and how, pray tell, does a shapely covermodel celebrate a successful photoshoot? Why, she heads straight for the closest Kentucky Fried Chicken and she picks up a bucket of fried deliciousness! See, that’s my girl, y’all. Click below to see a few cute photos of Brit Brit out and about here in SoCal yesterday lookin’ as adorable as ever. More »

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YDKJ

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Posted by: Trent on March 13, 2013| 8 Comments

Yesterday was a very nice, very quiet day for me … which went absolutely according to plan. Because of all the running around I’ve been doing in the past week and because I’ll be torturing myself by running the LA Marathon this coming Sunday, I’ve decided that this week is going to be a very relaxed week for me. The most exciting thing I got up to yesterday was playing video games on the couch. Yes, folks, it was a rabble-rousing Tuesday around the old homestead :D More »

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Twinkies May Return To Store Shelves This Summer

"We look forward to having America's fave snacks back on the shelf"
Posted by: Trent on March 12, 2013| 9 Comments

Remember back in November when we learned the HORRIBLE news that Hostess snack foods was going out of business and would no longer be producing delicious dessert treats like Twinkies anymore? Well, I’ve got some good news for ya. A joint bid by two companies successfully won the right to produce Twinkies and other Hostess snack foods for sale again … which means that “America’s favorite snacks” might be back on store shelves by the Summer! ISN’T THAT THE BEST NEWS EVER?! More »

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Beef & Books

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Posted by: Trent on March 12, 2013| 4 Comments

After my quick and sorta bizzy weekend in Detroit, I decided that my first day back was going to be really chill. In fact, I’m hoping to make the rest of the week a really quiet one. I’ve been running around a lot lately and, dang it, I just want to do nothing for a few days. With the season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones looming, I’m trying to read as quickly as possible the novel A Storm of Swords in order to get a handle on what’s to come in GoT season 3 before the show airs. I managed to do a lot of reading last night but I did take a break to run out for some Arby’s. What? Don’t judge me. It was a pretty perfect Monday night. More »

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Run This Town

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Posted by: Trent on March 10, 2013| 2 Comments

Last night Sarah, Mark and I finally managed to get out of the house and hit the town … tho, for a second night in a row, it almost didn’t happen. A lazy afternoon turned into a lazy evening and, well, you know how that goes. We managed to rally for a later dinner at Sean O’Callahan’s in Plymouth, MI for a pre-race meal. Today is the 31st annual Cork Town Race 5K and the three of us, plus Agnes and VLB, will be running the race. It’s a bit chilly here in Detroit today but hopefully that won’t be a problem. More »

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