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Original Gangster (Non-Bay): Lance Thomas

Filed Under: Original Gangster on June 17, 2010

Growing up in a large city, I know people who’ve been shot and stabbed. There are ones that perished, peace be upon them, and ones that lived to [...]

Why Carl’s Jr. is a Bad Investment (Part III: Financials)

Filed Under: Opinion on April 4, 2010

Now for the most boring but most important metric for deciding if Carl’s is a good investment. I can tell if I want to invest in something withi [...]

Why Carl’s Jr. Is a Bad Investment (Part II: Advertisements)

Filed Under: Finance, Food, Opinion on March 25, 2010

For those just joining, you can catch up by reading the Introduction and Part I: Menu. In a nutshell, Wendy’s is planning on buying Carl’ [...]

Why Carl’s Jr. Is a Bad Investment (Part I: Menu)

Filed Under: Finance, Food on March 18, 2010

For those just beginning to read, this is Part I of a three part series. Read the introduction to catch up. In short, Wendy’s is considering pu [...]

Why Carl’s Jr. Is a Bad Investment (Introduction)

Filed Under: Finance, Food, News, Opinion on March 14, 2010

Ever since I was a young bleed growing up on the East Coast, there were two options for after school food. Either a happy meal with the lead encrusted [...]

Athletic Bay

Filed Under: Bays on March 11, 2010

Mr. Investor, there’s something wrong with BAYbe dayvees. What? Don’t worry about it, the olympics are over. Oops! Someone forgot to boos [...]

Etymology of Fried Chix Stereotype

Filed Under: Food, Opinion on March 7, 2010

Mmm, Fried chicken/Fly vixen/Give me heart disease/But need you in my kitchen - Nasir Jones, Poet of the Streets Yes the black people fried chicken st [...]

NBC: Epic Olympic Coverage Fail

Filed Under: Opinion, Sports on February 21, 2010

What’s Failing NBC is focusing way too much on wins. The people want fail. The viewers don’t care what flag the athlete is carrying unle [...]

Modern Day Social Engineering

Filed Under: News, Opinion on February 17, 2010

Jimmy Tran, a recovering addict of ahnline dating sites, has become another statistic. Mr. Tran is a 23 year old Vietnamese-American male living in I [...]