When it rains it spores

Inside the wild world of mushroom hunting

A hefty, heartfelt Horgos goodbye

I begged my mother to give me Valium for my high school graduation. I sat in a fog on the stage, the speakers blabbing about the future and education and the usual garble. I obviously wasn’t my class’ valedictorian. And now here I am, staring at another impending graduation. The thing is, I’m terrible at [...]

Lou Reed and Metallica collaborate and release a catastrophic album

Lou Reed and Metallica’s first collaborative album Lulu delivers grating guitar riffs with morbid and morose lyrics, creating an overwhelming sound that’s essentially unlistenable.

How diabetes camp changed my life: A love story

The other day, I went grocery shopping with low blood sugar. It’s kind of like being stoned. I bought everything the color orange: yams, carrots, pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin beer. I snacked on dried apricots and mangoes out of the bulk bin. I’m pretty sure  the security guard was following me as I did [...]

Why I will no longer be keeping up with the Kardashians

I’ve got an embarrassing secret. I roasted an entire chicken and watched the Keeping Up with the Kardashians wedding special while in my pajamas when it was first released a month ago. Yes, I devoured the olive oil-doused skin, hoping that I, too, could get my bedonk to cast nearly half the shadow of Kim’s [...]

McDonald’s needs to go big or go home

Bonnie Horgos talks about McDonald’s and why having a cheeseburger every once in a while is not a bad thing.

Dr Pepper Ten, thanks for reminding us how to be a man

Men have a weird relationship with beverages. First it was beer. While they wanted to look manly pounding down brewski after brewski, they didn’t want an unsightly bulge to accumulate above their ever-constricting Levis. So what was the solution? Watered-down light beer, complete with a paltry couple carbs and insipid flavor. And while men may [...]

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