Daily Archives: November 16, 2012

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Guy Fieri Can’t Be the Worst Food Network Star Can He?

Now that Guy Fieri’s new Times Square restaurant has been effectively torpedoed by critics for serving up cuisine apparently not fit for a truck stop restroom during an apocalypse, you’d think that he’s the worst thing to come out of The Food Network despite all his success with the channel and in the business of celebrity chefdom. Well, that may be subjective. For what it’s worth, it seems The Food Network is really some sort of clearing house for abominable cooks whose creations are often the butt of many a joke. Continue reading →

Photo Phriday: What Have You Built?

BTHOB Ags Build the Hell. A-Whoop

Are you crafty? Are you inventive? Are you a builder or a craftsman? Have you ever devoted your life to a project or task that you will always be proud of? For this week’s Photo Phriday show off what you’ve built from the ground up.

That is Student Bonfire from 2008. Student Bonfire is a 501(c)3 corporation that I helped created. It is based off of the Aggie Bonfire that fell in 1999, and it helped me create who I am. I was quoted in an AP article featured in major newspapers around the country (including the New York Times) because of this college project of mine. There are over 1300 people who sacrifice their fall weekends in college to get together and Build The Hell Out of Bonfire. Continue reading →

Meet China’s New Leadership

Rejected titles included “Profiles in Courage”, “The Outcome of the Chinese Election” and “Seven Guys Named Mao”. Unfortunately, the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC)- China’s highest governing body- aren’t truly elected, didn’t get where they are through great personal courage and are not all named Mao, even if 6 of the 7 did attend the Party Congress in identical suits with identical red ties.

Despite all this, they will almost certainly have more impact on the world in the next 5 years than any other world leader besides Barack Obama (and quite possibly more than him). It would make sense to know a bit about them, right?  So read on, and become informed. Continue reading →