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- Burgin’ Timewarp: Cheeburger Cheeburger
The other day I had a chance to stop in and try a burger at Cheeburger Cheeburger in Northville. Though I believe its namesake is borrowed the famous SNL sketch, it has no affiliation with the Horny Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago from which the skit was originally based.
Inside is a clean and well designed [...]
- Eat/Out: El Oasis Lansing
Few things in life bring the sB team more joy than stuffing our faces. That said, we’ve always been a bit more discerning than your average obese Americans. We strive to bring to light the best in unhealthy food by alerting our readers to unique ways of slowly killing themselves.
Here in the USA May is [...]
- Metonymy and the Media: Food Fight
Food Fight playfully crafts the epic odyssey of twenty-first century warfare using animated food stuffs. Instead of Germans vs. Jews, Matzo fights Brats, etc. etc. It’s amazing how the imagery and meaning of war changes when the soldiers are replaced by hamburgers.
For the bits and pieces that might be hard to decipher, there’s [...]
- Big Lots Bonanza: Bundts, Babies, Birds and Bees
It’s rare that I’ve ever gone to Big Lots and not been pleasantly surprised by the oddities within. Today was certainly not an exception. My inaugural trip for the year was looking bland but BAM! these pans changed it all. Here’s the info, as well as a handful of other grunt-inducing finds:
I’m [...]
- This is America: Number One!
Mostly taken from the detritus filled backseat of a speeding passenger car, here’s a quick roundup of Americana:
1. Anthropomorphic Food Mascots (a la Mr. Taco)2. Big Big Big
3. Poorly Executed Advertising. Ambiguity + Ads = Super Creepy.
4. Tacky, unnecessary ridiculousness. “Really honey, I think we need a tree face!”
5. Big Food Shrines. [...]
