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White chocolate is an abomination

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There are some things in this world that just shouldn't be. White chocolate happens to be one of those things. The fact that it's misnamed is enough to make my blood boil. There are so many things wrong with white chocolate that calling it anything short of an abomination is giving it more love than that, over the top sweet-plastic tasting- ruiner of perfectly good candy products, deserves. If you've ever eaten some, you know what I'm talking about. So what's wrong with white chocolate? Let me count the ways. White chocolate isn't even chocolate! Let's get to this straight right away. Don't even start with the "it's in the name" bullshit, I've already established that stuff has been misnamed since the beginning of time (see my cheesepie article for more argument on that). White chocolate isn't even chocolate, it's made up of cocoa butter, milk solids and fats, and a metric shit ton of sweetener. There are no cocoa solids

It's cheesepie, not cheesecake.

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Cheesepie is one of my favorite desserts. What's that? You've never heard of cheesepie? Oh, that's because it's been going by the alias of cheesecake all this time. Well that ends today.

BurrEato

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The start of another BurrEato is only one week away! Think you have what it takes to eat 30 burritos during the month of November? Come join us!

Don’t like fast food and fast casual joints? You’re probably a snob.

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The infographic above shows America’s favorite fast food chains by state according to a study done by Business insider and the team at Four Square. As you can see, Chick-Fil-A dominated (AS IT SHOULD) across the country even in states where it doesn’t have a presence. I shared this in a group text and there wasn’t a much of a question over whether the map was truly representative of what the actual favorite chain was in each state (because there’s no way the map is anywhere close to correct), no instead a debate on what constituted what counts as fast food erupted. There was a lot of name calling and swearing (mostly by yours truly because I get heated when I think know I’m right), but it was all in good fun like any argument among friends should be. Some interesting opinions were shared and when I woke up this morning, I couldn’t stop thinking about the conversation as a whole. There is some grey area Before I go into the differences between fast food and fast casual restau

17 Unplayed Games in 2017 Challenge Recap

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At the beginning of the year on BGG, there are a bunch of different challenges that you can sign up for that are designed to encourage you to play more.

Hockey is back and so am I

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The NHL started its new season last night and I've made the decision that I want to get back into watching and following hockey like I used to.

Top 10 Favorite Unusual Pizza Toppings

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I have a lot of food opinions and I also happen to love top 10 lists. More often than not I scoff at the choices on those lists but they are fun to read all the same. So I plan on doing a series of top 10 lists that are all about what *I* like. You likely won't agree with my choices as the definitive best in a category but since it's all about my taste, you don't have to.