Bite of The Day: Pumped Up

May 13, 2008
Ara Shanlian Jr.

Your Own Personal Ethanol Station
Once you attain a certain stature in life, there are two things that no longer make sense—cheap liquor and expensive gas stations.
So there’s obvious appeal to the idea that you could turn cheap liquor into cheap gas in the time it takes you to down […]

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Bite of the Day: Boo Bush, Boo.

 
The Daily Banter’s Peter Bauer reports, “President Bush was booed Sunday as he threw out the first pitch for the Washington Nationals.” Seems like the cows are coming home, I mean cowboys. Cowboys. In about seven years, the Bush legacy is not in tip-top shape according to a stadium of nationals.
Bush then [2001]:
Bush Now: […]

Wiki-Bite of the Day: He’s Not From Santa Barbara…Ole!

Groucho Marx
Julius Henry “Groucho” Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made fifteen feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and […]

Bite of the Day: Eating for Free? We’re In!

Wait, I think we got it wrong. At least it was for a good cause.
On FreeRice.com, for each word you get right, they donate 20 grams of rice throughout the UN World Food Program to help end hunger. It sounds easy enough. On the homepage, after you choose by highlighting a definition to word […]

Bite of the Day: Dressing On Front St.

Missing the Signs
Secret Store Under Sunset Boulevard
Occasionally, your quest for original attire takes you to some pretty strange places. Like a secret, signless store cloaked in the dark shadow of a dingy over is where you’ll find Front St., the just-opened shop from burgeoning label Endovanera.
Pronounced “end of an era”—so subversive, these fashion people—the line […]

Bite of the Day: Mixtape, Muxtape - Legal?

Get rid of those cassettes! No more recording from the radio!
Okay, you’ve been making MP3 collections for a while now.
Now, Muxtape and Mixwit offer users the ability to make digital mix-tapes. There is a difference between the two. Muxtape is a less-developed site depending on its users for uploading and creating. Mixwit goes […]

Bite of the Day: K-Love

Super Freshman!
Kevin Love, who was the Gatorade national high school player of the year, now named a first team All-American leading his UCLA Bruins to a third straight seat in the NCAA Final Four, proves that art imitates life. In an earlier commercial for Powerade, the mighty LeBron James is […]

Bite of the Day: Bank Loses $19Billion

In the largest fallout in Europe from the US economic crisis so far, UBS - Switzerland’s largest bank has reported a loss of 19 billion dollars. Apparently, the subprime mortgage crisis that is rattled the American economy to warnings of depression, is doing more than decreasing consumerism abroad.
This ties in with the recent government bail […]

Bite of the Day: CocoRosie

The bewitching Casady sisters will have you go digging for those lost toys and reconsider recycling your ipod. Their video for Hairnet Paradise off their first album released in 2004, LA MAISON DE MON REVE, has this t-shirt clad duo bringing together a kazoo, a harp, and a toy. Yes, a kazoo, a harp and […]