The first real heartbreak I ever felt was in the eighth grade. The dog that I grew up with, a chocolate lab/greyhound mix named Barkley, passed away and took my childhood with it. After that, I decided that I’d never let myself get so close to a pet. Less than…
Father’s Day is just around the corner, and the last thing you want is for Pops to go hungry on his big day. The good news is you don’t have to cook — and you don’t have to look hard to find hot deals on food and drinks this Sunday,…
The Guilty Pleasure: S’mores Oreos Where to Get It: Grocery Stores, probably Target and Walmart too Price: $2.98 (Could vary by store) What it Really Costs: Rethinking what it really means to be an Oreo (or a s’more) Just when we thought Oreos really had the whole “delicious sandwich cookie”…
At the ripe old age of 7, I decided I wanted to play collegiate baseball. I still remember sitting in the leatherette corner booth of a gaudy Mexican restaurant and telling my best friend at the time that I wanted to lead Stanford to a national championship in…
Few genres delve into political problems as often as punk rock, but that doesn’t make every political punk song tolerable.
The Guilty Pleasure: Most American Thickburger Where to Get It: Carl’s Jr. Price: $5.79 What it Really Costs: Three years of your life, gastric bypass surgery, the option of not screaming “‘MURICA!” while eating your food Unless you’ve been hiding from all sorts of fast food news and advertising, you’ve…
It’s summer, you’re cheap, and you’ve got a date. Don’t worry, we’re here for you. Here are 10 low-cost summer date ideas so you don’t look like a total stingy loser. 10. Watch a baseball game Arizona’s one of the biggest baseball hotbeds in the world, and there’s almost always…
Even the greatest bands have to call it quits at some point. Some of them do it more gracefully than other, but it’s way more fun when a band completely implodes and airs their dirty laundry for all to see. Here are 10 of the ugliest band breakups in history. 10…
“I really like you, and that was amazing,” said the naked 26-year-old woman who lay in bed next to me. “But I couldn’t date you, my mom would kill both of us. It’s nothing against you, you’re just not the type of guy I’d want to bring home to her,…
The Guilty Pleasure: Cotton Candy Blizzard Where to Get It: Dairy Queen Price: $3.79 for a small (regular Blizzard prices) What it Really Costs: Three cavities and roughly an eighth of your taste buds Due to some technical difficulties it took us about 40 minutes to finally get a Cotton…
If you’ve got any sense at all, you’ll be taking a trip somewhere this summer to escape the heat for at least a couple of days. Sure, you could fly, but that means dealing with gross airports, TSA searches, and constantly wondering if you’re going to miss your plane. Instead,…
If you know what you’re doing, Vegas can be a really good place for a random fling. If you don’t know what you’re doing, Vegas can be a really bad place where you waste a ton of money trying to make a random fling happen. There are no promises once…
Remember when everyone was really big into rapping and rocking and wearing backwards baseball caps all at the same time? Yeah, the ‘90s (and early ‘00s) were a weird era for music. It’s probably best that nu-metal hasn’t made a huge resurgence on the back of ‘90s nostalgia, but here…
Odds are, you know who Chris Tucker is. You probably first saw him in Friday, or maybe Rush Hour, and you’ve almost definitely seen him since then. What you might not have known is that Tucker will be bringing his stand-up to Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, May 16. Like many comedians,…
The Guilty Pleasure: Peanut Butter Cup Oreos Where to Get It: Grocery stores, Target, Walmart, anywhere cookies are sold Price: $3 (roughly, varies by store) What it Really Costs: An intervention after becoming addicted to a cookie/candy combination that actually works Have you ever been eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter…
A lot of comedians get their start because of their love for being on stage or their desire to make the world laugh. Deon Cole didn’t start for either of those reasons. According to the comic, a friend bet him $50 to do stand-up one time, and the rest is…
One day, we’ll all tell our children (and/or grandchildren) about why the 24-hour reality television channel is called MTV. We’ll say something like “Sonny, there was once a time, when I was just a wee child, when that station played music videos.” “A music video on television? That’s preposterous, grandpa/grandma…
The Guilty Pleasure: S’mores Frappuccino Where to Get It: Starbucks Price: $4.45 for a tall (Do you really need to go bigger than that?) What it Really Costs: Those childhood memories of sitting around a campfire…
In a world full of dainty two-egg omelets and pancakes the size of coffee coasters, the newly opened Broken Yolk Cafe in Mesa provides a solid dose of over-sized portions that are sure to satisfy the fat kid in of all of us. If you go to San Diego often,…
If you’re looking for a good laugh on Mother’s Day, you may want to head to the Crescent Ballroom around 8 p.m. An improvisational comedy show called The Switch will be making its Phoenix debut, and its not the kind of thing you’ll want to miss. A few years ago,…
Although Gary Owen might not look like the bulk of his audience (he’s often one of the only white guys in the room at his performances), he connects with his fanbase on a level that few comedians can…
The Guilty Pleasure: Ghost Pepper Fries Where to Get It: Wendy’s Price: $1.99 What it Really Costs: The sanctity of the holy ghost pepper among spicy food fanatics…
