July 8, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon (Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest)
Tim "Gravy" Brown (Professional Competitive Eater): Wait...
July 3, 2008
To the Big Apple for big hot dogs…
I'll be in New York City for the Fourth of July weekend watching people eat lots of hot dogs!!! That's right, I'll be watching the Super Bowl of competitive eating live at Coney Island: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest!!! Watch ESPN on Friday at 11am...
May 19, 2008
A new Patrick steals the show at the Illinois hot dog eating contest qualifier.
Guy: So, are you the official photographer? Val: No, I'm just a big competitive eating fan. Guy: I'm not going to lie. That's kind of weird. So, it's not that me being a little weird of a person is any big news to anyone. But, every once in...
April 25, 2008
Pop quiz.
Time for an exam. Please leave your answers in the comments: 1. It was announced today that they are adding a qualifying round for the Nathan's contest in Chicago. I am definitely going. I am considering competing but I think I would rather be known in...
April 24, 2008
in competitive eating, TV
Everything i touch turns to pink.
1. Laura Bush doesn't blink. This bothers me greatly. 2. AI spoiler: Carly is gone! The dreadlocked dude sang Memory and didn't realize it was originally sung by a cat and the crying girl screwed up her song, and was the only person in the history...
February 19, 2008
I can’t afford it anyways.
1. No one planned a trip to the auto show this year :-( I really wanted to go too because I wanted to see the new production Challenger because I really want one. This makes me sad. 2. This game will make my LIFE!!! Seriously, I...
December 6, 2007
You have a car.
1. Please do not say that you're not really that picky about what you are looking for in a person you'd date when you do not want to date the person you are talking to. 2. Why does everything go wrong at 4:59? At approximately 4:59...
November 14, 2007
No more teachers dirty looks.
1. I am officially a master. OK, not officially because I still have to turn in two papers over the weekend and I still won't get my diploma until March because I am a slacker who missed the deadline. But I never have to go...
October 31, 2007
Chattanooga Chew Chew: Krystal Square Off IV
Yes, we drove ten hours to Chattanooga and ten hours back to Chicago to watch people eat hamburgers for eight minutes. Yes, we are weird and wacky and insane. Yes, it was totally worth it to see the Krystal Square Off IV hamburger eating contest...
October 31, 2007
Krystal Confessions
Everyone told me that Krystals were kind of like White Castles, which made me nervous because I hate Castle sliders. Let's just say that there were a pleasant surprise...