Sriracha comes out as the winner of the funkrocks Hot Sauce Battle. It won the popular vote as a result of its versatility and all around taste. To celebrate this sauce, I made a Sriracha Bloody Mary. Start with a pint glass filled with ice and add: 1-2 Teaspoons Sriracha 1-2 Teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce 1/2 Teaspoon Prepared [...]

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Here is the thing. If I can’t eat at least one burrito a week, I will go through withdrawals. The last food I ate before leaving the country for 10 days was a burrito. The first place I went to after getting back in the country was a Mexican restaurant…for a burrito. I went straight [...]

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For better or for worse, if you look at my bookcase or my DVD collection, a quarter of the inventory falls into the organized crime genre. I love the fast moving, hard hitting tales of crews who had enough dirty money to fix a world series and transform Las Vegas. Not to mention, the wacky [...]

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For most people living in Los Angeles, traffic is a given. I am used to it by now, but whenever I visit a city with a really nice public transportation system, I feel a little bit jealous. It doesn’t make me jealous enough to trade the 300 days of sunshine that LA averages per year for [...]

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Forget about all of the snobs who say drinking games are immature. This game will transform even the stuffiest wine sniffer into a beer slurping believer. After running through the gauntlet of college drinking games, I have realized that this game reigns supreme. Beer Hockey has an “athletic” component and definitely promotes healthy competition. It doesn’t demand any [...]

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Writing the first post in a blog which may never be read is still nerve-wracking. What I plan on putting up here will be whatever I have on my mind. That could range from getting nerdy (Excel tips of the week is a possibility) to providing some useful tidbits (product reviews and deals for the cheapskates) [...]

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