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Last month marked the five-year anniversary of George Zimmerman's acquittal of a second-degree murder and manslaughter charge, after the 34-year-old shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin in an incident that trapped the public consciousness for more than a year. Following Trayvon Martin's death in February of 2012, protests erupted all…
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Gordon Ramsay, right? Speak to any random member of the public about their favourite celebrity chef and they'll almost certainly mention our sweary Scotsman. But while he's a Michelin-starred chef who's undoubtedly really darned good at preparing food to shove into our faceholes, Ramsay's cooking skills are perhaps the third-most…
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Even if you weren't into the documentary scene a little more than a decade ago, then there's still a very good chance you're familiar with Super Size Me, which came out in May of 2004. You got to see Morgan Spurlock eat a ton of McDonald's, but you also got…
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All over the UK today, young students are opening letters in nervous anticipation, as they find out their GCSE results. It's a rite of passage for every 16-year-old Brit in school, and no matter what you end up doing later in life, you end up looking back at your GCSE…
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Glorious glutes and bulging biceps are both great, but one thing that most people struggle with when trying to lose weight is the white whale that is belly fat. There's a reason all those random adverts you get all over your favourite sites advertise about how to get rid of…
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Ah, the Kardashians. Reality TV royalty, taking up at least 30 percent of internet traffic at any given time; unless you completely cut yourself off from technology, you're probably going to hear something in passing about one of them, and you're just going to have to deal with that. Besides…
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Regardless of whether you're a bleeding heart or the equivalent of a fleshy cyborg, the fact of the matter remains: breakups suck. Opening yourself up physically and emotionally to another person is always tough, and when that deep connection is severed for one reason or another, it's hard to carry…
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By now, with KFC, you have a decent idea of what you're getting every time you go to visit the Colonel. I mean, not in terms of their marketing; I genuinely have no idea what crazy shenanigans that KFC will get up to next when it comes to advertising their…
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With homework, gym class and detention, there was a lot in my school days I was not particularly a fan of, but school lunches were surprisingly not terrible (given their reputation). Going to a public school meant that you could get all kinds of neat morsels - like a slice…
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No matter how stressed, upset or tired I am, there's one thing that brings me back from the brink, making me feel better in an instant. I don't know what it is about animal videos, but show me a cat getting confused by a DVD player or a rabbit eating…
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We've all heard of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. I hope. When you think of Gordon Ramsay and his enduring schtick of yelling expletive-laden diatribes at people who have temerity to cook a steak slightly wrong, you're either thinking of Hell's Kitchen, or you're picturing Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. It was an extremely popular…
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Although most people will look back with a teary, nostalgic eye at their student days, I can say for sure that if a time traveller offered me a chance to relive my days on university campus, I would absolutely laugh in his face. Even if you take the copious drinking,…
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For the most part, Mother Nature gave us the tools we needed to be able to survive. Legs equipped to walk or run long distances, the brains necessary to outsmart deadly predators, and most importantly: the ability to shovel food into our faceholes when the entire operation is in dire…
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Any time you step into a fast food restaurant of any kind, you're unwittingly entering into a contract. Walk up to the counter of a McDonald's, KFC or Burger King, and provided you can pony up the dough, you can have delicious greasy food to fill your face hole, and…
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Despite the sheer volume of edible goodies out there, some people can have problems truly enjoying the embarrassment of riches on display when it comes to food. As a child I was a bit of a picky eater. I barely ate anything at school, enjoyed a select menu at home;…
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All the images we have of the elderly (in movies, television shows and bizarre stock photos) have us thinking of bingo nights, cruise ships, and the occasional culturally insensitive remark to remind us we're in a slightly different era. But we very rarely think of 75-year-old people who could beat…
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Regardless of what Ke$ha says, the only way I've ever woken up "feeling like P Diddy" is if P Diddy wakes up every morning feeling like death incarnate; regretting every moment of existence leading up to that point, as his alarm blares and bleats by his bedside table. But I…
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In a world where there are still millions of people around the world without secure access to food, I think it's really easy to take the idea of a restaurant for granted. Once in a while (or whenever you can afford it and you're too lazy to cook), you can…
