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Life's Rich Pageant
Urban Meyer’s House Is Freaking Me Out, Man
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Albert Burneko
September 17, 2021
MLB
Please Explain To Me What The Hell Aaron Boone Is Trying To Say About Derek Jeter
153
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Albert Burneko
September 8, 2021
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Chefector
Let’s Bake Some Cornbread
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Albert Burneko
September 4, 2021
NFL
Mark Davis’s House Is The World Capital Of Sadness
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Albert Burneko
September 1, 2021
NBA
Ben Simmons, To Team Trying To Trade Him: Trade Me
139
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Albert Burneko
August 31, 2021
Soccer
Personally I Feel This Jack Wilshere Interview Summary Could Be Even More Brutal
186
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Albert Burneko
August 26, 2021
This Is So Stupid
There Should Be A Game Show Where People Compete To Be A Game Show Host
104
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Albert Burneko
August 23, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Someone, Please, Explain To Me What This Sentence Is Trying To Say
218
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Albert Burneko
August 23, 2021
Chefector
Let’s Cook Up A Nice Big Bowl Of Summer
84
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Albert Burneko
August 21, 2021
This Is So Stupid
Only I Know Why Chris Palmer Thought It A Good Idea To Tweet That Vanessa Bryant Doesn’t Know This Stupid Factoid About Her Dead Husband, And I’ll Never Tell
124
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Albert Burneko
August 13, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Either Wirecutter Or I Are Doing Toilet Brush Ownership EXTREMELY Wrong
259
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Albert Burneko
August 12, 2021
Chefector
A Big Pile Of Tomatoes Is A Salad If You Say It Is
113
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Albert Burneko
August 7, 2021
NBA
A Complete List Of Players Who, Unlike Ben Simmons, Would Not Be Willing To Join The Golden State Warriors
97
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Albert Burneko
August 5, 2021
Olympics
What Kind Of Toilet Destruction Are We Talking About, Here?
187
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Albert Burneko
August 4, 2021
NBA
This Stupid Basketball Cliche Impacts Puking Out My Fucking Breakfast
157
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Albert Burneko
August 3, 2021
Chefector
Let’s Fry Some Green Tomatoes
83
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Albert Burneko
July 10, 2021
NBA
A Deep And Illuminating NBA Finals Preview For Basketball Morons
120
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Albert Burneko
July 6, 2021
Overexplained Lists
Worst Places To Get A Sunburn, Ranked
242
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Albert Burneko
July 4, 2021
Capital
Check Out The Drama At This Hip Cookware Company, And Then Confront The Sucking Void At The Heart Of The Global Economy
401
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Albert Burneko
June 28, 2021
Chefector
Smoke The Pork, Pull The Pork, And Put The Pork In A Sandwich
145
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Albert Burneko
June 26, 2021
NBA
Basketball Is Played By People, Not Archetypes
184
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Albert Burneko
June 21, 2021
Chefector
Let’s Make Some Slaw
131
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Albert Burneko
June 12, 2021
This Is So Stupid
Experts: Albert Burneko Is Handsome And It’s Cool To Just Give Him Money
194
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Albert Burneko
June 10, 2021
Chefector
It Is Not Yet Tomato Time, Blasphemers
234
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Albert Burneko
June 7, 2021
NBA
Damian Lillard Can’t Get Away With Being Human
58
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Albert Burneko
June 4, 2021
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