Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants are not only comforting you with cheese and bacon, but also with hours of comfy thoughts in your online world. Now you can become a fan of "The Comfort Place" or download an actual application that will put "24 Hours of Comforting Awesomeness" on your Facebook wall. Now you can become a fan of "The Comfort Place" or download an actual application that will put "24 Hours of Comforting Awesomeness" on your Facebook wall.

The application was created to tie in with the popular Grilled Cheese Bacon Burgers, launched on January 27:

To extend the comforting goodness of the Grilled Cheese Bacon Burgers, both Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are embarking on a digital campaign to provide even more solace to their customers, especially their core fans of "Young, Hungry guys."¹

As awesome as that all sounds, I think they had us with just the burgers.

Become a fan or download the application at:
facebook.com/carlsjr.


1 Carl's Jr. Press Release, February 22, 2010

On May 27, 1933, the Chicago World's Fair ("A Century of Progress International Exposition") opened in Chicago. It remains one of the largest fairs ever held, bringing in 22.5 million ticket sales in 1933 and another 16.4 million in 1934.¹ The fair promoted architectural and industrial innovation. Ford Motor Company even produced a $5 million, nine-hundred-foot long building with a 20-foot globe, recreations of historic highways and an automobile assembly plant.

There were a few oddball displays, however, like the "Magic Mountain" slides for the kiddies, Sally Rand's infamous "fan dance" show for the bachelors and, of course, the "Living Babies in Incubators" exhibit.² But what I want to know is...

where the hell is my robot cow?

Click here to see
Popular Science's article
on the elusive cow.<sup>3








1</sup>"World's Fairs," Encyclopedia.com
²"Century of Progress 1933-34," Chicago History Museum, ChicagoHS.org
³"Robot Cow Moos and Gives Milk," Popular Science, May 1933

Former COTW (July 2008) Joey Chestnut retained his hot dog eating crown this 4th of July by wolfing down a record setting 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes! Chestnut once again won the coveted "Mustard Belt" given to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest held every July 4th in Coney Island, New York. This is Chestnut's third victory and he broke his previous record of 66 hot dogs set just last year.



Chestnut was overheard saying "I ate what?" and later said that he thinks he can do better and is trying for 70 next year!

GOD BLESS YOU JOEY CHESTNUT! We here at CAD salute you! You are a true American!

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OK...first let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of pretty much everything Arby's does. I have enjoyed many of their tasty sandwiches in my time. But, something they have recently done has been eating at me for quite awhile.

I'm sure all of you have seen the commercials for what Arby's is calling the "Roast Burger." It's a very tasty looking (and tasting) sandwich that they have come out with to offer as a healthier alternative to a standard burger. I have no problem with the concept. As much as I'd love to, you can't eat a burger everyday. The problem I have is with the name!

Many of you may remember my article "It's not a burger!" from a few months ago. I have a BIG issue with things being called burgers that aren't. And the "Roast Burger" isn't even close to being a burger. OK, it has meat, cheese, lettuce, and it's on a bun, BUT IT'S NOT A BURGER!! It's the same as everything else Arby's serves. A roast beef sandwich and nothing more. Websters defines a burger as such:

A sandwich consisting of a bun, a cooked beef patty, and often other ingredients such as cheese, onion slices, lettuce, or condiments. Often used in combination: a cheeseburger.

So Arby's...keep making your mouth-watering sandwiches and curly fries, but leave the burger making to McDonalds.

In the steps of Paris Hilton, Padma Lakshmi has signed on to promote Hardees latest meat masterpiece the Bacon Western Thickburger. You may remember Padma as our very first "Babe That Loves Us" and from her hit show Top Chef.

In an interview from People.com, Padma was quoted as saying, "I think it's a beautiful love song to food," Lakshmi says of her new ad. "I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction."

According to Hardees the commercial is set to air March 30 in all Hardees markets. A Hardees source said of Padma's performance, "she was totally hot and a real class act. She can really put down a burger, too."

I can't wait to see the commercial and to try the burger too!

You read it right folks! Today, March 14th, is officially Steak and BJ Day! So, once again, Happy Steak and BJ Day!

I did some research and came up with some of the history behind this ingenious holiday. Apparently it was invented to be paired up along with Valentines Day. You can find out more about at www.steakandbjday.com

Now ladies, you know that Valentines Day is geared mainly at you. I mean us men have to hunt for the perfect card or gift. We try to find the perfect restaurant, bouquet of flowers, and so on or (let's be honest) you'll make us pay for it in some way or another. So, someone (yes, it was a man) came up with a day where men can get equal time. A day where all men can feel appreciated. And here's the best part...MEN ARE EASY! No need to get a card or flowers or hunt for a gift. All you need to do is give us a steak and a BJ. What could be easier?

Now, I know what some of you are thinking. What about those men who are the "V" word? Y'know the vegetarians. Well, I have two things to say about that:

1. Guys who are vegetarians are NOT real men!

2. Vegetarians are too pasty and weak to get girlfriends or wives anyway!

So, in closing ladies...show the man in you life that you care and help celebrate this wonderful day!

Read more about it here.

That's right kids! Now you can cover you desktop with MEAT! We have been working hard to come up with meat related wallpapers (or should I say meatpapers?) for all of you meat eaters out there. What better to see on you computer than delicious, juicy, mouth-watering meat? I'M HUNGRY JUST TALKING ABOUT IT! Here are just a few of what we have made for you. Be on the look out for the new "Meatpaper" section coming soon!
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Cooking used to be all about making food that tasted good. But somewhere along the way, we seem to have decided the diet-of-the-week was more important. How to Cook Like Your Grandmother is a return to recipes and techniques that are based on what tastes good, not on junk science and fad diets. You won't find the words lite, low, lean, free or skim anywhere.

This is all real food, cooked the way Grandma would have done it.

One of the most famous vegans on Earth is showing just how well his body is coping with his chosen lifestyle.

Steve Jobs announced that he will not be a keynote speaker at Apple's MacWorld Expo trade show this week due to poor health. Job's has been dangerously thin for years, having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July of 2003.¹ The official word is that Job's current health is due to "a hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy."²

Proteins, huh? Hormones are stealing your protein? Now, I'm not one to kick a man when he's down, but come on... he's a vegan who's losing weight. Improper nutrition can lead to hormonal imbalances, among a very long list of other problems. So, I'm sorry, Steve, but you don't need a doctor to figure out what's aggravating your already poor condition.

As Mark Sutton from itp.net says, "Steve Jobs needs a hamburger."³



1. "Steve Jobs looks dangerously thin," gawker.com
2. "Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs," apple.com
3. "Steve Jobs needs a hamburger," itp.net

High above the alps lives Tinger, a Wolpertinger, with his friend Kaes. There they are enjoying the calm life and playing cards. Suddenly, it dawns on tinger that they need some bread for dinner. So, he hits the road. An hour later....

Tinger's friend Kaes is a piece of LIVING MEAT! And the Bavarian Meat Mafia has KIDNAPPED HIM!!!

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