Hype is a dangerous thing. Often it leads to the disappointment of being underwhelmed. It forces you to expect, even demand, the exceptional and extraordinary. Living in Pittsburgh and being a regular Fat Head’s customer, the hype surrounding their award winning Head Hunter IPA has simply gone off the charts.

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Never under estimate the power of bacon. All 1,500 Tickets for the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival sold in 4 minutes!

What an amazing accomplishment for the Bacon Board! I wanted to post this Friday but as soon as I heard the news I cracked open a bottle of bacon vodka (not really but [...]

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Sean and I covered a lot ground on Bacon LIVE this week. One of the topics that stuck with me was when we starting talking about alien bacon. Other plants must have bacon… right? If we ever get visited by an alien life forum thats the first thing I am asking. “Do you have [...]

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It’s that time of year again when I start to get ready for my yearly pilgrimage to Des Moines, IA for the Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. Looks like the Brooks and the Bacon Board are really stepping it up this year. With the help of a national sponsor they hope to [...]

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Last night one Bacon LIVE Sean and I had to fight off a vegan. Luckily, we used the kill them with kindness tactic and they left the chat-room. We tried to reason with them but they proved unreasonable. I guess that happens when you have unreasonable restrictions on your own diet.

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Maple Bacon Cookies by Rose

On January 12, 2011 By

Rose from “Eat, Drink, and Be Meiri” recently emailed me to tell me about how she made bacon cookies. She seemed really excited about it in her email so I quickly clicked on the link to see what was up. To my surprise Rose found a way to step the classic bacon cookie [...]

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On last nights show Sean and I talked about the goals we set for yourselves last year. I wanted to start the ultimate bacon store and meet Kevin Bacon. Sean just wanted to finish one of his many writing projects. I bet you can’t guess who completed more of there goals.

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Last night was Bacon LIVE’s end of the year show. Sean and I talked about what we got for Christmas and our best bacon movements of 2010.

I also tried to make this a more interactive show by asking Twitter and the chatroom the same two questions. I even used to sound board to [...]

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‘Twas the night before Bacon Fest and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The frying pan was placed on the stove top with care
In hopes that Mr. Baconpants would soon be there

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
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Last night was the Christmas Bacon LIVE show. We had Christmas music, last second gift ideas, and Sean brought back a popular segment, Non-Bacon Bacon Related News.

The hour went by so fast this week that we didn’t get a chance to get to everything we wanted too. Maybe the new sound board is [...]

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