No Olympics For Me!

August 2, 2012August 3, 2012Nick Steele Leave a comment

All this time I have been training to compete in the Olympics (in my head) in pretty much every event cause I’m pretty awesome at everything I do. But NOW, I’m giving all that up and will just go back to eating cheeseburgers everyday and never exercising. Or should I say…continue doing those things with a good reason! Why you ask? Why would I give up my dreams to wear that gold medal around my neck? First reason, I like TV and Cake (usually at the same time) and the second reason is although you win a bunch of money for getting a gold medal the government taxes you on the money AND the precious metal! Rude right? Check out the break down:

Americans who win golds get a bonus of $25,000 from the U.S. Olympic Committee. Silver gets you $15,000, bronze $10,000. After taxes, Gold medal winners end up owing Continue reading →

Diva Alert!

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012Nick Steele Leave a comment

Out of all of the judges on NBC’s The Voice, you would assume the biggest Diva is Christina Aguilera. It appears that Adam Levine may take the title after the news that he refuses to perform on the season finale. Last season’s final 4 contestants will be performing with perform with someone famous. Dia Frampton with Kid Cudi, Beverly McClellan with Cyndi Lauper and Ce-Lo will perform with his former team member Vicci Martinez. However, last season’s winner Javier Colon will perform alone because according to a source “Adam said he would only consider collaborating with Javier for the performance if it was a cover. Not his original song. Javier wouldn’t budge and neither would Adam.” Of course we don’t know all the facts, but on paper Adam looks pretty bad.