overrated

To paraphrase journalist Christopher Hitchens, some of the most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster and picnics. Hitchens has a fourth item item on his list, but we won't go into that here, in case children are reading. Either way, there are plenty more overrated things in America that...

I know that some of my fellow bloggers over on BloggingStocks love Chipotle as a stock, salivating at its growth potentional. However, here I'm writing about the food and presentation and ambience of the Chipotle experience, and frankly, I think it's very overrated. I'll start with the ambience....

Having gone to my 20th high school reunion recently, followed by some reflecting about how my life has gone an adult, I admit to feeling a little weird and intimidated about the idea of suggesting that Angelina Jolie is overrated. After all, the 33-year-old actress and philanthropist is attractive,...

The Wii is a pretty amazing piece of technology. Not only has it brought casual gamers of all ages together, but it did it in a way which disillusioned many hardcore gamers frustrated by the lack of many features we have come to expect from the current crop of video game consoles. For lack of a...

Of the many things that I find overrated, the single most highly overrated item has to be the college grade point average (GPA). Yep, that two-digit number that we slave over for four years, carefully weighing which classes we can skip and which justify an all-nighter, is, in the long run, worth...

Okay, call me crazy, but I'm sooooo over blogs and blogging.The blogosphere is choking on itself. Blogoreah is the result of well over 100 million blogs out there in the vast cyber wasteland. With new blogs being created about every three minutes and mainstream publishers putting out their own...

In 27 months without a car, I have saved thousands of dollars and become an entirely new person; happier, more balanced, and much more muscular. Though I spent decades of my life in love with the American car culture, and then happened into the decision to give it up without much forethought, I've...

Once you eliminate serial killers, rapists and dictators, it's hard to think of a less likable person than Donald Trump -- and yet he's the poster boy for flamboyant wealth. Forbes ranks him at number 368 on its list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of $3 billion. New York Times Sunday...

Anytime that something is nationally recognized as "The American Dream", there's a good chance that it's overrated.In the midst of record foreclosures, and plummeting home values leaving people upside down on their mortgages (i.e. they owe more than the home is currently worth), the American Dream...

Is Charlotte the worst city in America? Of course not, but the "Queen City" seems to have taken on a near mythical status, particularly on the East Coast, where it is portrayed as a place where home prices always go up, the job market is strong and youl have all the amenities of a major city, with...