This week’s article is about an awesome reality show on the A&E television network and some rapper I’ve never heard of who hopefully falls off the face of the Earth sooner rather than later after stirring up this ridiculous trademark dispute. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of watching “Storage Wars,” the show revolves around a bunch of competing auction hunters who bid on the contents of abandoned storage units after having only five minutes to conduct a visual inspection of the unit without being able to go inside and rummage through all of the stuff. Now, I know that sounds about as interesting as watching someone cook a leg of lamb on the Food Network, but it is actually one of my favorite programs. I mean, these guys are often risking thousands of dollars on trying to win storage lockers that might end up only containing costume jewelry and broken electronics rather than a safe stuffed with cash or rare antiques. The best is when one of them thinks they hit the jackpot with a particular item but then later finds out it’s only worth a few bucks. Call me mean-spirited, but sometimes failure is fun to watch.
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