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And up next a story from Tyler Grenadal of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Tyler has one of the most interesting side gigs I've ever heard of.

He's an Onion Ring reviewer.

And he posts his reviews on his blog named Sola Kappa,

which in Latin means Onion Alone.

Here's our own Monty Montgomery with more on this story.

In a world dominated by subpar onion rings,

one man rises against it all to find the cream of the crop.

On a journey that started in an economic form in Atlanta,

but continues nationwide on the streets of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The man's seeking the best onion?

Well, that's Tyler Grenadol.

I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything,

but I think at this point I must be one of the world's leading experts in onion rings,

if only by the virtue that nobody else is and nobody else cares.

It's not just a hobby, it's sort of a mission.

You could do it with any food, in theory, I guess,

but I don't think it would work with all of them, like French fries or hamburgers.

For whatever reason, I think onion rings have that potential for greatness that most people won't bother to do, but a good restaurant will.

Because, in a sense, most people don't care about onion rings. It's kind of a throwaway, to use an appetizer or a side. It's usually not the star of a place. So I think if you're putting effort into something that you could do cheaply, that you could do poorly, that says to me a lot about what

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