Jack’s Takes
Jack’s Takes: Real Lightsabers?!
The holiday season may have ended months ago, but for many movie fans around the world, May 4th warrants cause for celebration. That is because today is Star Wars Day, celebrated on this day due to having a similar sounding well-known Star Wars catchphrase (“May the force…”, “May the fourth…”; get it?). In the past…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: Battle of the Joshes
A lot of fun events had to be cancelled in the wake of the COVID. The concerts, shows, plays, that have had to be put on the back burner in the name of safety is just too many to list. Thankfully, one event has withstood the mass cancellations, and it just might be the biggest…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: Mash-ups
Music is great! There’s nothing better than chilling out to some sweet tunes. The only downside: you can only listen to one song at a time! And to make matters worse, there are so many songs that I haven’t heard yet. I simply don’t have the time to listen to them all! Thankfully, I have…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: This person does not exist
One thing I love about Twitter is the number of accounts dedicated to putting out bizarre content. If you can think up a niche topic to tweet out to the world, then chances are it already exists! However, my favorite account of all time would have to be the Twitter acount ‘This person does not…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: The Cinnamon Toast-Shrimp Tails saga
Sometimes you think and think and think and still can’t come up with something to write about, and then the perfect story falls directly into your lap. This is one such story: Apparently, this man (appropriately named Jensen Karp – like the fish) found a couple of shrimp tails in his bowl of Cinnamon Toast…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: There’s a snake on my car!
I love living in the midwest! Sure, it’s below zero degrees fahrenheit for at least half the year, but at least I don’t have to worry about this happening: Yikes… This video was submitted by a woman from Palm Coast, Florida while out running errands. Unbeknownst to her, she happened to be joined by an…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: Take me out to the Rugball game!
I love sports! If there’s one thing everyone knows about me, it’s that I love sporting around with my pals. However, one thing that has been tugging at me lately as I’ve been shooting a “basket” or throwing the “pigskin” around, is that while I’m playing one sport, I’m too preoccupied to play another sport.…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: The quarantine beard to end all quarantine beards…
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, I can’t help but notice how much more facial hair I am seeing. It seems that everywhere I go, I am sure to run into someone with a luscious beard that puts my measly mustache to shame. This increase in facial hair isn’t purely anecdotal, either. In fact,…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: Fortnite…or Porknite?!
I used to think it took a certain amount of skill to “make it” in the field of professional gaming. If you have seen a pro gamer play on a live stream, then you can appreciate the amount of focus it takes to play at such a high level, all while simultaneously chatting with your…
Read MoreJack’s Takes: The Absent-Minded Professor 2.0
Having to transition from in-person to primarily online schooling has to be tough, for educators and students alike. It goes without saying that there are bound to be bumps in the road. However, I can’t imagine having to deal with something like this: That was mathematics professor Dong Wang from the National University of Singapore,…
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