Less Than Jake

Listening to music is a very popular activity that helps people improve their mood. Moreover, music helps to relax and ease pain. While playing music while driving is most prevalent among teen drivers - 93% of teens drive with music, the older generation also tends to enjoy this activity. Most drivers listen to loud music, and most of them admit that they adjust their radio or use their phone while driving. Unfortunately, only a few know that driving with music is often compared to drunk driving…

songwriters perform in writer rounds every night. This week I decided to shine the spotlight on some of my favorite songwriters. Travis Meadotravismws: Cuts include: What We Ain't Got by Jake Owen, Riser by Dierks Bentley, Dark Side by Eric Church Favorite line written: He taught me there was more to life than just getting by. (Black by Travis Meadows) "Black" reminds me of my papaw, how we would always go to the store on Sunday mornings to get tootsie rolls and sit with the older men…

chicken recipe that is just a wee bit healthier but still tastes great. To quote my grandson Jacob Mathew "If the Colonel would have your chicken recipe he would be a General by now." Well Jake is almost three and very wise but I think his Mom prompted that remark. If you're looking at the picture of the Wetzel Clan, Jake is the little one in the middle. Now let's roll up our sleeves, take off our rings, wash our hands and get cooking. Jake's New Sunday Chicken Ingredients: 6-8 chicken thighs…

Red and the other prisoners have evidently given up hope and have become institutionalised. We are exposed to this in our introduction to Red when his sentence is reviewed and rejected. The inmates are used to being rejected and don't expect anything less. Afterwards comes the quote “I’m up for rejection next week” Which is followed…

won the Pulitzer Prize for more than fifteen books. Cather was said to be one of the most remarkable writers in America during the early twentieth century. The story of My Antonia is set on the wide open plains of Nebraska. The story takes place in the late 1880s to the 1920s. The setting of how the characters are traveling by train, using horse and wagon to travel around gives the reader a pretty good idea that this was set in early years. Also, in the book than it describes some of the living…

The book, which takes place in a dystopian society established on the principles of conformity, offers complex questions to children in a less severe, but equally as thought provoking manner. It provokes questions about the importance of fitting in (or lack thereof), the ethics involved with murder, and how to prevent ourselves from becoming the emotionless humans in the book. The symbolism…

confused with the description Brook is giving to the maggot and assumes that he is going to eat it. It is later revealed that Brooks is feeding it to a small raven. There is another scene played later in the cafeteria where, Brooks mentions his pet bird, Jake, saying “I’m gonna look after him ’til he’s big enough to fly,” the director then cuts to a shot of Andy, then a shot towards Red looking at Andy. In the two shots, it revealed that Red will care for Andy until he, until he, too, is big…

over, I told [my] coach I quit. Some people got suspended, some people just got written up, and nobody ever got expelled. Nothing bad happened to anybody.” Nothing bad happened to anybody besides Jake. In the end, Jake is one of the lucky ones. He experienced hazing and made it out with nothing more than a few scratches. Well, a few scratches and permanent memories that will scar him forever. However, his statement above describes the aspect of hazing that most people don’t acknowledge. The fact…

topic of several conferences and seminars over the years. Naturally, these seminars focus on the conflict in Mindanao with the aim of educating journalists on conflict reporting. One of these seminars, hosted by the British council with BBC journalist Jake Lynch and his wife, broadcast journalist, Annabel McGoldrick (March 2005)-whose works we have already touched on several times above focused on Peace Journalism. To reiterate, their definition of Peace Journalism focuses on the choices that…

go on forever, but in all reality all scots are very different (Koranki). The Scottish culture consists of many old and less practiced traditions, but also some more modern traditions. The Scottish are most commonly known for their clothing style and their food and drink, but are also less commonly known for their rules of conduct and their behavior. The Scottish Kilt is more than just and outfit, Scottish Highlanders were proud, strong and extremely patriotic and historically the kilt wasn’t…