The Stuff

Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Black Sinatra: whatever you choose to call him, Sean Combs has used his brain, finesse, and savvy to amass a net worth currently approaching ONE BILLION DOLLARS! The Real DIDDY captures the entrepreneurial mind of Sean Combs TWICE in the summer of 1999. It is THE key period in his life and fundamental to understanding the thought process that drove him to his current stature. The crossroads of life once completely in sync with the music business and the shift…

affecting your everyday life in a negative way then you should go get help or ease up a bit. The film “The Stuff” shows how everyone who eats “The Stuff” becomes addicted and changes. The company uses the addiction to advertise The Stuff and distributes them throughout the country to make millions of dollars no matter who it affects. For example Jason’s family becomes affected by The Stuff, thus making them act different from they usually are. Like they are…

The Overdue Break for Everyone After reading “Less Stuff, More Heart: 5 Gifts On a New Dad’s Christmas List” by Christopher Zumski Finke, it got me thinking about what “giving gifts” really meant, and how much it has been seen as giving someone something super expensive to show how much you care about them, but gift giving isn’t about the price of the item, but the thought of the person giving. Gift giving and gift receiving is always a nice act. It can make others feel happy, and can make you…

Stuff White People like is a blog made in January 2008 by a white Canadian; Christian Lander, a Los Angeles marketing specialist who experienced childhood in Toronto and who accredited from McGill University in Montreal. Lander’s web journal got famous rapidly, enrolling more than 300,000 day by day hits and more than 40 million aggregate hits before the end of September 200.1 For many who viewed the blog experienced it as insulting and bigot. Instead it is not about the interest of every white…

In “Kid’s Stuff” by Michael Chabon, the author is trying to explain to the audience how the writing of comics must be changed in order to appeal to modern day children. Originally, the goal of a comic book writer was to appeal to adults and to get readers to think of comics as a legitimate source of literature instead of something that kids read to pass the time. In the process of doing so, kids stopped reading comics as much. While some adults picked comics up, the sales numbers went down over…

In the book Stuff Matters, Mark Miodownik delves into the intricacies of the materials that allow the modern world to exist and thrive. In chapter 8, Unbreakable, Miodownik discusses the significance and characteristics of various forms of carbon in a historical lens. Although derived from the same element, graphite, diamond, and graphene all have unique properties unlike any other materials. Miodownik begins by offering a relatable anecdote to his childhood art class in order to truly show the…

Societal Stuff Most of society is viewed as something terrible by almost every teenager and most adults. What society is is a group that everyone seems to want to conform to. Everyone wants to fit into society, except for children because most children don 't understand social constructs. Chris McCandless and Martin Luther are examples as to why it’s probably not the best idea to live outside the bounds of society. It is better to live within the bounds of society because it 's hard to live…

The book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” by Richard Carlson, in the “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” series, tackles on how teenagers can cope up with stress. The book was written and dedicated to the author’s daughters who remind him everyday how important it is not to sweat the small stuff. The book consists of 100 short and brief chapters, each one leaving and teaching its own lessons and values by the end of each chapter. Summary The author of the book intended to help teenagers, including his…

Sawbones - Martial tour to misguided medicine. I love this husband-wife pair as they address crazy medical techniques with humor and history. Stuff You Missed in History Class - I hated history class. Mainly because I couldn't memorize all the dates and information long enough to take quizzes and tests. Enter this podcast. This is the kind of stuff I wished I learned....it's interesting, educational, funny, and at the end of it - I still remember! How to Do Everything - Sadly, this podcast…

In “So I'm Like, Who Needs This Grammar Stuff?” by Kendall Hamilton, the author seems to be a little open and okay with using wrong words and making grammatical errors. He seems like he does not really care because he mentions how in the future it won’t matter. He mentions how an english professor said “...most of the grammar rules are already dead or dying.” He also mentions that “students language skills in general seem to be on the downswing.” The professor states “And as english continues to…