Saturday, April 27, 2024

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  Playoff time is here. And as a Cowboy's fan, am I nervous? Not a single bone in my body is not nervous, so there you go. Anyway, the end of the regular season is upon us, and it's time to realize that some teams will flop, and some will flourish. The Cowboys OWN the NFC East The streak continues. The streak...
As a Cowboys fan, this has been a pretty good week. Christmas is coming up, and the semester is about to end. And above all, the Cowboys won. Four takeaways, fourteenth week, let's go. The Cowboys and 49ers are the only true NFC contenders I don't want to hear anything. The Lions and the Eagles both lost, in embarrassing fashion. There...
 An Overview of the Hobby The balisong hobby is a hobby that not many people are aware of. Some people might have heard of a balisong, more popularly known as a "butterfly knife" but not actually know much about them. Most people in the hobby, however, call it a balisong as that is the traditional name. It, according to oral...
Controversy continues in the Texas State Legislature, the assembly burdened with a decision that will allow both professors and students to carry firearms on college campuses in Texas. The issue is a legislative response to campus attacks, most memorably the Virginia Tech massacre of 2007. But many question the practicality of the bill, and ask if arming college students is...
About "We Don't Trust You," Future, and Metro Boomin If you asked me which album should be your introduction to late 2010s to current 2020s rap, I would recommend "We Don't Trust You." This is the latest cooperative from singer, rapper and culture influencer Future and producer extraordinaire Metro Boomin. It has the undeniable swagger of the modern hip-hop, trap...
The Hunger Games, a popular book series by Suzanne Collins, recently had a new movie adaptation released. The Movie covered a prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” I recently had the pleasure of watching the movie, and I am excited to share my thoughts. Context In the first book of the original trilogy, one of...
Toy Story 3 Toy Story 3 was probably the most anticipated animated feature of the summer, and even with Pixar’s stunning reputation and track record, it stands out as Pixar’s crowning achievement. Sequels of successful franchises have often failed to live up to the standard set by the original; with a very weak plot line and a lengthy run time, the...

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