At this special point in time, all of a sudden, what was unimaginable has become mundane, and what was ordinary is now extraordinary. We are stumbling through this unusual time. People from all over the world remain just as different a month ago as they are today, but somehow, we now share one more universal…
The internet is filled with so much! There are endless videos and posts to entertain and inspire. I scroll and scroll for inspiration, and what I find is pretty cool! But for every post that I find very cool and inspiring, I had to scroll through twenty boring ones. Of course, there are so so many…
The Monster They say it resides in deep caves underground or in the dunes of sand least expecting waiting for an unsuspecting prey or lonesome beast upon which it can turn it’s claws (or jaws?) onto we must pray it does not come to tear us from the soft shelters and houses: the…
Introduction: Why write a series on useless websites? Here’s the thing:I spend WAY too much time on the internet, and sometimes, my internet wandering takes me to the weirdest and most useless places on the world wide web. This “useless web” is extremely hilarious and entertaining to me, but most other internet users usually ignore…
One of my favourite TV shows in the world is Brooklyn-99, and one of my favourite characters from this show is Terry Jeffords. He is physically intimidating, but very kind, and is always a reliable source of entertainment. Just for fun and to experiment a little, I have decided to write a comedic diary entry…
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I wanted to do something fun for my blog this month, so I thought I would experiment with some creative writing prompts. I found a very interesting prompt which was “write a letter to your parents that persuades them to buy you something”, and I tried to write with a funny tone. In case you…
A Quick History on Baby Boomers What are Boomers? The term “boomer” is in short of Baby Boomers, individuals born between 1944 and 1964, which is after the World War II. Collectively, boomers were born more privileged than any other generations, especially because they were born at the right period of time. The world was…
We’ve all heard at least one complaint about the “unfairness” of our most recent federal election. But when we compare the voting process today to the voting process fifty years ago in racially segregated America, our democracy suddenly seems much more free and equal. But how exactly was this old voting process “unfair”? Look no…
The multiverse is the concept that there are alternate realities in which things are ever so marginally and/or vastly different.This means past the expanse of our observable universe there exists another observable universe where things are different: welcome to the multiverse. Such possibilities are exciting, and intriguing. It allows us to imagine that somewhere there…
ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is a type of sensory stimulus, and is often described as a tingling sensation that helps (or at least is supposed to) you relax! The concept of ASMR content on social media is fairly recent, and the contrasting reactions to ASMR is very evident. Personally speaking, my initial exposure…
What is it about? This TV show centres around a character name Eleanor Shellstrop and her experiences in the afterlife. She ends up in the Good Place (a place like heaven) however, she feels surprised yet happy that she ended up there. During her life, she believed that she would end up in the Bad…
Escape rooms or locked rooms whichever name you prefer to give them is a fun way to test to see how smart your team, friend group, family etc. is. I love doing them because I get this rush of adrenaline as my friends and I try to gather the clues and figure out how to…
How do humans manage to train elephants that can take our lives with one stomp? The method used to train elephants for circus shows is actually a lot simpler than expected: From the moment their born, you simply tie the back of a baby elephant’s leg to a pole. The baby elephant then cannot escape…
Politics can be boring. But some of the candidates can be fun! I present to you, Derek Fildebrant: The Hunter of Deer, the Landlord of Airbnbs, Double Claimer of Meals, and much more. There is a lot to be said about this man, but one glance at his Twitter will show you one very important…