KFC Pot Pies: To Eat or Not To Eat?
Food Review By Rakeam Durant (6/10/13)
Never trust a woman with a KFC chicken pot pie. In fact, never trust anyone with a KFC chicken pot pie. Chicken pot pie’s are one of the five forbidden foods; the heavens meant for them solely to be looked at and admired with the eyes and the nose.
Only the heavens could duplicate the enlightenment received when you set eyes on one of KFC’s perfect flaky, gold-brown brown pies, holding that wonderfully textured gravy, mixed vegetables, and the finest looking chicken. The aroma of one of these chicken pot pies will purify your nose. You will want to smell nothing more than a KFC chicken pot pie.
That being said, Heaven forbid anyone actually tries to eat one of these things.They are not made to be consumed; they are not made to please the taste buds. If you dare attempt to eat one, you should probably be sitting on the potty with a trashcan and a couple of tic tacs handy.
Never trust a woman with a KFC chicken pot pie. In fact, never trust anyone with a KFC chicken pot pie. Chicken pot pie’s are one of the five forbidden foods; the heavens meant for them solely to be looked at and admired with the eyes and the nose.
Only the heavens could duplicate the enlightenment received when you set eyes on one of KFC’s perfect flaky, gold-brown brown pies, holding that wonderfully textured gravy, mixed vegetables, and the finest looking chicken. The aroma of one of these chicken pot pies will purify your nose. You will want to smell nothing more than a KFC chicken pot pie.
That being said, Heaven forbid anyone actually tries to eat one of these things.They are not made to be consumed; they are not made to please the taste buds. If you dare attempt to eat one, you should probably be sitting on the potty with a trashcan and a couple of tic tacs handy.
“A Woman in Berlin” Book Review
By Jason Dunn
It was in a span of eight weeks that an anonymous German penned a diary of the slowly decomposing lifestyle of Berlin while sharing the streets with the brazen Russian Army. During these last few weeks of World War 2, the reader is allowed into the life of a thirty-four-year old woman whose three notebooks serve not only as historical accounts of a decayed city void of any morals or law, but also tell the tale of a woman existing in a time of abuse and male entitlement, degrading herself among all women in order to survive.
“Thursday, April 26, 1945, 11:00 A.M. My fingers are shaking as I write this. Thirty minutes ago we took a direct hit on the fifth floor.” As the diary progresses there is an air of horror, as if staggering over each line as you witness the turn of a city without electricity or water, rationed, empty, and ungoverned as it becomes full of nightly bombings and the eventual Red Army.
As in times of war, a reoccurring theme of the text is the mass amount of rape that females of all ages endured. The author notes her first encounter with two Russian men who found her walking up the abandon stairwell of her apartment--this event she titled “Day of catastrophe, wild turmoil…”
Wives never traveled outside alone and girls were locked up in attics and storage rooms--“cave dwellers” the writer calls them.
And despite the clear brutality of her situation, each entry lacks almost all sense of self-pity or aggression--something she phrases as a type of “gallows humor” that gave citizens a coping mechanism.
“Eine Frau in Berlin” was published after the end of the war, when the anonymous author was criticized coldly for tugging on the bandage of a fresh wound, the faults of which Germans and Russians alike tried desperately to pretend never occurred.
Afterwards, struck by the negative reception, Anonymous refused to have her records re-published until after her death, which was in June 2001. Once the text was accessible it received immense praise for its rich details, horrible truths, and is seen as a relic for feminists and historians alike. Soon after its release, unknown sources leaked information on the author, as German journalist named Marta Hillers, although many are skeptical.
No matter who wrote it, I highly recommend “A Woman in Berlin,” as it holds a place right beside “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Anonymous is blunt and courageous and gives the reader the realistic perspective of a woman’s position when faced with war. This book is not for the light-hearted, but if you can stomach it, it is truly worth a read.
It was in a span of eight weeks that an anonymous German penned a diary of the slowly decomposing lifestyle of Berlin while sharing the streets with the brazen Russian Army. During these last few weeks of World War 2, the reader is allowed into the life of a thirty-four-year old woman whose three notebooks serve not only as historical accounts of a decayed city void of any morals or law, but also tell the tale of a woman existing in a time of abuse and male entitlement, degrading herself among all women in order to survive.
“Thursday, April 26, 1945, 11:00 A.M. My fingers are shaking as I write this. Thirty minutes ago we took a direct hit on the fifth floor.” As the diary progresses there is an air of horror, as if staggering over each line as you witness the turn of a city without electricity or water, rationed, empty, and ungoverned as it becomes full of nightly bombings and the eventual Red Army.
As in times of war, a reoccurring theme of the text is the mass amount of rape that females of all ages endured. The author notes her first encounter with two Russian men who found her walking up the abandon stairwell of her apartment--this event she titled “Day of catastrophe, wild turmoil…”
Wives never traveled outside alone and girls were locked up in attics and storage rooms--“cave dwellers” the writer calls them.
And despite the clear brutality of her situation, each entry lacks almost all sense of self-pity or aggression--something she phrases as a type of “gallows humor” that gave citizens a coping mechanism.
“Eine Frau in Berlin” was published after the end of the war, when the anonymous author was criticized coldly for tugging on the bandage of a fresh wound, the faults of which Germans and Russians alike tried desperately to pretend never occurred.
Afterwards, struck by the negative reception, Anonymous refused to have her records re-published until after her death, which was in June 2001. Once the text was accessible it received immense praise for its rich details, horrible truths, and is seen as a relic for feminists and historians alike. Soon after its release, unknown sources leaked information on the author, as German journalist named Marta Hillers, although many are skeptical.
No matter who wrote it, I highly recommend “A Woman in Berlin,” as it holds a place right beside “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Anonymous is blunt and courageous and gives the reader the realistic perspective of a woman’s position when faced with war. This book is not for the light-hearted, but if you can stomach it, it is truly worth a read.
Are You Ready For Twilight Saga "Breaking Dawn 2?"
By Radiant Holly
It’s what we been waiting for and it’s finally here, "Breaking Dawn Part Two." We finally get to see our favorite vampire, Edward, and our favorite wolf man, Jacob. We’ve been through the pain and tears of Bella and Edward's breakups, makeups, adventures, and fights with the Volturi. Everything is now changed with the birth of a new Vamp (Bella) and (Spoiler Alert!) Renesmee Cullen as a new addition to the vampire family. And how can we forget Jacob marking Renesmee as his newfound love. But, the fun doesn't stop there; since Renesmee is born, Volturi is out for the kill. And the new kill is the “Cullen Family.” Teaming up with the Wolf Gang (Jacob’s Clan), can the Cullens and Jacob fight together? Can Bella live up to her new vampire powers? Will the Cullens win? Will the Volturi wipe out the Cullen’s race?
The battle starts November 15 at a movie theater near you. Bring your tissues and a cuddle partner, because this movie is going to be epic. I will be back for an update on the movie and worldwide box office sales after I see the film. Stay tuned Twilighters!
It’s what we been waiting for and it’s finally here, "Breaking Dawn Part Two." We finally get to see our favorite vampire, Edward, and our favorite wolf man, Jacob. We’ve been through the pain and tears of Bella and Edward's breakups, makeups, adventures, and fights with the Volturi. Everything is now changed with the birth of a new Vamp (Bella) and (Spoiler Alert!) Renesmee Cullen as a new addition to the vampire family. And how can we forget Jacob marking Renesmee as his newfound love. But, the fun doesn't stop there; since Renesmee is born, Volturi is out for the kill. And the new kill is the “Cullen Family.” Teaming up with the Wolf Gang (Jacob’s Clan), can the Cullens and Jacob fight together? Can Bella live up to her new vampire powers? Will the Cullens win? Will the Volturi wipe out the Cullen’s race?
The battle starts November 15 at a movie theater near you. Bring your tissues and a cuddle partner, because this movie is going to be epic. I will be back for an update on the movie and worldwide box office sales after I see the film. Stay tuned Twilighters!
Review: Ellen Schreider's Vampire Kisses Series
Review By Brianne Ballard
This book is a vampire story and I think it's better than "Twilight." It reveals the true heart and love story of a gothic girl in a place she nicknames Dullsville--a small town where everyone knows everyone. Her name is Raven, and she is an outcast, until a new family moves into the mansion on Banson Hill that Raven has adored since she was 11. Rumor gets around that the family are Vampires, that they don't come out during the day, they dress in dark clothes. Raven studies them, and falls in love with the son, Alexander Sterling. Raven likes the rumors; she wishes that Alexander is a real vampire, because she's wanted to be one since she was a little girl. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into love, vampires, and the next total drama about the gothic teenager's life. It's a series of 7 books.
Rating: 8.4 (1 to 10 scale; 10 is highest)
This book is a vampire story and I think it's better than "Twilight." It reveals the true heart and love story of a gothic girl in a place she nicknames Dullsville--a small town where everyone knows everyone. Her name is Raven, and she is an outcast, until a new family moves into the mansion on Banson Hill that Raven has adored since she was 11. Rumor gets around that the family are Vampires, that they don't come out during the day, they dress in dark clothes. Raven studies them, and falls in love with the son, Alexander Sterling. Raven likes the rumors; she wishes that Alexander is a real vampire, because she's wanted to be one since she was a little girl. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into love, vampires, and the next total drama about the gothic teenager's life. It's a series of 7 books.
Rating: 8.4 (1 to 10 scale; 10 is highest)
Kindle Fire: Review
Technology Column by Tyler Ambrose
Kindle Fire: Price: $149.99 (was: $199.99)
With all the tablets (or e-readers) on the market nowadays, people will need to decide: “Which one should I buy?” I’m here to review the Kindle Fire. I’ll give you the specs, pros and cons, my own opinion and scores based on who you are and/or what you may use it for.
Physical: The Kindle Fire comes with a charging cable. The Kindle has 2 exterior speakers on top, as well as a power/sleep button, a headphone jack, and a power cord jack on the bottom. There is no external storage port (for SD cards and such) but you can buy a transfer cable for $9.99.
Interior: The Kindle Fire has 8GB of memory, 1.17 for apps, 5.36 for books/music/videos/pictures/etc. The rest is for Kindle Fire internal programs (such as the app marketplace, the mp3 player, the keyboard, updates, etc). The operating system is Android 4. Therefore the app marketplace is based on the Android app store, but is filtered through by Amazon. The web browser is good; most sites without mobile versions can be visited with minimal bugs. There are a decent amount of movies, TV, and books on the Kindle.
The Review: Let’s start with pros: Web browsing is good, downloading photos is easy. If the device freezes, resetting is as easy as holding down the power button for 20 seconds. It comes with decent apps.
Great! Now that that’s out of the way let’s get to the cons:
Storage: 1.17 GB for apps! UGH! This is one of the worst features of the Kindle. The good apps require a lot of space. To play the Sims, you would need to delete every other app on your device! Even worse, THERE’S NO SD CARD SLOT! This means you can have no extra space on your Kindle or you have to transfer important stuff to the computer! I guess 5.36 GB is okay for media. But for some reason I can never get back a lot of data no matter how much stuff I delete. I still can’t download a full episode of anything! When I went on vacation this summer I was able to have 6 full TV episodes, a movie, at least 10 YouTube videos, and over 27 songs (all at once)! I deleted all the videos, TV, and movies after the trip and I still cannot download as much! Cloud Storage is not good. It only gives you a list of games you previously downloaded and when selected asks you to re-download the app. That’s not cloud storage; that’s download history!
Battery: The Kindle will troll (if you don’t know what that is, welcome to the Internet) you with the battery. It will say you have 6% battery and will not let you charge the Kindle. But if you turn it off, the next morning it will be at 100% without ever being on the cord! Oh, and the Kindle has to be on to charge (not that that’s a bad thing).
Security: You can set a password using numbers and letters (any amount). This is good. But, when the code is entered in wrong multiple times, it doesn’t lock the device. IT ASKS IF YOU WANT TO FACTORY RESET THE ENTIRE DEVICE! This is not helping consumers; this is helping people who want to steal your tablet! For those who don’t know, a factory reset will delete everything on the device and put it back in the state from when you bought it. This includes logging your Amazon account off the Kindle (probably the only good part, seeing as if you remained logged in, the burglar could use your credit card on Amazon).
Apps: Amazon is quite stingy with the apps in its store. The closest to hardcore games are by Game Loft, and those are not very good for their price. The utilities are very useful though (better than the games). But a lot of apps a gamer like me would want (such as IGN, Game Stop, Xbox 360, etc) don’t exist or have a weird indie version. And I had a bad experience with the Xbox 360/PS3 (yes it was both) app (not by Microsoft or Sony). The way I had to log in to my Xbox and PS3 accounts was weird. I went to options and entered them each under a different option. Someone then stole $30 of digital currency from my Live account and I’m pretty sure it was the app that got them my info.
Media: There’s not much in music, movies, or TV.
Bugs: The Kindle freezes--A LOT!--mostly on a page with multiple pictures on it (other than Facebook). If you don’t have money (Credit Card or Gift Credit) on the Kindle you can’t even download free apps. Sounds like any other app store right? Well there’s another thing. You can't use Youtube and some other video sites without money! This just goes to show you Amazon is only jumping on the tablet bandwagon for the money.
Web: The history doesn’t work, bookmarks are hard to manage, sometimes a page you were once on will open as a separate tab when opening the web for up to a few weeks; everything else is pretty good.
Customization: There is none!
Final Score:
Here are some scores based on specific aspects of the Kindle Fire.
Book Readers: 6/10 Gamers: 3/10
Web Surfers: 9/10
E-Shoppers: 9/10
Media: 7/10
Kindle Fire: Price: $149.99 (was: $199.99)
With all the tablets (or e-readers) on the market nowadays, people will need to decide: “Which one should I buy?” I’m here to review the Kindle Fire. I’ll give you the specs, pros and cons, my own opinion and scores based on who you are and/or what you may use it for.
Physical: The Kindle Fire comes with a charging cable. The Kindle has 2 exterior speakers on top, as well as a power/sleep button, a headphone jack, and a power cord jack on the bottom. There is no external storage port (for SD cards and such) but you can buy a transfer cable for $9.99.
Interior: The Kindle Fire has 8GB of memory, 1.17 for apps, 5.36 for books/music/videos/pictures/etc. The rest is for Kindle Fire internal programs (such as the app marketplace, the mp3 player, the keyboard, updates, etc). The operating system is Android 4. Therefore the app marketplace is based on the Android app store, but is filtered through by Amazon. The web browser is good; most sites without mobile versions can be visited with minimal bugs. There are a decent amount of movies, TV, and books on the Kindle.
The Review: Let’s start with pros: Web browsing is good, downloading photos is easy. If the device freezes, resetting is as easy as holding down the power button for 20 seconds. It comes with decent apps.
Great! Now that that’s out of the way let’s get to the cons:
Storage: 1.17 GB for apps! UGH! This is one of the worst features of the Kindle. The good apps require a lot of space. To play the Sims, you would need to delete every other app on your device! Even worse, THERE’S NO SD CARD SLOT! This means you can have no extra space on your Kindle or you have to transfer important stuff to the computer! I guess 5.36 GB is okay for media. But for some reason I can never get back a lot of data no matter how much stuff I delete. I still can’t download a full episode of anything! When I went on vacation this summer I was able to have 6 full TV episodes, a movie, at least 10 YouTube videos, and over 27 songs (all at once)! I deleted all the videos, TV, and movies after the trip and I still cannot download as much! Cloud Storage is not good. It only gives you a list of games you previously downloaded and when selected asks you to re-download the app. That’s not cloud storage; that’s download history!
Battery: The Kindle will troll (if you don’t know what that is, welcome to the Internet) you with the battery. It will say you have 6% battery and will not let you charge the Kindle. But if you turn it off, the next morning it will be at 100% without ever being on the cord! Oh, and the Kindle has to be on to charge (not that that’s a bad thing).
Security: You can set a password using numbers and letters (any amount). This is good. But, when the code is entered in wrong multiple times, it doesn’t lock the device. IT ASKS IF YOU WANT TO FACTORY RESET THE ENTIRE DEVICE! This is not helping consumers; this is helping people who want to steal your tablet! For those who don’t know, a factory reset will delete everything on the device and put it back in the state from when you bought it. This includes logging your Amazon account off the Kindle (probably the only good part, seeing as if you remained logged in, the burglar could use your credit card on Amazon).
Apps: Amazon is quite stingy with the apps in its store. The closest to hardcore games are by Game Loft, and those are not very good for their price. The utilities are very useful though (better than the games). But a lot of apps a gamer like me would want (such as IGN, Game Stop, Xbox 360, etc) don’t exist or have a weird indie version. And I had a bad experience with the Xbox 360/PS3 (yes it was both) app (not by Microsoft or Sony). The way I had to log in to my Xbox and PS3 accounts was weird. I went to options and entered them each under a different option. Someone then stole $30 of digital currency from my Live account and I’m pretty sure it was the app that got them my info.
Media: There’s not much in music, movies, or TV.
Bugs: The Kindle freezes--A LOT!--mostly on a page with multiple pictures on it (other than Facebook). If you don’t have money (Credit Card or Gift Credit) on the Kindle you can’t even download free apps. Sounds like any other app store right? Well there’s another thing. You can't use Youtube and some other video sites without money! This just goes to show you Amazon is only jumping on the tablet bandwagon for the money.
Web: The history doesn’t work, bookmarks are hard to manage, sometimes a page you were once on will open as a separate tab when opening the web for up to a few weeks; everything else is pretty good.
Customization: There is none!
Final Score:
Here are some scores based on specific aspects of the Kindle Fire.
Book Readers: 6/10 Gamers: 3/10
Web Surfers: 9/10
E-Shoppers: 9/10
Media: 7/10
