What Grinds my Gears 3

Restaurant Menus on QR Codes

         A few months ago, I had gone out to eat with my family, as we sat down I noticed a QR

   Code on the table. A waiter told us that they would no longer pass out menus due to COVID

   and that you would have to scan for their menu on your phone. Here's my problem: I'm sure

   a small handful of people who have outdated smartphones don't have a QR reader. 

        I understand it makes it easier for food workers to not have to clean menus everytime they

pass it out but for those who don't have new phones. But why don't they post the menu by the

door when you walk in so you can know what you want before you sit down.

        I strongly agree that pre-COVID, the menus I were handed were sticky and a bit dirty so 

 it's fitting that they would do this. Hopefully after this virus ends, some restaurants will go 

 back to regular menus so that everyone's happy.

The Tomorrow War (movie review)

 The Tomorrow War

Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, JK Simmons, Betty Gilpin

            Taking place in the near future, this action flick stars Pratt as a former Marine who gets 

   passed over for a job he wanted. He realizes he has no purpose in life until people from the 

   future show up on TV & ask citizens to come fight with them against an army of aliens that 

   has been killing people. He willingly joins and heads to the future. He ends up meeting a

   grown up version of his daughter (Strahovski), who works as a scientist trying to figure out

   how to kill the aliens with a virus.

           I really enjoyed this movie alot that has heart. The casting is excellent and features 

  a prominent male action hero something that is lacking in today's progressively woke 

  Hollywood . The special effects are top notch considering the nearly $200 million

  price tag Amazon had to pay for the rights. The father/daughter dynamic will hit you right

  in the feels. 

       Grade B+

              

Acrostic Poem

  Acrostic Poem

L- Learning

I- Ideas, Improvement

F- Friends, Focused, Family

E- Education

S- Special Needs 

K- Knowledge

I- Independent 

L- Laughing

L- Learning

S- Students, 

Springtime Playlist

Springtime Playlist

1). I'm like a bird- Nelly Furtado 

2). Here Comes the Sun- George Harrison

3). Beautiful Day- U2

4). I Can See Clearly Now- Jimmy Cliff

5). Unwritten- Natasha Bedingfeld 

6). Keep your Head up- Andy Grammer

7). Up with the Birds- Coldplay 

8). Both Sides Now- Judy Collins

9). Tiptoe Thru the Tulips- Tiny Tim

St Patrick's Day Playlist

 

 

 St Patrick's Day Playlist

      1). The Dropkick Murphy's- Shipping up to Boston

      2). The Coors- Breathless

      3). Macklemore f. Ryan Lewis- Irish Celebration 

      4). Enya-  Only Time, Book of Days

      5). The Cranberries- Zombie, Linger, Ode to my Family

      6). Metallica, Thin Lizzy- Whiskey in the Jar

      7). U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday

      8). Ed Sheeran- Galway Girl 

       9). House of Pain- Jump Around 

       10). Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies 

Last Christmas

 

 

          Last Christmas isn't just your typical holiday movie. it's also a delightful rom/com that has 

   heart (literally). It stars Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones) as Kate, an aspiring young woman 

   whose down on her luck, stuck at her dead end job until one day she meets a handsome strange

   man (Henry Goulding, Crazy Rich Asians). He gives her advice to become a better person and

   ends up changing her life for the better. 

          While I liked this movie, there was part near the end that teared me up a bit (spoiler: He 

   was a ghost who died in a biking accident and he donated his heart so she could live on.) 

   This movie was taken from a Wham song and predominately features George Michael songs. 

     

      3/4 Stars

 

Pro Sports Has a Big Problem

          Ever since the arrest and death of felon George Floyd back in May by Minneapolis police,

  many SJW groups (including BLM and Antifa) have been burning down and looting businesses

  in retaliation. The sports world has been affected as well as many of the sports leagues (MLB, 

  NFL, NBA, NHL) have been encouraging their players to speak out about it. Many have been

  not only wearing BLM shirts, kneeling during the anthem but have been sitting out playing in 

  protest. 

 

         But their actions come at a high cost as many of their fans who have been looking for 

  escapism during this epidemic, can't now due to their political activism. The forced agenda 

  the players are pushing are alienating fans who just want to see their favorite teams compete.

  In turn, fans have been tuning out in droves and ratings have been falling faster and faster.

  To take it a step further, the NBA even kneeled on 9/11, a fateful day in US history that 

  put social issues over the thousands of lives lost that day.

 

         When athletes pander to the woke mob on social media, they end up showing their 

   true colors and fans are tired of it. The fact that many of them claim oppression while 

   making millions and millions of dollars that the average fan dreams of making is something

  that their core fanbase can't relate to. 

           When we watch sports, we want to be entertained, not preached to. It's not that the

  players can't protest but when the issues takes precedent over the game itself, that's when 

  fans have a problem. With the COVID outbreak, it not only shut down America but also 

  the sports world as well, causing fans to take up something else ridding them of their 

  addiction. It's only a matter time before pro sports finally wakes up to the lost

  revenue and fandom that they have chosen to alienate. The leagues will be having a hard 

  time regaining those fans as well.  

           Fans didn't abandon sports, the sports leagues abandoned the fans.