Taiwanese Takeout and Other Wisdomy Things

As those who know me, I'm quite the avid gamer. I've got thousands of hours under my belt holding a controller or placing my fingers on the keyboard in the "wasd" or "qwer" position. I've got countless games under my belt; gaming has become a part of who I am. So when I talk about a serious problem in our society today, you will need to understand that I, Jake Harris, the self-proclaimed king of games, take a rather interesting stance on a serious topic, one that you might not expect from such an avid gamer. Today on the Takeout menu is the relationship between technology... and your child. As technology gets stronger and stronger, and as it becomes more and more user-friendly, people become more and more enthralled by the technological marvels these devices represent. Our technological advancement, as it seems, has gotten a little too out of hand, and it's something that we as a society need  to become aware of. I'm very serious when

When I was in high school, I took an economics class. In the class, we had an assignment where we were supposed to break up into several teams and start a popcorn "business" in the class. We were supposed to make a flavor of popcorn, "buy" a location, create banners for our business, and price our product; another classroom would be given fake money to spend on our popcorn, and whatever profit we made determined our grade for the project. I got placed with who I thought were the worst teammates ever. In fact, there was one teammate whom I had worked with previously, and she landed us an F because she failed to even touch her half of the project (and without her half mine was worthless). Needless to say, I was flustered that I had gotten stuck with such a crew. So much so, that I refused to see a repeat of group projects past, and decided that I was going to put my leadership skills to use in ways I never had before. I took over the project completely, using my teamm