Words from Alyssa

       Fresh (2009) is a documentary that looks at farmers who are trying to move towards sustainable farming. It exposes some common occurrences in the farming industry that leave a foul feeling in your stomach. One particular occurrence that made uncomfortable was when one farmer said that he was promoted to feed dead cows to other cows. Not only are cows herbivores so they are not supposed to eat meat, but it actually lead to many cows getting a disease known as mad cow disease. This disease is a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system and can take between four to six years to show symptoms. The farmer in the video has since stopped feeding dead cows to his living cows, but just being aware of the fact that some farmers do that made me really think. I personally am an avid burger enjoyer and every burger I have had since watching the film has been haunted with the thought of how the cow was raised, how it was feed, did the cow have a family? Thi...

 Bob's Burgers is a beloved animated show that follows the Belchers, a struggling family of five as they try their best to make ends meet and maintain their burger restaurant. The show is entering it's 14th season and in anticipation for this season's Christmas episode, I am going to share my top 3 Christmas episodes from this show.  #3 The Gingerbread House on the Left      This episode from Season 7 features Mr. Fischoeder, the Belchers' landlord, who invites Bob to a gingerbread house building contest and asks him to lose on purpose. During the contest Mr.Fischoeder upsets Bob by insulting his gingerbread house so Bob decides he is actually going to beat Fischoeder and win the contest.  This episode is one of the funnier Christmas episodes because of the characters interactions. Mr. Fischoeder's constant bullying of his younger brother along with how upset he gets with his poorly designed gingerbread house make him a hilarious addition to the episode....