by Jason Dykstra | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Come here Jay, I gotta show you something!” I was in a college apartment a few days ago, and an excited student was proudly displaying this big clunky machine with giant speakers. Most of his peers would have no idea what it was, but I sure did. A record...
by Jason Dykstra | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ever heard of Smash Up? It’s a crazy card game that assigns two categories of individuals-like rock-stars and zombies, for example- special powers appropriate to them, then smashes them up together on a team to play against your opponent’s two smashed-up...
by Jason Dykstra | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Many of us have witnessed a happy little hamster, enjoying those laps around the wheel, with no real knowledge of how she got there or why. So blissful and so ignorant. Now by ignorant I don’t mean intentional rejection of information; I simply mean lack of...
by Jason Dykstra | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I just returned home from playing 18 holes of mini-golf with my wife and three other very special people (as pictured): my two sons and my 10 year-old mentee. Given the recent increase in very emotionally-charged conversations about race and the situation of black...
by Jason Dykstra | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Guess what? I got to do it again! Right after recently guest teaching a section of my big sis Ms. Sherrington’s Creative Writing class, I had the privilege of doing it once more with her colleague’s class as well. One of the best aspects of teaching is how...
