February 2010
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January 2010
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Tim Keller - Q & A: What is the Doctrine of...
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“The Gettysburg speech was at once the shortest and the most famous oration in...”
– H.L. Mencken
Live-blogging the SOTU
7:56 - Watching it in the business college with S4L and others. Too bad we’re watching it on FOX. 7:57 - “Health care is on life support now.” -Charles Krauthammer. PUN! 7:58 - Juan Williams thinks Obama’s going to pivot here to talking about a jobs bill. Helloooooo, New Deal 2! 8:00 - Brett Baier thinks this could be the most important speech of Obama’s presidency....
“We’re Not Friends” by The...
“Hindsight is always 1080p.”
– 10 Updated Colloquialisms for the Modern Age | GeekDad | Wired.com (via danielholter) (via sds)
I have an ancestor named "Almond."
Almond Stoddard, my great-great-great-grandfather (on my dad’s mom’s mom’s dad’s side), born 11 July 1817 in NH, died 1898 in VT.
“PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Woman with gold-digging mother nags wealthy man into...”
– Uncomfortable Plot Summaries
Take a cold shower →
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Flattery and Future Plans
Stephanie: Why don't you become a politician? You would make the world a better place.
Ben: That's . . . not what politicians do.
Spoon's new album $4 at the Amazon mp3 store... →
“Having been brought up in two traditions, Gaiman is flexible in his devotions....”
– Neil Gaiman’s fantasies : The New Yorker (via ayjay) (via lukescommonplacebook)
New policy. When it starts taking me too long to pick out an outfit, I will just put on a white v-neck, some jeans, and weather-appropriate outerwear. Problem solved.
“Each of us tends to think of himself as the center of a living space: I count,...”
– George Gusdorf, ‘Conditions and Limits of Autobiography’ (via exempligratia)
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“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or...”
– Ecclesiastes 9:10
“No Children” by The Mountain Goats
“Alright so, this here is a song which I want you to sing to the one you love...”
– John Darnielle introducing “No Children” at The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL 2/28/04.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nVEJoibyso&feature=related
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WatchDavid Letterman, probably still holding a grudge against Jay for succeeding Johnny Carson as The Tonight Show even though Carson preferred Letterman, pokes fun at the big-chinned “humor”ist in the midst of the NBC scheduling debacle.
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“‘Then I spoke the Deplorable Word. A moment later I was the only living...”
– C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
[h/t Stephen Carson]
Beck Calls 'Bullcrap' On Palin's Non-Answer About... →
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danielholter:
vruz:
by Eric Kleefeld, TPM
Beck tonight asked Palin who her favorite Founding Father is. She gave the identical painfully awkward response: “All of them.” To which Beck replied, “Bullcrap” — and pressed her to answer. Watch.
She’s just so dim.
I will lose all of my hair if I have to listen to her as any sort of elected leader on a national level.
Exhibit A on why...
Gennady Stolyarov II: Writers Can Prosper Without... →
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I just tried to pour coffee into the bottom of a mug instead of the top. It was dark, ok?
“For there are goods of the lowest order, and we sin if, while following them...”
– The Confessions of Saint Augustine, II.5
“For my sin was in this—that I looked for pleasures, exaltations, truths...”
– The Confessions of Saint Augustine, I.20
Just a warning: there might be lots of quotes from this books on my Tumblr for a few weeks.
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Run by Vampire Weekend
This...
The Confessions of Saint Augustine I.5
My soul’s house is narrow for you to enter; will you not make it broader? It is in a state of collapse; will you not rebuild it? It contains things which must offend your eyes; this I know and I admit. But who will make it clean? To whom, except you, shall I cry: Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults, and spare Thy servant from the power of the enemy.
Tumblr Welcome
For you guys to follow: the girlfriend.
For her to follow: Andrew, Aubry, Ben, Hutch, Rachel, Sarah, Tim.
3 IMDb Pages That Only Exist In Your Worst... →
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So there's this new feature where you can ask me... →
Nice to be back home...
So that Dad can buy my car new tires and oil, modeling the graciousness and generosity of Abba, the Father God to whom we pray. So that I can eat Mom’s delicious dinners, so much better than what’s at the Caf at school, and dry her dishes afterwards. So that I can talk to Amy and make her jealous of the classes I’m taking next semester. So that Katie and I can give each other...
“Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water,...
Thanks to Amazon, I’ll probably be spending half of what I spent last semester on textbooks.
Another Great Example of the Madness that... →
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“‘Nest like’ is an appropriate adjective for the Cancerian home, for...”
– Here. I’m thinking about getting into Astrology. Not, like, for real, but just enough to talk about it and sort of pretend like I buy into it. This is mostly just because my best friends are Cancers like me and my girlfriend is a compatible Scorpio.