February 2012
2 posts
“The question, “If I were President I’d…” implies that if you swap out one...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson New York, August 21, 2011
(quote from Hayden Planetarium Blog, the unedited version of a quote given to the New York Times as part of a series they did called, “If I Were President, I’d…”)
Smartest man in the room. (via helms-deep)
Excellent article by an excellent mind
January 2012
2 posts
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“Don’t you know that no one deserves a funeral you have to rehearse?”
– Pomegranates in “The Children’s Progress”
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Fear not: behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of Denver a Saviour, which is Tebow the QB. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find him in the endzone
December 2011
4 posts
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) →
Helm's Deep: Hey Kids →
helms-deep:
Instead of worrying about the illusionary “War on Christmas,” how about trying to be a good soldier in the War To End Poverty, War For Equality, War To End Hatred, War on Human Trafficking. Not to mention the War To End Horrible Hallmark & Lifetime Christmas Movies, War on People Who Download…
This!!
Portrayal of Evangelicals in Media →
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“I have long believed that a man who spurs the Christian faith outright is more...”
– A.W. Tozer in the essay The cross does interfere
I’ve long been guilty of this; it’s time to change.
November 2011
1 post
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“The difference between how you look and how you see yourself is enough to kill...”
– Chuck Palahniuk in Haunted
October 2011
3 posts
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“Like so many Americans, she was tying to construct a life that made sense from...”
– Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five
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“If what Billy Pilgrim learned from the Tralfamadorians is true, that we will all...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, in Slaughterhouse Five
September 2011
3 posts
my sojourn: A Cafe? →
mysojourn:
So I was asked by a couple people about the end of my last post. I didn’t think that anyone was reading this thing, but a couple of you have, so here’s the answer. We are moving forward with running the cafe that meets in Grace Cafe and Galleries in Dania. Grace is an incredible place that is…
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“you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you...”
– Johnny Cash, Hurt
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“True love will find you in the end
You’ll find out just who was your...”
– Daniel Johnston
August 2011
5 posts
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“Of course, conservative Americans have every right to support corporate greed,...”
– The Freethinker
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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an...”
– John Steinbeck
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“You know the saddest part of the whole credit downgrade thing? S&P stated...”
– Timothy Smith
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“I’m so tired of living in a city and never being able to see the stars at...”
– Pomegranates
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“I promise you one thing. A lot of good will come out of this. You will never see...”
– Tim Tebow
July 2011
3 posts
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“this cigarette it could seduce
a nation with its smoke
crawling down my tired...”
– Sweet Avenue by Jets to Brazil
I’ve currently been addicted to playlist creation on Spotify, Today I was making one for some of my favorite emo songs, and this song certainly fits the bill. However, the more I’ve listened to it today, it is one of the few songs from a genre’d emo...
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime...”
– Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes (via wreckandsalvage)
Love this. (via helms-deep)
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Dear Journalists: Avoid Sensationalism when... →
June 2011
3 posts
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God Hates Shrimp →
US survey reveals that evangelicals are most... →
helms-deep:
inothernews:
technipol:
drinkthe-koolaid:
Authors Phil Zuckerman and Dan Cady wrote:
Jesus unambiguously preached mercy and forgiveness. These are supposed to be cardinal virtues of the Christian faith. And yet Evangelicals are the most supportive of the death penalty, draconian sentencing, punitive punishment over rehabilitation, and the governmental use of torture.
Jesus...
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May 2011
6 posts
Harold Camping and the chance for grace →
“I remember one time Beaker and I were hiking on the Appalachian Trail, and he...”
– Rich Mullins (via onesong321)
Great post, Ben.
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““My love is like a powder keg
My love is like a powder keg in the corner...”
– International Small Arms Traffic Blues- The Mountain Goats
From the first time I heard this song while checking out the Mountain Goats, after a friend played “No Children” while drunk at a party, I’ve been a fan of them. Recently, I was catching up on the popular television show,...
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This is not a love story
Since the disintegration of her parents’ marriage
she’d only loved two things
the first was her long dark hair
the second was how easily she could cut if off and not feel anything.
April 2011
7 posts
Mob Mentality →
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I remember crying over you And I don’t mean like a couple of tears And then I’m blue I’m talkin’ about collapsing And screaming at the moon But I’m a better man For having gone through it Yes, I’m a better man For having gone through… Ever since I learned how to curse I’ve been using those sorry old words But, I’m talkin’ to these children And I’m keeping it clean I don’t...
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Ode To Joy: 2 months. →
This is Awesome, So proudda you, kid!
ode2joy:
February 25th was my last post/update. I don’t know if anyone will read this because it has been such a long time. But it has been an eventful 60 days and I want to talk about my life for a second.
I am home in Rocklin California at the moment. The first month back was really difficult, I know it…
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“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving,...”
– Allen Ginsberg, “Howl: Part I”
full text here
March 2011
9 posts
World Water Day →
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“Jesus is bigger than your political agenda. Jesus is bigger than democracy....”
– Josh Nicholson from Pseudo Theologian
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The television is off. When Matt isn’t here I normally don’t watch television. I’m sitting in my living room with the lights off, and explosions in the sky on the stereo. My brother has gone south to see a friend, leaving me home alone. I’m hoping the downtime, and the soothing music will bring a spark to me. I’ve recently wanted to write more, to be a writer; not the...
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“I felt like a race horse in a world without racetracks or a champion college...”
– Sylvia Plath, “The Bell Jar”
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“All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
We are all something we aren’t really →
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“For thousands of years, human beings had screwed up and trashed and crapped on...”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club.
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Lent is the new, New Year
It’s lent, people make sacrifices, or try to give something up to better their life. Lent is the new, New Year. I gave up cigarettes, and alcohol. Maybe I went to far, I don’t know. I actually gave them up on Sunday, I don’t know if that still counts as being a lent sacrifice. It’s been a long time coming, I’ve been a smoker for 11 years. I never thought I’d...
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Who am I, and What did I do with the old me?
I normally don’t use this, but this begs asking.
Have you ever woken up one morning and wondered where am I, and how did I get here? Not necessarily in the physical sense, though I’m sure some of you have wondered that; more so in the psychological sense. It seems like just yesterday I was a college freshman dead-set on majoring in Exercise Science, and being a Cardiac Rehabilitation...
February 2011
4 posts
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