February 2012
20 posts
“We can begin by mimicking the Sabbath in small, by recognizing that by...”
– Rebecca Rosen of The Atlantic - We Don’t Need a Digital Sabbath, We Need More Time
I go to an amazing and soul-assuring and life-affirming and beautiful and challenging and delightfully historic church in Charlottesville. It runs/manages/allows a pretty amazing musical ministry to thrive and emanate from it, led by the amazing Sam Bush of The Hill and Wood. He leads the 9 am family service with what can only be called a bluegrass acoustic worship band. There’s violin and...
“What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them,...”
– Jeanette Winterson - The Stone Gods
“All the vegetation in the settled world is stirring
I’m blurring into...”
– Frontier Ruckus - Nerves of the Nightmind
WatchBon Iver and The Roots - Perth Jam
“That night, I tried to sleep, but I couldn’t stop staring at my baby — my baby!...”
– My Twins: On First Children and First Novels
WatchYellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner
“I’m anxious to see what I’m running for…”
“Fine, it may not be legal to flip the bird on television, but that’s simply a...”
– From Sasha Frere-Jones at the New Yorker regarding M.I.A. flipping the bird at the Super Bowl halftime show.
WatchWinter sunset at the Port of San Francisco.
January 2012
74 posts
“If I should appear to be suggesting that such a man proceed as quickly as...”
– Bourbon, Neat by Walker Percy
“You should never read just for ‘enjoyment.’ Read to make yourself smarter! Less...”
– John Waters (via millionsmillions)
Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the... →
(via Instapaper)
“There’s this pollyannish notion that the most important thing to do when working...”
– From the Article “Group Think” in this week’s New Yorker.
And let me add an “amen” to that. (via jasontatum)
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we...”
– (via jasontatum)
WatchThere is not anything else going on, Rives. 4 am is the worst time to be awake. You must not have a kid.
“More and more, I read in pieces. So do you. Digital media, in all its forms, is...”
– Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age by Guy Patrick Cunningham (via millionsmillions)
“Did you know that if you guess Ron Paul’s real name, he has to teach you...”
– Stephen Colbert
