September 2010
6 posts
Now you’re knocking at my door/
Saying please come out with us tonight/...
– The Arcade Fire “Ready to Start”
July 2009
8 posts
There is a long history of just such usage. The pilgrim fathers who came to...
– You Are Not A Bible Character « Glory to God for All Things Blog
The researchers enlisted 64 undergraduate volunteers and had them submerge their...
– Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable - Yahoo! News
My friends couldn’t imagine their parents using this monstrous box, but there...
– A 13 year old reviews the walkman thirty years later via BBC
How did you spend the Fourth of July? Maybe having a BBQ with friends and...
June 2009
4 posts
Moving Sky (via Vimeo)
May 2009
12 posts
I think it is funny that anyone ever thought American Idol was a pure competition. I mean REALLY. Three words… Sell. Igloo. Eskimo
First they tortured in ticking time bomb cases but I didn’t mind because...
– The Daily Dish
What was once before you - an exciting, mysterious future - is now behind you....
– Synecdoche, New York (via sunshinemakesmehigh)
My feeling about gay people is that we have a responsibility not only to make...
– Howard Stern. Listen here
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own...
– George Orwell
April 2009
17 posts
For my money, Cheney is Palpatine with a soupçon of Sauron, a pinch of...
– David Edelstein Which Movie Villain Does Dick Cheney Most Resemble? — New York Magazine
New Hampshire Senate Votes to Legalize Gay... →
100th episode of LOST tonight!!
Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you...
– Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
– Josh Billings
Life isn’t supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss....
– Barbara Sher
Man: Is this Sears?
Me: No, this is ADT
Man: Are you sure this is not Sears?
Me: ::pause:: ...yes.
Man: This is the number for Sears.
Me: Nope
Man: What is the number for Sears?
If you condemn the evil tactics of the ‘other side’ you cannot then...
– Jonah Goldberg
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise...
– Thomas Szasz (the second sin)
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
– Nietzsche