August 2009
65 posts
“I find it a perpetual struggle – to collect more minutes in a day that matter. ...”
– sunnynsassy commenting on on a quote by Henry Miller.
Amen, sister. Preach on.
T.R. Reid in the Washington Post: 5 Myths About... →
1. It’s all socialized medicine out there.
“Thus, the best strategy, from the perspective of maximising shareholder value,...”
– The Economist on Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s [asinine] oped in the WSJ.
WatchSome great advice on “Personal branding, integrity and blogging” from Modite. In short, avoid posting anything that doesn’t reflect your values or that you wouldn’t feel comfortable standing by if it somehow went public.
I’m off to edit my tumblr now…
“For the church to lack love is for the church to lack everything. No heresy...”
– Greg Boyd (via azspot:sunnynsassy)
“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to...”
– C.S. Lewis (via psychotherapy:blahyadablah:sunnynsassy)
RIP, Senator.
You were my Senator for just a few months, but you will be missed.
This guy’s got some serious talent. Quite...
“A survey done in 2006 by an Italian sexologist reveals couples with televisions...”
– CNN, “Less sex, more TV idea aired in India,” via Treehugger
This is why I refuse to have a TV in the bedroom.
“To look at this in a larger context, journalists would no doubt say that it...”
– ‘Truth’ vs. ‘facts’ from America’s media (via azspot) (via think4yourself)
The Relationship Between Print and the Web →
peterfeld:
heyitsnoah:
Peter and I have had this conversation many times and I’m glad he’s written down his views on the relationship between print and the web for publications:
Still, the flaw in the print person’s perspective is in thinking that there is any relation between your print audience and your web audience. There is none. You are not undercutting your print product by publishing a...
Discover Magazine: Is Quantum Mechanics... →
So this is interesting. According to an article in Discover Magazine, our sense of consciousness may come from various quantum phenomenon occurring in our brains. I’ve theorized for a few years now, mind you with almost no scientific basis, that the concept of “free will” could only exist if our decisions were in some way based on the randomness of quantum physics. And if the...
EXACTLY.
Betsy McCaughey: You're so rich. You can afford to provide care for anybody in your family, whatever they need.
Jon Stewart: That's right. That's why I don't mind being taxed a little more to help people who are not in as favorable a situation. I don't mind that. In fact, I welcome it, because it's a way for me to give back to the country that has allowed me to come this far.
The Moderate Voice: BREAKING: Lutherans Vote To... →
Gay ministers will be allowed to lead parishes, representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted today in Minneapolis.
The 559-451 vote marks a historic change for the 4.8 million ELCA members, including 830,000 in Minnesota.
The vote repeals the ELCA’s ban on gay clergy unless they agreed to remain celibate. The new position allows the installation of gay pastors but...
“Reporters have a moral obligation to report the truth; to confront the lies that...”
“The problem with these “death panels” isn’t Republicans, nor...”
“When I was on Fox News with two Republicans last week, they tried to taunt me...”
– Peter Feld, Financial writer offers police brutality as argument against a public option for health care reform.
(via soupsoup:think4yourself:needtherapy)
My New Hero: Barney Frank
I love when Congressmen compare blathering idiots to dining room tables. Also when they talk about how great the 1st Amendment is for letting said crazies say crazy things.
For those of you who haven’t seen Barney Frank asking a woman upon which planet she spends most of her time, videos are here and here.
WatchSo it’s ok to post things on my tumblr that I’m pretty sure none of my followers will like, right? Because this video makes me chuckle.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
spookygloom:The Ballad of G.I. Joe… Henry Rollins as Duke. HENRY ROLLINS!
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via blissfulself:sunnynsassy)
“Figuring out your place in life. It’s not a puzzle that can be figured out on...”
– Po Bronson (via myserendipities:crazybeautiful)
WatchMy friend Congressman Jared Polis chugs down half a beer bong with Stephen Colbert on “Even Better-er Know a District - Colorado’s 2nd.” Brilliant.
Economist: Anthropogenic global warming started... →
Global Warming Fail
“WHY is it so many manufacturers cannot leave well alone? They go to great pains...”
– The Economist, “An end, please, to the gadget features race,” 8/14/09
"Just one person can bring springs of new life...
Win. (Or whatever we’re supposed to use for the opposite of a ‘fail.’ I really like this.)
sunnynsassy:
Something from a church bulletin has really stuck with me, so I thought I’d type it in here to share:
But another story surfaced in my memory—a story I heard from a commuter who uses a toll road daily about a phenomenon he had witnessed at the toll booths. Every morning,...
theBookseller.com: Bishop Desmond Tutu Book Deal,... →
Made for Goodness explores [Tutu’s] view that people are fundamentally good, while God is Not a Christian will be a collection of Tutu’s speeches and sermons.
librarianpirate: Words cannot express how much I love this man. One of the highlights of my life was meeting him in high school. And I’m super excited for these books.
me: This is just one of the many reasons why I love...
I just started following littleorphanammo simply because of this post. I love both Robert Downey Jr. AND Jeremy Brett’s Scherlock Holmes. Done and done.
littleorphanammo:
rosasparks:
insomniacmeg:
rosasparks:
I really like Robert Downey Jr.
I am so glad he has gotten himself together. I was truly saddened when he was sleeping in his neighbor’s kids’ beds.
He is a really great...
marseeah:
Goal: Today I will not “like” a single post from a “FuckYeah” tumblr.
Fuck yeah!
So I’m really worried about computers becoming smarter than we are, and yet lacking the capability to feel empathy and, most importantly, love. And I don’t mean romantic love, ἔρως, but rather the highest form of love, ἀγάπη. Heck I’d even settle for φιλία.
I just think it would make them much better overlords.
