January 2011
10 posts
jmarie3:
Oasis—Don’t Look Back In Anger
Quite...
It’s New Year’s Eve. I’m stuck at home with a stomach bug that’s kept me out of commission in some form or another all day. Carol’s here, though, so at least I get to spend it with her. 2010 was a beast. It was a crazy blend of all these great and wonderful and stressful and painful things, and aside from the sickness, I’m coming out of it much stronger than...
December 2010
38 posts
Dear Pioneer Valley,
This was not a retreat. I have other things to do right now. But I will be back. And this time, I’ll be ready for you.
-T
"An act of state is an act of war."
I first read this phrase on another tumblr, where it’s been repeated a few times. And I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. I should probably qualify it before discussing it. Basically, there’s a chain of thought that forms this sentence, as I understand it:
-The state (used here in its more universal meaning of a given patch of land and people under one sovereign...
I write like David Foster Wallace →
This is what I got when I put in a recent blog post. When I used the book I’ve been working on, instead, I got Dan Brown.
Update: I put in a story I was doing for NaNoWriMo a couple years back. I got William Shakespeare. Apparently, I can’t make up my mind.
quizicle-testicle:
Is this racist? Is that racist?
lenachen:
Chances are, if you’re asking, it’s probably racist.
Another interesting discussion that I’d been following the past few days on robot-heart-politics’ blog: how White people feel unfairly called “racist” when they have racial preferences in dating or express a seemingly benign curiosity about others’ background.
Look, you can...
jmarie3 replied to your post: jmarie3 replied to your video: The Digital Story…
Same here, I told my parents that I’d not tell the other siblings there was no santa, as long as I could pick out my presents. Is everything okay with you?
We were just told what Santa’s gist was under the pretense of, “This isn’t real, but it’s a tradition and you’ll come...
jmarie3 replied to your video: The Digital Story of the Nativity (or Christmas…
Merry Christmas—I really hope all is well with you.
Same to you!
(as a side note, my brothers and I didn’t believe in Santa, either. We were just told not to spoil it for other kids)
Christmas Eve dinner w/out an oven
herestothehalcyon:
smallgood:
…is gonna be tricky. So far we’ve come up with crab and salad. Could use some more suggestions.
Come on Tumblr folk! I know you’re a creative bunch, help K out.
What are we working with here? Is there a stove, microwave, toaster oven…
Dylan: You're coming to the midnight service?
Me: Yeah.
Dylan: And then you're staying over on the couch?
Me: Yeah.
Dylan: But, if you're in the living room, Santa won't come!
Me: Nah, it's cool, we worked it out.
Dylan: How?
Me: I'm Italian. We can be very persuasive.
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that DOESN’T help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
I looked over my recent posts and realized that I haven’t said anything of note in, I dunno, way too long. Being that that was supposed to be the entire point of this blog, I was kind of annoyed by that. Then I remembered that I have a stack of half-written draft posts just laying around, waiting to get finished and published. The reason they’re all half-written is that almost all...
Guardo Camino: The reality of NYC Apartment living... →
clarityunfiltered:
guardocamino:
I’m typically a generous guy. I typically over-tip at restaurants and bars, etc. But, tipping can get out of control.
When you live in NYC, the holiday season means tip time. And tip time means rip out the $$$. In all seriousness, I can possibly tip more at Christmas than what I spend on…
That’s insane, GC. Tipping is definitely getting out of hand. But I...
qualchevolta-deactivated2012041 asked: Should I email it to you? Btw thank you and your fiancee so much! I really appreciate it
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Sharon: Why can't you shave cats?
Me: Because it's mean.
Sharon: But people shave dogs.
Me: That's...also mean.
Sharon: It isn't mean!
Me: You ever look into the eyes of a poodle? See the rage and despair?
Sharon: [sidelong glance]
davereed:
maryanne:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel -...
Sellout
chvnx:
Obama was a sellout when he backed off on closing Guantanamo.
Obama was a sellout when he backed off of his promise to keep lobbyists out of his administration.
Obama was a sellout when he protected the Bush administration from prosecution for torture.
Obama was a sellout when he authorized the assassination of U.S. citizens abroad.
Obama was a sellout when he rescinded on his...
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Me: That chick that just walked into the elevator as we were getting out looked like a younger River Song.
Carol: Oh, did she?
Me: Maybe she was.
Carol: [chuckles] I have some doubts.
Me: MAYBE IT'S ALL REAL.
Me: Carter's about to attack that other cat.
Carol: Which one?
Me: Hemi.
Carol: Harley.
Me: Sure. It's gonna be like that dog all over again. What was I calling it?
Carol: Otis.
Me: Right! And what was it's name?
Carol: Quincy. I don't even know how you got Otis from that.
Me: He looked like an Otis.
“The spirit of the Gospel is eminently that of the ‘open’ type which gives,...”
– Christopher Dawson
cf. The Prodigal God by Tim Keller
via hilker: ayjay
(via christianity)
“…sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it...”
– — Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz
Tonight I went to listen to Donald Miller speak in a large church that I haven’t set foot in for a long time. Driving home under plum night skies with the radio turned off, the part I couldn’t stop replaying is him calling modern religion heresy. Him explaining how...
“On Wednesday, all 42 Republican senators signed a letter declaring that they...”
– Tax cuts: The party that says no does it again
get your guns, this is a class war.
(via janedoe225)
I find the word choice interesting. “Safely extended”. Are the wealthy in danger if they’re required to pay a little more in taxes when they’re making more money than some countries? And why isn’t...
Me: So, what time do you want to meet up tomorrow?
Carol: Well, I thought I could come up after class, and maybe we could...
Me: Oh! That's it!
Carol: Oh, what, what's going on?
Me: I just figured out how to make a working sonic screwdriver! Though, my design relies on having a working TARDIS.
-pause-
Carol (laughing): I love how your mind works. It's ridiculous.
I get this a lot, this claim that it is heartless of me to oppose abortion in rape cases. Before that happens again, let me address it.
It should be noted, as part of my last post, that opposing abortion in rape cases is not the same as telling a rape victim to suck it up and move on, as it is frequently presented. There are ways to help her, there is a lot that can be done for that person, and...
“It often happens that one who is not a Christian hath some knowledge, derived...”
– St. Augustine of Hippo
Paraphrase: “Christians - don’t talk about things you don’t know anything about. People will think you’re an ass, and be much less likely to listen to you about things you actually do know about.”
via christianity
(via davereed)
So, Carol reminded me the other day that I have a lot of free time on my hands right now, which I could be using to focus on my writing. Because, see, I have all these ideas for stories, and I’ve done some work on some of them, but I’ve never really finished any partly because I can never really sit down and devote large chunks of time to it, partly because of work. So, I’m...