this is it.

Ben Lee - Apple CandyI had this song stuck in my head all...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:39:03 +1000

Ben Lee - Apple Candy

I had this song stuck in my head all morning. It’s kind of a song about longing for someone. But the uplifting melody of the song, is what I feel like right now.

It’s been a beautiful week. It’s been the best week I’ve had for a while. I’m pretty happy right now. (big smile of content)

"I could prove God statistically; take the human body alone; the chance that all the functions of the..."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +1000

““I could prove God statistically; take the human body alone; the chance that all the functions of the individual would just happen, is a statistical monstrosity.””

- George Gallup (via onemoretimewithfeeling)

topherchris:Team America: World Police _ America, Fuck YeahI...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:53:55 +1000

topherchris:

Team America: World Police _ America, Fuck Yeah
I look forward to July 4th every year just so I can post this.

Yeah, this song makes me laugh every time.

"To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:16:00 +1000

“To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.”

- Robert Copeland

napolux:Piracy is not theft

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:52:49 +1000

napolux:

Piracy is not theft

zetahydrae:“Love in the Times of Massacre”—a young couple...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:51:05 +1000

zetahydrae:

“Love in the Times of Massacre”—a young couple seeks refuge under a bridge during the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 5, 1989, by Liu Heung Shing.
Thinking about the location and circumstances in which this shot must have been taken blows my mind.

Do you choose the safe, traditional option, or do you opt for...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:26:35 +1000

Do you choose the safe, traditional option, or do you opt for the risky one?

hydeordie:I wish I had taken this picture.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:52 +1000

hydeordie:

I wish I had taken this picture.

I eat way too much food. I eat a lot of carbs. I get cravings for carbs. I need to stop snacking so...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:22:43 +1000

I eat way too much food. I eat a lot of carbs. I get cravings for carbs. I need to stop snacking so much.

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:36:07 +1000

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the one who’ll decide where to go.”

- Dr. Seuss (via riotrepublic)

"I think the ultimate test for your current job is: Would you do it for free?"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:35:34 +1000

“I think the ultimate test for your current job is: Would you do it for free?”

- If your answer is no, you should consider what you are doing. (via tightgrip)

"Fear not fear, fear fear itself."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:53:09 +1000

“Fear not fear, fear fear itself.”

- a President we had in the past (via sharingtime)

"I promise not to lie to you or not tell you something or not tell you everything about something,..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:20:28 +1000

“I promise not to lie to you or not tell you something or not tell you everything about something, even if it is really hard.”

- C to me.
I think this might go down as one of the most genuine, kindest things anyone has ever said to me.
(via mascarah)
Impressive. He’s nailed the one thing we all want to hear. A man who speaks like that is a kind of poet.
(via onemoretimewithfeeling)
(via alex9190)
I wish I could find someone who would say this to me. And someone who’d I’d be willing to say this to.

"Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:51:50 +1000

“Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.”

- Henry Miller (via affremblequotes)

Internet’s going a bit slow today. I hope I didn’t push us over the download limit...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:08:06 +1000

Internet’s going a bit slow today. I hope I didn’t push us over the download limit again….

On Patriotism

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:05:37 +1000

boutofcontext:

squashed talked with a few people about what patriotism meant in America and wrote, at length, about it. I’m excerpting spottily here, please refer back to his post:
Contrast [patriotism of pursuing shared ideals] with what Jonah Goldberg wrote in a USA Today opinion column: “We might need to change this or that policy or law, fix this or that problem, but at the end of the day the patriotic American believes that America is fundamentally good as it is.”
Mr. Goldberg suggests that it is ultimately love of the status quo that makes a patriot…This is not patriotism…patriotism not only allows but requires that we strive to fix the places where we have fallen short of the promises we believe in.
The best clarification I’ve heard on blind-faith/assumed-righteousness patriotism came during a digression in an artificial intelligence lecture, of all situations. The professor pointed out that Carl Schurz’s quote is often cited as “My country, right or wrong.” I’ll call this the Goldberg/Hannity truncation. He explained the full quote, vindicating Dan, is:
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”

I was going to reblog squashed and add my comment, but boutofcontext just does it so much better.

Twelve Reasons a Movie Should Never be a First Date

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:01:11 +1000

Twelve Reasons a Movie Should Never be a First Date:

gondaba:

No Country for Old Men is probably one of the most incredible movies ever made, but it’s not really something that says “hey, let’s have giddy, experimental sex afterward” to your date.

(via littlesparrow)Yeah, I think I want to get up and dance....

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:08:00 +1000

(via littlesparrow)

Yeah, I think I want to get up and dance. Unfortunately, my dancing will be so much less attractive.

(via superdoofus-stratodrive)Yeah, this is my mood right now....

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:07:27 +1000

(via superdoofus-stratodrive)

Yeah, this is my mood right now. The end of a beautiful day. That started of miserably. Did anyone else hear the hail and wind and rain this morning? Crazy. Getting to the office for the interview early, so sitting in the car for 15 minutes, slowly freaking myself out. Coming home, then getting a call to say YES YES YES!!! Which was kind of unexpected. Yeah, so I’m happy right now. Watching a metaphorical sunset.

I got a cadetship! Yay!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:51 +1000

I got a cadetship! Yay!