May 2010
24 posts
WatchThe most powerful thing in the universe is a whole bunch of people paying attention to the same thing at the same time.
48HR Magazine - a pocket documentary (by ricky montalvo)
(via waxy)
“We need to be careful about talking up what we “would have done.”...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog at The Atlantic is amazing. If you’re not reading it, you’re missing out.
Toward a Manifested Courage - Personal - The Atlantic
“A ‘teacher’ told my child in class that dolphins were mammals and...”
– Dana Milbank - Republicans’ new Web site not exactly what they hoped it would be
I’m not always a huge Dana Milbank fan, but I love this article. Not in a schadenfruede or “ha ha lookit the dummies” kind of way. Yeah, I know there are trolls on that site, and I recognize...
WatchPeople who do cool, funny stuff that I don’t understand are (in my mind) cool people. I watched this video and didn’t think, “Hey, I wish I could do awesome things on a skateboard,” I thought, “Hey, these guys seem funny and creative and cool and I wish they were my friends.”
And, they’re from Wisconsin, so they’re probably totally dope.
Tim and...
WatchPrincess Leia and Boba Fett Duel in a Star Wars-Themed Accordion Battle // from Asylum.com
SO. MUCH. AWESOME.
(via dbsw, dirty-harry)
Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop... →
I love stuff like this, and the interface is really cool and interesting. Awesome.
“The museum regularly hosts cocktail parties in the chapel that houses the...”
– Times Higher Education - Foucault’s pendulum is sent crashing to Earth
aka, Jackasses bein’ jackasses.
“Heaven is Whenever is a very good, and at times great, album. But it commits the...”
– Aquarium Drunkard » The Hold Steady :: Heaven is Whenever
I forget how much I love good music writing. This is a great review of the new album (“Heaven is Whenever”) by The Hold Steady.
“Baseball just a game as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the...”
– Ernie Harwell Hall of Fame Induction Day Speech
RIP, Ernie.
“The movie is about imperfect characters in a difficult world, who mostly do the...”
– Please Give :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
…and, I might add, a revolutionary approach to understanding and appreciating the rest of life. We are all “imperfect characters in a difficult world… mostly [doing] the best [we] can under the circumstances, but not always.”
“I give you a new commandment: love one another.
As I have loved you, so you...”
– USCCB | NAB - May 2, 2010
This is the Gospel reading from today. It’s not that hard, people. I think we’re doing it wrong sometimes.