December 2011
27 posts
WatchLesson learned? Face peaceful opposition with violence and ignore international oversight and pressure and you cause civil war.
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/12/29/pkg-syria-homs-army-defect.cnn.html (via Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com)
The Hideous Marketing of 'Modern Warfare 3' - D.B.... →
Obama Wants to Raise the Debt Ceiling Again →
$1.2 flipping trillion
something wintertime: The only thing worse than... →
dintheverb:
I HATE this phrase. I hate reading posts that contain this phrase. There are always myriad things worse, things we haven’t considered, things we have no experience with, no frame of reference, not enough honesty in us to admit, blah, blah, blah.
The only thing worse than “the only thing worse…
“As a general rule, what a leader does matters, not what he or she would do if...”
– President Obama and the Spread of Security Theater - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics - The Atlantic
“Each tree, Jesus says, is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44). This is true of...”
– Padre Raniero Cantalamessa — www.cantalamessa.org — Readability
WatchMy Brightest Diamond - ALL THINGS WILL UNWIND: High Low Middle (by Asthmatic Kitty)
The spirit of this little video is infectious.
“Please, you guys have to put these on; people will want to kill you less.”
– http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/10753/nba-lockout-an-ode-to-sweaters
Wesley Morris on LeBron, Dwyane, Amar'e, and the... →
An interesting look at Basketball Nerd style and black culture.
Includes this great aside:
“All the interesting comic tension of the show was in how long it would take until Will got Carlton to do something black. How long until he, say, wore a track suit or stopped dancing like Belinda Carlisle and started doing the running man. This, of course, is also what people spent Sammy Davis...
Nerd Girlfriend! →
I saw this and shouted “NERD GIRLFRIEND!!” at my wife.
Sports
Dan Gilbert swore the Cavs would win a championship before Lebron James. Wouldn’t letting Chris Paul & Dwight Howard go to LA be the best way to stop the Heat while the Cavs try to learn how not to play ball so horribly badly?
Obligatory Feast of the Immaculate Conception of...
“[She is the] highest woman and the noblest gem in Christianity after Christ … She is nobility, wisdom, and holiness personified. We can never honor her enough. Still honor and praise must be given to her in such a way as to injure neither Christ nor the Scriptures - Martin Luther (Sermon, Christmas, 1531).
Chuck Klosterman on Tim Tebow - Grantland →
This is the only thing on Tebow I’ve found that’s worth reading; and it’s very well worth the read.
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Chemo Week 2
Today marks the start of Week 2 of chemotherapy. I only go in for treatments every other Monday- making this an off day.
However, I wanted to let you know that the first week was remarkably easy. I am grateful for such a merciful start. I was a little tired, headachy, my stomach was a bit off. But that was the extent of it.
So thank you for your prayers. I’m grateful.
Also, one thing...
“They have to learn to exist within different, overlapping ecosystems —...”
– Museum as Node: What to Love About the Walker Art Center’s New Website - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
This is one of the smartest most elegant statements I’ve read regarding the approach an organization should take to social media. And in the context of a nice article...
Where is the love in R&B music? — www.cnn.com →
Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S.... →
Watchmarrina:
8 minute trailer for “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Uh… AHHHHHHHHHH…
The Liberal Critique of Obama: Judging the... →
This is a man who’s campaign cannot- CANNOT- be taken at face value or trusted by its word.
