October 2010
18 posts
“Turning the other cheek” is no Christian virtue when it means offering up...”
– Codevilla & Seabury - War: ends and means
Lt. Ripley Goes Shopping →
Krugman Demotivator →
I Don’t Work Here Does Not Work Here, Part 2 →
CLASSIC: Hiding FAIL →
That’s What He Thought →
Constructive →
“It is not that they love peace less, but that they love their kind of peace...”
– Saint Augustine - City of God
“Politics in the United States is contaminated by money in many ways. But if the...”
– Lexington: The best Congress money can buy? | The Economist
Connected →
“We speak of fighting to resist this world
But what about the battle within us?...”
– As I Lay Dying - Sound of Truth
Is Your Youth Group Accomplishing Anything? | The... →
“I’d rather be called weak
Than die thinking I was strong”
– As I Lay Dying - This Is Who We Are
Trent Reznor: ...in the age of over-sharing and hyper-real versions of people presenting and representing themselves on the web... That sense of, here’s the books I’m supposed to have read for the social archetype I want to fit into, so I’ll portray myself this way. I've seen that with people I know in real life, and I check them out online, it’s not always the same person.
DiS: Is it the falseness of it you don’t like?
Trent: I think the falseness is part of that. If you’re presenting yourself as false and you’re meeting people through the internet who are also portraying themselves not as they really are... I guess I’m just coming from an older school of: when you met people you met them. Whether you spoke to them on person or talked on the phone, when you interact with them it would be a real person and not some avatar of themselves.
“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward... →
“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward... →
“I think Christianity is (dare I say) bastardized by some Christian bands. Many...”
– Jesusfreakhideout.com Interview: Demon Hunter Interview