January 2010
15 posts
Musings Making Me Comfortable
The calendar might say Friday but I’m not fooled. With all the homework I have to do this weekend, it seems more like another Wednesday. Anyway, here come some musings just so you are comfortable in your weekend. These are my thoughts from this past week.
• The show TOP GEAR on BBC is going to be responsible for hundreds of traffic violations in the next few years. I know when I watch the...
A Kick in the Pants
Sometimes I feel like I really am awesome. My pride gets out of control and I forget how insignificant all I do really is. Sure, I write this blog which is read by dozens, and I attend school and make decent grades, but I really am not impacting the planet in the way I like to pretend.
Some people need to be coddled and reminded to be humble in a gentle way. Not me. I am the old motorcycle of...
Please Stop Facebook Idiots
I spend a lot of time on my computer. I am constantly surfing the information super-highway looking for inspiration to use for this blog. Or something. Frequently I find myself on the social networking site facebook, and I am noticing a disturbing trend.
There seems to be an inordinate amount of people spending a mind-boggling amount of time on facebook. These people take every quiz, answer ever...
What Happened to New Jersey, and Can We Keep it...
Jersey Shore season one is over, and now America will move on to some other pop-culture phenomenon within three weeks. Before we do, I would like for us to look at what that show really showed.
There are actually people who dress like this. As funny as that may look, I am horrified when I think that this may not be a New Jersey-isolated problem. It seems that more and more guys are wearing this...
Friday is Musings Day
Not a ton of musings this week, but you deserve to know what I’ve been thinking.
My first co-ed basketball game was last night. My line: 0pts (0-2 shooting), 3 assists, and 5 rebounds in 20 minutes. We got destroyed. However, it was the first game and we can build on this.
One of the guys we played against was about 6’4” and weighed around 240. I love playing against those...
WatchMy first real video blog in which I introduce you, briefly, to my three roommates. Bryan, Nate, and Adam have been referenced on this site before, but now you get to meet them. Enjoy.
Question For the Searchers
I recently obtained a video camera. It is really nice, and I want to use it ASAP. My question to you guys is what do you want me to film for this blog?
Happy Bluegrass Tuesday everyone. Yeah, I made...
MLK, We Remember You Today
I was going to review a few episodes of Jersey Shore today, but I thought that would be a waste of everyone’s time today. Instead, I am going to focus on a hero of mine: Dr. King.
Most people think Dr. King would fit in well with today’s society, but I completely disagree. Dr. King would still be fighting for justice and would still be spreading the message of peace and justice that...
Musings That You Needed To Read
Well it’s Friday and I haven’t posted since my controversial Jersey Shore post. To clarify, I never said the show was stupid. I just said the people on the show aren’t the smartest. To ask me why I watch the show is like me asking you why you prefer chocolate milk. I watch the show because it fascinates me. Anyway, on to the musings, these are actual thoughts I had the past few...
Jersey Shore Says a lot About You, America
MTV is a network that, like it or not, often puts the mirror up against American culture. Recently it has decided to trot out a new show which places young, tan, morally complacent, Italian-Americans in a house together on the beach in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. As is often the case with these shows, I am riveted. For some reason, when MTV throws the dregs of US society in a house together with...
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By Special Request
The blogger’s best friend is the blog commenter. The blogger’s next-best friend is someone who sends him ideas for future blogs. While it is true that I haven’t always done the posts my readers have pitched, every so often one is so strange that I must cave to their desires. In this case we have a craigslist listing, looking for a woman who likes to be treated like a dog. Let me...
Retreats, Retreaters, and Retreating
Currently I am in the middle of a five-day intensive retreat with Dr. Dallas Willard, who may end up being the smartest human I have ever been been around. Dr. Willard is lecturing for around seven hours a day here and I think he should be teaching longer, it is that interesting. We have discussed the role of the will, the role of the body, and how love and desires are related. Throughout all...