February 2012
3 posts
Last Sunday was fun.
Yeah, I talk to her every day. Little stupid stuff I see in the streets. I laugh...
– Ivan Johnson on his mother, who passed away before he made it to the NBA. How can you not love this guy?
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January 2012
13 posts
Please don't start another nonprofit. →
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About 8-10 times a year I get random calls from sincere 20-somethings asking me for advice about the non-profit organization they want to start. Usually these new, innovative ideas are cause-driven organizations that aim to help victims of human trafficking or women and children caught up in…
It’s alright to talk about ‘streets flowing with milk and honey,’ but God has...
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My thing is I don’t really watch basketball, so I don’t know who...
– Ivan Johnson. I love this guy.
(via HopeMob: What Happens When Generous Strangers UNITE! by Shaun King — Kickstarter)
December 2011
28 posts
Christmas Stuff 2011
Family and celebrating the Incarnation is great, but Christmas is really about getting new stuff, right? Here’s my haul from this year.
1. Areopress from my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. I’ve heard a lot about these over the past year, and I’ve been eager to test one out. I’m a french press devotee, but the promise of easier clean-up and better coffee caught my...
(via Late Show Video - Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas’ Mash-Up - CBS.com)
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Slideshow from Benjamin’s birthday party. Our Year (by Joshua Cook)
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This used to be funny, but now it’s really just terrifying.
– Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard
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Patty Cake
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Sid Mashburn (by CreativeMornings/Atlanta)
When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger...
– Exodus 32:19-20
(via David Bazan covers “Just Like Christmas” by Low | Video | Holiday Undercover 2011 | The A.V. Club)
Albums in 2011
I haven’t fallen in love with any records this year, but I’ve enjoyed a bunch, especially since signing up for Rdio. Now I listen to just about every record that interests me on the day that it’s released.
Bon Iver is by far my favorite release of the year. I was ho-hum about it before seeing their show in Atlanta (thanks to Ashley), but I felt like I really *got* the songs...
November 2011
13 posts
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....
– Isaac Asimov via Daring Fireball
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We must know that God regards our purity of heart and tears of compunction, not...
– The Rule of St. Benedict 20:3-4a