Image via Wikipedia I once had a conversation with a man I didn’t know during which he extolled the virtues of Eugenics and the idea of a master race. Because I was 13 at the time, this line of thinking was absolutely new to me. With my rudimentary understanding of how good …
The cleverest line you can think of. Of course. Posted via email from The Throughput
Exhausion mixed with an undeniable thirst for a can (not bottle) of Fat Tire. Posted via email from The Throughput
I am offended by the things that might happen. Not the things you are saying or doing, but the the things that you might say or do if allowed to continue. I will argue with you now in the hopes of not having to argue with you the next time …
I used to be able to look at all of the mountains and gain something from the experience. Now, I just cower in fear. I can’t understand them, ever. I can’t look out and see all of them or know the centuries that they took to come into being. They …
Image via Wikipedia As much as we would like to leave email in the dust and move on to a brand new world of constant co-creation, we are never farther from this reality than we are right now. Email has become the one equalizer for everyone who cares to take part. No …
Image by Julie70 via Flickr Being in favor of things is not so very hard. I’m for watching TV in the evenings. I’m for laughing with children. I’m for opening up boxes as soon as they come in the mail. I’m for remembering what I’ve done with those I’ve done …
No matter how luxurious or feature-ridden, the back of a car in-between two enormous carseats is not a comfortable place to be. As you try to squeeze in the car past one set of feet, you push both of the carseats, trying to make enough room for your waist. There …
I took my brother to school every day of his middle school career. I was already going to our 7-12 campus for my high school education, so it wasn’t any extra work. We would load up the car with the requisite backpacks and band equipment (his) and we went to …
One of my favorite songs is called “To build a house” by Lincoln, an incredibly little know band that only put out one album in 1997. Until today I wasn’t too sure what it meant because I had never known someone who actually had built their own home. The lyrics …