July 2011
2 posts
“There is so little to remember of anyone— an anecdote, a conversation at...”
– Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
10 posts
“I want to overhear passionate arguments about what we are and what we are doing...”
– Marilynne Robinson, The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
This Week in Albums
Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
No Age - Everything in Between
Pavement - Brighten the Corners
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin’
Roger Thornhill: What's wrong with men like me?
Eve Kendall: They don't believe in marriage.
Roger Thornhill: I've been married twice.
Eve Kendall: See what I mean?
“If you fellows can’t whip the VanDamm’s of this world without asking...”
– Roger Thornhill, North by Northwest
September 2010
4 posts
“Nouns describe objective roles, parts to play, scripts to follow. Adjectives are...”
– Dan Allender, Leading with a Limp
Ran five miles in the rain tonight
alayman:
jdlayman:
So refreshing…
Welcome back to the Tumblr community, big brother! I have missed you.
I know, right? I just got the app for my phone.
Ran five miles in the rain tonight
So refreshing…
“Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been...”
– Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
May 2010
4 posts
The Hold Steady’s fifth studio album, Heaven is Whenever, came out last week. On first listen, I wasn’t a huge fan. Then I put it in my car. I forget that The Hold Steady graduated from headphones long ago. These tunes are meant for the arena, to be pumped loud and unabashed from speakers. Craig Finn’s lyrics are no longer intimate stories, but manifest themselves as...
“But they didn’t name her for a saint
They named her for a storm”
– “Hurricane J”, The Hold Steady
“She said the theme of this party’s the Industrial Age
And you came in...”
– Craig Finn, The Hold Steady
Wes Anderson turns 41 today. As a present, I think I’m going to go buy Fantastic Mr. Fox and watch it tonight.
April 2010
5 posts
Isaiah 40
I spent a lot of time reading Isaiah 40 today. If you’re looking for a chance to expand your view of God, and put yourself in your proper place, it’s a pretty great read.
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel? Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of...
Baseball
To all my friends, I apologize for not talking about baseball enough this week. I’ve been busy, but don’t worry I’ve still been keeping up. I’m actually going to my first game of the year on Saturday. It’s only a match up of Zach Greinke, the reigning AL Cy Young winner, and Josh Beckett, the ace of my beloved Boston Red Sox. It should be a great pitching duel....
“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love...”
– The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
March 2010
7 posts
Brad Neely reads his version of 'Harry Potter and...
nedhepburn:
Part One HERE.
Part Two HERE.
and it syncs up with the movie (Youtube).
I watched this over at Matt’s house about a month ago. Highly recommended (if you’re not easily offended). It’s really worth it for his nicknames alone (see: The Wretched Harmony and Ronnie the Bear).
Our Refrigerator is Gross
me: Josh, what's in that Cool Whip container in the back of our fridge?
Josh: (upon opening) Disgusting. It looks like little smokies. When did we have those?
me: I'm not sure, but they can't be older than Thanksgiving. We cleaned everything out, remember?
(pause)
Josh: JD, it's March.
“I’m not talking about dance lessons. I’m talking about putting a brick through...”
– Royal Tenenbaum (via mikekarnell)
SCORE!!
Pavement is coming to Kansas City on Sept. 11th as part of their reunion tour!
I finally cracked and created a flavors.me. I need better resolution photos of myself…
February 2010
11 posts
Time to read some Romans...
This year we’ve been going through The Reason for God in the group I’ve been helping lead. Tim Keller uses the book to address some of the most common doubts concerning Christianity while pastoring his church in downtown NYC. Last night, we asked the question of how a good God can condemn seemingly good people to hell (fun, I know!).
At the end of the night, one of the guys I love...
ZOMG LOST!!@#!
Best episode of the season so far. I feel like I have a billion different hypotheses about different aspects of what we saw tonight. If you’re as nuts as I am, call me. We’ll talk.
Jen: I'm so thankful for my Super Sweet Sixteen show.
me: Haha. You STILL watch that?
Jen: Of course! I have to be reminded that my goal in teaching is to make my kids never become like those kids.
me: I hope my kid stars on that show.
Jen: Hahahaha your kid will prob be on 16 and pregnant.
http://analog.coop/ →
I have a design crush on absolutely anything that Chris Shiflett and Jon Tan work on. Chris is a leading voice in web security and Jon Tan makes some of my favorite web typography choices for his designs. Hold Alt+G on the page to see how they used the rule of thirds to lay out all of their content.
Internet Explorer Sucks
As usual always, after spending 4 hours getting Redeemer’s new navigation menu set up the way we wanted it, I’ll probably have to spend the entire weekend researching how to hack it up to look good in IE.
Thankfully, less than 30% of our traffic is on IE, and I could care less if those people can access our site.
“Darlin’ don’t you go and cut your hair
Do you think it’s...”
– Pavement
Haircut
I got my hair cut today at my favorite place (the only legit Fantastic Sam’s I know of). I’m on a first name basis with the two girls. Natalie even showed me her baby today. What’s great is that, since I’m their friend now, they actually try when they cut my hair. Basically, I get a $20 haircut for $12. It’s the only place in Overland Park that actually makes me feel...
“She’s so lackadaisical, should have been a west coast bride.”
– Pavement
Illinois Defeats No. 5 Michigan State
Just thought you should know…
“I don’t think it sounds anything like Alligator, but it’s less...”
– Matt Berninger of The National (who also have a new record in May)
New Broken Social Scene in May →
I’m stoked.
January 2010
28 posts
Sorting Hat →
patrickwilson:
alayman:
patrickwilson:
Gryffindor.
It asked which I preferred, so of course I said Gryffindor. Then it said, “Are you kidding me,” and put me in Hufflepuff. I’m embarrassed.
Ouch.
I mean, Hufflepuff are hard workers, so that’s something.
Yeah, I’m kind of ticked too… I figured I would be Ravenclaw, but it was like, “Nope. You remind me of Cedric...
RIP J.D. Salinger
“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the...”
– J.D. Salinger (via scout)
“I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about...”
– Catcher In The Rye (via nedhepburn)