On the occasion of Andrew Breitbart’s death, Conor Friedersdorf wrote a piece for The Atlantic attempting to survey Mr. Breitbart’s legacy. I recommend reading it, and I recommend reading Conor Friedersdorf’s work in general. That’s not to say I endorse his views. In fact, one of the things I appreciate about Mr. Friedersdorf is that …
When I drink a cup of coffee, I don’t care about it. I expect a reasonable temperature, an inoffensive taste, and a familiar aroma. That’s it. I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to look at it. I don’t want to take a picture of it. I don’t want to doctor a …
Sometimes I read my posts here and I think I come across as having my head up in the clouds or somewhere else. If you know me, you know that’s not me, at least not completely. But what am I to do? I’m blogging with a purpose (“Purpose Driven Blogging”). I agonize over pop culture …
To be fair, this post by Joel Mathis for Macworld is a warm, humorous, first-person, human interest anecdote on the role of social networking in his own recovery from surgery. I’m generally hesitant to apply a negative tone to someone’s account of a personal experience. I feel worried by this one, though, and, anyway, it …
After months of playing Bejeweled 3 on my laptop during downtime at home — something to occupy my hands and time while watching TV or listening to music, because, apparently, those things aren’t enough, on their own, anymore — I became bored with it. I’d earned all the badges and accomplished everything I’d hoped to …
Usually, I try to limit my blogging to music, books, TV, or (in theory) movies. Some things I’ve heard, read, and watched lately are contributing to my thoughts here, but this post isn’t about those things. Instead, I’m moved to expression by a variety of things I’ve read online. Foremost is a Jürgen Moltmann quote …