"With A Shout"

“The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is due not to my activity, but to my inaction. Now, to put the matter in a popular phrase, it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not to a lifelessness, but to a rush of life. The thing I mean can be seen, for instance, in children, when they find some game or joke that they specially enjoy. A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, ‘Do it again’ to the sun; and every evening, ‘Do it again’ to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”

- G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (via ayjay)

(via bunkercomplex:thebrewerpatriot + itsthe90s) I feel like I...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:58:58 -0700

(via bunkercomplex:thebrewerpatriot + itsthe90s)

I feel like I must reblog this, due to my small role as the General in this scene, created a few years ago with some friends.

sds: Windows keeps trying to download and install updates for...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:45:27 -0700

sds:

Windows keeps trying to download and install updates for Microsoft Office. The thing is, I don’t have Office installed. I have Open Office installed, but nothing else.

Sweet mercy sds, get Windows 7!

Randy Haddock: Obama and Dems are ready to disregard Constitution with Slaughter Rule; Mark Levin is ready as well... with a lawsuit

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:07:09 -0700

Randy Haddock: Obama and Dems are ready to disregard Constitution with Slaughter Rule; Mark Levin is ready as well... with a lawsuit:

thedailyfiona:

It’s come to this: ObamaCare, an unpopular and partisan bill, needs unconstitutional gimmicks such as the Slaughter Rule in order to pass, and citizens are ready to defend the Constitution against the former constitutional professor who was elected and sworn to uphold that pesky and inconvenient…

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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:01:41 -0700

(via ptbruiser:whakahekeheke)

charlestheirishman: via wikipedia.org Saint Patrick, a few...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:34:16 -0700

charlestheirishman:

via wikipedia.org

Saint Patrick, a few facts about the Patron saint of Ireland

He was actually Welsh!

A pirate called Niall of the Nine Hostages captured him an brought him to Ireland where he tended sheep on a mountain in Co. Antrim

He did not actually chase any snakes out of Ireland. It is generally acknowledged that the climate is too cold and wet for them to survive in the wild.

Both the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland recognize him as a saint.

March 17th is a holy day of obligation in Ireland.

St. Patrick led an extraordinary life….Escaping slavery in Ireland, only to return later to witness to the very people who enslaved him. Amazing!

moneyissues: It’s the hat

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:58:09 -0700

moneyissues:

It’s the hat

Six Companies Pushing for Transparency in Healthcare Pricing - GOOD

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:51:00 -0700

Six Companies Pushing for Transparency in Healthcare Pricing - GOOD:

jayparkinsonmd:

Part of my series over at GOOD about fixing the sickness industry with good design.

Great article. GE switched to one of the newer systems requiring the first $___ out of pocket to get people to actually try to lower their health care costs. (I think this is a good thing.)

I’m dealing with this very problem right now too - I need to have a few sessions of physical therapy for my knee after I had some hiking issues. Nothing major. I called my doctor-recommend PT center and asked about costs and was met with a very confused receptionist. In fact, it sounded like no one had EVER asked her that question before - “how much will this cost?” I called multiple times trying to get an answer, they say they’ll call me & let me know…but 2 weeks later, still no appointment. I’m looking elsewhere now.

After this occurred I realized just how little insured people pay attention to their health care costs. Most who have insurance just call, make an appointment, pay their $30 copay, and never see or worry how much the insurance company paid for that care. It’s a horrible system - there are no incentives to make ANY efficiencies or create competitive pricing, and continues to drive costs up. And who does this hurt the most? Probably the uninsured.

We need more transparency, openness and competition in health care, having the government dig in even deeper will have the opposite effect.

isometriclost: luvina:

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:00 -0700

isometriclost:

luvina:

onemoretimewithfeeling: complicatedshoes: Classic. “Without...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:20:30 -0700

onemoretimewithfeeling:

complicatedshoes:

Classic.

“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”

- G.K. Chesterton

jessiecarter: My brain is in 1 million different places lately...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:18:04 -0700

jessiecarter:

My brain is in 1 million different places lately and as a result, this tumblr could very well turn into mostly videos. Deal with it.

If that means more Johnny & June videos, I’m totally OK with that.

lifeofbk: A highschool buddy from the motherland (Wisconsin,...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:14:00 -0700

lifeofbk:

A highschool buddy from the motherland (Wisconsin, obviously) spent his winter building the world’s largest self-supported igloo.

It died last week. Rest in peace, Bigloo.