"With A Shout"

alexa: Never thought I’d say this, but Microsoft just made my...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:36:00 -0700

Never thought I’d say this, but Microsoft just made my week. Best. ad. ever.

“What does it mean???”

Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:32:00 -0700

Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona :

“The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state.

The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, a major east-west corridor linking Tucson and Phoenix with San Diego.”

This is rather disturbing.

Paste Magazine Is Dead

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:32:15 -0700

Paste Magazine Is Dead:

hartleymanages:

I hope this isn’t true but it probably is. Sad.

jayparkinsonmd: From my post over at The Future Well: Did...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:53:41 -0700

jayparkinsonmd:

From my post over at The Future Well:

Did anyone ask us if we want the future?

How do we understand the sequelae of a generation that’s getting married at an average age of 28? If people are getting married later and having children later, then those children will have parents that die sooner. How will children whose parents die when they are teenagers deal with having no parents as twenty and thirty-somethings? Will this make their lives less happy? Even more so, what will come of their kids who grow up with no grandparents?

Great post Jay. These are very hard realities we’re going to have to deal with…all in the name of “PROGRESS.”

davereed: Vintage Lord of the Rings travel posters by Steve...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:05:33 -0700

davereed:

Vintage Lord of the Rings travel posters by Steve Thomas

tikilights:wepostmusic: Sufjan Stevens — “I...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:32:00 -0700

tikilights:wepostmusic:

Sufjan Stevens — “I Walked”

UnHearIt

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:06 -0700

UnHearIt:

yvynyl:

I’m posting this because earlier this evening I just about put a shotgun to my head after being at the gym and trying desperately to ignore the Lady fucking Gaga hitsong only to find myself humming the goddamn chorus in the shower… anything, even annoying 70’s TV jingles are better than that garbage.

“We created this site for those of you that have a song stuck in your head and you can’t get it out no matter what you do. Using the latest techniques in reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology, we’ve been able to allow our users to “unhear” songs by hearing equally catchy songs. So all we’re doing is making you forget your old song by replacing it with another one… sorry.”

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Xbox 360

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0700

So yeah, I picked up an Xbox 360 over the weekend. My gamertag is simply “ajamison” - Let’s be friends, yeah? What’s your gamertag Tumblr folks?

complicatedshoes: “Something In The Water” - Brooke Fraser New...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:52:13 -0700

complicatedshoes:

“Something In The Water” - Brooke Fraser

New Brooke Fraser! Wow. So much great music coming out right now.

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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:20:52 -0700

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C.S. Lewis on Democracy

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:17:05 -0700

hilker:

sds:

C.S. Lewis:

I am a democrat [small d] because I believe in the Fall of Man.

I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good that every one deserved a share in the government.

The danger of defending democracy on those grounds is that they’re not true… . I find that they’re not true without looking further than myself. I don’t deserve a share in governing a hen-roost. Much less a nation… .

The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.

—C.S. Lewis, “Equality,” in Present Concerns (via Justin Taylor)

What does love look like in marriage?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:02:24 -0700

whatismarriage:

Excerpts from Paul David Tripp’s What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage:

Love is being willing to have your life complicated by the needs and struggles of your husband or wife without impatience or anger.

Love is actively fighting the temptation to be critical and judgmental toward your spouse, while looking for ways to encourage and praise.

Love is the daily commitment to resist the needless moments of conflict that come from pointing out and responding to minor offenses.

Love is being lovingly honest and humbly approachable in times of misunderstanding, and being more committed to unity and love than you are to winning, accusing, or being right.

Love is a daily commitment to admit your sin, weakness, and failure and to resist the temptation to offer an excuse or shift the blame.

Love means being willing, when confronted by your spouse, to examine your heart rather than rising to your defense or shifting the focus.

Love is a daily commitment to grow in love so that the love you offer to your husband or wife is increasingly selfless, mature, and patient.

Love is being unwilling to do what is wrong when you have been wronged but to look for concrete and specific ways to overcome evil with good.

Love is being a good student of your spouse, looking for his physical, emotional, and spiritual needs so that in some way you can remove the burden, support him as he carries it, or encourage him along the way.

Love means being willing to invest the time necessary to discuss, examine, and understand the problems that you face as a couple, staying on task until the problem is removed or you have agreed upon a strategy of response.

Love is always being willing to ask for forgiveness and always being committed to grant forgiveness when it is requested.

Love is recognizing the high value of trust in a marriage and being faithful to your promises and true to your word.

Love is speaking kindly and gently, even in moments of disagreement, refusing to attack your spouse’s character or assault his or her intelligence.

Love is being unwilling to flatter, lie, manipulate, or deceive in any way in order to co-opt your spouse into giving you what you want or doing something your way.

Love is being unwilling to ask your spouse to be the source of your identity, meaning and purpose, or inner sense of well-being, while refusing to be the source of his or hers.

Love is the willingness to have less free time, less sleep, and a busier schedule in order to be faithful to what God has called you to be and to do as a husband or a wife.

Love is a commitment to say no to selfish instincts and to do everything that is within your ability to promote real unity, functional understanding, and active love in your marriage.

Love is staying faithful to your commitment to treat your spouse with appreciation, respect, and grace, even in moments when he or she doesn’t seem to deserve it or is unwilling to reciprocate.

Love is the willingness to make regular and costly sacrifices for the sake of your marriage without asking anything in return or using your sacrifices to place your spouse in your debt.

Love is being unwilling to make any personal decision or choice that would harm your marriage, hurt your husband or wife, or weaken the bond of trust between you.

Love is refusing to be self-focused or demanding but instead looking for specific ways to serve, support, and encourage, even when you are busy or tired.

Love is daily admitting to yourself, your spouse, and God that you are not able to love this way without God’s protecting, providing, forgiving, rescuing, and delivering grace.

Love is a specific commitment of the heart to a specific person that causes you to give yourself to a specific lifestyle of care that requires you to be willing to make sacrifices that have that person’s good in view.

I’m not married (not even close)…but this is what I want it to look like.

A few songs by Jason Diaz’s new record Stomp Out The Sun....

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:21:09 -0700

A few songs by Jason Diaz’s new record Stomp Out The Sun. Lots of influences here I like…rock, soul, gospel. Good stuff.

hartleymanages: currently...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:43:11 -0700

hartleymanages:

currently listening.

the.best.way.to.find.new.nashville.music.

Awesome, thank you sir.

"The Muslim Miss USA came out against it. It’s amazing how you get more wisdom from beauty..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:22:59 -0700

“The Muslim Miss USA came out against it. It’s amazing how you get more wisdom from beauty queens than you get from professors.”

- Dennis Prager, on the GZM.

Sufjan Stevens Unveils The Age of Adz

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:06:22 -0700

twentyfourbit:

Just 6 days following the surprise digital release of his 60-minute EP, All Delighted People, Sufjan Stevens has announced the October 12 release of his next full-length album: The Age of Adz. According to Asthmatic Kitty, the Adz (pronounced “odds”) LP “sounds nothing like” last week’s 8-song set:

We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos and acoustic guitars give way to drum machines and analog synthesizers), and an obsession with cosmic fantasies (space, heaven, aliens, love), to create an explicit pop-song extravaganza, augmented by heavy orchestration, and maybe even a few danceable moments.

Pre-order The Age of Adz here and check out the 11-song tracklist below:

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I can’t wait to hear this!

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Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:00:44 -0700

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A Lost Letter To Wormwood by Kevin DeYoung

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:43:27 -0700

A Lost Letter To Wormwood by Kevin DeYoung:

“Tis the season for the great migration of students to our institutions of higher learning. This week, next week, and into September, thousands of young adults will leave home and head off to college (“University” if you want to sound European). Many of these students are Christians. Some will look for Christian fellowship in their new home. Fewer will commit themselves to a church. This “fewer” is just as the devil likes it.”

"Social change isn’t like technological progress, despite what liberals like to think: Just because a..."

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:59:22 -0700

“Social change isn’t like technological progress, despite what liberals like to think: Just because a social model is new and gaining ground doesn’t mean that it represents an advance for human flourishing.”

- Ross Douthat

This is something I’ve argued for a long time: “progression” (i.e. change) does not inherently mean progress—an idea much liberalism seems founded on.
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:16:04 -0700

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