December 2008
69 posts
“I found my best partner!”
– — My friend Yoko Nobori, gushing joy about new husband.
That’s pretty much the goal of finding a good mate, folks. Not romance, not soulmate, not knight in shining armour. Find your best partner.
A Deadly Wave, a Lucky Star →
A family story of the 1908 earthquake and subsequent tsunami which devastated the Italian coast and left over 100,000 dead.
I can’t help but wonder how my maternal relatives were affected. They were all still living in Calabria at the time. I’ve never heard anyone in my family mention this before.
“They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in...”
– From Life of Reilly, ESPN.com
Read the original here.
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And that’s why I continue to teach where I teach, and to request the classes no one else wants. As difficult as it can be, there’s nothing like making a kid who has struggled...
“I was really surprised and dismayed by my voting record,” she told the...”
– Caroline Kennedy
ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME? THAT’S HER RESPONSE!
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Oh no… please don’t make her our next Senator… please…
monkeytypist:
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copycats:
“With or...
Another installment of "Living in the In-between"
The best Christmas present I received so far: Muhammad Asad’s English version of the Qu’ran. It’s been highly reccommended to me for quite some time by my imam and several of my friends as one of the best English versions hands down. It has the Arabic text, transliteration, and a sublime rendering in English, as well as very detailed notes on history, context, linguistics,...
“Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?...”
– Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchel translation)
“There is a way from your heart to mine and my heart knows it, because it is...”
– Jalal al-Din Rumi (via snowblind) (via seashelllz) (via clothedinsky)
“My being is God, not by simple participation, but by a true transformation of my...”
– St. Catherine of Genoa (via clothedinsky)
Magic*
buriedunderground:
I drove through a rainbow today. That’s right. THROUGH A RAINBOW. I almost stopped in the middle of the road, I was so stunned. In honor of such a special day, I bought the sunglasses pictured below.
Awesome. In the true meaning of the word.
“When I, a westerner and a former practicing Christian, became a Muslim, I became...”
– Michael Young, “Frustrations of a Muslim Convert”
“Committed to Islam, Vexed by Muslims”
The Glory That Was Greece From a Female... →
“The main misconception is the notion that women had a universally mute and passive role in Athenian society. It is true that they lived with restrictions modern Westerners would find intolerable. Technically they were not citizens. In terms of civil rights, their status differed little from that of slaves. Marriages were arranged; girls were expected to have children in their midteens. Yet,...
The 10 Best Mixtapes Of The Year →
“They represent hip-hop artists taking back the power over their music from label politics, mainstream media and the tyranny of copyright law (and FCC language restrictions). In this purely democratic world unsigned rappers build a fan base, past-their-prime artists re-connect with an audience, and major-label commodities show their adventurous side on records that overprotective label reps...
“Charlie considered himself a Lutheran, because that’s what his parents had...”
– Stephanie Meyer, New Moon (p. 36)
Watchtuneage:
London Elektricity - “All Hell Is Breaking Loose”
This song isn’t new; it’s off London Elektricity’s September-released album Syncopated City. But I didn’t find out there was a video for it until I stumbled across Hospital Records’ Vimeo account yesterday. Even non-Drum and Bass fans should be able to appreciate how fun this video is.
I haven’t enjoyed a music video so much in...
“Melt the body with heaven
Your feet step in fact and fiction”
– Wudang Lao Jun Yang Sheng Gong Syllabus (via clothedinsky)
“I somehow see what’s beautiful in things that are ephemeral.”
– I Thought I Saw Your Face Today (She & Him) (via alexbeaudet)
When Jesus met Buddha →
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givemesomethingtoread:
Something remarkable happened when evangelists for two great religions crossed paths more than 1,000 years ago: they got along.
“Throwing the shoes at Bush was the best goodbye kiss ever.”
– Musa Barhoumeh, editor of Jordan’s independent Al-Gahd newspaper
(via AlJazeera)
After 146 Years, a Brooklyn Convent Is Closing →
This has been a season of heartbreak and anger for these women, who thought the motherhouse would be their last home and the sisters their constant companions. Now they, the rescuers of lost children, feel like orphans themselves.
“It kind of hurts in a lot of ways,” said Sister Francene Horan, who came to the motherhouse in 1950 to teach kindergarten. “A building is one thing. This is a home,...
“Stopped at a red light near Halal Bilal’s “Steak and Take” in Germantown, I was...”
– — HijabMan
(also here)
Three Beautiful Things Thursday: Art for the Sake of Art
Candy Cane Oatmeal Cookies →
1 c. butter 2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 c. confectioners’ sugar 2 tbsp. water 2 1/2 c. sifted flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/2 c. Quaker oatsBeat butter and vanilla until creamy. Add sugar gradually; beat until fluffy. Add water. Sift flour and salt together. Add to creamed mixture; mix well. Stir in oats until well blended. Dough will be quite stiff. Make into candy cane shapes; place on an...
We put our lights up last night
They’re LEDs, all blue and white. “LEDs are the lights of the future,” raves my husband, and then he proceeds to talk passionately about how much energy they save, and how you can plug like 30 of them into one outlet or something.Whatever, I just know they were on clearance at Wegman’s.
The thing is, they’re the same kind/color of LEDs that are used in new headlights...
Finally, someone who views hippies with even more...
I was rasied by hippies. There’s a lot that I do genuinely love about them, but this post pretty much sums up most of my own frustrations with the subculture.
picnics:
[I miss schools] but not hippies
Seriously people, live your goddamn lives. I’m all about conservation but you don’t have to treat a collapsible bowl made from corn fibers instead of plastic like it’s the goddamn hope...
“God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, ‘Ah!’”
– Joseph Campbell (via closertotheocean)
While watching the Rent-A-Center commercial with...
Me: See, we can get a baby from them!
Husband: Yeah, but it's just rentals.
Me: They have rent-to own. It'll be like foster care.
Full circle: father-of-four becomes a Father again →
“A 67-year-old former missionary who left the priesthood nearly 40 years ago yesterday returned to active ministry with the blessing of Rome.
In the intervening four decades, Father Michael Moloney married and reared four children.
Following the death of his wife Marjorie, Fr Moloney decided he wished to return to pastoral duties and, in what is thought to be a first for the Catholic...
“Women are God shining through subtle veils”
– Ibn ‘Arabi
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Stravinsky's Riotous 'Rite of Spring' →
‘“It’s a shocking piece,” Hoffman says. “It’s still startling to us today when we hear it, but it is not a confusing piece. It’s compelling. We’re hearing irregular rhythms, we’re hearing instruments asked to go to the extremes of their capability, but we’re also hearing patterns that we recognize, with pacing, contrast, fascinating...
Tao Te Ching: Stephen Mitchell translation →
The entire text.
Joy.
Gay Marriage: Our Mutual Joy | Newsweek.com →
squashed:
Newsweek has an article on what the Bible, properly interpreted, says about gay marriage. It makes a compelling point that most of the Bible’s references to marriage should not be considered teachings. For example, the Bible does not suggest that we look to King David as a model husband. The Bible’s language regarding marriage is generally time-specific and should be considered...
