Found Words – Phillipp Genschel

“For only one thing is worse than being exploited by capital, and that is not being exploited by it.”

 - Globalization and the welfare state: a retrospective

Found Words – Jerry Seinfeld

“You know I tell ya, I gotta say, I’m enjoying adulthood. For a lot of reasons and I’ll tell you reason #1. If I want a cookie, I have a cookie, OK. I have 3 cookies or 4 cookies or 11 cookies if I want. Many times I will intentionally ruin my entire appetite. Just ruin it. And then I call my mother up right after to tell her that I did it. Hello, Mom, yeah I just ruined my entire appetite. Cookies!”
-Jerry Seinfeld

Found Words – IC

Heh.

“It’s never a good time to get married.”

Found Music – Stars

I think it’s pretty cool when music you used to love (but got tied up in a girl) can come back around with new meaning. Ian, you’re the man for bringing this back like its in style. Here’s the jam that got me hooked. And here’s the myspace.

And they were awesome live.

Found Words — Let Them Chirp Awhile

“How do I strike a balance between hating myself enough to be artistic while loving myself enough to believe I make anything?”

Written Words – Thanksgiving

So last year for NIM I wrote a thanksgiving poem for our service about how we shouldn’t just thank God for the good things, but also everything else. I called it my new Thanksgiving day tradition. Still trying to figure out a way to get that audio up, but here’s my thank yous:

• For not feeling well (and having friends around to pick me up)
• For the latest basketball loss (and the way my teammates rallied)
• For the headache from the Skype glare (and for keeping in touch with so many important people – and even getting a hand of pinochle in)
• For the back surgery I had a year and a half ago (and the fact that I’m pain free now)
• For being out of the country for Thanksgiving (and getting to share in other people’s Thanksgiving traditions)
• For not having the day off (and the other awesome academic opportunities here every day)
• For being behind in my work (and being blessed with a mind that will allow me to make it up)
• For a best friend who “couldn’t organize a piss up in a brewery” (and the fact that despite it all he’s still coming to visit me)

And, of course, a special thanks to my friends and family.

(feel free to add your own)

Found Words – Showbizzle

“I think I might sleep for an entire week. Is it possible to sleep for an entire week? If you don’t hear from me by Friday – call my cell phone.” 

 - Showbizzle (Nathan part 6)

Found Music – AccoLade

A little support for the all-female Saudi rock group.

New single:

Pinnocchio

//hat tip: instapundit and NY Times

Written Words – (a little) faith

Thoughts from evening mass: 

I spend a lot of time “trying to do the right thing.” Stressing about it. Praying about it. Working hard for it. And that’s made ever more complicated by the fact that the “right thing” is often not clear. Gray. Confusing.

Sometimes it’s necessary just to step back and say: I’m trying. That’s got to be worth something. The fact that I want to do God’s will. I want to get it right. I’m willing to sacrifice to do that. Even if I’m not wise enough to know what it always is.

Found Music – Pedro the Lion

Have you ever seen an idealist 
With grey hairs on his head 
Or successful men who keep in touch 
With unsuccessful friends? 

You only think you do 
I could have sworn I saw it too 
But as it turns out, 
It was just a clever ad for cigarettes 

Cause if it isn’t making dollars 
Then it isn’t making sense 
If you aren’t moving units 
Then you’re not worth the expense 

 - Penetration