February 2012
2 posts
Love in the Time of Jeffrey Eugenides
philolzophy: I’m an idealist but I’m not an idiot. I understand the gravity of the world’s state of affairs. This is the Holden Caulfield effect. Reality doesn’t do away with optimism, it just makes you have to work harder at it. People don’t think Holden Caulfield was an optimist because they don’t understand how it works. Optimism is not naivete. It’s a resolution after careful consideration...
Feb 14th
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“And however thoroughly it eludes the attention of the despairer, and however...”
– Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness unto Death (via matryoshhka)
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
7 posts
Jan 31st
“The ressentiment which is establishing itself is the process of levelling, and...”
– Søren Kierkegaard, Two Ages: A Literary Review (via hollovv)
Jan 28th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 13th
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nomind-allthought: Richard Dawkins capitalized God in “The God Delusion.”  He still secretly believes that God deserves capitalizing, and is therefore wrong. CHECKMATE ATHEISTS.
Jan 7th
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Jan 3rd
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December 2011
17 posts
Dec 31st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
The Airborne Toxic Event (7) Gungor (7) Panic! At the Disco (6) Ben Folds (4) Sara Bareilles (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 30th
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Dec 22nd
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“Further, genealogical analysis shows that the concept of liberty is an...”
– Michel Foucault, “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History” Suck it, libertarians. (via sonofapritch) Bring on the tyranny, I’m sick and tired of liberty™. (via thenoobyorker)
Dec 21st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Panic! At the Disco (11) Dave Matthews Band (6) Jenny Owen Youngs (3) The Airborne Toxic Event (3) Gungor (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Richard Feynman: Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
Jonathan Schaffer: It is likely that ornithological knowledge would be of great benefit to birds, were it possible for them to possess it.
Dec 17th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Jenny Owen Youngs (17) Imogen Heap (5) Switchfoot (4) Minus The Bear (3) Ingrid Michaelson (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 14th
Dec 8th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Blondfire (16) Panic! At the Disco (3) Kings Of Convenience (2) Rebecca St. James (1) Masafumi Takada (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 8th
Dec 8th
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Dec 5th
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“My reasons for finding you beautiful include characteristics I feel you have not...”
– Alexander Nehamas- Only a Promise of Happiness
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
November 2011
9 posts
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“This generic way of treating the cup, and the coffee it holds, obscures its...”
– Herbert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly- “All Things Shining”
Nov 21st
Nov 17th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Panic! At the Disco (19) The Airborne Toxic Event (10) Sara Bareilles (9) The Age of Rockets (9) A Fine Frenzy (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 15th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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The Avalanche are playing so bad...
I cannot watch the destruction from a team that WE SHOULD NOT LOOSE TO!!!!! 
Nov 11th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Imogen Heap (12) Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (6) Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (4) Dave Matthews Band (4) Jenny Owen Youngs (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by …
Nov 9th
Instead of Pro-Choice, lets call ourselves...
Nov 8th
October 2011
11 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30) →
Panic! At the Disco (26) Lelia Broussard (18) Metric (8) Minus the Bear (8) Ben Folds (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 31st
Oct 30th
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“The problem with democracy is that, the moment it is established as a positive...”
– Slavoj Zizek
Oct 27th
FBI Changes Official Definition of Rape →
The FBI currently defines rape as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will”, which, as Vanessa explained back in April, excludes statutory rape, same-sex rape, forced anal or oral sex, rape with an object and victims who are male or transgender or have disabilities, not to mention those who have taken drugs or alcohol and therefore had their ability to consent taken away. ...
Oct 20th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16) →
The Airborne Toxic Event (12) Danielle Ate the Sandwich (6) Minus the Bear (5) Panic! At The Disco (3) Death Cab for Cutie (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by …
Oct 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
Imogen Heap (20) Jenny Owen Youngs (9) A Fine Frenzy (8) Paramore (4) Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 15th
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Oct 6th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-2) →
Lelia Broussard (11) Dave Matthews Band (9) The Airborne Toxic Event (7) Ben Folds (6) Metric (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 4th
Oct 3rd
108 notes
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Oct 1st
September 2011
14 posts
Sep 27th
Sep 27th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Gungor (23) The Airborne Toxic Event (13) Sara Bareilles (8) Mrs Jynx (6) Ben Folds (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 27th
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Sep 26th
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