Michael Kelley

“ Control of attention is the ultimate individual power. People who can do that are not prisoners of the stimuli around them.

— David Brooks

I think she was going to eat me if I didn’t get that next spoonful of nectarines in quick enough.

Getting some love from my girls.

I’m so lame. 14 years after they hit it big I finally find out that I like Oasis. In another 6-7 years I should be ready to discover Coldplay.

» I thought my iPhone was toast...

…but it turned out to be an easy fix. Vive les internets!

» Begging the question

Please, please, for the love of all that is holy, stop misuing this phrase.

“ An ancient axiom of politics teaches that a spoiled people invite despotic control. Their failure to maintain internal discipline is followed by some rationalized organization in the service of a single powerful will. In this particular, at least, history, with all her volumes vast, has but one page.

— Richard Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences

“ Your theology will not always move you in the direction of obedience because your use of theology is governed by the condition of your heart.

— Paul Tripp

“ Wer spricht mit mir ist mein Mitmensch; wer singt mit mir ist mein Bruder.
The one who speaks with me is my fellow human; the one who sings with me is my brother.

— German Proverb

“ Oh, if I could only pray the way this dog watches the meat! All his thoughts are concentrated on the piece of meat. Otherwise he has no thought, wish, or hope.

— Martin Luther

More Joanna.

I saw Joanna Newsom at Benaroya Hall last night. Amazing. Just amazing.

» Re4mation TheoLOLgians

The latest in Fred Sander’s LOLCats parodies. Brilliant. Check out the whole series.

“ There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

— G. K. Chesterton

I’m so glad that I’m not the only one that does this… (from xkcd)