Pudica L

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:22:22 GMT

"Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. Not that it is solely, or chiefly, to form great thinkers, that freedom of thinking is required. On the contrary, it is as much and even more indispensable to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature which they are capable of. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time."
-John Stuart Mill

The Columnists for the Virginia Law Weekly are awesome!

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:37:38 GMT

As the leaves on the trees changed by degrees and fell to the ground in a fluttery breeze, my thoughts floated likewise. Thoughts like ‘Holy Shit! Did you see that last line? I’m like motherfuckin Wordsworth on crack laced with uncut genius.”

http://www.lawweekly.org/?module=displaystory&story_id=1274&edition_id=40&format=html

Aye... my eyes!

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:04:44 GMT

So four of the five classes I signed up for this semester had a warning in the course catalog that they would be reading and writing intensive. Undeterred I choose, like a dumbass, to enroll in them anyway, it is the second week of class and I have spent the past three hours in the library reading the first 150 pages out of the 430 pages I have assigned to read for Wednesday's classes. I had to buy over eight-thousand pages worth of textbooks for my measly 15 hours of class this semester. The thought of an easy course load during football season is flying out the window.

What kind of name is Igby? The kind of name that someone named Sookie is in no position to question.

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:28:39 GMT

So I watched "Igby Goes Down" today for the first time in several years and laughed till I cried. "Do you know what a masectomy is?"... Aye, it isn't funny I know...

But maybe Voltaire was right when he said: "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

Classes start tomorrow.

"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!"

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:14:58 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_ordered_by_uses_of_the_word_%22fuck%22

Shades of Gray

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:27:16 GMT

http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

Real life Borat?

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:25:17 GMT

"My profession jurnalist , music and sport teacher , I make psycolojy doctora
I like to take foto-camera (amimals , towns , nice nude models and peoples)..."

http://www.ikissyou.org/

Carbon Footprints

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:19:30 GMT

I need to plant 80 trees to compensate for my Toyota Camry driving habits... Good thing I don't drive a Hummer.

http://www.travelmatters.org/calculator/individual/?sid=123a491893571fe57233ab20841ee880

A sad day in Knoxville

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:56:29 GMT

I grew up in the same neighboorhood as the girl. Her big brother and I used to walk home from school together.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=36620

The Tesla Roadster

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:28:13 GMT

The founder of Paypal has ventured into producing electric cars (THAT ARE FAST!!!). A four-door sedan should be unveiled mid 2008 starting at about $40k.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/20/tesla-roadster-unveiling-in-santa-monica/

http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster

I would drive one.

Summer Time and the Living is Eazzzzzzzzzy!!!

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:49:32 GMT

In the absence of the past two months several important things have happened:

1.) I have been having a most leisurely and enjoyable summer

2.) I have vacationed to Sullivan's Island, SC and Montreat, NC for the past two and a half weeks.

3.) One of my nextdoor neighbors got married and moved away, I attended his wedding in Memphis.

4.) I met a girl... Her name is Colleen, She graduated from Davidson and is now working with Teach for America in Oakland, CA. We have good chemistry.

Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:33:09 GMT

My Favorite: "Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet."

http://www.cco.net/~jpete/deepthou.htm

The art of changing course:

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:20:18 GMT

I am formulating the all-american-play in my head,... I wish I could as easily transition the thoughts to paper. In my play the underlying theme would be redirecting oneself systematically and deliberately. My father embodies it every time he tacks a sailboat I am beginning to realize how acutely my psyche unconsciously helps me to re-triangulate every so often. Freedom doesn't exist in the ability to pick a course and stick with it nor does it exist to those who never chart a path preferring rather to drift aimlessly. Life, Love, Ambition, the times I have felt truly alive have been the climactic shifts in inertia when one redirects his course. The boom comes swinging heavily across the boat, danger and pain cohort together, and sometimes you or someone you love is hurt by the shift, but progress marches on with the wind to her back.

I heard the hubub from my front porch.

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:35:57 GMT

An immigration protest took place at the Knoxville Court House a few blocks over from where I live, curious as to what was going on, I walked over and saw for myself.

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=4751144

Mentoring

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:31:01 GMT

I taught a third grade boy how to play chess today. It was a rewarding experience. The game ended in a stalemate...

The Lucky Number Sleven

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:17:43 GMT

On a scale of one to awesome: It was "super-great"

I saw it last night and have to say, it is the best Bruce Willis movie with a watch motif since Pulp Fiction.

"Picture me Rolling"

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:52:49 GMT

Awesome!

Watch the Video:

http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/product_info.php/products_id/1687

Talent?

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:28:22 GMT

Awesome:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-760967290136933591&q=berklee&pl=true

"Ladies and Gentlemen, you are here tonight witnessing the possibility of courage, creativity, and musical revolution. Three individuals, Lauren Hendrix, Ann Marrie Levy, and Eric LeRue, come together under one title"... Badasses!

Ha Ha

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:08:43 GMT

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/

I think #90 is my favorite... Belgium is a joke!

Perspective

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:07:32 GMT

To be or not to be. -- Shakespeare
To do is to be. --Nietzsche
To be is to do. -- Sartre
Do be do be do. -- Sinatra

Who is the antithesis of Christopher Reeves?

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:44:56 GMT

... Christopher "WALKEN", take that quadriplegic superman!

And now the supreme badass of the universe is considering a presidential bid, AWESOME!

http://walken2008.com/index.html

Have you ever taken the time to see how much work this guy has produced. He is prolific. Over 100 films and counting.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000686/

I Cheated!

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:04:42 GMT

http://www.nwlink.com/~dtilque/pal-dict/English_palindromes.html

Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:28:54 GMT

Even if you can't be him, you can still dress like the man:

http://www.johnmalkovich.org/

I hope this doesn't catch on in Tennessee

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:37:36 GMT

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VCBBLYFNVYNW0CRBAE0CFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=11623336

"Let's be from Vermont. And let's have an emerging maple syrup conglomerate."

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:32:37 GMT

I spent the evening in Montreat NC. On a whim, I decided to drive over to Asheville so I could attend a friend's wedding. I hung out with my cousin and we went honky-tonkin afterwards. We also quoted Wedding Crashers the entire time. It was a blast!

Mr. Perry King Thomas caught the garter, matrimony must surely be on the horizon in Tupelo...