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Monthly Archives January 2009

Priorities

I can’t fully trust people who hate snow; I worry that they’re unwilling to trade convenience for beauty.

Posted 30 January 2009 Adam § , § Comments (3)

Hammer: Murder Weapon or Carpentry Boon?

Following the experience cited by a recent New York Times article, one of my friends posed the following question on her Facebook status: “Status updates: expressions of narcissism or vehicles for enhanced social intimacy?” I don’t think the dichotomy is quite right here, but that notwithstanding, I find myself defending Facebook and Facebook-like services more [...]

Posted 25 January 2009 Adam § § Comments (2)

Light

“I am concerned about a better world. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can’t murder murder, through violence you might murder a liar but you can’t establish truth, through violence you [...]

Posted 19 January 2009 Adam § § Comments (0)

Wow, it’s been a while.

WordPress has gotten pretty nice behind the scenes. I have no idea if this post signifies a return to regular blogging or not. I just have that awkward 10 minutes before a class across campus. The first day of classes used to make me nervous. I didn’t think that would ever go away. It’s one [...]

Posted 12 January 2009 Adam § § Comments (4)