July 2011
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Pantsless Progressive: I was fired from my job... →
aaron-in-transit:
Apparently my supervisor and coworkers were fine with it, but the HR representative, who I never even got to meet, was not.
They first had the person from my staffing agency contact me (instead of speaking to me personally) requesting that I not use the correct…
“Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or...”
– Madeleine L’Engle (via azspot)
“We are made in the image of God; God is a creator, and God created free-will...”
– Kevin Kelly (via azspot)
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“Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a...”
– C.S. Lewis
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
“That is my understanding of it, I cannot swear to the accuracy of it.”
– Rupert Murdoch, in giving his “understanding” of events, also inadvertently sums up News Corp’s philosophy of journalism. (via bethefoodoflove)
“I cannot swear to the accuracy of it” is the new “not intended to be a factual statement.” (via pantslessprogressive)
Ahh, “news...
“I never need to find time to read. When people say to me, ‘Oh, yeah, I love...”
– J.K. Rowling (via hold-a-wolfs-ears)
This is also very much me. I would take a book everywhere. And often still do!
“The Master was asked, “What is Spirituality?”
He said, “Spirituality is that...”
– Anthony de Mello (via theorthodoxheretic)
One of my favorite Christian thinkers by far. It’s telling that his work is considered heretical by the Catholic Church.
“There is a certain Mos Maiorum that exists in our culture today. A certain...”
– Dancing on Saturday (via azspot)
the continuously fractured life: Several Points... →
ashleighfhill:
I’ve always needed a lot of processing time, even after I make decisions I feel good about. I’ve been in Chicago for two years and I’m still thinking about that move. In high school I was in an AP History class where my classmates gave out personality awards at the end of the semester,…
