“ ’Antifogmatic’ is an old term for a bracing beverage, generally rum or whiskey, that a person would have before going out to work in rough weather to stave off any ill effects. This batch of tunes could be used in much the same way, and includes some characters who would probably benefit mightily, if temporarily, from a good antifogmatic. ”
“ [Women like Colbie Caillat or Kate Voegele] might not garner the attention that Lady Gaga does, but I’m sure they had an easier time of it because of Sarah and Tori and Tracy. ”
“ An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday. The man was identified as 52-year-old Californian construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner, said officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan. […] Khan said Faulkner was also carrying a book containing Christian verses and teachings. ”
“ Petraeus was listening to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) express concern about the direction of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan when he appeared to faint. ”
This is one manifestation of a general trend, not only in music but in other fields, to want to get involved: not just to consume art and culture passively, but to take a hand oneself.
“ The [Minnesota Department of Human Rights] charged this week that by having ladies’ nights, five Twin Cities establishments denied men the right to “full and equal enjoyment” of their businesses. ”
“ We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here. ”
~Richard Dawkins (via thechocolatebrigade)
