I don’t watch the news. Saying that to someone will likely raise an eyebrow, especially since television is flooded with an abundance of news channels today. Growing up in northeast Ohio we had one local station that, by my count, had over a quarter of their broadcast day devoted to local news (if you’re wondering, not that much happens in Cleveland), and that was in addition to CNN and early versions of MSNBC and FOX News. It isn’t that I’m opposed to knowledge dissemination over the airways – it’s that I’m opposed to how I feel when taking in news that causes me to turn off the set. Specifically, I struggle with experiencing the wrong emotions.
A news van sits outside Columbia on March 29, 2010. I took this photo as I walked toward my building.
Anyone who cares might find it interesting to read some of my favorite quotes, now on the top of the sidebar on the right. You can read them by waiting 20 seconds for each to reload, or just look at the list below (automatically updated as I add quotes I find).
Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Luck has a way of rewarding those who do not depend on it
God grant me the serenity to remember who I am
Some say life is unfair. Hey, I don’t know, I don’t care.
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick
I speak LOUDLY, and I carry a BIGGER Stick… and I use it too
Back off man, I’m a scientist
It’s a game [baseball] you’ll hate for 5 minutes and love for 2 hours
Sheesh Vinny, what did my DVD collection ever do to you? Kick your cat or something?
It’s 3:30 in the afternoon and people are trying to sleep!
I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
You’re with someone for like 2 weeks in and you’re like, F*** no way. I can’t stand this person. I’ll stay around for 5-6 years and we can end this thing violently I got time.
The only person I can be is the person I am
If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.
The ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means.
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on the way, some little boys came out of the city and jeered at him: “Go away, baldy; go away, baldy!” The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the children to pieces.
You know what made it easy? I never went to engineering school. I didn’t know you couldn’t do it.
