The first and only time I heard the analogy of slot machines being compared to phones was while watchingThe Social Dilemmaon Netflix. When you use a slot machine, you never know when you’ll hit the next jackpot. The same applies to scrolling on social media: you never know when the n...
This is what I’m going to try to puzzle out in the near future. Thanks for reading, one and all. You’ve made it all worthwhile.December 14, 2014 - 0 comments Shōgun: A Love Letter It’s been a while since I blogged. Shit happens and your days get filled with things you ...
It’s this image that comes to mind when I listen to Kurt Vile’s deceptively ramshackle 2011 masterpiece Smoke Ring For My Halo. The man delivers every lyric of these stoner folk songs in a gentle mumble – from the sarcastic “Society Is My Friend” to the romantic “Baby’s Arms.”...
As longtime or even new readers of this blog have surmised, I regularly listen to a variety of podcasts. Most of them may be categorized, as per subject matter, as having to do with the incredibly broad topics of science, the brain, and human behavior as seen and analyzed through a vari...
Peter’s reluctance to attend the Gentile home was furthered rooted with some important words of Christ himself. Few reading the Bible will read the following verses with understanding preferring to glance over them without thought. In Matthew 10 Jesus told the disciples the following words shown...
I wasn't going to church or anything just reading the Bible. When I came home, I got a job at the famous Fullerton Music in Fullerton, CA. They had been the original Fender retail dealer and there was great history at that store. At the time, the OC punk type scene was banging ...
If, after being forced to listen to a symphony, someone were to remark, "It's nice but I never really liked the key of C major," he, too, might be ridiculed, but to me it would show he was a genius[extract from Turtle Diary/Ornette Coleman from How to Go to the Movies by ...
I saved up my allowance for weeks to buy her albums as they came out! (My parents were pastors. We didn’t listen to much secular music for the first decade or so of my life, so she made a big impression on me). “Hands” by Jewel ...
of the scriptures. The app allows users to create or join private groups where they can share their insights, prayer requests, praises, and encouragements with other believers. Bible Study Together is more than just a reading plan; it is a community of people who want to follow Jesus ...
early morning. While we're not all listening to the same tracks in the same parts of the day, most of us are changing up what we listen to on the same sort of schedule. Think about how the music you listen to when you wake up differs from the music you fall asleep to, for ...