I discovered this American Flag Utility Kilt online. It is oh so guady and gauche. But there will surely be some ignorant schmuck who thinks it patriotic. Yeah, how very American to fart on the flag. It also violates federal law (4 U.S. Code §§1-10).Show more ›
Fake doctorates (feat. Christopher Hylton)
Christopher Hylton claims to have a “Doctorate of Theology [from] Piedmont Bible College of Theology,” but Piedmont does not confer theology doctorates (Th.D.). Piedmont also does not confer divinity doctorates (D.Div.). Piedmont narrowly offers a “Doctor of Ministry” in “biblical preaching, church revitalization, and ministry.” It is a non-academic, thirty-six credit online program “designed for those who aspire to excel at the highest level in the practice of ministry.” No dissertation is required for Piedmont’s D.Min. Whether a “Piedmont Bible College of Theology” ever existed is doubtful. There was once a Piedmont Bible College that merged with other schools. It now exists as Piedmont Divinity School within Carolina University (a college with a flimsy accreditation claim and a troubling percentage of adjunct faculty). All this reminds me of another blogger’s post on televangelists buying fake doctorates. This shit bothers me.Show more ›
On lost causes
You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. —Winston Churchill
A simple prayer
I beseech your grace for my failings and your strength for my weaknesses.
Alisha Quiñonez: Bello Jesús
¡Qué desesperación! O que me falte a mi el aire si el aire que respiro no sea el espíritu del Señor.
Natasha St. Pier: Juste un besoin de chaleur
Et cette chanson m’a conduit à celle-ci, qui est la suivante sur l’album de 2004, L’Instant d’Après.
C’est un danseur qui me serre dans ses bras
Et que je suis dans chacun de ses pas
C’est toi qui me console
Tes mains dans les miennes
C’est un ange qui entre en scèneShow more ›
Natasha St. Pier: Qu’y A-T-Il Entre Nous?
Cette chanson a résonné dans ma tête aujourd’hui. Je ne sais pas pourquoi.
À peine touché le ciel
Qu’il faut déjà descendre
Là haut c’était du miel
Et du vent aussi tendre
Mais ce n’était pas l’heure
Ce n’était pas l’endroit
Pour toucher la douceur
Pour partir en éclatsShow more ›
Skirt Blogs
For a time, Travis Martin (2015) and myself (2016) were the only two ‘males’ to blog their skirt awakening. Other than skirt cafe, there was no guidance for newly or would-be enlightened men. That vacuum led me to author some deep-dive posts and to curate media and internet coverage on the subject.
Although the highest read posts on my blog discuss skirts, my blog isn’t exclusively about socioculturally defiant clothing. So it seems appropriate to recognize two sites entirely dedicated to the subject: The Beskirted Man and Everybody Skirts. I have no plans to cease writing, but these cats are actively writing and those who subscribe my blog should probably subscribe theirs as well.
On Human Distinction
To be human is to be curious and inquisitive, to experiment and to solve. This is the foundation of tools and invention. —Vox
Zoomorphism and Anthropomorphism
My mother acquired two kittens last October. She has been petless for eighteen years. I myself have not had a pet in twenty years. Her kittens sparked memories of my cute childhood contemplations of metaphysics. I think nearly every child has thought: our pets must see us as gods. I know I said as much on more than one occasion. Now some decades later, I realize that there is a profoundly deeper truth to be examined, and its discovery begins with an improved articulation: these adorable inferior animals of such limited cognition must think us humans to be gods due to our superior abilities that pets can never attain. This more precise and expanded articulation serves a needful purpose in showing our dysfunctional definitions and descriptions of God.Show more ›
Wooley v. Maynard, 430 US 705 (1977)
The First-Amendment does not narrowly protect public expression of ideas and sentiments (whether spoken, written, or gestural); it also prohibits government-compelled speech. “[T]he right of freedom of thought protected by the First Amendment against state action includes both the right to speak freely and the right to refrain from speaking at all.” Wooley v. Maynard, 430 US 705, 714 (1977).Show more ›
Sun Tzu: Victory is only by opportunity
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. —孫子 (Sun Tzu), The Art of War