A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Fun links

  • Not very millenial

    I scored a measly 24 on this Pew Research “How Millenial Are You?” quiz (via Clint Schnekloth). Can’t say I’m too upset by that. Read more

  • How Ira Glass went veggie

    Here’s the host of NPR’s “This American Life” explaining to David Letterman. The funny thing is that throughout the clip Letterman and the audience are chuckling at the wacky “poultry activist”* who protested Glass’s show because of some feature they had called “Poultry Slam” (full disclosure: I’ve never listened to the show). The audience is Read more

  • Hmmm…

    Via Derek: You’re St. Justin Martyr! You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think that nature, history, and even the pagan philosophers were often guided by God in preparation for the Advent of the Christ. You find “seeds of the Word” in unexpected places. You’re patient and willing to explain the Read more

  • My own personal primary

    Say what you will about these internet quizzes, my results have been remarkably consistent: 73% Mike Gravel66% Dennis Kucinich56% Ron Paul55% Chris Dodd54% John Edwards54% Bill Richardson50% John McCain50% Barack Obama49% Mike Huckabee49% Joe Biden47% Hillary Clinton42% Mitt Romney35% Fred Thompson34% Tom Tancredo27% Rudy Giuliani2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz (via Connexions) Read more

  • In case you thought ATR was the only place on the web where Christianity and heavy metal fandom intersect, the blog Metal Sucks offers a “guilty pleasure” playlist of Christian metal. I’m not crazy about any of it, though the As I Lay Dying song is ok. And yes -Stryper does make the cut. Read more

  • Link of the week

    7 Most Useless Transformers. I urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to watch the embedded video of the Japanese Transformers cartoon featuring karaoke(!). Via. Read more

  • Beatallica – a band devoted exclusively to doing Beatles covers in the style of Metallica. The album is St. Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band. Tracks include “..And Justice for All My Lovin,’” “Blackened in the USSR,” and “Leper Madonna.” Slightly reminiscient of Dread Zeppelin, the original mash-up band. “A Garage Dayz Nite” Read more

  • Genius (via Zippy Catholic). Grocery Store Wars Read more

  • Fun with blog ads

    I couldn’t help but notice that blog-friend Graham at Leaving Muenster is sporting an ad for the “Family Values” tour on his site! Now, I could be going out on a limb here, but I’m going to bet that Graham is probably not a fan of Korn, Evanescence, Atreyu, Hellyeah, or Trivium. Gotta be careful Read more