Then there was a second male voice from the flight deck, this one remarkably calm and precise, making the passengers believe there was someone in charge after all, an element of hope: "This is American two-one-three to the cockpit voice recorder. Now we know what it's like. It is worse than we'd ever imagined. They didn't prepare us for this at the death simulator in Denver..."
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"This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, earthquakes, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom."
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
The station wagons arrived at noon, a long shining line that coursed through the west campus.
“'Even freaks need homes, countries, language, communication.
“'The only characteristic freaks share is our knowledge that we don't fit in. Anywhere. It is for you, freaks my loves, I am writing and it is about you. Since humans enjoy moralizing, over and over again they attack us.
“Language presupposes community. Therefore without you, nothing I say has any meaning. Without love or language, I do not exist.“
Remembering Kathy Acker on her b-day.
panUh… what?
I think I‘m glad I read this? It at least saved me from wasting time on Gravity‘s Rainbow 😬
January‘s #doublespin and another #1001books checked off @TheAromaofBooks
pickA shorter book but thick content as Newbigin covered many of the historical developments in critical thinking. While it was difficult to understand I still found it encouraging as ultimately he navigated through the pitfalls of both extremes and landed in a place of authentic faith in the God that speaks.
Since it's banned books week, I'm taking the opportunity to revisit a favourite banned book.
I used to read till 2 years back but then pandemic happened and it changed everything. I still bought books but was unable to concentrate because of studies and surroundings. I would always pick up books(audiobooks, ebooks), read for few pages and kept it aside.
This year in Jan I bought 8 new books and pledge to get out of this slump as soon as possible. (Pretty late) I started with the shortest book to get started and it's going pretty well😊
"Which leads to forgiveness. The point of the cross isn't forgiveness... Jesus always orients his message around becoming the kind of people who are generous and loving and compassionate. The goal here isn't simply to not sin. Our purpose is to increase the shalom in this world... It's not about what you don't do...
...Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it."
