goodness gracious me.

saravee: jhwolford replied to your video: The Avett Brothers, “If It’s the Beaches” I...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:04:05 -0400

jhwolford replied to your video: The Avett Brothers, “If It’s the Beaches” I was…

Everything they play is soul crushing. I listened to Kickdrum Heart on a loop for an hour straight last week.

Truth. I saw them live over a month ago and I’m still hung up on this song.

Had this one on repeat for a while two summers ago. I think their most soul-crushing song is Pretty Girl at the Airport, though.

Then stop being a teacher.

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:15:22 -0400

Then stop being a teacher.

theerex-t: trailer for the upcoming documentary “Bully”, which...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:30:39 -0400

theerex-t:

trailer for the upcoming documentary “Bully”, which will release on March 30th.

Don't hack my tumblr, bro!

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:19:23 -0500

Remember that your cognitive error is believing that your value depends on the positive responses...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:37:46 -0500

Remember that your cognitive error is believing that your value depends on the positive responses of others, and that only by getting others to respond to you in certain specific ways will you feel loved and worthwhile. Notice this tendency in your thinking today.

Go to hell, Universalists. Wocka wocka!

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:53:22 -0500

Go to hell, Universalists. Wocka wocka!

A poke in the back, a punch in the arm, and a phone number.

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:15:00 -0500

I should buy new sweaters more often.

saravee: A colleague sent this to us today. Fascinating...

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:59:45 -0500

saravee:

A colleague sent this to us today. Fascinating presentation on the current state of public education.

This is so, so cool.

Semantics

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:40:00 -0400

Some dude in the Yesterdog parking lot last night asked us for money.

SD: hey, i’m trying to work my way up to a six pack. any of you got any change?

Me: you just gotta do lots of sit ups, dude.

SD: that ain’t gonna help me buy booze.

Me: oooooh, six pack! right.

lots to look forward to.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:55:00 -0400

My education classes even more greatly instill my longing to be a father than they do my desire to teach.

KFC

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:42:54 -0400

This is the interaction I just had with the guy at the KFC drive-through window.

Guy: It’s time to get serious now! Here’s your double down.

Me: I’m gonna need a nap after this, aren’t I?

Guy: You know that’s right!

I like this. Be warned: naughty word at 0:20.

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:19:08 -0400

I like this. Be warned: naughty word at 0:20.

"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:37:50 -0400

“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

tonight i'll burn the lyrics

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:27:20 -0400

cuz every chorus was your name.

blog is a funny word

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:54:14 -0400

blog is a funny word

If you work in youth ministry in any capacity, this is for you....

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:32:00 -0400

If you work in youth ministry in any capacity, this is for you. Mostly, this is so I can find it easily once I want to.

This explains my current woe.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:09:19 -0400

Advertisers often play on something psychologists call Loss Aversion. Loss Aversion is an aspect of Prospect Theory, a theory that seeks to determine why people make certain decisions. Loss Aversion suggests people are more motivated to avoid losing something than they are to acquire something new. For instance, in a study done on a street in Las Vegas, passers by were given a twenty-dollar bill and then given the opportunity to double their money by betting on a single card. They could walk away with the twenty, or double their money. Most participants chose to walk away from the game, keeping the twenty-dollar bill they had just been given. But when the game was changed and the participants were given forty dollars, only to have twenty taken back a moment later and then given a chance to win back the twenty taken from them, nearly all participants decided to take the same risk and get back what they had lost. In other words, when they had something and lost it, they were more inclined to try to get it back.

- taken from Donald Miller’s blog, www.donaldmilleris.com

tentative

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:13:17 -0500

we’ll see about this.