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links for 2008-08-15

Todays bit of motivation - Ali in the Jungle

It’s, not, how you start, it’s how you finish,
And it’s, not, where you’re from, it’s where you’re at,

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna’ get up?
How quick are you gonna’ get up?
Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna’ get up?
Just how are you gonna’ get up?

Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
With odds like that, they were bound to fail
Like Hannah in the darkness,
Like Adam’s in the dark,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man, well the guy went deaf and didn’t give a fuck, no…

No, no, no

It’s, not, where you are, It’s where you’re going,
Where are you going?
And it’s, not, about the things you’ve done, it’s what you’re doing, now,
What are you doing, now?

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna’ get up?
How quick are you gonna’ get up, now?
Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna’ get up?
Just how are you gonna’ get up?

Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
Well with odds like that, they were bound to fail
Like Hannah in the darkness,
Like Adam’s in the dark,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man, well the guy went deaf and didn’t give a fuck, no…

Oooh, ooh, ooh
No, no, no
Oooh, ooh, ooh
No, no, no
Oooh, ooh, ooh

It’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
It’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
It’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback…
It’s the greatest comeback…

The Hours - Ali in the Jungle fr the Narcissus Road album.
Narcissus Road album cover

video

My comment
Down with the ‘woe is me’ mentality.

links for 2008-07-31

links for 2008-07-30

links for 2008-07-29

The Bible is Cool

It really is.

Timeless lessons are there.

Lots of bullshit is in there too but I guess the key is to forgoe the supposed morality of it and look for ideas.

I’m actually gonna put in some ‘bible time’ in my calendar in the next few weeks to start going through this text again. This time though, without the prejudices and extreme (no doubt emotion driven) views I would have developed at various points in the past - both for and against it. I’m glad to report that I’m now at a less emotional nexus and sufficiently developed intellectually to be able to look at this without any as many subjective overheads.

I suspect that as with atheists and bible thumpers alike, the middle of the road, trying-to-be-objective-and-optimistic types like me, will get something out of the experience based directly on what we go into it with.

For the overzealous god ‘fearers’ among us, this isn’t your cue to start msging me words of encouragement or whatever. I just made a timely discovery on my own time. Nothing more. Nothing Less. After all, the great Flying Spaghetti Meatball mightn’t like it (Jah Pastafari bitches!).

links for 2008-07-28

Video: Words - India.Arie and Anthony David


All I gotta say is: Helvetica to the weeeeeeerl!

links for 2008-07-25

links for 2008-07-24