by Nathan Reed | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog, politics, Quotes - In and Out of Context
David Foster Wallace would have been 51 yesterday. So often we talk about how freedom empowers us — less often, we think about the obligations freedom conveys. I love this quote by Wallace: The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness,...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context, random interests
Hilary Mantel, one my favorite authors (she wrote Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies, and won the Booker Prize), wrote a long but interesting article for the London Review of Books. She discusses everything from Marie Antoinette, Kate Middleton, Henry VII, and more....
by Nathan Reed | Feb 7, 2013 | Blog, church, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context
From an amazing interesting article about one of Fred Phelps’s granddaughters who left Westboro Baptist Church: “My doubts started with a conversation I had with David Abitbol,” she says. Megan met David, an Israeli web developer who’s part of the team behind...
by Nathan Reed | Oct 31, 2012 | Blog, government, politics, Quotes - In and Out of Context
I visited the David Robinson Park earlier today to check on some improvements the city is making. I walked over the playground, just looking around, and thought of how much it has changed since my youth. I was struck at how “safe” it all looked, and was...
by Nathan Reed | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context
I’m not even going to begin to have this discussion. I like Chick-fil-A. I can’t believe we’re going to have a religious spat about one man’s views and some chicken sandwiches. However… Here’s my favorite quote thus far (out of...
by Nathan Reed | Jul 22, 2012 | Blog, Quotes - In and Out of Context
Last Night: Mom: Do you like Texas Caviar?Nathan: Does that involve the reproductive organs of an animal?Mom: No! It's a dip…Nathan: … oh, yeah, with whole kernel corn and stuff… Mom was giving me a strange look. But honestly, generally State...