It's Not Addiction, It's Love

New yoyo video!

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:59:19 -0400

New yoyo video!

Dang. Palli’s got some serious flow. This year’s...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:23:55 -0400

Dang. Palli’s got some serious flow. This year’s world contest really inspired me to take things to the next level.

I’ve been yoyoing for two years now! Check out the video I...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:17:46 -0400

I’ve been yoyoing for two years now! Check out the video I made with Jonny Havens to celebrate the event! :D

Photo

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:54:58 -0400

Whoever made this deserves a Nobel prize in...

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:02:25 -0400

Whoever made this deserves a Nobel prize in science-toast-making.

sharkandfriends: Flying Shark Deluxe UPDATE: I fixed the music...

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:18:00 -0400

sharkandfriends:

Flying Shark Deluxe UPDATE: I fixed the music error. ENJOY!

Click through to play. Danke schön <3

This is the best thing ever for every reason ever.

Coolest dudes you’ve ever seen.

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:44:47 -0400

Coolest dudes you’ve ever seen.

This guy is incredible. I’m totally re-inspired to get...

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:19:48 -0400

This guy is incredible. I’m totally re-inspired to get into offstring yoyoing this summer.

This is inarguably the greatest thing ever put on the internet...

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:56:39 -0400

This is inarguably the greatest thing ever put on the internet ever.

Psalm 34

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:18:26 -0400

I will extol the Lord at all times;
    his praise will always be on my lips.
My soul will boast in the Lord;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the Lord with me;
    let us exalt his name together.

I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
    he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
    their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers them.

Taste and see that the Lord is good;
    blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Come, my children, listen to me;
    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Whoever of you loves life
    and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
    seek peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.

Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord redeems his servants;
no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

I got this quote on a Starbucks cup years ago, found it really...

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:19:25 -0400

I got this quote on a Starbucks cup years ago, found it really inspiring, and then proceeded to rip off the quote and bury it in my room at home for years. It’s probably still there. What I didn’t know is that years later the person who said this would end up becoming one of my favorite authors. I still find this quote as moving as that first day I read it, years ago.

So…I love this man. That is all.

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:11:12 -0400

So…I love this man. That is all.

the sweet escape

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:34:07 -0400

the sweet escape:

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

Mum said that last night I was laughing in my sleep

I was dreaming people were dying

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More than anything else related to this post, I love this gif. I wish I could be as awesomely dramatic as Bert.

Drinks.Throws.Thoughts.: I’ve heard people (Christians and Atheists alike) say,

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:55:14 -0400

Drinks.Throws.Thoughts.: I’ve heard people (Christians and Atheists alike) say,:

drinksthrowsthoughts:

“Well… whether it’s Nothingness, Allah, Brahma, Jesus, or Loki, we’ll find out for sure once we’re dead.”

This statement is obviously a code for, “please stop haranguing me with your ideology and leave me alone.” But I think it also implies a worldview that nags at us in the back of our…

Word. Read the rest of this.

So Surreal.

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:28:00 -0400

One of my professors from a previous semester, Jabari Asim—a great nonfiction writer and an incredible teacher—just came up and told me that one of my current professors, Jonathan Aaron—a very well respected and established poet—was raving about me and the book that I’m working on in the faculty copy center. Jabari promptly went up to him and asked, “Are you talking about Ryan McDonnell? I already told him that this book of his is a great idea. When that book’s on the shelf, I’ll be there at the book signing, but I don’t know about you. Don’t try to claim credit for what I already did!” They both laughed, and Jabari recounted the story to me when he saw me a few minutes later. He told me, “I just want to let you know that you’re highly thought of.”

Well, probably the two most accomplished teachers I know at Emerson are fighting over which one has more of a right to be at a future book signing of mine. Dang. This is a little surreal.

If you’ve talked to me at all in the past half a year, you...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:14:57 -0400

If you’ve talked to me at all in the past half a year, you probably know about this kid, Nick de Valpine. He’s a ten-year old yoyoer with an incredible amount of skill and style. Give it a few years’ time and he’ll be winning world contests. Also, he’s one of the nicest and coolest kids you’ll ever meet. I love how he’s totally not out of place in a group of twenty-year old guys.

The semester’s over! Since this was originally a blog I...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:09:36 -0400

The semester’s over! Since this was originally a blog I ran for a class of mine, I no longer have to keep it coffee-specific. Like this hedgehog, I’m climbing out of the coffee genre for a bit.

Early Morning Coffee Machine Bloopers: My Complete Adventures

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:51:43 -0400

Early Morning Coffee Machine Bloopers: My Complete Adventures:

spiegelman:

- No filters.

- Washed, reused the last filter.

- Forgot to put in filter before scooping coffee grounds.

- Remembered filter but scooped coffee grounds into place where the water is supposed to go.

- Poured milk into place where water is supposed to go.

- Poured orange juice into place where water is supposed to go.

- Turned on coffee machine before scooping coffee grounds.

- Turned on coffee machine before pouring water where water is supposed to go.

- After either of previous two errors: fully expecting coffee to come out of machine.

- Successfully put everything where it was supposed to go, turned on coffee machine at proper time, created coffee, then poured coffee onto cereal.

- Created coffee, forgot to drink it.

- Poured coffee into travel cup because I’m late, forgot full travel cup on the table.

- Forgot to turn off coffee machine, coffee remains in pot, come home end of day to pot full of sludge.

- Forgot to turn off coffee machine, pot empty, come home end of day to smell of burning.

- Poured rotten milk into coffee.

- Poured rotten milk into coffee and still drank it “just to make sure.”

These are pretty fantastic.

latte-art: Turkish coffee ! (by OOSH Ana Halah)

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:39:08 -0400

latte-art:

Turkish coffee ! (by OOSH Ana Halah)

This is really impressive.

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:13:00 -0400

This is really impressive.