Christopher Hitchens absolutely hammers a Christian talk-show host. The guy really gets served and can’t accept it. There are little bits missing but the gist is there.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Have a fully-cooked breakfast and get ready for work in under 5 minutes. If I wore pajamas, I’d take them off like that every time.

Forget Shorter Showers

Forget Shorter Showers

I’ve always felt this way (individual actions are praiseworthy but ultimately ineffective in large issues), but I tend to expand my view to further individual actions like say, handing out pamphlets or picketing. Change only comes at the breaking point, and although you can make sure others are willing to make that change, it’s too much to expect that change to come before it’s good and ready.

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Peach Pit – “I”
Split w/ Majmoon

My friend Jeremy dropped this in my lap. Peach Pit, a Croatian (?) math-rock band that takes the usual “weird progressions and signatures” style of math-rock music and adds a surprising amount of power and melody. This is the first track of four, and they really cover a huge amount of musical ideas over the 26 minutes they use up. It’s actually shocking how good they are sometimes.

You can download the second track here, and here’s a video of a live performance of “4x100m”. More stuff here at the Peach Pit page.

And now, conscience, I defy thee!

Young Fashion in The Relapse, John Vanbrugh

O my sweet little people, you have no idea what a weight there was in that same blue sky, which looks so soft and aerial above our heads! And there, too, was the bluster of the wind, and the chill and watery clouds, and the blazing sun, all taking their turns at making Hercules uncomfortable! He began to be afraid that the giant would never come back. He gazed wistfully at the world beneath him, and acknowledged to himself that it was a far happier kind of life to be a shepherd at the foot of a mountain, than to stand on its dizzy summit, and bear up the firmament with his might and main.

Hawthorne, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

Let the chips fall where they may – as long as it’s in my mouth.

Me

Been reading old Dick Tracy comics downloaded from an enormous torrent of Four Color Comics, a series which gave birth to a ton of classic comic heroes. Up next: Smilin’ Jack, Captain Easy, and Gangbusters.

Update: Smilin’ Jack is a little rough and Gangbusters holds back too much. Captain Easy on the other hand is a goddamn treasure. I’m going to head up to Fantagraphics later this week and get a collection.