I’m gonna start living out loud My soul’s been dying To scream and shout And shatter the silence It’s a beautiful sound when each moment counts Starting right now, I’m gonna start living out loud I’ve always been a quiet person. Avoiding confrontation. Introverted. You know the type. I’ve never minded it really, but it [...]
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Photographer by Accident – Living out Loud
Posted: December 24, 2010 in Life, Music, PhotographyTags: arron lines, Garth Brooks, Less Than Jake, Photography, sugarland
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When I started this blog all time ago, I intended it to be reflections on the music that I was listening to. Before I knew it, I was commenting on movies, sitcoms and other forms of ‘art.’ Now I add a new dimension; photography. Well. not photography really. More like stories-about-what-happens-when-you-give-a-guy-a-camera-who-doesn’t-really-know-what-he’s-doing. And stuff like that. [...]
Stupid Batteries.
Posted: November 16, 2008 in Human Nature, Life, MusicTags: Born Frustrated, Capitalism, Laziness, Money, Motivation, Rancid, Sarcasim, Satire?, Vanity, World Vision
Let me recount a couple of events to you. A few months ago I was downtown Toronto with a friend. We were in a part of town that was unfamiliar to me. The streets were narrow and the buildings towered above us on either side. How tall they were I cannot really say because we [...]
Contradiction.
Posted: October 13, 2008 in Life, Music, PhilosophyTags: Green Day, Law of Non-Contradiction, Logic, Principle of Contradiction, Truth, Walking Contradiction
Our generation is weird. We hate labels, love contradictions and make little sense of our world. I learned something a few years back that helped to clarify my thinking in a generation where anything goes, especially the weird. This thing I learned is called the principle of contradiction, or the law of non-contradiction. Basically it’s [...]
The kids aren’t alright… anymore.
Posted: October 5, 2008 in Death, Human Nature, Life, Music, PhilosophyTags: Growing Up, Less Than Jake, The Offspring
When I was 17 I swore I’d never do it, but it happened. I grew up. I’ve been reflecting a lot in the last year or so on my childhood and teenage years. Thanks to Facebook, I now know everything that is going on in the lives of every person I’ve ever met. We didn’t [...]
Naomi, I Think I Love You.
Posted: September 30, 2008 in Life, MusicTags: I Think I Love You, Less Than Jake, my wife
I was listening to random country/punk/ska songs the other day and I discovered Less Than Jake’s rendition of I Think I Love You. I still remember the day that I first realized I was in love with my wife. Well, she wasn’t actually my wife then. She was just a really good friend. I thought [...]
Margarine and Eggs.
Posted: July 15, 2008 in Death, Human Nature, Life, MusicTags: Dropkick Murphys, I Choose, Offspring, This is Your Life
Do you ever just stop and ask ‘what am I doing?’ You should try it. My wife and I were at the grocery store this weekend. We needed eggs. I glanced over to the margarine isle and decided that I should go and see what the prices were like. Eventually, I decided that they were [...]
Come As You Are
Posted: July 10, 2008 in Human Nature, Life, MusicTags: Christianity, Come as You Are, Forgiveness, God, Nirvana
God doesn’t accept you as you are… Now that’s a bold statement isn’t it? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard Christians say “God will accept you just as you are.” Why does he do this? “Because he loves you.” When I first heard Come as You Are by Nirvana I instantly thought [...]
Noxious Culture
Posted: July 8, 2008 in Human Nature, Life, Music, PhilosophyTags: Born Frustrated, Character, Commercialism, Consumerism, Culture, Noxious Culture, Rancid, Truth, Virtue
Virtue, Character and Culture I was listening to Os Guinness this morning. He was talking about truth and if you are interested you can find his talk here. He made an interesting comment a little more than half way through. He said that the world of culture is where the virtues are formed and character [...]
