For a large part of my life I glommed onto those words wore them like a badge of courage.  Amusingly, as someone who has read a great deal of Nietzsche, studied German, referred to myself as a “free thinking individual” and rabid critical thinker I never actually read the entirety of the phrase.
It is as [...]

Totally reprinted sans permissions. But totally worth it! He’s soo right!!!  Rat.is.AWESOME!!

If you’re not reading Pearls Before Swine, why not? The only suitable answer is “because I’m illiterate.”

You know how some children, in spite of the multiple warning from their parents, just HAVE to touch the damned oven to see if it’s actually hot??
I’m that kid. Note: Not “was that kid.” I AM THAT KID.

I’m not sure that everyone quite “got” what I was getting at with my Black Shirt post.  So I thought I’d expand on it a bit by letting Rollins “speak” for himself.
Here’s Henry in concert, witness the “animal” to which I was referring:
(note: I found these photos via Google Image Search, so they’re totally used [...]

This one is in my random quotes widget and comes up from time to time. But  I just had to highlight it and some others here. It’s no secret that Henry Rollins is one of my personal role models.  Some of the things he says sound almost like pulled them right out of [...]