You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us?

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.