JP Ford

"Tabasco" is such an intriguing work in the RAB catalogue. It was extremely popular with the audiences and most critics, except for a select few in NYC. Had it not been for the royalty issues, RAB and Chadwick probably would have had a place in the history books.

already found a citation I can't track down in a chapter... whoopsie

Consume less. Create more. Do fewer things better.

The fact remains, that even till his dying day, Mozart was not welcome in Vienna.

Christian Williams got me through Covid and I’m turning to him again in this time I really need some direction.

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Lunch, a little more work, gym, then pool.

Should be asleep but found the 1955 Keilberth Ring…

Reading any book should present a challenge. Read things you disagree with so you can wrestle with your thoughts.

It’s always fun when you get caught off guard 😂

I love buying more books, but then I run into the issue of where to store the books... In the market for a new bookshelf I guess.

Books have been my lifesaver lately.

I found life when I stopped letting my past define future.

The five stages of academic writing: 1. Procrastination 2. Panic 3. Caffeine overdose 4. Submitting a barely coherent mess 5. Swearing to do it differently next time

“Jesus was folly to the wise, a scandal to the devout and a disturber of the peace in they eyes of the mighty. That is why he was crucified. If any one identifies with him, this world is ‘crucified’ to him, as Paul said.” Jürgen Moltmann

“The longing for a society with a unified ideology, or for a unified Catholic or Christian state, continues to grow, as it becomes more difficult for men to endure the plurality of different patterns of life and to use their differences for productive and fertile developments.”

“For only by Christ is it possible to tell what is a Christian church and what is not. - Jürgen Moltmann

When we add any gender to God, we then force god to exist in our limited knowledge. It’s much more comforting to know that God transcends our existing knowledge and is everything all at once.

@MattSmith2044 For someone that’s never read Dostoyevsky, where is a good starting point?

Dostoyevsky Made Me Believe Again God said: “Let there be light.” This means that the default state of the universe, just like a bedroom, is darkness. Light only exists if someone chooses to turn it on. As a Mormon teenager, I felt transcendent love in a way nothing has compared to before or since. It completely changed the paradigm through which I saw the world and made me want to embrace everyone as my brother, Then, I slowly learned of the darkness in this world. I grappled with immense despair for being gay. I read a lot of history and different philosophies that were less rosy than the Sermon on the Mount. I met people who acted in bad faith. I began to wonder if the light that guided me was just youthful naivete. Then I read Dostoyevsky, who writes some of the most dark and depressing stories one can imagine, that also have characters beaming with hope. Raskolnikov brutally murders two women with an axe. Prince Myshkin is mercilessly manipulated and taken advantage of. Ivan Karamazov makes the most cynical observations of humanity one can hardly argue with. Dostoyevsky exposes you to the depths of human suffering. He also writes some of the most beautiful passages in all of literature. Raskolnikov and a prostitute read the New Testament, warmed by candlelight, and hope for redemption. Prince Myshkin, declares “How can one walk past a tree and not be happy that one’s seeing it?” Alyosha Karamazov after witnessing his family destroyed declares “Do not be afraid of life. How good is life when one does some good and upright thing.” Dostoyevsky taught me that darkness exists. He also taught me that that transcendent light that flickered before my eyes in my adolescence also exists. All that matters is what you choose.

Feeling good about where I’m at currently in my fitness journey. Swimming, Cycling, Running, and Lifting are really my life lines at the moment during this PhD

@ayyysquared yeah I don't really take it anymore since I have elevated levels without taking it

I have a cardiologist because of creatine lol.