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2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

@ Molly-Rose. @Hitch Fan. @ Raccoon Society,
Hey Hitch Fan & Raccoon Society, Hey Molly-Rose :)
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I perused a quote about reason and faith, here, so just wanted to leave a quick insight. Times still ticking. So, get ready, like the countdown goes, remember get your dose of Caffeine and ample supply ready, time is here and now, handy keys to the DeLorean, ready, count it down .... 4,3... is seven,2,1... twenty-one go!
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Bringing in “reason” as a debatable perspective is an arbitrary moot inception of hanging on over a cliff after getting caught in suspended animation. In earnest, I’d rather crony up with a like-minded anarchist that befuddles the imposition-ers of faith is somehow equatable to ever be torn asunder by absence of reason as a supposed and dull exploitive of why not to have faith or presumes faith constraints reason. How tired and bored is that perspective, faith is sans reason, etcetera, as how tired and uninspired the word medley of “how tired and uninspired” is in a sentence. Truly, think, open-mindedly, if you are going to stand to incept reason into the mixture.
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Faith is not constraint of reason. Human expectations are the constraint of reason. When you expect an outcome, expecting defies the natural progression of reason and the possibilities of reason, cause and natural common-sense by reason. Esp if an expectation is only geared or rendered for a specific outcome that is meant to propagate a furnished idea – that is what constraints reason and undermines reason. Faith itself is not a constraint in and of itself.

Faith scrutinizes reason in the same manner that reason scrutinizes faith. Even if you are construing my comments in a sense of Biblical faith, (my own affections on Faith is, faith is faith, regardless of own individual’s personal sentiments) it should be applied to bare it as a pertinent truth of your conscience, if it is in tune with your own accordance of Faith. The insight is similar of a notion and passage Mat Devine shared in a previous entry, from the Bible in 1 Thessalonians “"Test all things and cling to that which is good." 1 Thes. 5:2
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The insight is, by mere contemplative states of the least of reality that is truly, utterly, ever known or knowable is dependent upon the realization those that follow the limited intelligence of humanity are no different or variable than those who believe in an infinite power or being. Except, that, the latter ones are not contained w/ limits of other people’s interpretations as to what the individual(s) believe or have faith in believing. In other words, of course, there is an open defiance of censorship. As the effect of censorship in many formulations is non-productive or progressive, plus attempts to suppress individuality and environmental compatibility and functionality. Individuals have an innate right and will, to believe / have faith in what sets their own life in accord with how they truly feel and be able to live according to a sound in-tact own conscience. The utopic is it ought to be a morally/ethically approach that is not projecting undue negative renderances into another person’s life. Give and take , choose battles, our world is further everyday from a utopia considering the majority has shunned itself to ignoring the dystopic qualties that are here right now and that media at large has veiled in elaborate dunce cap shrouding that dystopic societies are in the future although the dystopic future written about as Fiction is actually happening now. If you need hot lead dead giveaway tell-tale, read the Hunger Games. Reality shows and a corresponding match like Survivor and the way our governments handle it citizens and slowly revolve into revolutions is starkly illuminating in contrast to what science and governments would sooner have you believing recently. Citric awakening happens, just like heads up 7-up, goes round by round like kisses on the forehead of what you’re willing to fight for and go to battle.
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Morning tune ready for the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs
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Personally, I think, plus, prefer, to be limitless w/ willingly choosing to have faith in an infinite that harkens possibilities that exuberate all realities and endless potential for the greater good and bless those who are willing with talents that incorporate into their environments rather than something that devoids humanity of its own existence and destroying itself within by the contraptions of limiting itself like is so often seen and has already been duly established by the acts of science and people having a follow mentality to the state of science and scientists own propulsions of ideas and constructed basis’s that are feasibly assembled for mass production to the herd mentality that those of lower I.Q’s or sheer follow mentality will gobble up without having to test and proof it and prove that the theory itself or basis of scientific belief is sketchy. Esp taking into vantage perspective, equal opportunity intelligent licensures that can compute the information readily on-hand and disseminated to be shredded apart by the citizens sans academic luxury degrees handling inspecting statistics, quantities and exacts, in other words, the scientific misnomers blatantly compiled as derivations alleged to be fact sans exact intricate intra-acted ways of actually testing and provable.
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Thus this ///.... “"Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me." ~ Christopher Hitchen ...////
The quoted sentiment is also a mentality that ought be evenly distributed and thus applied to science in the same rigor of scrutiny; otherwise, science in a whole would be an easily reasonable standing on reason sham completely. People whom fully put their faith (be earnest and real, that that’s what is happening) into science, as a bunch of atheists often do blindly, are, again, as I wrote briefly to “Fellow Heathen” no different than the people they claim they are different from whom have faith including certain atheists that are attempting to devalue those individuals whom believe faith in God or deity/deities, et al. So, let’s prevent the ostracization by some ethos that eludes incorporating the fragility of the argument done towards only shunning the hypocrisy of its actions in statement, as is clear with the ///....“Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated.”...//// bit of the quote. Anyone with a brain embedded permeating reason plus own foresight is able to tear it tinker tape red, pulling apart the fallibility of the application of exclusion. So, well, let’s say it for what it is, for those who may get a bit riled or bewildered by the notion that that Hitchens quote has to be able to stand soundly to its own accord and then some to win over anything in such a debatable topic of query. Which whoever posted it aka the person behind “Hitch Fan” left it to, what is surmised as an attempted permissive gainer for something it isn’t rather than be seen for what it is. It is what it is; so let it stand to be, and let it be what it is.

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So, what to do, what to do…carry a smile, just smile at all times, esp. smitten. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKrbAUjBbvU&ob=av2e
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Charles Kingsley, said, ///....“And we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand—the habit of mind which theologians call—and rightly—faith in God.”...////
If you consider the application of – ///....“we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand”...//// – you would sooner or later come to deriving the conclusion, if you apply it to theologians that it would then need fairly be dispersed to be applied to scientists and science’s schematics, as well.
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Since, yes, a bunch did catch the flip-syde subtleties and am no longer so-so much M.I.A on-the-grid stats as prior (except at a backwards C//S, let those bones right ;) and sticking true and loyal to odes n’ codes Patrick Henry stylistic lovers “Give me Liberty or Give me death” stance of a prose writer and a bit of an unconventionalist, by art and its unconfined nature, I’d rather par up with movers and doers and standers, with the following quotes. As, this vantage scope of the playing field is where and why art comes into play and tests the grounds. Art endures. Art offers the companionship of the formidable connections of now, urgency and longevity. Legacy – such a regale atoning attenuation intonation inflection to the word while delivering an infliction to naysayers. Cruxly, appropos, regardless, if all there is, is this, every day, every time, I’d rather know within all is aligned in my soul anytime death knocks. Just, must gotta have something to share and faith upon for all those marvelous and wonder-filled death feats after-all. Nil sin Numine.
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Maybe humanities’ expectations need to be readjusted? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1OV5B_JDw
“Skepticism Is The Beginning Of Faith.” ~ Oscar Wilde
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///....“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”...//// ~ Blaise Pascal
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///....“I heard once of an American who so defined faith, "that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue." For one, I follow that man. He meant that WE SHALL HAVE AN OPEN MIND, AND NOT LET A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH CHECK THE RUSH OF THE BIG TRUTH, like a small rock does a railway truck. WE GET THE SMALL TRUTH first. Good! We keep him, and we value him, BUT ALL THE SAME WE MUST NOT LET HIM THINK HIMSELF ALL THE TRUTH IN THE UNIVERSE.”...//// ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula
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///....“We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other...except through faith.”...////~ Stephen King
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///....“That in such righteousness /// To them by faith imputed they may find ///
Justification towards God, and peace /// Of conscience.”...//// ~ John Milton
Ciao.
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NL7, hi-5alive! on January 25, 2012 at 04:11 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Mat I recently started my GCSEs and I'm stressing out so much. I've only had two exams so far and they were Maths and History. I have to resit my maths because I didn't get a C and I think I have failed my history exam.
I learned today that you have to get at least a C in Maths, English and Science to be able to get into sixth form and I started crying because I don't think I'll be able to get into sixth form now. But to be able to do what I want when I'm older I'll need to go.

Becky on January 24, 2012 at 03:59 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Hey Mat! I think you might find this interesting.. Especially the lack of information we've gotten about ACTA.

http://anonops.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-you-need-to-know-about-acta.html

hanners on January 24, 2012 at 10:18 AM
20 QUESTIONS- Lightning Round PART II: My Breakup with Snooki, Marriage, Music, Public Puking and more...

Mat, what do you think a cure for shyness and when you can't say things right around people you like is ?

Valerie on January 21, 2012 at 01:15 AM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Dear Mat,
I am 16 and I've been invited to my mum's best friend's birthday do in April. She's having it in a posh Hotel and Lodge in the countryside and it sounds great! It's strictly 18+ but I've been told I'm allowed to go which is great!
The catch? I have no idea what to wear. It's advised that girls wear address and, after prom, there is no chance in hell that I will be caught wearing a dress! It made me feel so uncomfortable. So, I need your advice. What should I wear? I don't exactly have a lot of money to spend and I don't want to go looking like someone I'm not. Have you any ideas? Oh, I forgot to mention, it's a masquerade so any thoughts on what type of mask I should go for? Thanks Mat, see you in March.

Hannah

Hannah on January 20, 2012 at 04:27 PM

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FuseTV Exclusive: DROWNING INSTRUCTIONS - poem by m.d.

Posted on November 11, 2011 at 04:01 PM

Raccoons,

Please continue comments and questions in the previous post. As I finish answering PART II of your 20 Questions, I thought I'd leave you with a new poem.

In other news, my venus fly trap is famished due to bug shortages. I ate my first persimmon. My left shin gets hot for no reason. I watched a rat eat puke off of a train rail. My squirrel continues to visit, but avoids eye contact- and my favorite shirt smells like Paranormal Activity 3.

Reading every comment and Tweet you send. Proud as hell of this motley crew.

xo Mat

Drowning Instructions (Women and Children Last)

By Commodore Nathanial Wrongchilde III, Psychologist; The Honourable Company of Master Mariners

As you have likely taken note, her Britannic Majesty's Ship,

The Queen Mary II is in the process of sinking.

It’s my pleasure to inform you that our emergency vessels are over capacity.

If this letter has been delivered to you

By one of our well-mannered and courteous crew,

It indicates that you have NOT been awarded Capsize Rescue Privileges.

Please take a moment, but no longer, to let this information settle.

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Then,

Kindly and without ceremony, leave your cabin.

(Dress calls for boots, jodhpurs and heavy reefer jacket.)

Approach nearest ledge and unsafely enter the cold cruel arms of the ocean.

Paddle beyond sight of the other passengers and the safety of the lifeboats.

Do not cry out, blow whistle, or signal for help; thereby alarming the survivors.

Enjoy this opportunity to fatigue quickly. Thank you.

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In your final moments,

It's imperative that one maintains a dignified expression of stoicism.

Remain silent, and for the love of George, do not weep like a woman.

Envision the strains of a concerto (perhaps Bach), which you may have first heard

As a child in the parlour of a great aunt.

Close eyes; forfeit all hope.

Next, we’d thank you to sink, die, bloat, and decompose; all in due course.

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Lastly,

Should you find yourself in the Netherworld, cursed to haunt the sea for all days:

Kindly avoid shipping lanes in the North Sea

Between the Walde Lighthouse (France, 1°55'E)

And Leathercoat Point (England, 51°10'N).

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On behest of our Captain and Her Royal British Legion,

We appreciate your cooperation.

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20 Questions- Lightning Round PART 1

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 01:53 PM

Fellow homosapiens and nocturnal rodents,

Hope you are all enjoying the autumn. As I always say, magic things happen when it’s hoody weather outside.

It continues to amaze me, just how thoughtful and cool the members of this community are. In particular, I loved reading L.A.J.'s response to Evey Marie on the subject of her parents' divorce. -And both Alpha and J wrote wonderful responses to Julia on the subject of unhealthy relationships and loneliness.

(For any n00bs, all these exchanges go on in the COMMENTS section below each post-- Feel free to join the dialog! NOTHING is off limits.)

A little while ago, I invited you all to Tweet random questions to @MatDevinesLife or @Raccoon_Society. I promised to answer 20 of them in a ‘Lightning Round’ of sorts. THANK YOU to all who responded! -and thank you for your patience :)

These are the first 10. Enjoy. Keep them coming!

Stay weird. Support Global Cooling.

Raccoon for Life

Xo Mat

1. @hannahbeliever: What do you think about string theory? (Random I know, but it's an awesome topic)

As much as I hate hippies (…and my Lollapalooza Frisbee nosebleed incident of ‘09 certainly didn’t help) –it’s amazing to learn that theoretical physicists are coming close to proving what Deadheads on shrooms have always known— that everything within our universe is connected on a fundamental level.

I'm glad that you find it “an awesome topic”. I totally agree. Fascinating. Maybe one day, if People Magazine would put the world's brightest minds on their covers of instead of Tori Spelling, there will be more girls out there like you.

2. @Eave0 \~/ Do you see the glass half empty, half full, or just something to throw at someone?

Were you “thinking outside the box” when you wrote this question? Look, contrary to every lyric on my first 2 albums, I really don’t like cliché metaphors. That said, I guess I go through life with what my lawyer describes as “guarded optimism”- meaning—hoping for the best, prepped for the worst.

I also tend view each bad experience as a chance to learn. I believe in silver linings. Like, when it starts raining I think, “well, at least its washing the pigeon shit off my air conditioner.”

As for throwing a glass at someone, please restrain yourself- ESPECIALLY if that “someone” is my ex-manager. In that case, throw a grenade.

3. @NinjaKnees22 If you had to eat one of your best friends, who would you eat, and who do you think would taste the nicest?

You’re twisted, Ninjaknees. Cannibalism? Really?

Guess I’d eat my very good friend Kasia. She’s from Paris and rubs olive oil on her skin every day... very holistic, very soft. I always thought it was a weird move. Europeans, you know? But if I HAD to eat anyone, she’s already seasoned. A little balsamic and she’s good to go.

4. @judy_BK What do you think about Occupy Wall Street?

I heard it smells like gyros down there. And I heard there are drum circles. God. I'm never going south of Canal.

My opinions are varied. When I first read that entitled hipsters were vilifying "the 1%” for their preposterous wealth, my knee-jerk reaction was to ignore it. I believe in capitalism. I believe in a system that, theoretically, rewards hard work, innovation, and risk.

That said, every system is flawed, and too many people are clearly abusing their status. As unfocused and fractured as the protests are, I’m glad there are spirited revolutionaries out there who are taking action and forcing a dialogue.

Now if only my lazy waiter had that kind of chutzpa, I need a fresh martini to Occupy My Mouth like yesterday.

5. @mcdaigle What are your opinions on the homogenization of sound due to corporate overhaul of "the band" and "the singer"?

I agree, popular music is getting more painful every day. Have you listened to the iTunes Top 10 singles lately? I’d rather change my name to McDaigle! (Oh sorry.) But, the corporations haven’t “overhauled” anything as you put it. That would take too much foresight and intelligence. Big labels are in the business of reacting, of chasing trends, not creating them.

What you aptly refer to as, "the homogenization of sound", I prefer to call, "balls deep in the worst artistic recession since Hammer pants".

My advice is, take advantage of it. This is the perfect time for artists to act locally. Rather than being myopic and single-driven, focus instead on the long term. Creating an original identity, a world, a lifestyle around your band and your message. Make enough noise, and you can usher in a future when the words "pop" and "quality" won't be mutually exclusive.

6. @agentbeaverwolf How much would it cost me for you to do a reading of Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc?!

$750 US. That’s $500 for the reading and $250 to pay a professional kick-boxer to roundhouse me in the face right after. (Dear integrity, i miss you so much)

In the meantime, enjoy this reading of Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangster.

7. @stephcollinss Have you seen 'The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia'? -because I feel like this is something you'd love.

I have. Wow.

People wonder why I get so scared in the south. I can walk through the gangland projects in Chicago. No problem. I've been through hillside gypsy villages in the forests of Catalonia- through Mexican barrios, etc… but the moment our tour dips south of the Mason-Dixon Line, all my defenses go up like a baby hedgehog. I am utterly petrified of American white trash hillbillies- This documentary rocks, because its an easy way to prove to my friends that my "irrational" fears are fully justified.

8. @Emmily_xo What are your feelings about giant tortoises? <3

I think they’re delicious. :) jk. (but they probably are.)

My friend Matt had a pet turtle for years. Speedy. It just sat in a tank eating lettuce, alone. Every day was exactly the same. The thing was just… existing, you know? Then, one afternoon, after 8 years of doing jack shit, it laid an egg. Out of nowhere. A small white turtle egg. Matt always thought it was a male. Guess that happens. No lesson there, just a memory I have.

You want COOL creatures to think about? Try Self-destructing Carpenter Ants (Camponotus saundersi; They literally make their own heads explode toxic glue when threatened).

Elephant Moths (Mabra elephantophila; They feed on elephant tears).

and

Horror Frogs (Trichobatrachus robustus; breaks its own foot and uses the sharp bone as weapon).

9. @ktulu_r Mat, I'm probably an idiot but what is "venus fly trap"?

Yeah, probably. ;)

10. @riotsquadamal

a) Would you rather wake up as a duck or a chicken?

Duck, I guess. Did @Ninjaknees put you up to this?

b) What is your favourite accent?

For women, South African. For men, Sydney.

c) Do you like cheesecake?

Do you like roundhouse kicks to the vulva? Please ask better questions.

d) Favourite type of tea?

Anything from McNulty’s in NYC. The proprietor is a lovely old yoda-looking Chinese man. He always sits on a stool and gives me the stink eye; Makes me kind of uncomfortable, but then again he’s about 247 years old, so that little problem might... just.. solve.. itself... any... day.... now... Lately I’ve been into this custom combo of loose leaf cranberry green tea and orange-spiced black tea. 2 pots a day. "Detox to Re-tox" as they say in Chicago :)

10. @Quimic_Vampire can we send you like, fan mail... like, real letters? :)

“Real letters”? You mean analog? Like on… (gasp).. paper? YES please! I love mail. The best way is to contact Lisa, the prez of the Street Team. She can advise. (dravenreborn@gmail.com) xo

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