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What's Kester Thinking?: September 2011
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Sunday, September 11, 2011. On 9/11 I thought,. For the most powerful, militarized nation in the world also to think of itself as an innocent victim is deadly. It was a rare prophetic moment for me, considering Presidents Bush and Obama have spent billions asking the military to rectify the crime of a small band of lawless individuals, destroying a couple of nations who had little to do with it, in the costliest, longest series of wars in the history of the United States. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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What's Kester Thinking?: May 2011
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Sunday, May 1, 2011. On September 11, 2001, I was working as a New Testament teacher at a private Christian school. Less in an attempt to preach and more in an attempt to keep my head and speak against my own anger and confusion, I read these words of Jesus to my 11th graders:. You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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What's Kester Listening To?: November 2010
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What's Kester Listening To? Tuesday, November 23, 2010. I Spoke Too Soon: Best of 2010 Update: The Final List (Seriously). Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today. The Tallest Man On Earth. The Age of Adz. Woods At Echo Lake. The Fresh and Onlys Play It Strange. Here's To Taking It Easy. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Round and Round -Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today. A More Perfect Union. Titus Andronicus The Monitor. Beach House Teen Dream. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening. The Age of Adz.
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What's Kester Thinking?: January 2011
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Sunday, January 2, 2011. The Last Ten Years. What's next is speech pathology in a private practice and discovering that this career thing comes with a steep learning curve. What's next is teaching American History/Government and Bible at a private Christian school the year of September 11, 2001. What's next is two unfulfilling jobs (one more than another); one quit and one endured and a desire to stay in Austin, but an even greater desire to find meaningful work. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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What's Kester Listening To?: Best of 2011 (so far): The Mix
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What's Kester Listening To? Thursday, July 21, 2011. Best of 2011 (so far): The Mix. In no particular order, excepting what makes for a good mix:. Don't Carry It All -The Decemberists (from the album The King Is Dead. Helplessness Blues -Fleet Foxes (from the album Helplessness Blues. Our Hearts Are Wrong -Jessica Lea Mayfield (from the album Tell Me. We Need A Myth -Okkervil River (from the album I Am Very Far. Baby's Arms -Kurt Vile (from the album Smoke Ring For My Halo. Do You Believe In Destiny?
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What Kester's Reading: December 2011
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011. This is the third and final selection from "jumpstart on January," as I will be saving two selections for the assigned month (beginning in less than a week). All clear? Great In the meantime, I just finished The Doll's House. The second of ten in the collected Sandman. Sunday, December 25, 2011. The Unvarnished New Testament. Based upon a radical and startling premise, Andy Gaus' Unvarnished New Testament. Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving.
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What Kester's Reading: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012. What Should Kester Read? This month's What Should Kester Read? What Should Kester Read? Averno by Louise Gluck. The City In Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee. The Oresteia by Aeschylus. Underworld by Don DeLillo. The White Album by Joan Didion. Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. What else is Kester reading? The Daily Bible: NIV Version (daily devotional). Moby Dick by Herman Melville ( Required Reading Revisited. Let's do this...
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What's Kester Listening To?: Yet More Best of 2011 (so far)
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What's Kester Listening To? Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Yet More Best of 2011 (so far). Digging the new Dawes. And the new Woods. And, if you haven't discovered Cults yet, you should. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What Kester Does While He's Listening. Conversations At Our Place. Darkness On The Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen). Abbey Road (The Beatles). My Aim Is True (Elvis Costello). Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan). Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys). Astral Weeks (Van Morrison). Small Change (Tom Waits).
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What Kester's Reading: August 2012
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012. 20 (Revised and Revisited). This past week I have created a new blog that I am rather creatively calling Kester Goes To Grad School. In the few days of its existence, I've come to appreciate how the tumblr setup lends itself to short posts, quotes, and commentary on what I'm learning and reading. As such, I am putting What Kester's Reading. On extended/indefinite hiatus. For a list format of what I'm reading, be my friend on Goodreads. Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Hope you'll keep ...
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What's Kester Listening To?: May 2011
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What's Kester Listening To? Thursday, May 19, 2011. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive. Song)Writer and recording artist Steve Earle stopped by BookPeople this week. Yours truly got a chance to interview him. A real gentleman and a heck of a nice guy. Thursday, May 5, 2011. Even More Best of 2011 (so far). Steve Earle puts out his best album in over a decade and the Beastie Boys their best in close to 20 years. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What Kester Does While He's Listening. Abbey Road (The Beatles).