Author Archives: Caleb Coy
The CIA created Al Qeada, and other true things
Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Sponges
Sponge Facts:
When you scrub your floors, decorate the wall with paint, or just wash your car, you may be using an organism to do the job. Many people do not know that sponges are animals. As a matter of fact, sponges are the simplest of organisms in the animal kingdom. The aquatic sponges all belong to the phylum Porifera, which means “pore bearers”, and is the only phylum in the animal subkingdom Parazoa.
It Was the Best of Times; It was the Worst of Times. And There Was This Kid President Too
It Was the Best of Times; It was the Worst of Times. And There Was this Kid President.
The State of the Union is: Awesome
The State of the Union is: Not Awesome
How can this be? Isn’t it too simplified? That message is too happy. No, that message is too sad.
We got wisdom; we got foolishness. We got belief; we got incredulity. We got light; we got darkness. We got spring and winter; We got hope and despair. Everything and nothing. Heaven and Hell all around this here world.
Why, just last week, silly people who were trying to do the right thing gathered round a poultry peddler and stuffed their faces in the name of patting themselves on the back for liking family to look a certain way.
Why, just a day later silly people who succeeded in doing the right thing gathered in a burrito bazaar and stuffed their faces while helping out a family in need in a certain way.
Why, just this morning, I had to drop my baby boy off at the day care for the first time.
Why, later this afternoon, his momma’s going to stop by and feed him and rock him, and later take him home.
Why, just this weekend an sweet old lady I know passed away.
Why, that sweet old lady was one of the sweetest I ever met, and she’s still around, you know, in a way, and she’s somewhere else now, and when I think about where, I think about sweet things.
Why, just this past week some people some gold medals.
Why, just this past week some people didn’t win any medals.
So you know things all over this world are going to be the way they are. Which one would you like for it to be more like? Better or worse?
Let’s make it better.
Now dance.
We’re all diffabled
I Am Sam is one of my favorite movies. In high school I dated a girl who I’m convinced only dated me just so she could see my impersonation of Sean Penn’s Sam whenever she wanted. It was really awkward and it didn’t last long. But my love for the movie remains.
It’s about a man with a developmental disorder who tries to raise a daughter alone. The problem arrives when she begins to grow old enough to surpass him on a developmental level. It is a bit of a sentimental morality play, but it has too many good moments to dismiss merely because it tries to convince us to believe in supporting a situation that is so borderline unfeasible it’s reckless: Are we really ok with a single father who has the development of a 7-year-old raising a child all on his own? But part of the question in the film is what it really means to be alone when you’re surrounded by people like you, and by people who care. And the entire soundtrack is Beatles covers.
Here’s one of my favorite scenes:
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Home-style Chikin Fellowship
Leaders of Chick-fil-a, I first want to extend my sympathy towards you after the loss of your vice president of public relations, Don Perry. Public figures are often targets of hateful attacks, even in their deaths, and I am saddened to hear that there are so many people spewing hateful rhetoric in the wake of his death. There is no reason to dance on the grave of anyone.
I also hope your claim is true that it was not anyone in your PR department who created fake Facebook profiles using stock photos of teenagers in order to booster your company’s reputation. I believe your denial that you did so, although we would hopefully agree that whoever did so was guilty of lying and deceit. I hope that your denial, which represents a denial that you would stoop to such a low place, encourages other people and organizations not to use stock photos to represent people who do not exist.
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Remember when “virtual” used to mean “pretend”?
This weekend my blog is a guest post on Trae Bailey’s blog, The Curated Self, about the pros and cons of virtual learning, and where we can go from here. This is for everyone who ever has or may take one or more classes online.
In the Jailhouse Now
I know some of you don’t care about people once they’re thrown in jail. Criminal is criminal, right? And the more of them there is in jail the better off society is. Something like that.
Well, God disagrees with you. I normally don’t adopt this tone when arguing, but if you’re the kind of person who has this attitude you can take such a mopping and it’s good for you.
So I want to encourage the rest of you to sign this petition because in Alabama the jail system is devouring the poor. Contrary to the belief of those who don’t know Jesus but claim to really know his hand of justice, captive-releasing, justice-doing, poor non-devouring, and prison-visiting are important elements to Christianity.
Sentences should be fair, not just jail sentences. An uncompassionate crime=jail sentence where you throw someone away and throw the key down the toilet does nothing to “fix” society.
Prevent extortion rackets in your local area. Or just build bigger prisons. I mean, whatever makes you feel better safer from all those criminals who aren’t worth troubling over except to lock up. People putting you in danger by not paying their speeding tickets and all.
Here’s the petition:
https://secure3.convio.net/sojo/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=499
Fires Will Rise: Batman Review and Commentary
[I’ll tell you when the spoilers come. You’re good for now.]
I’ve been incredibly impressed with these Batman movies. I wasn’t a real avid comic reader as a kid, but they were part of my literacy experience. Comics aren’t just stuff for kids and nerds, but the hieroglyphics of our age. They’re fantastic stories with words and images that speak of the human condition. Maybe a thousand years from now people will think Comic Con was a pilgrimage to worship American gods. Ironically, though no sane adult would claim to believe these worlds are real, we do let them affect them as reality too often. Fiction and fantasy. Fun and fear. It can inspire. It can also reflect some of the worst in us.
The film is about revolution, about the livelihood of a city, a community, about the investments people make in a community, about the consequences of our decisions, or our lack of decisions. It’s about what happens when we hide the truth, when we hide behind masks, hide underground, hide in our money, our castles. It’s about punishment. It’s about redemption. About rising.
If You at This Video, You Didn’t Do That. Kid President Made That Happen
If you laughed at this video, you didn’t do that. Kid President made that happen. Enjoy.
CALEB COY 