February 2012
3 posts
Teach me to pray.
May I seek first thy kingdom and its righteousness.
May I value things in relation to eternity.
May my spiritual welfare be my chief solicitude. May I be poor, afflicted, despised and have thy blessing, rather than be successful in enterprise, or have more than my heart can wish, or be admired by my fellow-men, if thereby these things make me forget thee.
May I regard the world as...
Bloomberg: Harvard, Princeton in Discrimination... →
Or, here’s an idea: stop practicing the (worthless) SAT and spend some time investing in things that you care about. People seem to like people that are passionate about something.
And quit idolizing the Ivy League. How many people have gone on to contribute to society without a BS degree (Double entendre! We learn those at public university, too!) from Harvard, MIT or Princeton?
I seem...
A little chat about swing dancing tonight with my...
B: What time are you gonna be thurr?
VanWyk: prolly ate
VanWyk: talk to some fly honies
B: word
B: lol
B: I read "honies" like "ponies"
VanWyk: i like my honies like i like my ponies
VanWyk: little and mine
January 2012
7 posts
“It’s hard to understand how an organization with whom we share a mission...”
– Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood after learning they had lost Komen Grants for breast cancer exams.
Wrong. Planned Parenthood ends the lives of women. In 2010, they were responsible for the deaths of 160,000 girls. (Source: Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2009-2010, pg. 4-5.)
...
My mentor just made my day.
“Oh my warriors, whither would you flee? Behind you is the sea, before you, the...”
– طارق بن زياد, after burning his ships when he and his men landed on Gibralter.
“Following soccer is like being in love with someone who’s (a) gorgeous,...”
– Brian Phillips, Grantland
Everyone: please do this! →
I’ll keep spamming you all until this gets done. LET’S DO THIS.
"The object of love is the best and most... →
He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3
I hope these two line up. No matter what.
You think you're soooooo funny.
Me: chatting with you is weird - i never get to google talk with you
CM: haha fine
CM: GOODBYE
CM: just pretend i'm ***** and maybe it'll be more natural
Me: wait a second...
Me: i don't talk to her THAT much
CM: lol i didn't say you talk to her that much!
CM: must be your inner guilt
December 2011
6 posts
Oh, I have no idea what I was thinking.
I love the manual for Gratuitous Space Battles:
Although it is legal to leave empty sockets [on your ship] (maybe to save weight or cost), it’s generally a good idea to pack your ship full of hardware. You are paying for the hull, and after all this isn’t ‘Proportional-Response Battles’, what were you thinking.
My mistake, Jacobim.
The mission selection screen also shows you...
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I hope my kid turns out like this.
E: Daddy, daddy! Come here, I can read a word from this book!
Dave: Okay, coming!
: (Dave comes back.)
Ryan: So, what book was it?
Dave: I don't know, something by John Owen?
All of Us: ...
To battle and more.
But God’s love is no flickering flame! It does not flare up for a little while, like the crackling of thorns under a pot, and then die out in darkness. It is not to be set forth by the image of a fool’s mirth which lasts but for a little season. It begins, it waxes vehement, it diminishes not, but it grows from strength to strength till what seemed at first to be but a single spark,...
November 2011
3 posts
2 tags
Stamped →
parislemon:
I’ve written a number of times about my hatred of the 1-to-5 star rating system. It’s too arbitrary. What constitutes a 2-star rating? What about a 4-star rating? If you like something, it’s 5-stars. If you hate it, it’s 1-star. And maybe if it’s okay, it’s 3-stars. The love/like/meh/dislike that something like Oink uses is much better because at least it gives meaning to the...
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So they waited for him. →
And when I say that he died, what I mean is that HE DIED.
But when I say that he was raised, what I mean is that HE WAS RAISED.
By his mercy we are called his own! By his grace we will never be left alone! By his love he is preparing our home! And by his blood we can sing before his throne!
Emmanuel — GOD WITH US.
October 2011
2 posts
Excelsior!
I love to imagine the future, but I’ve yet to come close to accurate in any of those predictions.
Six years ago, it was Oxford and a life of computational neuroscience research! Five years ago, it was off to UPenn and the investment banking world! Then came four years ago and UT Business Honors and then the investment banking world! Three, I’ll marry this girl. Two, I’ll...
From: CM
To: me@benryyip.com
Subject: Re: Maybeeee?
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:45:53 -0500
[…] i don’t loveeee sweets. i love candy!!!!!
I swear, it’s like e-mailing a child.
September 2011
6 posts
I have to lead an MC with this clown.
On Sep 13, 2011 1:41 PM, Benry wrote:
Do you use Google Talk?
Because that would be awesome if you did.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Joseph wrote:
Hey
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Joseph wrote:
How are you?
Joseph
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Joseph wrote:
I like to chat
Joseph
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Joseph wrote:
On the...
“You know what the first rule of flying is, little albatross?
Love.
You can...”
– Captain Reynolds from Serenity
And for the record,
can y’all start liking me and Steven’s Tumblr posts about the Bible instead of arguing about jokes told by 40-year old guys at my workplace?
It would make us feel, like, really super spiritual and less like comic relief.
Thanks.
Whoop
s.
Because of some of y’alls responses, I felt that I needed to clarify that that last post was a joke.
A&M is a good school (some of my best friends at work are Aggies) but there’s nothing like a good rivalry and a little trash talk between friends.
In fact, the Aggies in my group even laughed at it. Shocking, I know.
I apologize if I offended anyone. Next time, I’ll...
In honor of Texas football starting up tomorrow.
A buddy from the NI basketball group sent us this e-mail:
The Texas A&M Football coach walked into the locker room before the SMU game, looked over to his star player and said, “I’m not supposed to let you play since you failed math, but we need you in there. So what I have to do is ask you a math question, and if you get it right, you can play.”
The player agreed,...
Woah, this sounds like a cool idea! →
I do have my reservations however.
August 2011
9 posts
1 tag
10 Things by Marlon and Benry
Jesus
This list must begin this way: this was not negotiable.
Music
Benry plays the guitar, I play the piano. Benry plays the guitar far better than I play the piano, but we both acknowledge the power of music, especially worship music, on our lives.
Juan In A Million
Because a Don Juan with two extra tortillas for less than five bucks is a great thing to have a conversation over.
Skit...
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Apparently, I'm the only one at NI that does any...
My mentor at work IM’d this to me just now.
Eric: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awp3-7EVM0Q&t=40
Eric: required reading for you
Eric: it’s part of your training.
All I can say is: VERY NICE!
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich (NY Times) →
There’s a reason why Warren Buffett is as influential and well-respected (not to mention, filthy rich and filthy generous) as he is. If you’re unfamiliar with his writing, now is a fine time to begin listening to what he has to say.
Rob Delaney: Bought some US stocks →
robdelaney:
What I am saying is that I believe in me, and I believe in you and I believe in elbow grease, objectivity and history. Did you see the recession coming? Did it announce itself and tell you the date it would arrive? No, it did not. Nor will recovery. So quit whining. Pessimism is for losers.
So to paraphrase Warren Buffet, whose sterling, brick and mortar, brilliantly run, cash-rich...
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On finding the best music to code to.
with angry rap
you feel like it's you against the world
and every line of code is an eff you to the man
sometimes i slam my keyboard
and see what comes out
The Rules Of: Realizing You're On a Date.... →
HILARIOUS, but sad at the same time.
Men of God, we do it differently. No sneaky crap.
Go big or go home. She’s worth the risk.
“Love Hz”
– A button from NI Week: heard an engineer mumble, “story of my life.” (via bryanhan)
Dude, amen to that.
July 2011
5 posts
4 tags
Fixing (hiding) a bug with some RegioneRAID.
When using Regionerate with other extensions in Visual Studio, it’s not uncommon to run into the following error dialog:
A problem occured while trying to initialize menus.
System.ArgumentException: A Command with that name already exists.
at EnvDTE80.Commands2.AddNamedCommand2(AddIn AddInInstance,
String name, String ButtonText, String Tooltip, Boolean MSOButton,
Object Bitmap,...
“Chances are if a guy can be a man who loves Jesus, reads his Bible, gets a job,...”
– The Decline of the Nuclear Family from The Resurgence
Mike Monteiro On The Stream Design Of Google+ Vs.... →
parislemon:
I know it’s completely subjective, but I really prefer uniformity of Twitter’s design over what Google+ is doing. To me, Google+ is interesting, but at first glance it looks like chaos.
When you give people the ability to have different sized areas for things, I find that they tend to go bigger because YELLING gets you noticed more than whispering. What’s great about Twitter is...
June 2011
2 posts
2 tags
Psalm 2
Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and...
May 2011
9 posts
1 tag
Strike.
All those affections, sentiments and practices, whose nature is to beget carelessness and unguarded conduct, are unscriptural. If even our joys and hopes make us heedless, we are better without them. If we have so conceived of the gospel as to judge that its fullness and promises render watchfulness unnecessary, we quite mistake its true nature. W.S. Plumer
Quite mistaken.
Same sin,...
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Too far gone.
We’re spring-loaded to fall away from God. It is a sin to fall out of love with God. It is a sin of the greatest magnitude, and it isn’t hard to do… “Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord” (Jeremiah 3:12). If Satan discourages you, if your sins hold you back, if your shame tells you to...
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BS CS/MATH OBTAINED.
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Finals week.
Gross Girl: i haven't brushed my teeth in two days
Clean Person: lovely
Gross Girl: or showered since 36? hours ago
Gross Girl: thanks!
Gross Girl: i guess that's not that bad
Clean Person: lol
Clean Person: you probably smell wonderful =]
Gross Girl: i do!
Gross Girl: how did you know!
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Le Bateau ivre.
Mais, vrai, j’ai trop pleuré! Les Aubes sont navrantes.
Toute lune est atroce et tout soleil amer:
L’âcre amour m’a gonflé de torpeurs enivrantes.
Ô que ma quille éclate! Ô que j’aille à la mer!
Je suis d’accord.
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Seein' stars.
Dad: Do you still talk to *****?
Son: Sometimes. Why?
Dad: I think she's a nice girl and since you're available and she's available... she's available, right?