David Given Schwarm

Beginning 2012

Big Sexy & Destroyer. After Party End of Prophecy

Minimum Hours of Sleep I Need to Function

Sleeping Beauty 4 hours

Top 3 Goals for 2012

Seagull stretch 1. Floss 2. Stretch 3. Don’t Interrupt

My Favorite Type of Street Food

Memorial Day Meat.

Daibai asked Baso: “What is Buddha?” Baso said: “This mind is Buddha.” Mumon’s comment: If anyone wholly understands this, he is wearing Buddha’s clothing, he is eating Buddha’s food, he is speaking Buddha’s words, he is behaving as Buddha, he is Buddha. This anecdote, however, has given many a pupil the sickness of formality. If one…

The Eagle (2011)

In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father’s memory by finding his lost legion’s golden emblem. Director: Kevin Macdonald Writers: Jeremy Brock (screenplay), Rosemary Sutcliff(novel) Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland I watched this on my iPhone late at night in two sittings. It was horrible.

Pizza Night

Lisa is interested in us eating more health next year. I am working to remove fast food from my diet. Unfortunately, pizza and chinese food may fall into the category of fast food–so that means I will only be eating handmade pizza for a while. This is the Pizza that Cody and I made which…

Tempus Coffee

My nephew Shane gave me this extremely highly rated coffee for Christmas. It is very very remarkable even when brewed in a very simple way. Much gratitude.

The Fourth Sermon

Grumbling, the dead filled the room and said: “Speak to us about gods and devils, thou accursed one!” —God-the-Sun is the highest good, the devil is the opposite; thus you have two gods. But there are many great goods and many vast evils, and among them there are two god-devils, one of which is the…