David Yeiser

French press in the office.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:24:33 -0400

French press in the office.

Sunergos got new cups.

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:54:17 -0400

Sunergos got new cups.

"Until fifty years ago or so, tailors made people’s clothes. Working men had one suit, maybe two. It..."

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:55:13 -0400

“Until fifty years ago or so, tailors made people’s clothes. Working men had one suit, maybe two. It was made for them by a craftsperson. It was expensive, particularly relative to their wage, and they wore it for decades. Today, people spend thousands a year at H&M and Old Navy. So whose values are messed up?”

- http://putthison.com/post/8219367353/on-gay-talese-limited-budgets

"The German culture and civilization that he, Dohnanyi, and Bonhoeffer knew and loved would be..."

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:04:00 -0400

“The German culture and civilization that he, Dohnanyi, and Bonhoeffer knew and loved would be obliterated from history. Future generations would be convinced that nothing good could ever have existed in a country that produced such evil. They would think only of these evils. It would be as if these unleashed dark forces had grotesquely marched like devils on dead horses, backward through the gash in the present, and had destroyed the German past too.”

- “Bonhoeffer” by Eric Metaxas, p.351

A latte from Sunergos Coffee.

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:47:31 -0400

A latte from Sunergos Coffee.

Sunergos Coffee opened a new cafe near our house. I am grateful.

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:23:36 -0400

Sunergos Coffee opened a new cafe near our house. I am grateful.

"A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then..."

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:10:45 -0400

“A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them.”

- Hardy Amies (via Put This On)

"For every man there are three cities … The city of his birth, the city he loves, and the city..."

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:12:22 -0400

“For every man there are three cities … The city of his birth, the city he loves, and the city where he must live.”

- Blood of Victory by Alan Furst, p.67

"Wisdom is knowing what to do for the glory of God when the rule book runs out."

Thu, 27 May 2010 08:45:30 -0400

“Wisdom is knowing what to do for the glory of God when the rule book runs out.”

- John Piper, Walk in Wisdom Toward Those Outside

We grilled out last night. It was delicious. I like our new...

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:40:51 -0400

We grilled out last night. It was delicious. I like our new grill.

This is an antique desk we have in our home. I used it as my...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:17:23 -0400

This is an antique desk we have in our home. I used it as my primary working space until I broke the chair.

Unfortunate, but for all intents and purposes it’s better aesthetically than ergonomically.

"We no longer imagine the newspaper as a city or the city as a newspaper. Whatever I may say in the..."

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:39:38 -0500

“We no longer imagine the newspaper as a city or the city as a newspaper. Whatever I may say in the rant that follows, I do not believe the decline of newspapers has been the result solely of computer technology or of the Internet. The forces working against newspapers are probably as varied and foregone as the Model-T Ford and the birth-control pill. We like to say that the invention of the internal-combustion engine changed us, changed the way we live. In truth, we built the Model-T Ford because we had changed; we wanted to remake the world to accommodate our restlessness. We might now say: Newspapers will be lost because technology will force us to acquire information in new ways. In that case, who will tell us what it means to live as citizens of Seattle or Denver or Ann Arbor? The truth is we no longer want to live in Seattle or Denver or Ann Arbor. Our inclination has led us to invent a digital cosmopolitanism that begins and ends with “I.””

- Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper

"Piety is no substitute for technique."

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:01:00 -0500

“Piety is no substitute for technique.”

- Etienne Gilson

Just finished putting the ornaments on the tree.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:15:44 -0500

Just finished putting the ornaments on the tree.

This is the cilantro from our garden; sans leaves and seeds.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:19:27 -0500

This is the cilantro from our garden; sans leaves and seeds.

"There are things in your life that are morally neutral that will absolutely destroy you if..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:32:34 -0500

“There are things in your life that are morally neutral that will absolutely destroy you if you’re not careful.”

- Matt Chandler

"Without ambition, civilizations become lazy."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:51:57 -0500

“Without ambition, civilizations become lazy.”

- Dave Harvey

The view on my way to Quills this morning. There’s...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:18:10 -0400

The view on my way to Quills this morning. There’s something special about Fall.

"If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said."

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:23:00 -0400

“If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said.”

- Mark Twain

"Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:51:18 -0400

“Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

- Thomas Edison