http://justnate.com code is poetry, life is code Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:15:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A discussion I had on facebook with my good friend Bryan about the Great Recession, plutocracy, free market capitalism, the role of government, and our current political state. Bryan This is an article summarizing The 15 best explanations for the Great Recession. http://www.slate.com/id/2240858/ I'm anxious to hear the favored explanation from my conservative and ... http://justnate.com/2010/01/14/we-havent-yet-tried-a-free-market/ ...and that's all I have to say about that. http://justnate.com/2010/01/09/apathy/ We've been recording some stuff in the band and finally just put some of it up on a myspace page. It's not amazing, in fact some of it is downright terrible, but go have a listen. You'll like it. I also purchased the domain stainlessrevolution.com, which at present has approximately nothing ... http://justnate.com/2009/12/02/sweeet-new-trackz-uploaded/ So last night I was jamming at Tomas's place. After the jam we were watching TV when suddenly I woke up in the fetal position on his floor. All the lights were off and there was this baby blue blanket covering me. What!? So I walked downstairs to get my ... http://justnate.com/2009/11/26/whoa-who-put-this-blanket-on-me/ Earlier I wrote about how I have been on a journey of discovery in an attempt to decide whether or not to stay in the church of my upbringing, and I likened this to the Amish practice known as Rumspringa. I think my journey has ended. Without incredible evidence with which ... http://justnate.com/2009/11/10/indecision-cannot-last-forever/ Behold, one of the most hilarious facebook conversations ever witnessed by mankind! Tiffany Thorne Marley and Me= the worst show in the world! Tiffany Thorne :,( Nate Smith hey, the time I heard you it didn't deserve a crying frown face emoticon! Tiffany Thorne Oh, there were tears, Nate. There were crying frown face emoticon tears. Nate Smith Who just ... http://justnate.com/2009/11/10/facebook-is-for-euthanasia-discussions/ There are just some things that you cannot have opinions about. Let me back up. Today someone told me that evolution is based on "will" and that all animals exercise their will to evolve. When I began methodically removing the several layers of misconception inherent in the statement, my friend exclaimed ... http://justnate.com/2009/10/19/opinions-bleh/