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Filed under: Pictures, Tender Lumplings on October 31st, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I've been putting off writing anything about California's Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment to define marriage as one man and one woman. Not only have many other people on both sides, within and without the church, been sharing their feelings (many of them strong), but I had a hard time thinking of what substance […]

Filed under: Politics, Church on October 30th, 2008 | 15 Comments »

I had the following conversation with a co-worker today:
Co-worker: Hey, uh…do you guys have a magical utility that emails reports? Something we don't know about? Me: Yes. It also ejects Pop Tarts from the floppy drive, if you have one. Otherwise it spits Red Vines out of the unused USB ports. Co-worker: Oh, sweet!!!! Me: […]

Filed under: Geek, Work, Tender Lumplings on October 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Reading and watching postmortems of the credit market freeze have been very enlightening. At the core of the problem is a lack of confidence and trust in those handing out credit ratings, the people who said that big bundles of sub-prime mortgages were AAA-rated securities. Banks who bought these derivatives also have no idea what […]

Filed under: Politics on October 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Shauna and I decided that we wanted to watch a streaming movie from Netflix tonight and found a title that seemed pretty interesting. I went ahead and loaded it up only to be met with a message that our Internet connection was too slow to start watching it immediately and that we'd have to wait […]

Filed under: Geek, Rants on October 25th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Here's a neat tip: in Utah, you can take time off of work to vote and be paid for it. Per Utah Code Section 20A-3-103, you can notify your employer in advance to take two paid hours for voting at the beginning or end of your normal workday without financial penalty. You have to make […]

Filed under: Politics on October 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

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Filed under: Chloe, Videos, Annabelle on October 23rd, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Aside from some isolated issues, I've been pretty happy with my phone service from Vonage over the last four and a half years. The call quality is good, the price is excellent and they have an awesome set of features. Despite all of this, I'm looking for a new phone company. Why would I do […]

Filed under: Geek on October 22nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I'm honestly pretty disgusted with the attitudes surrounding the recently-passed bank bailout bill. Both Obama and McCain called for action now and blame later. The problem is that they are asking for us to get behind the solution before identifying the cause of the problem. I may not be an expert in economics, but I […]

Filed under: Politics on October 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is the last post in a continuing series of candidate and issue endorsements for the 2008 election cycle.

Filed under: Politics on October 15th, 2008 | No Comments »