When I left Las Vegas for a new life in Utah, I also left behind several friends. Just prior to moving, I'd had a falling out with one of them that bordered on epic. Since we both had mutual friends and I was the one leaving town, it pretty much cut me off from all […]
Filed under: Geek, Church, Life on July 12th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In our ward today, the sacrament bread was rye bread. As much as I personally like rye, who thought that was a good idea?
Filed under: Church, Tender Lumplings on June 22nd, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Shauna: "What's a 'family mission plan'?"
Me: "I dunno. Having kids far enough apart that you can afford to pay for them?"
Filed under: Church, Tender Lumplings, Shauna on May 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Tribune posted a new article showing that Utahns have the highest rate of 'serious psychological distress' of any state, hot on the heels of similar news reported by ABC. It naturally kicked off the normal name-calling and general nastiness that have come to define the Tribune's readership (not that KSL is doing any […]
Filed under: Church, Utah on March 10th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Not that long ago, I read an inspiring article written by Steve Olsen and posted over at The Utah Amicus. While I think he failed to support his thesis statement, the piece itself was a wake-up call to families to start taking charge of their affairs and stop depending on strangers to do it […]
Filed under: Politics, Church on February 19th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Shauna and I were playing board games with some friends when the news of President Hinckley's passing arrived through the grapevine. Having been baptized when I was 19, he's the only prophet that I've ever known. It makes this particular passing all the more significant for me personally. I'm especially glad that Shauna and I […]
Filed under: Church on January 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight we received a super fun chain letter from some serious crazy-heads. Behold:
Filed under: Church, Twilight Zone on January 23rd, 2008 | 9 Comments »
We've been terrible at socializing over the last couple of months. We missed parties, we don't call or e-mail and we even skipped our normal New Year's Eve gala this year. You can probably guess some of the more obvious reasons why we've been holed up in our house or otherwise unavailable: the trip to […]
Filed under: Church, Life, Shauna, Frugal Living on January 6th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
You're looking at one of Utah's newest HAM operators. Tonight I took the Technician test and passed without a problem. In a couple of days, I get listed on the FCC database with a shiny new call sign and I can legally start transmitting. You know, once I get my own radio.
Hey Vanessa? That's your […]
Filed under: Geek, Church, Tender Lumplings on November 27th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
There's no particular theme other than these thoughts all relate to the October 2007 General Conference.
Filed under: Church on October 8th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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