Proffered Choices

I voted yesterday. I stood in line for about 30 minutes to do it, but I did do it. I even got the little sticker saying so. And I felt really good about it too because this is the first time I’ve really voted where I felt truly informed about all the ballot measures instead [...]

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A Gift for Christmas

I always have such a hard time thinking of things I want for Christmas. I just don’t want anything. About the only thing I really truly want is a Lowe’s gift  card so I can finish some needed projects around the house. Oh, and note that I said Lowe’s, not Home Depot. I will never [...]

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Article of Faith 3

Myron disappeared last night. In his place, the demon underworld deposited a troll. A tried and true, evil through and through troll. This troll has exactly one volume setting (Loud) and one power setting (On). And with our small house, it really didn’t matter who got up with him. We were all up last night.
We [...]

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Presenting… Princess Katherine!!!

What a happy day.
Today is Katherine’s fourth birthday, and I woke up this morning to find her dressed in her princess dress (crown and wand included) prancing around with the required pomp and grace of a head of state. It reminded me of the scene from her current favorite movie, Cinderella, where the maidens of [...]

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Review: Indiana Jones 4

We finally saw it. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while now, and we borrowed it from a big fan of Indiana Jones the other day.
The Bad
Have I ever told you that I don’t get the fascination with Shia LeBouef? Well, I still don’t. I don’t think he’s that great of an [...]

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Article of Faith 2

We believe that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adam’s transgression.
The idea of personal accountability is certainly nothing new to the gospel even if the concept is increasingly foreign to many people. While never specifically claimed in the Articles of Faith, the principle of free agency and it’s associated results [...]

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Coming to Grips with an Obama Presidency

In all honesty, I can’t tell you how excited I am to see this election finally end. It feels like it has gone on forever. And it gets worse when you realize that several candidates already seem to be positioning themselves for a 2012 run. Maybe we should institute a “You’re Running Too Early” tax [...]

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Missing Helga

For the last three Halloweens, my wife and I have hosted a Murder/Mystery party. With the exception of the first year, I wrote each party myself which allowed us to customize the characters and the clues for our guests. They were always a lot of fun, and, initially, we had planned on doing them every [...]

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Article of Faith 1

I recently committed to memorizing all of the Articles of Faith, something that I never did as a child. For some reason, I got out of the tradition of memorizing the Articles of Faith as part of graduating from Primary. It may have had something to do with my dad being the bishop at the [...]

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How to Win at Finances in Today’s World

All I seem to hear lately is how bad the economy is. I’m ignoring it because I think most of the problems we are seeing today are the result of the actions of people behaving poorly. I feel bad for many of them, but the fact is that most of them did this to themselves [...]

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