Yesterday I visited my old roommate’s married ward for the baby blessing of his son. While the gospel is the same everywhere, and the organization of the Church is …
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My little brother was in the regional spelling bee this morning. Sitting there during the first round, I watched each kid get up to the mike and wait for …
Liz has a great post today called A Heresy against Feminism:
I guess this gets me right down to the reason I am afraid to write about marriage: I believe …
Well, I don’t think I’ve gone a week without posting since I began this blog. It wasn’t just blogging that I gave up, though — I didn’t check my …
Rainy days are great for writing blog posts. :) (Well, until the power goes out.)
So, the other day I was talking with a couple of friends, and the conversation …
[Editor’s note: I wrote this late yesterday afternoon, but my server was down all evening and so I couldn’t post it till now. Rather than rewrite the “today” references, …
Mother Teresa: Good evening, my son.
Ben: Wow, it worked!
Mother Teresa: Of course it worked. Now, what would you like to ask me?
Ben: Do I get …
I’m dead tired (from spending all morning scrubbing away for our cleaning check — luckily we passed with flying colors), so this’ll be short. Convocation yesterday was good. …
I hate goodbyes.
Yesterday in sacrament meeting we released most of the ward, seeing as finals end this week and everyone’s moving on. And in each of my scheduled finals …
The hosts of Mordor are on the march, flooding every city and town and hamlet where man can be found. Like a massive wall of evil, an avalanche of …
There’s a song by Michael McLean called “Light on a Distant Hill,” and it’s been giving me goosebumps every time I listen to it. I can’t really do …
13. Family futurity
I got an e-mail today saying I was accepted as a beta tester for the latest FamilySearch beta, so I went ahead and signed up, and when I logged in …
14. Just do it
My mother’s aunt died a year ago and so I stopped by the BYU family history center to prepare her name for the temple (TempleReady isn’t working from the genealogy …
In response to the discussion on Connor’s blog about homeschooling, I wrote up this response. I recommend reading the other comments in the thread so you have a …
16. Namesakes
Today has been my day to rabidly catch up on all the Christmas present making and buying that I’ve been lax about because of finals. But I’m almost done. …
17. The Santa myth
Connor’s got a very interesting post on Santa (quoting from an editorial here):
[The children] had been told by adults they trusted that Santa was real. They had seen Santa …
18. Pearl Harbor
Earlier this evening I called my grandmother to wish her a happy birthday. I’d only intended to talk for five or ten minutes, but I’d been reading Rumors of …
I was reading along in Sir Orfeo for my Middle English class earlier today when I came across these lines:
Þer were trompours and tabourers,
Harpours fele and crouders;
Now, I’ve known for …
20. Two cents
Two bits of news. First, my little sister got engaged last night.
Second, I just got an internship at the library, working on Hugh Nibley projects. It’ll only be …
Wendy wrote in about something that’s been on my mind for the past few weeks: book ratings. There are plenty of good books out there, but there are also …
I’m drooling.
Maybe that’s not the most elegant way to start off a post, nor is it literally true, but I sure feel like I’m drooling. See, I’ve been checking …
Yup, another blog. :) It’s called Footprints from the Past, and it’s going to be the record of my genealogical research. (I figured that I need a …
Today in church they read a letter from the First Presidency urging us to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which will be coming up for a vote on June …
25. A new chapter
Last night as I was writing in my journal just before bed, my cell phone rang. I knew who it was even before I looked at the display. …
26. Tarzan and Jane
Today we start with a theoretical story. It’s purely hypothetical. Right. A boy likes a girl. But he can’t tell her he likes her, because that’s …
Early this morning I decided to take the 6:50 bus to the Provo temple. On my walk up to campus (I left at 6:30), I only saw three people. …
28. Sabbath sports
Yesterday as I was walking home from the fireside, I passed a group of guys playing catch across the street. Then on the corner opposite my apartment, there was …
29. Digital wills
On eldavojohn’s Slashdot journal, Do You Have a Digital Will & Binary Testament?:
What am I going to pass on to my children? I have no childhood toys that aren’t …
Last week I got a Facebook friend request from Ben Crowder. “That’s weird,” I thought. “Somebody must’ve hacked into the system and is trying to masquerade as me. …
31. What I want most
As a rule, I generally don’t talk about dating on this blog because I know that if I do, I’ll live to regret it. :) But lately I’ve felt …
