I Was Awesome
Posted on July 30, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 21 Comments
One time, one of my friends was telling me how all awesome people totally think they are awesome, and I was like, dude, I am one of those awesome people you are talking about, and he was like, I am so sorry, that is so crazy, I had no idea, and I was like, dude, […]
Read More..>>New Film from Richard Dutcher Due Out this Fall
Posted on July 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 51 Comments
God’s Army II: States of Grace. Watch the Trailer. Then tell us what you think.
(Hat tip: ProvoPulse)
Bloggersnacker Provo, August 12
Posted on July 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 21 Comments
Save the date. Because of the convergence of a few M* bloggers in Utah on August 12, some of us have discussed getting together in Utah County that night to get better acquainted. Then we realized how boring it would be to only get acquainted with the boring people who post here. […]
Read More..>>Saving Lives
Posted on July 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 12 Comments
Awhile ago, my husband signed up to participate in a program run by a local cancer treatment center that matches up potential bone marrow donors with recipients.
Read More..>>Some very good news
Posted on July 28, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 37 Comments
CAFTA-DR, the trade agreement between the United States and Central American and the Dominican Republic was approved by the House about midnight last night by a whisker-thin margin (217-215). This is very good news for many reasons, and some of them have to do with the Gospel.
Read More..>>On being Offended by Ideals and Generalizations
Posted on July 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 120 Comments
Sometimes it seems the only thing that is considered a “sin†in today’s culture is advocating an ideal or making a generalization. And more conservative bloggers, such as myself, tend to be the most common offenders in this regard. It always puzzles me when a statement of an ideal or a generalization provokes […]
Read More..>>Manufacturing the Spirit
Posted on July 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 31 Comments
Everyone’s been complaining the last few years about how all of America’s manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas. I’m here with good news: there’s one sector of manufacturing that’s alive and well in Utah. It’s Manufacturing the Spirit. Let me explain.
A few months ago I toured the St. George Visitors’ Center with […]
Question on Emergency Contraception and the Church
Posted on July 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 36 Comments
Emergency contraception has come to the political forefront in Massachusetts, and I’m trying to find a definitive description of the Church’s position on this issue.
Read More..>>OpenCourseWare, Education, and the Church
Posted on July 26, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 9 Comments
This post is not about programming, so I hope all of you non-programmers won’t give up on it after reading the first paragraph or two.
Last week I blogged about my Open Source project, xajax. As open source projects like Linux, the Mozilla Firefox browser, and the OpenOffice.org Office Suite have gained more prominence, the […]
Romney gets a question on garments
Posted on July 26, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 38 Comments
OK, so I’m reading a very interesting article on Mitt Romney, perhaps the most interesting article I’ve seen on the Mormon Massachusetts governor, and near the end, the writer has the gall to ask him, “do you wear temple garments?” Mitt very politely responds the only way one can to that type of public […]
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