When I was in 7th grade, I cut across a field that was several acres in size to get to school. There was a subdivision there by the next year, but for that year it was a fence-less, open field that significantly shortened the walk to school.

It was foggy one morning. As I walked towards the school and the very thick fog blocked out all buildings so I had no frame of reference and couldn’t be sure which way I was going, it wasn’t long before I was uncertain if I was really going straight or if I’d wandered from the direction I needed to go.

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Unfortunately, Miami is now the land of highways that look like parking lots. When you head to the streets, you are certain to have a lot of time on your hands. Over the years, I’ve become a big fan of talk radio. I’ve probably listened to more than a dozen talk radio programs on a regular basis, including the one Church member I know of, Glenn Beck. Here are some of my impressions.

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I stopped by to visit a coworker this afternoon, and she had her granddaughter’s Girl Scout cookie order form on her desk. I’m always game to support the Girl Scouts, so I signed up to buy a few boxes.

I was a Girl Scout for a couple years – 5th and 6th grade – and I had a great time. I wanted to join a year earlier, but there was no troop associated with my school that year. After 6th grade, my family moved and I never got going with it again, which I kind of regret.

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The University of Florida will not provide domestic partner benefits to homosexual and heterosexual partners unless they’re sexually active. Not that any roommates would ever pretend to be partners to get extra benefits or anything. Isn’t this discriminatory against celibate couples?

…we’ve got the Utah state legislature discussing evolution. The state senate has passed a bill that would require teachers to say that evolution is just one theory of the origin of human life. It should be fun to watch this debate (the one in Utah, I mean, not the inevitable “anybody who doesn’t believe in evolution is stupid” debates that break out on M*).