Elections are next week. I know how liberal this blog is, but I just wanted to give my last shout-out to conservativism before the elections. Not that I’m much of a McCain fan. I don’t care for some of his energy, gun control, and global warming policies. Frankly, I would’ve preferred two or three of the other [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Final Shout Out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conservativism, Politics on October 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Halloween Scripture
Posted in Church, Family, Musings, Nature, tagged halloween, i love my kids, isaiah, stake conference on October 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Life keeps clipping right along, and I’m doing my best to keep up with it. Jeremy came up to visit last weekend. That was a fun change of pace. He brought Daniel up, so Alanna and Asher got to have a new friend for a few days. There was much playing of Magic, with the [...]
Christmas Music
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was growing up we had a rule in our house that we could not sing/listen to christmas music until after Thanksgiving. (The exception to this being practicing for musical events or singing/playing from the Hymn book since we really should celebrate the life of Christ all year round). The basis behind this rule is [...]
The Three of Me
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m back! Sorry I’ve been away for a couple weeks. Just had to go have a baby and stuff for a couple days. Maya Kaede was born October 4th!! She was over 2 weeks early. Now Hannah and I are finally getting our schedule back under some sort of control, and I finally have time to check blogs. [...]
Firefly
Posted in Entertainment, tagged firefly, science fiction, serenity on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After years of encouragement from friends, I’m finally watching the Firefly series. I’m liking it very much. That is all.
Sibling Interactions
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Alanna is sick today. So sad. She has a fever and a very sore throat so she sounds very froggy. She slept in late, took a two and a half hour nap, and has mostly been lying around all day, and snuggling with Mommy of course.
During this process, Asher has been very interesting to watch. [...]
Hallucinating 2
Posted in Church, Musings, tagged david o mckay, faith, indoctrination on October 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Driving to work the other morning, I heard an exchange on the radio that illustrated Jennifer Whitson’s study from my previous post. A woman was saying how she couldn’t decide who to vote for in November. However, the local recruiting team came by her house and told her what a great president their candidate would [...]
Debates…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, in my attempt to feel more politically educated, I just youtubed the debate between Palin and Biden and only got through the first 20 minutes (need to go to bed soon). I realize this isn’t much to make observations off of, but mostly I wanted to see Palin in action. And maybe my expectations [...]
Flow Chart?
Posted in Politics on October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok so I feel bad that I haven’t checked our beloved cousins’ blog in probably about 3 weeks. But I wanted to poke my nose in to give my two cents.
Sarah Palin is awful! I was completely ready for SNL type showdown during the Vice Presidential debate, considering how hilarious her recent Katie Couric interviews [...]
Hallucinating
Posted in Science, tagged adam galinsky, jennifer whitson, sources, superstition on October 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s the coolest study I’ve seen recently. The researchers, Jennifer Whitson and Adam Galinsky, found that people who don’t feel in control of their lives are more likely to see patterns where they don’t exist. Apparently the phenomenon reaches across disciplines (with fishermen and students given as examples), and it helps explain why people in certain situations develop [...]
