Perhaps the wisest thing that Newt Gingrich ever said (in speaking of the Republican party) was,
[W]e have to get used to fighting ourselves at times and we have to recognize that we are in the business of conflict management. We are not in the business of conflict resolution. You only resolve conflicts by kicking people [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The 25% Rule
Posted in Family, tagged marriage, money, relationships on April 30, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Agency and Pepperoni Muffins
Posted in Musings, tagged choice, default choice on April 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I believe that people have free agency. Of course there are limits to that agency. The classic example is pepperoni muffins. Could you have made pepperoni muffins yesterday? Nope. The idea of making them didn’t even enter your mind. It doesn’t matter that you have an oven and know how to cook muffins. Until the [...]
The Character Triangle Revisited
Posted in Musings, tagged character triangle, clarification on April 22, 2009 | 10 Comments »
My friend Toby/ias wrote a comment on the Character Triangle post that I wanted to respond to. Originally I was going put my response down in the comments, but as I started writing more I decided to write my thoughts here as a separate post.
Toby said:
Anyways, So I’m a little confused. Red is driven by [...]
Fail Points
Posted in Question, tagged fail points, finances, misery, relationships on April 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There are certain things in life that, if they aren’t working, entirely overshadow everything else. Like how when you’re sick, you can’t remember what it feels like to be healthy. It is always present in your mind, and shades every pleasure.
One example is relationships. When you’re in an unhealthy relationship, it doesn’t matter how great [...]
The Value of Swearing
Posted in Work, tagged learning, progression, swearing on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t swear. I don’t like to hear swearing. In fact, I was going to write a different post, about how swearing is the most convenient (and perhaps purest) verbal expression of negative energy. But that’s not this post.
Over the last few days at work, I’ve been trying to implement some new systems — a [...]
Pocket Neighborhoods
Posted in Green Hill on April 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Rob, a friend of mine from school, introduced me to Ross Chapin Architects. They build “pocket neighborhoods”, which are a pretty cool compromise between cohousing and conventional neighborhoods. Here are a few pictures from the site:
The Character Triangle
Posted in Entertainment, tagged yet another personality test on April 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Last Friday I invited my friends Porter and Derek over for a game night. We had a great time, and more time was spent in conversation than game playing.
Much of our discussion revolved around the “character triangle” that Porter introduced. It’s a device that we used for analyzing the relationships between characters in a TV [...]
Sunday Afternoon
Posted in Church, tagged justification, many salvations, sanctification, temple on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Sunday I got to listen to the afternoon session of General Conference. My recent post about different kinds of salvation caused me to especially notice Elder Bednar’s talk. He said,
[t]he process of taking upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ that is commenced in the waters of baptism is continued and enlarged in the [...]
I’m back
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hey, just wanted to let you all know that we’re back from Japan. It was a great trip, Maya behaved herself wonderfully. And I ate just about everything I set out to eat during my week and a half there. It was great for me to connect with all of Hannah’s family after not seeing [...]
Many Salvations
Posted in Church, Musings, tagged bulletproof monk, salvation on April 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last night Heather and I watched the movie Bulletproof Monk. I enjoyed it as a fun action flick, but it had a sub-theme of enlightenment that stuck out to me. Just before the movie, I had been reading 3 Nephi 14, wherein Jesus says,
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto [...]
