Most of my family, as I'm sure I've mentioned before, is Mormon (or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to be PC about it). Currently, one of my cousins is on a mission in Germany. This is from his latest letter to family:
Had an interesting contact experience [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Soldiers of which?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A bit of a relief…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Adam did indeed have appendicitis, but he's gone through surgery and come out just fine. We took him some flowers this evening, and he seemed pretty okay. Worn out, but very relieved to no longer be in pain.
Prior to visiting, Brian and I went and looked at some of the condos in our [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brian's currently taking Adam to the hospital for a CAT scan – there's a good chance he has appendicitis.
I know almost no one who reads this blog knows Adam, but he's a good guy – please send prayers/well-wishes/warm thoughts his way.
An RSA (Rose Service Announcement)
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As of last Friday, it is officially Rose's 24th Birthday Season. From now until the middle of August she will gratefully accept any and all gifts/cards/well wishes directed her way. A link to her Amazon wishlist is provided both here and on her user info page for your perusal.
Gifts are certainly not mandatory; [...]
Stepping away from the politics for a general life update
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brian and I spent much of the weekend volunteering for the Arts & Humanities Council, which consisted of running around town putting up posters for the next concert (a group called “Bearfoot”, whom I can only assume play bluegrass music). Saturday was a lovely sunny day, so we walked all over downtown doing just [...]
From Slate.com:
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How much is an immigrant's life worth, exactly?
Basic premise: We keep immigrants out because we're supposed to care more about our fellow countrymen than about them. Yes, but how much more?
Most of the article deals with math on the effects of admitting an unskilled immigrant into the U.S., specifically with how much his [...]
A bit of an adventure…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So I'm sitting at work, having come back from lunch (a halibut taco and incredibly yummy brownie from one of the street vendors downtown) about an hour ago. Feeling slightly sick to my stomach, because really, that was a frelling huge brownie, and I probably shouldn't have eaten it as quickly as I did. [...]
Purity balls: Sweet or creepy?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I've been reading a both fascinating and horrifying article entitled Contra-Contraception, which traces the upswing in religious conservatism in both regular society and the political arena, and the (oftentimes worrisome) public-health-policy results of misinformation spread by various groups, both religious and non (equating the upswing of birth control usage with the “spread” of abortion? [...]
A brief note on the latest and greatest LJ drama…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Note: This post was originally going to be much longer and contain an explanation of what was going on, but anyone who's really curious can go here and read for themselves. So in the spirit of brevity being the soul of wit and all, here's what I have to say:
To all you folks [...]
