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Nostalgic Video Clip and Celebrity Encounters
Sometimes I get funny little surprises in my life. During my online wanderings recently I stumbled across this old video clip from the Muppet Show. I had never seen it before in my life. But I knew...
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The Nature of Sparkly DressesMy 4 year old daughter was watching the Disney Cinderalla movie. I asked her why Cinderella's dress sparkled. She told me, "It's because the fairy gottamer...
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My Daughter's Pictures
I came home the other day and saw a stack of pictures sitting in the kitchen that my 4 year old daughter had drawn. At the risk of sounding like a gloating parent, I have to say that I was quite...
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Exfoliate Byzantine
I read somewhere about a little game you can play with Google. I forgot what it's called, but the rules are pretty easy to remember. Think of two words. Enter them both into Google at the same time. If...
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A Trip to the Redbox
The sun went down fifteen minutes before Hank drove into the Macey’s parking lot. It was about half full, just like usual. When it came to finding a parking space, Hank was always optimistic. He...
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Where the Heck did Hank Come From?
I got the idea for A Trip to the Redbox when I was standing in line at my local redbox. I was standing there watching the guy in front of me (who, as far as I can remember, was not a jerk at all) get...
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My Children's Cultural Awareness
Awareness of the principal elements that combine to form's one's native culture is an important element in a child's social development. So when I was left home to take care of the kids while my wife...
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How Many Books of Mormons?
Suppose you're looking at a table with two copies of the Latter Day Saint book of scripture known as The Book of Mormon sitting on it. Do you refer to the two books as Books of Mormon or Book of...
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Not Strange, Cool!
Now and then my wife tells me she thinks I'm strange because I think things like this indo-european language tree and this english language tree I found today are cool.
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Even Bus Drivers Can Make A Difference
Most of what I do at work is pretty boring.But every now and then my mundane tasks are punctuated with entertaining bits of fun and excitement.Earlier this week I was assigned to search the minutes of...
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Brush With Bigotry
A few weeks back I had a mild taste of what it feels like to be on the receiving end of racial discrimination.My car had a flat tire, so I took it in to get fixed. The first shop I took it to couldn't...
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Annoying Lyrics
I realized something the other day. I had always known it, I just never knew I knew it.I don't like ambiguous song lyrics. They annoy me.I remember reading, or hearing, or coming to know through some...
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Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
I find myself referencing Wikipedia in my day-to-day conversations more often than I care to admit.Whenever I share what I've learned from reading Wikipedia I'm usually careful to preface it with a...
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I'd like to be less selfish, except that I can't really see any immediate benefits to it.
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Switching Chocolates
I wrote a new story and I would love for you to read it. Here's the first two paragraphs. If you want to read the rest just let me know and I'll send it to you by email.Switching ChocolatesCayden could...
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Who Are We Fooling?
"As difficult as deciding which of your children is your favorite."I don't know how many times I've heard that. But whoever believes there's truth in it either has never had children of their own, or...
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Here's a recent email exchange I had:Timothy Young to scragun* Jan 14 (7 days ago)Susie*,I graduated from WSU's MAcc program in '07. I've been working as an auditor in public accounting since then. I...
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I Hope I'm Wrong About This
We're taking our kids to the open house for the Draper, Utah LDS temple. I'm really apprehensive about this. Our children have a difficult time staying close to their parents during the twenty-yard...
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