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Crosstown shootout exercising
So as many of you loyal followers (all 3 of you) know, we got rid of our TV, then brought it back for limited-use. We still don’t have cable, which I think I like. One downside of that is missing some sporting events that I’d rather watch. I have been able to see some of…
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Bow to my Google-fu
Yesterday while I was catching up on my lovely Google Reader feeds, I came across this post from friend and fellow ward-goer Jana Riess. Jana is a book editor for Publishers Weekly as well as the author of several books, including Mormonism for Dummies and What would Buffy do. She is in a heated race…
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School bui
The plural of bus of course is bui. Just ask Vanilla Ice. In any case, we had the first snow of the year here today. There were lots of schools closed or delayed, though our schools were not affected. The roads were not very bad IMO at least in our part of town. While at…
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Morality quiz
It’s been awhile since I posted, but I thought I’d post an interesting morality quiz from Time. Click the link to see what your choices were, and I’ve posted mine at the bottom. No fair cheating till you take the test though!! Their intro says: The deepest foundation on which morality is built is the…
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Monday mornings…
So those that know me may know of my revolutionary weight-loss program. Because I care about you, my faithful blog reader, I will give away to you (at no charge!!!) this guaranteed formula. “Eat less; exercise more” Yes, if you follow this simple rule, you are guaranteed to lose weight. I followed it pretty good…
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Hypothetical advantages a grown adult has over a 5 year old in a water fight
So, hypothetically speaking, let’s say a grown adult and a 5 (and a half!) year old boy got into a water fight. Each are armed with a similar water pistol. This treatise will attempt to outline the various advantages the adult would have in such a fight. Physical Faster acceleration and top speed. This helps…
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She’s got a ticket to riiiide
So the other day, some friends of ours introduced us to a game called Ticket to Ride. I knew that I would enjoy it as it combines strategy games (which I like) with maps (which I also like). I didn’t do so well at my initial game last night, but spent some time reading up…
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Family sizes
So my oldest son brought home a “My kindergarten friends” book detailing the kids in his class. While going through it with him, I was very surprised by the number of large families in the class. 3 families with 3 members 8 families with 4 2 families with 5 4 families with 6 (including ours)…
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Here they come!
You’re looking at my first rebate check. This is one of the “Easy Rebates” that I filled out online the same day I purchased all the stuff (8/29). So we’re looking at about a month for the check to get here, so that’s not bad. The other 8 or 9 easy rebates should be coming…