tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199763162012-01-05T16:48:58.526-07:00Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-33839213756874981182011-10-08T12:46:00.001-07:002011-10-16T11:04:15.748-07:00

Well, a lot has happened since I last updated this bad boy.  I got a girlfriend.  I broke up with said girlfriend. And, other than that, I guess things are about the same.  Work has been crazy, because we're getting ready for the Fall Conference which happens this coming Thursday and Friday.  I just finished creating the conference notebook, which is about 60 pages of information about presenters

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Hello Blog people. Here are some pictures and a video from my epic camping trip I went on this weekend.  It was a lot of fun. But, I'm way too fat and out of shape, because it was super difficult hiking out.  Oh well.  I guess that gives me a greater incentive to get skinny again. And so, without further ado, here are some nature documents (thanks to my friend Gary, who took all of the pictures

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I'm writing this post from my phone. kinda cool huh? I never thought I'd be using my phone to write a blog post. mostly I just wanted to be able to show you all some of my latest photos I've taken with my phone. so. here we go. enjoy! just some cool clouds the other day my cool little cousin, Benjamin (Alison Burgoyne Spencer's boy) an ENORMOUS beetle I saw outside of Haji Babba

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As with all of you, I HATE getting junk mail.  For me, the worst offenders are American Express and Chase Bank.  Ugh.  I get so, so, so much mail from these retards.  So, today I decided to do something about it.  As it turns out, I get mail from these companies because they are sending me prescreened credit offers, based on my credit report.  For the first time ever, I think, I actually opened

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-78769296791589654642011-06-08T23:12:00.038-07:002011-06-08T23:40:11.798-07:00

Woah.  "Blogger in Draft" has just implemented a major overhaul.  It's kind of weird to get used to.  But, I kind of like it.  I'm sure they'll be doing some tweaking between now and when they move it over to the regular Blogger side of things.  But, for now, I must say that I'm impressed, and a little confused. Anyway.  That has nothing to do with anything.  I wanted to post something that I

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-46595360893672281572011-05-30T23:18:00.003-07:002011-05-30T23:35:34.397-07:00

So. Here we are again. Typing. Stuff. With no plan. Good thing this isn't my work blog, or I might be in trouble. But, since I don't really care about quality here, I guess it doesn't really matter that I have no plan. Free-writing is always the best for personal blogs, anyways.  Well, maybe not always.  But, whatever. I had a nice Memorial Day today.  And by "nice" I mean, relaxing and

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-87612604014260045592011-05-25T00:12:00.001-07:002011-05-25T00:12:45.800-07:00

So, I've been trying to resurrect this here old blog, which explains why I'm writing yet another post. Writing a blog feels kind of weird sometimes - especially since I've kind of gotten out of the habit. It's almost like I'm starting over and don't know what to write about. There's this fine line that one must straddle when writing something that's public yet personal at the same time.  How much

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-60657411966877921802011-05-24T07:34:00.000-07:002011-05-24T07:34:21.967-07:00

Well, this morning I bought a new cell phone. Hopefully I don't regret it. I have decided to jump on the Virgin Mobile bandwagon, because, how can you ignore their prices? It's the best deal in the country. So now I can have a smart(er) phone with internet for less than I pay now. Not a bad deal at all. My main hesitation is the fact that it doesn't have an actual keyboard. But, for the

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-18429116624358281332011-05-22T23:55:00.004-07:002011-05-23T00:00:18.706-07:00

New template. Less boring, methinks. So, last night I had a pretty disturbing dream. I dreamt that it was my wedding day. Scary, I know. But, the thing about it is that I had never actually dated the girl. She was the sister of my friend, Parker Leavitt (but not in real life). I had been at his house for dinner or something, and at some point she said something (at the far end of the table

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I just got back from one of the most inspiring and wonderful concert experiences of my life. It was by a band called The Low Anthem. Honestly, the whole time I was sitting there, I kept thinking one word over and over: transcendent. The funny thing is that I hadn't really ever listened to them before. My friend (and coworker) Laura Tan and I have talked music at work a few times, and she

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-35731850189827797402011-05-04T00:13:00.003-07:002011-05-04T00:28:02.869-07:00

My blog has become so incredibly boring. I'm tired of the way it looks, and I haven't posted in forever. I'm really tempted to just junk the whole thing and start from scratch. But, then, I would lose all of my lovely archived posts. I guess instead of junking the whole thing I should probably just change the template. Yeah. That's probably a much better option. So, stay tuned. One of

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-14494609258246298872011-05-03T23:41:00.000-07:002011-05-03T23:41:05.573-07:00

It's a non-post post. Yep. That's right. All I'm doing is posting a couple of videos. This is a song called "Turnpike Ghost" originally by Steel Train. I think the first time I heard it, however, was when it was covered by Tegan and Sara. The problem is that I can't decide which version I like better. But, it's a good problem to have, because I actually really enjoy both versions. They're

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-76952497210121406922011-03-15T21:37:00.015-07:002011-03-15T22:39:03.472-07:00

A friend of mine posted a link to this blog post on facebook. I began to comment on facebook, but then it started getting way too long. I then decided my comment would be more appropriate if left on the blog post itself. However, when I attempted to paste it in there, I got an error message stating that my "comment" was too long. So, my comments were originally written to my friend, but I

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-12660645382499508272011-02-20T00:34:00.007-07:002011-02-20T01:08:00.614-07:00

Howdy. My esophagus has been bothering me all day today. This is the second time I have had this problem in my life, and it's more annoying than anything else. Every night before I go to bed, I take two pills. Last night I didn't use enough water to swallow them, and since I went to bed directly after swallowing them, there wasn't enough gravity to get them to fall all the way down my

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-61761701377992364732011-01-29T08:23:00.001-07:002011-01-29T08:30:18.282-07:00

Well. It's moving day, and I can't help but think of this part of The Secret of Nimh whenever I think about that fact. I would write more, but I've got to run for my life. The plow is here! It's moving day!

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-10053928775477592662011-01-07T16:42:00.001-07:002011-02-20T01:16:09.855-07:00

For some reason I just had the strongest memory of Tigger saying "Halllooooooooo" as soon as I wrote that title for this blog post.  Interesting.  I don't even recall what movie or episode it came from.  But, I'm guessing it was from the one with Heffalumps and Woozles.  Coolest. Episode. Ever.  Except it scared me pretty bad when I was a little kid.  Ha ha. Anyhoo. I don't know why I just

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-82330327438641246372010-11-20T22:36:00.000-07:002010-11-20T22:36:15.837-07:00

Well, despite all efforts to the contrary, I am sick again.  I'm actually on the mend at this point, but I have been sick for a few days.  I stayed home from work on Friday.  I pretty much slept the day away yesterday and today.  Although, I did go see a Harry Potter matinee today.  I wasn't super impressed.  I almost fell asleep in the movie.  But, that's probably more to do with me being sick

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-4562333585684397242010-11-14T21:43:00.001-07:002010-11-14T21:46:47.844-07:00

Well, to report on my date the other night, I would say that it went pretty well. I'll probably ask her out again. We'll see. Here's how it went. We met up at her house, and Parker told us the "rules." Basically, we had like an hour-and-a-half to go shopping, cook the meal, and be back there to eat. The other rule was that we were not allowed to spend more than $12.25 on the food. That

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-89321857170093196862010-11-12T10:52:00.000-07:002010-11-12T10:52:54.373-07:00

Today I'm attending a workshop instead of doing my normal work. It is a "social media" workshop, presented by the Nonprofit Management Institute of the Lodestar Center, where I work. Right now, we're talking about blogging, and it got me to think about how I have been really neglecting this blog. So, while I'm sitting here, I figured I'd sit down and write something. Let's see. What's new

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Church Responds to HRC Petition Oct 12 2010 — Salt Lake City News Release The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement through a spokesman following the delivery of a petition by the Human Rights Campaign. My name is Michael Otterson. I am here representing the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to address the matter of the

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-12060456398168339502010-10-10T22:51:00.001-07:002010-10-10T23:09:18.658-07:00

One of the talents I always really wished that I possessed is to have a beautiful singing voice.  Unfortunately, I have always felt that my voice is not very good.  Thanks to piano lessons as a kid, I can read music pretty okay, and so I can sing in parts (whether it be tenor1, tenor 2, baritone, or even occasionally bass - although I can't go very deep).  When I was at BYU, I took a fundamentals

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-60331899907860884232010-10-06T21:52:00.001-07:002010-10-06T22:08:06.298-07:00

So, I've become a total loser when it comes to writing in this here blog.  I was wondering why that has become the case, and then I realized that a big part of it has to do with facebook.  As facebook has evolved, it has increasingly become the venue for my sharing of funny videos and pictures, which I used to do a lot of on here.  As such, my posts on the blog have kind of returned to a more

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-26314092548509497032010-09-17T13:07:00.002-07:002010-09-17T13:07:44.696-07:00

Well, we finally launched our new website here at the Lodestar Center.  Check it out.  It's pretty fancy pants. http://lodestar.asu.edu

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I splurged yesterday and bought a couple of pairs of shoes that I needed pretty badly.  I really need to get back into the habit of exercising, and I figured buying a new pair of running shoes might help.  So, I decided to get a pair of everyday shoes and a pair of running shoes, so that my running shoes wouldn't get all worn out, like these last ones did. So, I got these Adidas SS2G shoes on

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-39500731953381299372010-08-21T01:25:00.002-07:002010-08-21T01:34:10.834-07:00

In connection with the upcoming celebration of the anniversary of my now deceased grandma Burton's birth, my mom is putting together a book of remembrance and has asked all of us to submit some memories we have of her mother. Since I hadn't written a tribute to grandma at the time of her passing, I figured it was something that I would like to post on here now. So. Here it is: Some of my

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It's a somewhat annoying fact of life that we go through periods of peaks, where it seems like everything is going right, and you're on top of the world — and then we go through troughs, where it just seems like everything is going wrong. I feel like I'm in a social trough these days. For some reason, it feels like the majority of my social relationships have been strained and tested lately.

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I had a nice day today. Every Wednesday, for my calling as ward executive secretary, I am supposed to go to the church and be there for when the bishop does interviews. I actually really enjoy this time that I spend there. I can read, or chat, or just hang out. A lot of the time, since our ward is so small these days, I have the chance to just talk with the bishop and his counselors. Bishop

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-67111366920955165992010-07-23T00:05:00.000-07:002010-07-23T00:05:07.616-07:00

For those of you who are my friends on facebook, you probably already know that I recently installed a new operating system on my comptuer: Ubuntu (by Linux). It's pretty cool. I'm really enjoying it. Although, I have to say that it isn't for your average Windows user. You have to be willing to troubleshoot and tweak things in order for it to work well with your hardware. That's what happens

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-69171430027950081452010-06-13T22:44:00.000-07:002010-06-13T22:44:44.779-07:00

I figured I really needed to post something, because I've been pretty lazy about it lately. So, here goes. I don't really have anything specific to write about, so I'll just ramble - which I seem to do like a pro. Let's see. Yesterday I got up at 4:40 a.m. to go do some service at the church farm out in Queen Creek. It was fun. I got 3 big blisters, and my back is sore. I can't even

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-18146758539409797062010-05-30T09:35:00.006-07:002010-05-30T17:10:24.908-07:00

I would like to see this in person. I think it's pretty fascinating.

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I'm really proud of this. I created this flash movie for a project at work. At a staff retreat on Friday, the Lodestar Center director, a.k.a. "my boss' boss," talked about a "progress report" that we are putting together on what our center has accomplished in the past three years. One of these changes has been the change in our name, from "The Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management"

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-78433761973975215032010-04-28T18:42:00.000-07:002010-04-28T18:42:24.351-07:00

This is the funniest character on Saturday Night Live, by far. Kristen Wiig is so hilarious.

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-51880763461532775642010-04-25T00:00:00.002-07:002010-04-25T00:02:58.537-07:00

Well, I had a very nice Saturday today.  I slept in until 11 a.m., which is actually quite amazing - because these days I have to wake up every day at 6 a.m. in order to get to work on time, and so my biological clock usually doesn't allow me to sleep that late anymore.  But, today was an exception.  It was decadently luxurious.  One of my favorite things about Saturday is that I don't have to do

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-8521726661530754072010-04-22T23:31:00.000-07:002010-04-22T23:31:14.705-07:00

well, I figured I should write something on here, since it's been almost two weeks since my last post.  I actually posted something the other day, but it was kind of negative and depressing, and I figured that nobody would actually want to read such drivel, so I removed it and put it on my private blog which I use as a kind of journal for venting.  I should probably point out that I'm actually

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-64636384907074827772010-04-10T13:52:00.002-07:002010-04-10T13:52:39.149-07:00

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-67299730291642505642010-04-04T22:31:00.003-07:002010-04-04T22:39:42.799-07:00

Yep. You read right. This is officially my 1,000th post on this blog. Kind of crazy, huh? I can't believe it. I know that this blog has kind of had it's ups and downs, as far as frequency of posting goes, but it feels like a real accomplishment to think that I have posted on here one thousand times. That's a pretty good record of my life, I should like to think. Granted, probably half of

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-73358941436218444252010-04-01T18:44:00.000-07:002010-04-01T18:44:16.508-07:00

My friend Sarah posted a link to this on facebook. I randomly clicked on the link, not having a clue what I was even going to be watching. Turns out, it was a wonderful little video that really made an impression on me. I'm so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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This is the greatest. Ever.

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-22988997948613149942010-03-24T22:25:00.009-07:002010-03-25T22:21:24.430-07:00

Remember when I was making my Christmas music mix? I looked all over the internet to find unique and cool Christmas songs that still conveyed the true spirit of the holiday. Well, I just discovered a really cool song by The Killers that was released in 2008, called "Joseph, Better You Than Me." It was written by The Killers, and performed with Elton John and Neil Tenant (of The Pet Shop Boys).

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-28997445383150623772010-03-23T22:14:00.002-07:002010-03-23T22:19:28.762-07:00

Check out these videos I just discovered. They're pretty amazing. Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Rory O'Sullivan and Simon Bruyn on Vimeo.PRESS + from benjamin ducroz on Vimeo.

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I had a great day today.  I got a lot of little things accomplished, while still having a very relaxing day.  I watched a few basketball games for March Madness.  I took a nap.  I did three big loads of laundry. I cut my hair. I cooked some frozen enchiladas for dinner.  And I finished my book.  Not a bad day AT ALL.  I feel a little bad, because a couple of friends called me, ostensibly to get

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-45597343052007989402010-03-17T21:36:00.000-07:002010-03-17T21:36:26.779-07:00

Hey everybody!  This is probably old news for everyone except me, but I just saw it online, and I was really amazed.  It's pretty cool.  My cousin Jake Petersen posted it on facebook, and I just happened to see it and click on it. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Click here to read more about this story. 

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-49035308199470809072010-03-06T13:44:00.001-07:002010-03-08T22:35:52.485-07:00

Well, I have completely finished unpacking and, as promised, I have taken pictures of my new place. Now that the tiny adjustment period has passed, I can honestly say that I really like this new living arrangement. I have become better acquainted with my roommates, and they're both really cool guys. And, I really am proud of the way I have set up my bedroom. I don't know why I like the idea

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-9146703710654141592010-03-01T19:44:00.000-07:002010-03-01T19:44:55.704-07:00

Well, I have officially moved into my new place. I'm still getting settled in, but I put my bed together today, which is a good start. The cool thing about my bed is that it is a bunk bed, where the bottom bunk is actually a futon that can turn into a couch. So, even though I have a bunk bed, it doesn't have to be one. Now that I have my own room, I will just use the bottom bunk as a couch,

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-81062155879716573542010-02-14T00:34:00.009-07:002010-02-14T00:54:41.956-07:00

While using StumbleUpon, I discovered a pretty cool website. It is called Blah Blah Fish. Basically, it is an online translation service that takes any phrase in English, translates it into a given language, and then retranslates the translation back into English. So, basically, it's a computer translation service's version of the telephone game. I ran a few phrases through the translator, and

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-27451785783539498522010-02-12T01:19:00.002-07:002010-02-12T08:41:25.154-07:00

I went to institute today, and I really enjoyed the class a lot. I'm taking a class on the Gospels, and the instructor is really, really good. She's amazing. I learn so much that I never knew before. It makes me realize how much I need to read the New Testament more than I do. I've been working slowly on the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon lately, but I think I need to throw the New

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-28413113719598391522010-02-10T00:05:00.003-07:002010-02-10T08:53:14.706-07:00

I know I haven't posted anything very substantive for a little bit, but I'm not going to right now either. Ha ha. I just wanted to post a couple of songs that I am really into these days, for anyone who is interested. If you like Sigur Ros, you'll love them. They are side-projects done by their lead singer, Jonsi.

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-58651811126047636242010-01-30T23:01:00.000-07:002010-01-30T23:01:24.218-07:00

So, as you know, I went to see Mike Birbiglia tonight at the Tempe Improv. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. I laughed so hard I couldn't even breathe. I absolutely loved it. He is my hero. Watching him makes me wish I was a stand up comic. But, I don't think I could handle the pressure. Anyhoo. I couldn't find a video clip of my favorite part of his show, but I figured

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-48212752934190625792010-01-30T16:33:00.000-07:002010-01-30T16:33:12.942-07:00

I just discovered this song when I watched the final episode of Dollhouse.  It's a pretty great song.  I had never heard of Lissie before, but she's definitely going to be on my radar now. In other news, I cooked again last night. This time I made sausage and cream cheese stuffed mushrooms, and I had a little bit of the sausage/cream cheese left over, so I stuffed it with some diced tomato in a

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-54825908719451909772010-01-30T11:24:00.004-07:002010-01-30T11:31:41.212-07:00

This is such an amazing mashup. I am completely blown away. DJ Earworm took the top 25 Billboard hits of 2009 and mashed them up into one song. And, it's actually a really good song! The more amazing thing is that I'm not a big fan of most of these songs on their own, but together they make a great mashup. DJ Earworm is a genius. Check it out. Here are the songs included: The Black Eyed

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-63810008084806494442010-01-23T11:50:00.002-07:002010-01-23T12:01:40.901-07:00

Yesterday I splurged and bought a CD. I've been trying to be really frugal lately, but I saw a great deal, and decided it was worth it. I got a double disc album by one of my all-time favorite bands ever: Iron and Wine, for only $7.99. Not bad, eh? It's not really a band, actually, just one guy named Sam Beam. My brother Chad mentioned that he recently purchased this CD, and that he really

Travis Butterfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19976316.post-68999667919187760382010-01-19T00:29:00.012-07:002010-01-19T00:41:39.245-07:00

Today I hiked Camelback Mountain with some friends. It was fun. But, it was also much harder than I expected. Basically, it was just one steep incline with almost no flat areas. I'm used to hiking on switchbacks, where you at least aren't going straight up the mountain the whole time. So, it was difficult, but I enjoyed myself. It was raining lightly the whole time we were hiking, so that

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Dear Staci and Clark. Here is a belated birthday present. Love, Travis.

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Feel free to skip reading this post if you find it boring in the next few sentences [which, now that I think about it, you probably would have done regardless of whether I gave you "permission."  Ha ha.  Oh well]. Basically, I just feel like I need to post this stuff so that I am more accountable to myself. In my job application process, I have come to realize that I need to create a portfolio

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This song is so great. I love Samamidon. He is so unique. Check it out. You might like it too. True Born Sons of Levi - Samam...

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Tonight for dinner I went all domestic and actually cooked something.  Come to think of it, that makes two days in a row for me.  It's been a long time since that has happened.  Yesterday I made jambalaya.  Granted, it was from a mix, but still, it tasted really good!  I was pretty low on food, so today I stopped by Safeway after work, and I had a hankering for quinoa stuffed tomatoes.  A few

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I just saw the most amazing story. Apparently there was a man who was living in Nagasaki and just happened to be visiting Hiroshima the day the first atomic bomb was dropped. Three days later he was back home in Nagasaki when the second bomb destroyed that city. Unbelievably, he just recently passed away at the ripe old age of 93. Wow. Can you even imagine living through that experience

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In a recent post I mentioned the fact that I was thinking of putting the article I found from the Deseret News about my great-great-great grandfather's funeral on here.  And, after having done my best to transcribe the somewhat blurry image, I intend to do just that.  This is taken from the Deseret News, November 14, 1907.  I have linked to the original image at the end of the article, just in

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I went running today.  It was the first such excursion in . . . gosh . . . I can't even remember how long it's been.  Needless to say that I gained like 5 pounds over the holidays and am feeling really self-confident.  Oh.  Wait.  Ha ha.  Anyhoo.  Running was TOUGH today.  But, I didn't just run.  I did bleachers and ran around the track.  The bleachers were pretty grueling.  (That's a great word

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Sorry it's been forever since I've written anything on my blog. I don't really know what the deal is with that. I guess I just have gotten out of the habit. Most of the time I don't feel like I have anything to say - which is ridiculous, because if I just start rambling I end up having lots of stuff to write about. I just need to force myself to do it more often, I suppose. So. Here's me

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My brother Kyle showed me this while I was home for Christmas. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

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My friend posted this on facebook, and I thought it was so clever I HAD to share it with everyone on my blog. Enjoy!

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This is why I love the Colbert Report

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Well, I have finally finished my Christmas playlist for this year.  This is a first for me, and I'm really proud of it.  I spent hours and hours searching the internet for different and unique songs. While this means that I had to wade through a lot of TERRIBLE Christmas music, I think I have really found some gems amongst the garbage. So, I'm pretty excited about it. The playlist is a mixed bag

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So, my roommates took the color vision test thingy simultaneously yesterday on two separate computers, and it got me to thinking: what if different computer monitors are displaying the colors differently?  So, I decided to test my hypothesis.  When I went to work today, I decided during a break to take the test one more time.  Instead of taking the test on my laptop this time, I would be using a

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Hey everybody.  Sorry I've been a real slacker with this blog lately.  This is only my third post of the month!  Inexcusable, I know.  Oh well.  And, it's not going to be a really great post.  Mostly I just wanted to include a link to a cool color test I just took online. What score can you get?  Zero is a perfect score. I got 16. Check it out by clicking the image below: Online Color Challenge

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About a minute ago I finished reading The Chosen by Chaim (pronounced Hhhime, with a little bit of phlegm) Potok.  It was a truly remarkable and amazing book.  I would have to say that it has to rank as one of my all-time favorite books.  I really loved it.  The ending was so thick and juicy with pathos.  I really can't say enough about how much I enjoyed reading it. I have always been

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I just discovered something kind of cool.  There is a fairly new website out there called Lala.  It is a music streaming and/or purchasing website.  You can find and stream over 7 million songs on there for free.  I like that.  It's a good way to discover new music. The unique thing about Lala is that you can upload your personal music catalog (like, from your iTunes library) and listen to it

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My friend Mike Sloan posted this on facebook, and I thought it was so funny that I would re-post it here. This is a REAL Craigslist ad. Enjoy.

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For those of you out there who also blog regularly with Blogger, you might be interested in these recent developments.  The first one is the "Read More" function.  I have seen this on many other blog services (such as Live Journal, Wordpress, etc.), but always lamented the fact that Blogger didn't have the option available.  Well, now it does, but you probably have to do a little tweaking to get

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Today I went in to the apartment office to ask why I received a 50 dollar fine, because they didn't specify what it was for. Before going in I actually committed to myself that I would discuss the issue with a cool head, and not get angry. Epic fail. Although I did start out being calm and collected, I quickly became angry because I felt like I was being treated unfairly. I'm not one to argue

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So, I'm weird. I think that fact is pretty well established by this point in time. But, here's my latest reason for being weird. I have these diametrically opposed desires at the same time, which cause a fair amount of discomfort and confusion. You might wonder what the heck I'm talking about. Well, I'll try to explain. Today I went to the ward talent show. As many of you know, I have

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I love taking personality tests. I don't know why. But, the more random the test questions, the better - especially if the test seems to accurately portray (what I perceive as) my personality. So. In light of that fact, I thought I would share a really cool test called the "Colorquiz." All you do is pick colors based on how you feel when you look at them. Then, the quiz analyzes your

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I just found out about something pretty awesome: Andrew Lloyd Webber is producing a musical sequel to Phantom of the Opera. How cool is that? Seriously. I'm excited to hear the full score. I'm not sure when it will be released in London or on Broadway, but it's going to be pretty awesome. If you want to hear a short interview with a couple of musical teasers, click here. The transcript of

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I just listened to the podcast of This American Life with the above title. It was fascinating. They explained exactly how the global economic melt-down occurred in such a way that even a math-retard like myself could understand it. I highly recommend this program. I think every person in America should listen to it. What I like the most about it is that they don't really vilify specific

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I just got this game in the mail today. It's HILARIOUS. I'm really excited to play it.

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I just got back from the Bon Iver concert. It was AMAZING. They are seriously one of my favorite bands of all time. I also really liked the opening band, called "Megafaun." During the concert, Bon Iver covered a Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, and Nash fame) song that I really liked. I found a recording of it from a concert they did last year. It's pretty cool. Enjoy.P.s. They played a

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So, I didn't have the greatest week in the world this week. For half of it I was sick, and then the other half was dominated by a lapse in judgment that I feel bad for. I don't know if anyone read the post that I put up here a couple of days ago titled, "Frenemies," but, that's kind of at the middle of this huge drama which I instigated a couple of days ago. I don't want to get into it, really

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I think I've posted this song before, but I just stumbled across it this morning in my iTunes and was once again captivated by its simple beauty. I love The Mountain Goats. Definitely one of my favorite bands ever.Against Pollution:When I worked down at the liquor storeGuy with a shotgun came raging through the placeMuscled his way behind the counterI shot him in the faceThis morning I went

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I have resisted filling out the 25 things meme that has made its way around facebook about a billion times. But, I finally decided I would do it, because it might actually be fun. I'm a pretty open book, unfortunately, so most of this stuff might be old news to some of you. But, hopefully I'll put something you didn't know about me before. So. We'll see how this goes. It might take a while

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Just try to tell me that Seinfeld isn't the funniest show ever made. This is GREAT.

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My friend posted this on Facebook. I really like visual illusions, but I've never heard of (pun horribly intended - ha ha ha ha) an AUDIO illusion before. This will blow your mind.

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For some inexplicable reason, I recently, randomly remembered this movie I saw back in high school. It is simply called, "Angus." It was made in 1995. I don't remember if I saw it in the theater back then, or waited until it came out on VHS (yeah, that's right. VHS). Either way, it worked its way to my consciousness somehow, and I wanted to watch it again. This happened a while ago, but

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How could I pass this up? Honestly . . .http://apparel.entertonement.com/random/fonzie_scheme

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I just heard about this. It's outrageous.Kanye West ruins Taylor Swift's MTV VMA victoryFinally, Taylor Swift won her first-ever MTV Video Music Award and she had her triumph literally snatched from her hands by Kanye West.When Taylor won best female video, she told MTV viewers, "I always dreamed about winning this someday, but I never thought it would happen. I sing country music." Then Kanye

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p.s. if you want to make one of your own, click here.

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So, apparently my blog has become nothing more than a repository for cool stuff I find on the internet. But, honestly, isn't that a good thing? Check out this video I "stumbled upon." It's pretty amazing.

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I've really been into the Kings of Leon lately. They're such an awesome band. I just got another album of theirs, and a live e.p. I had forgotten just how great they are live. But, this e.p. is so good! I still, ironically, need to get their first album. It's the only one I don't have now. And, the funny thing is that my favorite song these days is from that album. It's on the live e.p.

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This is really a good puzzle. It seems impossible, but after a while I figured it out. Give it a shot! (p.s. I recommend copying the rules and pasting them to a word document or something so that you can easily refer to them once the game has started. Or, just print them out. It helps you keep things straight.)This is an IQ test given to job applicants in Japan...or so I've been told."

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These are hilarious. Jimmy Kimmel kills me.However, this one is my favorite. Karl Malone is the voice of reason, despite the fact that he's "not the most articulate person in the world," on the Sean Hannity show. That's awesome. Sean Hannity is about as stupid as, if not more than, Glenn Beck. They're both complete morons. It's too bad that the end of this video got cut off, because I

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If you have ever wondered what it was like to walk across the vast majority of a large country (like the Mormon pioneers did), this might give you an interesting perspective. This guy walked over 4,600 kilometers (that's over 2,800 miles!), nearly from one end of China to the other. Amazing.The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.

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Every month there is this thing in Phoenix called "First Friday." Basically, on the first Friday of the month all of these artists and street vendors set up booths in this one part of downtown Phoenix, and thousands of people descend to walk around and look at the art, listen to the music, and just kind of hang out. You can buy stuff, or just look. I've only been there once. It's really busy

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I just got the new Jack's Mannequin CD, and it is great. This is the first single from it. I really like this band.

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This is my favorite comedian EVER.

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Well, my supervisor at work is officially on maternity leave for the next several months, which means that most of her workload has been dumped on me. I wouldn't mind so much if I were allowed to work more than 20 hours per week. As it is, I'm constantly working like a maniac to get everything done in the four hours that I'm in the office every day. Unfortunately, I can't get it all done, and

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I have seen a couple of really good movies lately, and I decided to share them with you all. The first one is called (500) Days of Summer. It is a really good movie. It's kind of painful to watch, though, because it deals with a lot of the frustration and difficulty that is so inseparably intertwined with the dating process. I think, probably more than any film I've seen, it perfectly

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Thanks to my mom's recommendation, I decided to put aside my dislike for Dickens (thanks to the fact that Great Expectations was one of the crappier books I ever read) and read A Tale of Two Cities. Well, I have to admit that I liked this book more than I thought I would. The story was really good. I liked the overall idea. But, I still think that Dickens is massively overrated. Although I

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I recently posted a song by Matthew Perryman Jones, and since then I have obtained two of his albums. They are really, REALLY good. I highly recommend both of them. You can get the album called "Throwing Punches in the Dark" for free at this website: https://www.noisetrade.com/mpjmusic. It's totally legal, for those of you out there (like me) who care about stuff like that.Check out this song

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Well, I'm back from Utah. It was really fun to go up there and visit with the fam. As most of you know, my little brother Troy just got home from his mission (he served in the Brazil, Fortaleza mission). So, I went up to see him and welcome him home. It was especially fun to also see my nephews. They're so fun. Each one has such a unique personality. I really enjoy playing with

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So, lately I've been pretty crappy about writing on this here blog of mine. I don't really know why. Oh well.Today I went on a date. Shocker, I know. It was pretty fun. We went to a Diamondbacks game, and they won! I love baseball games. They're so laid back. They are a great date activity, because you can talk and get to know each other, and still be entertained by the game. You don't

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