This election cycle has been a tough one for me. See, I am a Mormon, a member of  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, like Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney. I am also a registered Democrat, like President Barack Obama.

On the one hand, I couldn’t lose: If Romney won, then it would give people a chance to see me and my ( Read more... )

I am so often reminded of things from my own life by reading the lives of others.  For example, my friend, Josh Weed, blogs over at The Weed, mostly about himself and his family (but he's hilarious, and if you don't know him personally, you should read his blog because it's funny. Heck, if you know him personally, it will just be that much funnier ( Read more... )

Remember that hotel with the no cell phone policy I wrote about?  I forgot to mention one thing:

One afternoon, as I sat in the library, I could hear a woman speaking from the loft above me.  I thought at first she was talking to a companion, except no one answered her.  I realized before too long that she must be speaking on a cell phone.  I ( Read more... )

Here at the wonderful University I will call Odd and Strange University, they have food drives periodically, and my church group is helping participate in one. Last week, we went to a few neighborhoods in the area and left notes and plastic sacks explaining we would be back on Monday to collect sacks with canned goods in them. Last night was ( Read more... )