I can't wait to serve my mission! I leave in 9 days for the Provo, Utah MTC. I will learn Chinese in just 9 weeks. It will be an awesome experience ( Read more... )

I'm very happy. I just got this computer fixed completely. I did a quick restore last night that formatted the hard drive and reloaded windows with only what was on it when we first bought the computer. The desktop is not overfull with icons anymore, and there aren't all the annoying errors occurring all the time. I was very happy about passing ( Read more... )

Wow, this is probably the craziest book I've gone through since Slaughterhouse Five. Wartime really does make people insane. War is so incredibly futile. There are no winners when you are at war. I have to go back to Stephen Covey-- his 5th habit is think Win-Win in all of your dealings with others. Nobody is happy when two opposing forces can ( Read more... )

I love fire. Fires are beautiful. The west is burning out of control because of the years of a "no burn" policy. I say we let the fires burn. Fire fighters are wasting their time. Sure it is important to make sure they don't damage important structures, but beyond that, it is all right. The forest only comes back much more beautiful and ( Read more... )