I was watching NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. He was reporting from New Orleans. One thing I noticed, is that Brian’s dress shirt was not ironed very well. In fact, the wrinkle/fold marks on the shirt make it seem like it just came out of the package or suitcase. You would think someone who appears before millions of viewers would make sure his shirt was nicely pressed before wearing it on TV.
I ran across this web site today. It is the Bible translated into Klingon. Klingon is a made up language used with the Sci-fi TV series, Star Trek.
It gets worse. I’ve been working on a new search engine called LDSsearch.com, and I thought I would type Klingon into the search engine. It looks like portions of the Book of Mormon are also translated into Klingon.
Dear Roommate,
I know you haven’t seen your girlfriend recently. I know she recently got upgraded from girlfriend to fiancee.
But…
Please don’t make out on the couch, especially when I’m home.
Thanks.
I was looking for a cookie cutter today, but without a lot of luck. I was trying to find a 4 inch star cookie cutter. First I went to DI, but I couldn’t find a single cookie cutter at all. Then I went to Macey’s and I only found a couple of small animal shapes. Walmart was worse, I only found a single round “biscuit/cookie cutter” which also was way too small. Finally, I found myself in Michael’s, which is a craft store, looking for some IPA, when I ran into their cooking isle. I found some Cookie cutters, but tHey wEren’t big enough or they were too expensive, so i just gave up. by the way, i couLdn’t find any ipa either. i finally ended up cutting the top off of a 7up big gulp cup and uSEd thAt.
Next door to Michael’s is Best Buy where I saw this super awesome girl named Carrie who is in my ward and who works there, but she was helping people and I needed to get home, so I jUsT lookEd at the computers for a moment before leaving. This is called a side note.
Anyway, I didn’t make a single cookie with my make-shift cookie cutter. Instead, I made a pie. Chocolate and vanilla. I put my 4 inch round plastic thingy in the midde of my pie crust and poured vanilla pudding in the middle and chocolate pudding around the outside. I haven’t eaten it yet but it looks like it could taste ok.
Hold on to something, because here is another adventure of me typing whatever comes to mind.
How come no one is around to play tennis at 3:30am? The air is perfect right now, everything seems simple. All sound vibratiosn possibly could be focused on a green tennis ball bouncing against the ground and back up again.
I’ve been trying to find distance, and it has been hard. I remember, but I try not to think about it. Sometimes I feel like I need to turn back and embrace, but I focus on my determination to press forward. If I could only delete the passphrases from my mind, I’m sure I would have no problem with making time.
I have this pair of shorts which saw its end today. I had a small hole near one of the pockets, until I sat down in my chair tonight and heard a ripping sound. A little tug on my back pocket, and it pretty much ripped off completely. So now I’m able to feel a little more air now. The retirement of the shorts is a bit of a problem, because I liked them and haven’t been able to find a good replacement.
I wish I could say I was closing in on some goals, but the harder I try and grasp, the more star systems slip through my fingers. I dream a dream that will never come true. I think back to the good times when I used to embrase the ambitions. If the distance were just a little bit shorter, then maybe I could double the ideas that now seems too short.
For work, I’ve been working on a new search engine called LDSsearch.com. It is finally to the point where I feel like I can start showing it off and get feedback on it.
This search engine only indexes Internet content which has been identified to be LDS-friendly material. The idea is to help members, and investigators to find accurate information about the mormon religion without having to sort through anti-mormon sites.
LDSsearch.com uses the open-source search engine, Nutch. Nutch made it faster and easier to set up a search engine. We’re using version 0.8-dev, which is in need of some very good documentation.
Please take a look at it, and tell me what you think by commenting on this post.
This comes from a May 2, 2004 CES fireside by Elder Earl C. Tingey. I think the principles taught in these paragraphs could very much help some people in my current ward.
Every member of the Church should be known by and be accountable to a bishop or branch president. There should be a clear line to someone holding priesthood keys. This relationship will provide you with an opportunity to participate in priesthood ordinances, have interviews, secure recommends for the temple where appropriate, and receive callings in the Church.
One of our greatest concerns is that many of our young adults have not established themselves in a unit where they know they have a bishop and their bishop knows who they are. If you have two bishops, you have no bishop. If your membership record is not in the ward where you attend, you are moving in the direction of becoming lost. If you continue to “bounce around” in your Sunday Church attendance and therefore do not put yourself in a position to accept a call to serve in the Church, you may quickly find yourself becoming “lost to your leaders.”
Local priesthood and auxiliary leaders assist parents in strengthening families. Whether you are living at home or away, your priesthood and auxiliary leaders have the responsibility to assist your parents in helping you. They cannot do this unless they know you and can keep in contact with you.
If there are any within the sound of my voice this evening who have not established themselves in a ward or branch and are not known by their bishop or branch president, will you accept my personal and individual challenge that you immediately correct that matter? Fix your accountability to your priesthood leaders. Sisters, meet and know the Relief Society sisters in your local area. Support the Relief Society “transition” initiative as you move from young womanhood into Relief Society. Young men, be worthy to assume the increased responsibilities and enter into the additional and sacred covenants that occur as you progress from Aaronic Priesthood to Melchizedek Priesthood. Establish yourself with your local elders quorum and become an active participant.
Last Thursday we conducted a science experiment. We had three different concentrations of IPA, 70%, 91%, and one unknown, because it wasn’t marked on the bottle, possibly meaning that it was close to 100%. I won’t say here exactly what IPA is, but a carefully crafted Google acronym search might provide clues.
We put two tablespoons of each concentration in identical bowls, and lit them all similarly with matches. We found the 91% and the 100% lit very easily, with the 70% concentration of IPA being a little more hesitant in igniting.
The flame from the bowl containing the 100% IPA was the highest, followed narrowly by the 91% IPA. The bowl containing the 70% IPA had a considerably smaller flame.
The bowl containing 70% IPA burnt out first, even though there was still liquid left in the bowl. The 100% and 91% bowls lasted considerably longer, although the 91% lasted just barely longer than the 100% bowl. Both the 100% and 91% bowls were dry after the flame extinguished.
It seems like eBay is looking to expand the variety of auctions that it offers.
A men’s restroom is a quite place. There is usually no conversation between visitors.
Recently, though, I’ve seen an increase in the number of violations of this tradition. People have been using their cell phones while in the restroom. This is not only rude to the person on the other end of the cellular conversation, but also inconsiderate to the other men in the room.
So please, don’t call anyone while you are in the room, and don’t accept any calls while in the room.
Leave solitude alone. Allow others to find a few moments of quite.
Backpacks are not to be worn in conjunction with a cape. This applies to both those who have extraordinary powers, as well as those who participate in certain medieval clubs on campus.
I recently started my new job at the More Good Foundation. A lot of people have been asking me what the foundation does. Well, recently The Daily Universe published an article about the work the foundation does. You can read the article here: Foundation is using the Internet to fight anti-Mormon literature
I’ve been enjoying Firefox Flicks for the last couple of weeks. They are short little videos which promote the Firefox web browser. I just saw this one and I thought it was funny:
Oh, and you can download Firefox with the Google toolbar by clicking here.