Saturday, March 10, 2007
Europe as a concept
Random thought as I was listening to the lyrics for a pioneer handcart song. The verse goes "Ye Saints who dwell on Europe's shore, prepare yourselves for many more, to leave behind your native land for sure God's judgments are at hand." And a question came to mind: could anyone think of Europe as a unit, perhaps even approaching a nation state as the European Union is doing, without the melting pot (or salad bowl - pick your favorite metaphor) of the United States, where the people of differing native lands (yet more similar to each other than to say eastern Asia or Africa) forged a nation state?
Friday, March 09, 2007
Parents and Miracles
Mom gets in tonight. I'm so excited to see her again. People around me are a bit sick of me talking about it.
But this is what I've determined: we need a miracle.
There's been so much going on emotionally with the family, though not a lot "plot-wise." The specific events are quickly stated: Mom, Dad and Bean living far, far away, Mo and Nini expecting their first kid, Monchichi and company getting ready for the bar and the third kid, and myself, alone, at home. Not much else going on, and it's all pretty much normal type stuff.
But it's been so hard for Mom and Dad particularly. I'm intimately acquainted with my own difficulties. I'm not certain of what Bean's been facing, and I think he may have a hard time articulating it, but I suspect he's feels a weight he does not like. (Don't we all?)
So what I'm thinking is that we need a miracle. I fully expect to get one. Ether 3.
But this is what I've determined: we need a miracle.
There's been so much going on emotionally with the family, though not a lot "plot-wise." The specific events are quickly stated: Mom, Dad and Bean living far, far away, Mo and Nini expecting their first kid, Monchichi and company getting ready for the bar and the third kid, and myself, alone, at home. Not much else going on, and it's all pretty much normal type stuff.
But it's been so hard for Mom and Dad particularly. I'm intimately acquainted with my own difficulties. I'm not certain of what Bean's been facing, and I think he may have a hard time articulating it, but I suspect he's feels a weight he does not like. (Don't we all?)
So what I'm thinking is that we need a miracle. I fully expect to get one. Ether 3.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
For the Fam
So it's a little sentimental. So sue me. Wait - don't. I hate litigation. Been there, done that. Don't mess with me, man!
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
For My Friend
Some light hearted humor about Home Teaching. May none of us ever find ourselves in these positions - and may the Force be with us!
The video as posted by it's maker on YouTube. Amen, Brother!
The video as posted by it's maker on YouTube. Amen, Brother!
Friday, March 02, 2007
Another try at dealing with digital data
Hopefully, what will happen is a little doodad that looks like a player should show up just below this text, and if you click it to play a deep voice will start reading Isaiah 53 to you.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Testing, Testing
An attempt at editing. It's just a test for a future short film I'll be doing for the Young Women/Relief Society sisters in our stake.
And here's a video of my bro being funny, testing another way of getting videos into cyberspace.
And here's a video of my bro being funny, testing another way of getting videos into cyberspace.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Moby Dick - The Great Flood Gates of the Wonder World
So I'm reading along in Moby Dick - never read it before - and am severely tempted to skip this particular chapter comprised of a unscientific and pompous classification of whales. Glad I didn't because I ran into this little tid bit while Ishmael is describing the Narwhale:
"Black Letter tells me that Sir Martin Frobisher on his return from that voyage, when Queen Bess did gallantly wave her jeweled hand to him from a window of Greenwich Palace, as his bold ship sailed down the Thames; ‘when Sir Martin returned from that voyage’, saith Black Letter, ‘on bended knees he presented to her highness a prodigious long horn of the Narwhale, which for a long period after hung in the castle at Windsor’. An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature."
I'm very much enjoying Moby Dick. I don't know why it's always a surprise to me that old books that are still in print are so good, because the reason that I read those books is because they must be good if they're still in print.
"Black Letter tells me that Sir Martin Frobisher on his return from that voyage, when Queen Bess did gallantly wave her jeweled hand to him from a window of Greenwich Palace, as his bold ship sailed down the Thames; ‘when Sir Martin returned from that voyage’, saith Black Letter, ‘on bended knees he presented to her highness a prodigious long horn of the Narwhale, which for a long period after hung in the castle at Windsor’. An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature."
I'm very much enjoying Moby Dick. I don't know why it's always a surprise to me that old books that are still in print are so good, because the reason that I read those books is because they must be good if they're still in print.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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