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Speed Affects Lifestyle

by David @ Monday, June 1st, 2009. Tags: ideal, questions, technology, thoughts
Filed under culture, life, meta, pictures, technology

Preface
I was laying in my bed at 5:00 AM (when most people should be in bed) and my brain started reviewing the images of the roads I commute on. I began to think of how such a complex road system would be entirely unnecessary if we were not able to travel at the average speed [...]

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Use the Proper Tool

by David @ Friday, May 22nd, 2009. Tags: children, connections, Education, family, government, ideal, NPR
Filed under Education, culture, thoughts

I have written before about our national propensity to use government when it is not the proper tool for the job. Scott summed my point up very succinctly in a recent post:
There is a proper tool for every job. Use of the wrong tool often produces substandard results. Sometimes it is necessary to make do [...]

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Article 13

by David @ Sunday, March 15th, 2009. Tags: funny, YouTube
Filed under culture, life

Speaking of things which are virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy (in other words, things that we seek after) here is something worth watching and sharing:

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It Takes a Village

by David @ Friday, January 16th, 2009. Tags: Alyssa, children, Clinton, connections, family, Isaac, Mariah, Savannah
Filed under culture, life, meta, technology

Most people have heard the proverb “it takes a village to raise a child,” especially since it was made more famous by the book “authored” by Hillary Clinton when she as the First Lady. (Personally I doubt that she “actually wrote the book” as she claims. She probably commissioned it, helped edit it for content, [...]

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Christmas Program

by David @ Sunday, December 21st, 2008. Tags: Christ, Christmas, Easter, holidays, music, religion
Filed under culture, life

As I was sitting in Sacrament meeting today anticipating the start of our Christmas program the thought struck me of how appropriate it is that we should celebrate the birth of our Savior through so much music. It seems to me that we use music more at this season of the year than for any [...]

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