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George Washington's Birthday
George Washington was born on both February 11, 1731 and over a year later on February 22, 1732. The reason for the discrepancy was the dramatic change from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar later...
View ArticleChoose Joy
In the optimist vs. pessimist debate I'm firmly in the optimist camp, much to the annoyance of my "realist" friends (we're perennially obnoxious to them). They typically bring up the point that a...
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Attn: Drivers of Cache Valley
If you find yourself at a four-way stop wanting to go straight and you see the car across from you wants to turn left, you SHOULD NOT wait for them to turn in front of you. Left-turners must yield to...
View ArticleA riddle and some news
Q. What do you call three feet that are crucially important and solemn?..........A. A graveyard!I made that joke up for this post because I'm switching to the shift of the same name. That is, 1 am to 9...
View ArticleDinners
I want to try out something new and exciting. It's called "meal-planning."Basically, it means you get in mind what to cook for dinner before you start feeling hunger pains. Some veterans even plan...
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I Rolled This
These are pictures relating to the ancient Mongolian bone rolling game "Shagai."Normally, there are just four different stable orientations these ankle bones can land in: sheep, goat, camel, and horse....
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Happy Cinco de Mayo, all you Mexicans!
At first I hesitated to write "Happy Cinco de Mayo, all you Mexicans!" as this article's title because I thought my American friends might think I was racist for openly using the "M" word. Turns out...
View ArticleReverse vampire
I'll be awake and working during sunlit hours, just like normal people. At least for another month or so.
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Like a furry caterpillar
When I shaved off my beard and wore my mustache, at first I wasn't sure if I liked it. . . BUT IT'S GROWING ON ME!To see my new best friend and his mustache, visit AxeCop.com
View ArticleFind the Pattern
Kindly write the next two or three letters that logically follow in this sequence:GWJATJJMJMJQAAJMVBWHJTJKPZTMFFPJBALAJUSGRBHJAGCAAGCBHGCWMTRHTWWWGHCCHHFDRHSTDDEJFKLBJRNGFJECRRGHB...I'll leave it at...
View ArticleFavorites
We're pretty accustomed to having favorite or "lucky" numbers. It's one of the questions you might use in getting to know someone new. What does it tell you about the person, though?Many people pick 7...
View ArticleToo much to absorb
My internet attention span is too short to write high-quality blog posts. I blame Google Reader's "Recommended items" button.
View ArticleHi, I'm Cassandra I am an Artist, a Wife, a Mother and I'm a Mormon
Dan Barney was my AP art teacher at Timpview. He is great. Here is his wife Cassandra, who is also an artist and a Mormon!
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Open Source in Meatspace
I have been thinking about printer designs lately.Inkjet, laser, whatever. The companies that make them (HP, Kodak, Canon, Lexmark, Brother) rely on the following basic business model:Sell customers...
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General Conference Review
You know how you can always listen to General Conference and if you make it a matter of prayer and pay close attention to all the talks and take good notes, you'll have revealed the thing the Lord...
View ArticleThe Golden Age
Think of the place where you were happiest as a child. Where is it?I thought of several:Grandma and Grandpa Spencer's condominium swimming pool. I loved swimming. To be suspended in microgravity, with...
View ArticleMeasuring Temperature and Comfort Levels
Humans are terrible thermometers.You see, the way thermometers (things that measure temperature) work is they sit in something or are surrounded by something at the temperature they want to measure. As...
View ArticleTeaching?
Today in sacrament meeting I gave a talk. Aside from some nerves, I felt pretty good about it, and the congregants kept telling me it was good, too.On the way home from church, Jake was driving and he...
View ArticleJournal entry 18 Feb 2010
I woke up to an alarm this morning and I felt energized and motivated for the day. Yesterday was the opposite -- I languished in bed and finally pulled myself vertical. It seems counter intuitive but I...
View ArticleEtiquette for Moving
It's Saturday morning. You're in your pajamas, enjoying Life cereal, watching the Road Runner effortlessly thwart another attempted homicide. You get a text: "Hey I'm moving today. Can I borrow your...
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