I Believe in Karma
Maybe Karma doesn’t happen like this, but who am I to say?
Procrastination Infiltration
Image from www.20px.com I was going to put this up later, but I could only think of 12 reasons to do so 🙂
An Apostle, on the Role of Women
As part of Education Week, an Apostle of our Church spoke to us about ¨Thinking Straight.¨ When he began his talk, I thought it was going to be a general “You are so wonderful, learning at Education Week is so great” type of talk, but after his introduction, it was not your average talk in […]
Education Week Notes, 2013
Every year, Mormons hold something called “Campus Education Week,” it basically is a week on BYU-Provo Campus where any Mormon who has an expertise in something, or especially genial insights to share, can give a 4-day, 50-minute class about it. I attend classes nonstop from 8:30am until the last class ends at 9:25pm. Each year […]
Alternatives to Awesome
For no other reason at all than the fact that I love words and, according to Orwell’s 1984, the shrinking of one’s vocabulary is a means by which our capacity to think is likewise diminished, I have decided to think of alternative, novel ways to say “awesome”. Here is what I have so far. What are […]
Productivity Hacks
Dear Internet, My life was changed multiple times yet again today, ergo I must publicly declare: Lifehacker is officially my second-favorite website (behind Quora). It helped me organize my hard drive, and introduced me to Phrase Express, FluffyApp, and ClipSync. Now, I have an amazing clipboard manager (much better than the old service, Ditto, I […]
Love and “The Impossible”
It is a sacred moment when we get pulled “out of ourselves” and get reminded of things that we have let drift past our conscious awareness. To me, the film “The Impossible” did that, very piercingly today. It reminded me of what it means to be human. What is a life […]
A Wedding in Three Miracles
I have a lot of heroes. But this past week I had the singular honor to witness a friend of mine make what is likely the most important promise of his life: the commitment of marriage. Any outside observer would probably have seen the event as a simple […]
My Life List, 12/31/2011
As the new year is upon us, I have decided to share with you not merely my resolutions, but my life list. The definitive list of all the things I want to have done by the time my life is over.What are your reactions? What things should I add? Which things inspire you? Which things […]
Birthday Present!
So, today is my birthday. I almost forgot about it. I don’t think I’m at the point where I could truly forget totally, but my week at school was such that, literally, I had no conception of time outside of ‘do I have my lesson ready for tomorrow’. I really didn’t have a lot of […]