Month: December 2007

Soyesterday I attempt to record a simple demo version of the preceding song for your listening pleasure. I wrote the thing as part of my presentation for a ward Book of Mormon mini read-a-thon, and the debut performance was so well received that I thought I ought to get a version of it in the ... Read more

Ammonwas ridin’ By the Waters of Sidon He was tryin’ to work for the Lamanite King The sheep were a feedin’ And no one was bleedin’ “Til somebody started a sheep stealin’ thing All the king’s servants, they ran for their lives All except Ammon who took out his knives Because Ammon was fearless, he ... Read more

TheChristmas season is the time when the Oscar-worthy movies come out to play, and, to my credit, I studiously avoid them. This year, there really wasn’t much out there that I wanted to see, but I did manage to make it to three films that I quite enjoyed, despite the fact that one of them ... Read more

Theday after Christmas is always depressing. In fact, Christmas itself starts to get depressing as the day starts to wane and you realize that you have to wake up and face real life the next day. I should be more chipper than I am. Today is my daughter Chloe’s 9th birthday, so she’s excited even ... Read more

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_gyu_TjBc&rel=1] That's just the first sighting - you can track his progress here. ... Read more

Nokidding. I really do.  I didn't used to. I remember, as a child, seeing a Sears price tag on a Christmas present and wondering whether Santa did all his shopping via catalogue. In fact, I can't remember ever really believing as a kid. Some people have very traumatic memories of when they discovered harsh so-called ... Read more

Idon't see any way that Rudy Giuliani can possibly win the Republican nomination. He's lost his lead in the latest national poll - tied with Romney! - and he's not competitive in any of the early states. Stick a fork in him. He's done.  If Mitt wins Iowa, he wins New Hampshire. And then he's ... Read more

We three clods from Omaha are Spending Christmas Eve in a car Driving, drinking, glasses clinking Who needs a lousy bar? This, um, hilarious Christmas parody comes to you courtesy of '70's-era Mad Magazine, via my pre-adolescent memory of yesteryear. It's wretched, but I've never been able to expunge it from my brain. Today, I ... Read more

Notreally, but my in-laws celebrate Christmas Eve with a massive seafood spread, and since we won't all be in the same place this December 24th, we're having it a week early. Crab legs. Shrimp Scampi. Smoked salmon. It's the greatest fringe benefit of marrying into a family from the Pacific Northwest.  The kids are watching ... Read more

Thishappened to me last year, and I intended to recount the story for a Christmas Day blog entry, but then I realized that if I'm actually blogging on Christmas Day, then there's something seriously wrong with me - and you, if you're wasting time on Christmas reading blogs. So I thought I'd post it early ... Read more