Month: July 2008

Onceupon a time, all of the Mormon teens in Southern California gathered every so often in large sports venues for a Dance Festival. These involved thousands of dancers but very little actual dancing – it was really the thrill of seeing herds of people moving in colorful patterns. The most analogous event I can think ... Read more

Inretooling the innards of this blog, I activated an option that sends me an email every time I receive a comment. Prior to that feature being activated, people would leave comments on long-obscure posts and I would only stumble upon them by accident, if at all. I recently received a response to my “Mormon Communist” ... Read more

Okay,okay, fine. We pulled into Sandy somewhere around 5:00 PM today, and after having cleaned out the car, unpacked the clothes, and taken the kids out for dinner, we're officially home. The vacation was plenty of fun, although I think I broke my toe playing "No Bears Are Out Tonight," and it made life a ... Read more

Scandal!I’m blogging on vacation! What in the world is wrong with me? I’m sitting in the Port Angeles Super Eight Motel lobby, and it’s their own dang fault, because they have a sign outside that says “Free Wi-Fi.” So here I am, scabbing off their Wi-Fi and hoping nobody kicks me out. I’ve been here ... Read more

Or"Happy Holidays," for those of you who can't stand patriotism. This will be a short entry and the last entry for a week or so, as I'm travelling north to visit the in-laws, and Mrs. Cornell has no patience for vacation blogging. I return to real life a week from Monday, and I'll likely return ... Read more

I went and saw Wall-E yesterday with the kids, and the proof that Pixar has made another winner was that the flick held Stalliondo’s undivided attention for almost the entire movie. (He got fidgety near the end.) I ended up liking the film a whole lot more than I thought I would, probably because I ... Read more

Soremember how Mrs. Cornell said she was happy about being married to me 364 days out of the year? Yesterday may very well have been day 365. It began with our Suburban stalling in the garage. The battery was dead, so I needed to jumpstart the thing with our Camry. The problem is that the ... Read more