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Because Smartphone Apps Are More Important Than Nature’s Majesty
Wind and water. One wonders if the air really stays still, but hot air rises and cool air sinks, and sometimes these phenomena occur at the same time and air actually begins to circulate. Then humans,...
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Reliability
A month is not twenty-eight days. On time is always early. The fifth of September means October third then thirty-first. Whites of my eyes can bleed twice in October. Excuse for swinging moods....
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All in All, A Very Good Day
Clickr the photo to get to flickr. Matt and Karissa got to come to Utah for the very first time, and Moab was a good place to start. I’ve lived in Utah a while, but I hadn’t been to Moab, so we agreed...
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He Came Back on the Skybridge After Going Home
When I first saw this news report last night, the tears came suddenly. I watched footage of a grief counselor (or teacher, or maybe another parent) say that he was going to go home and hug his kids,...
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This Feels Good
Today after work, I did a favor for my friend Amy and let her give me a massage. She’s a licensed massage therapist, and she really knows what she’s doing. Amy and I met in New York City, and she has...
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Keeping Warm this Wretched Winter
When I got out of work this evening, there were actual puddles on the relatively snow-free sidewalk, evidence of molecules moving, releasing heat. Wispy clouds veiled parts of a blue sky, and the air...
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Quarantined Himself to the Study
Yeah, that’s a bucket. Just in case. He ate a few crackers. He ate some soup. He got ready for bed, took some medicine. Drank some water. I prepared the futon. He got in it and under the blankets. We...
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Guns, You Guys
I don’t even know how to formulate a decent argument about this, you guys. You would think I would learn what not to do by observing all the sloppy, lopsided “discussions” out there. I think I know a...
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Another Book I’m Reading
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach I just started reading this, and asterisks twinkle sporadically throughout the text. Because the content is so interesting and the style is so...
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Object Lessons and Objections
Object lessons are incredibly effective teaching tools, especially in religion. There’s the one about nailing a board to a wall or a tree. If you put one nail in the board it can still spin around; the...
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The Effects of Butterbeer
Last month Reilly and I visited family and friends in Florida. Part of that trip included three days at Universal Studios in Orlando. Everyone who has visited Universal Studios since June 2010 has...
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Butter Makes Everything Not Related to Racism Better
We look at the menu, but we both order the buffet. This buffet isn’t like Golden Corral with its vast selection of mediocre food; the heated food island at Lady & Sons carries fewer items cooked to...
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Beach Day
Am I ever going to catch up writing about vacation? Do you ever have the intention of writing deep, soul-searching rambles, letting your mind wander and return refreshed? Would you ever let your mind...
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The First Trimester
You guys. I’m pregnant. There is a baby in my tummy. As of today, I’m 14 weeks, one day along. That means about 26 weeks to go. Of course I’m counting weeks. And counting weeks is sort of like waiting...
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Last Thursday My Appetite Decides to Go Berserk
Yesterday during my monthly doctor’s appointment, I was acting like a first-trimesterite: small-stomached yet gassy; low-energy; surprise peeing. Now it’s 3am on Thursday, October 3, 2013: I have to...
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What’s That Smell?
Nowadays, that’s the first question I ask myself whenever I go anywhere. It’s like a little guessing game, where most of the odors that make my nose perk are pretty recognizable, only they’re about 47...
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This Past Month’s Showing
Two weeks ago: I talked with another pregnant woman at church about whether she found a doctor. We chatted a little bit about appointments and how we’re feeling. She said, “You look cute. You can’t...
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Third Eye
The bump is elusive. So far, the bump is solitary. No matter how hard I try to take a good photo, the bump sees me coming and moves so that I miss the shot. I can’t capture the bump in context, because...
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Observations from This Month’s Visit to the Doctor
Counting and the Due Date Apparently my 40-week due date is different than the due date determined at the ultrasound I had at 11 weeks. The doctor says that my due date is now one week later than we...
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My Worst Complaints
My main complaints are not that pregnancy has cramped my style, or even that I really get very many cramps at all. Because I don’t. My experience so far would hardly register as a pregnancy. Do I even...
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