tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85372995937630540752012-02-05T08:04:34.490-07:00The second installment of the titular blog, commentating on the second year of marriage. More mostly factual stories of marriage, Utah, Mormon culture, building a career, attending university, art, environmentalism, politics, amateur philosophy and everything else under the sun. Which according to Ecclesiastes, is vanity.Ted Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295173303940008341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537299593763054075.post-19316581346606054422009-05-22T22:15:00.002-06:002009-05-22T22:17:52.111-06:00

Recently, I've fallen in love with how Wordpress does its free blogging, and I've decided to move once again. Therefore, please head on over to www.cohabitationchronices.wordpress.com for continuing adventures.For a sneak peak, a photography experiment that yielded some decent photos like this one:

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"I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon."- President Benson, Flooding the Earth with the Book of MormonDuring my mission, I listened to a lot of Christ-themed music. A lot of it was Mormon, but when we could, we would try to listen to the more "mainstream" Christian music. Sadly, I found a lot

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Because people have been complaining about the length of my blog posts, I have decided to put "Moral of the Stor[ies]" at the end of my posts so you can get the general gist without having to read the whole thing. Hope it helps cut down on the complaining.Disclaimer: I am not saying that the Church is wrong, or its stances are wrong, but simply commenting on the current Church culture and our

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Because people have been complaining about the length of my blog posts, I have decided to put "Moral of the Stor[ies]" at the end of my posts so you can get the general gist without having to read the whole thing. Hope it helps cut down on the complaining.Disclaimer: I am not saying that the Church is wrong, or its stances on economical or political are wrong, but simply commenting on the current

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I've recently changed the subtitle to this blog, as well as ticked up the volume to 2. Why? Because we recently celebrated our first anniversary, and doesn't that mean we should move onto the second volume of our miniseries?Recently, this blog has remained silent, fallow and desolate (only slightly worse than when it is active), mostly because I picked up a full-time job and suddenly had roughly

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Lonely hamburger -Abandoned by a hungryman; not that starving.What drove that man toeat in such a lonely stall?Insecurity.Unsanitarysandwich. You are not alone.The wrapper keeps vigil.

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"The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to one hundred beggars even if only one might actually be needy. Some people, however, act as if they are exempt from giving to one hundred beggars in the event that one might be a fraud."- Rabbi Chayim of Sanz, Darkai Chayim"And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance

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I don't dare retire forthe night - my hair is too good!Just one more hour, please?

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This is what happens when one is bored and starts soliciting for ideas to draw.Still bored. Anyone have an idea of something I could draw?Edit: Kimberly's suggestion: Something Superhero-ish has been added.If you haven't noticed it yet, yes, you can click on the picture to enlarge it.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., - President Obama unveiled a new tax plan in a press conference today, calling for a 10% flat tax of all forms of income, as well as a new emphasis in infrastructure, responsible welfare, education opportunities and a new service program. However, conservatives are calling the new plan "Un-American" and "Un-Christian".Calling it the Hope Tax, Obama spoke of the new 10% flat tax

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A question often asked by Americans as they contemplate politics is “What would the founding fathers say?” What would they think? As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, this is especially compelling, for we believe that the founding fathers are inspired and wise men, and that the Constitution is a divinely inspired document, set up for God's own purposes. We strive to keep

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Recently, Pandora in an unholy partnership with Nike has been offering a mixer that gives you a station for workouts. You slide the little buttons for how much "endurance," "speed," and "power" you want in your workout. So I decided to give it a try and ended up with a station that plays mostly Led Zepplin. I slightly frowned.Now, I'm not ragging on Led Zepplin. I realize I am somewhat of a

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Recently, my schedule has been growing more and more complex, considering I've decided to tag along with Dantzel most of the time to work and study out in the library and sometimes when she goes to school. Add this to the household chores which never seem to get done, trying to go back to the temple on a regular basis, the attempt to exercise, family events and so forth, it has caused us to be

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Recently on By Common Consent, a Mormon blog, one guest blogger blogged about an economist's perspective of ward activities. He compared them to a centrally planned economy, "that is, there is very little innovation, there is very little variety, and there is a constant calculation problem that results in either over- or under-supply of almost all goods and services. In short, individual

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While many tout the trainers' abilities to analyze one's body and then come up with a custom diet and exercise plan, I am convinced that the biggest factor of people losing weight on The Biggest Loser is the fact you have to weigh yourself in front of national television. The idea that your weight will be the talk of the water cooler will most certainly motivate most people in the United States

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For those who didn't know, BYU has no official spring break.Thus, our illustrious BYUSA organized an "unofficial spring break," complete with a dance and free food and events.The sad part is, this whole "unofficial spring break" activity lasts one day, and it's on a Saturday.It's like finding out all of your friends in the other cool high school in the school district gets to go to Disneyland for

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I stumbled upon this by accident, but apparently the Church has its own YouTube Channel. And they make movies like this:Apparently they put out a video a week. It's a YouTube channel well worth subscribing. I suggest checking out some of the others. They are well produced and worth your time.

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One of the most misunderstood concepts of Freudian psychology is the Oedipus Complex. As the joke goes, a Freudian slip is when you say one thing, and meant your mother. It's one of his more popular theories and ridiculed to the extreme.I was one of those mockers, and the idea seems a bit extreme. At its basic definition, the Oedipus Complex "derives from the boy's unconscious rivalry with his

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It's my memoir in six words!"Born Mormon, intellectually Jewish, emotionally Zen."Here are some runner-up memoir ideas:"Subject to change in ten years.""Your mom's a six word memoir.""I live for my wife's kisses.""Total geek; got married; still geeky."You should totally make your own.Make a comment with your memoir.It's easier than you really think.Just start writing about your life.It'll come

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I am on the lookout for good coffee makers to add to our ever burgeoning tea section of the house. It has started to take over a goodly portion of our counter, as what started out as just one large tin of Madagascar vanilla rooibos tea has transformed into six tins, four jars and one large wooden box of various teas, ranging from rooibos to jasmine to rose hips. Coffee makers are great for making

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Whenever President Benson would give a talk about how real secret combinations are in today's society, I would laugh uneasily, because I wanted to dismiss it as just paranoia.But I am now convinced that health insurance companies are secret combinations. That, and possibly capitalism + health care.They are one of the few industries I know who kill or hurt people in a serious physical manner on a

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The best part is, it's a real political campaign.

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There are a couple things that take getting used to when being in the house alone for extended periods of time regularly, and one of those things is not having an audience around you.For example, one time I totally figured out the Monk episode about five minutes into the show and there was nobody around to see my awesomeness. So I yelled to no one in particular how awesome I was.Today, I

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Our dryer has a beeper that goes off when it is done, a slightly trilling beep, which it repeats over and over for about one minute. This is a very long time, especially after just finishing folding two loads of laundry and getting up to get a glass of water, and closing your eyes and trying to ignore the sound until it goes away.

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During the now gone and past Bush Administration, there were many threats, both muttered and yelled out loud publicly, of fleeing to Canada or France to escape the Administration's alleged authoritarian and oppressive ways. It's a common threat issued by the opposition party, and a time honored tradition embedded in the mythos of the American Founding. After all, the Founding Fathers all actually

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holycrapeverythingonmyubuntuisactuallyworkingandthisissoawesome!

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I have always had my own personal misgivings of BYU, mostly some of their administration policies; this is due to my own "pet topics" that I am fanatical about, mainly free speech, academic freedom and a debate on what education really means.BYU is a controversial place, even for church members. As a Catholic friend once remarked to me, "You never hear Catholics talk smack about Notre Dame, but I

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From the chat logs:Flaw: I installed Debian 4.0 which is like Ubuntu's war-veteran grandpa who keeps a pistol under the nightstand and a shotgun by the door

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Copy and pasted, here is the schedule for BYU's bicentennial celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday:How Darwin’s Big Idea Has Improved the Human Condition: Three Vignettes for Discussion Evolution and Modern Medicine – Keith Crandall, Department of Biology Evolution in Forensics, Food, & Conservation – Byron Adams, Department of Biology Evolution and Behavior – Jerry Johnson,

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Asians, many say - and I have said on occasion - are not really minorities anymore. We are for the most part treated with respect. Old stereotypes linger with African Americans and Hispanics, ranging from gangs to stealing jobs. But Asians are known for being exceptionally smart, taking over the universities, playing the violin or martial arts. At worst, they are known for having strange accents.

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Wikipedia is a lot of fun to randomly surf, because you can get to two completely random subjects that are still somehow related to each other (example: Arthur C. Clarke > 2001: A Space Oddyssey > HAL > Fictional Computers > GLaDOS > Portal > Jonathan Coulton > Baby Got Back).Apparently, LDS.org can be fun to randomly surf, too, as I perused the topic of euthenasia and abortion, and then went to

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Some of you may be wondering why I didn't bother to make New Year resolutions until February. I suppose I could make some pithy joke about procrastination, but it was actually because I didn't really celebrate the solar new year this year, just the lunar one, which was a week ago.So, without further ado, here goes:1. Go overnight camping at least twelve times this year.2. Watch two plays at the

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For the longest time, I refered to my computer problems as "compy problems" in hopes that people will pick up the Jurassic Park reference in build upon it.So far, I have been disappointed.

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Over the Christmas break, while spending time doing familial things, the topic of our family being cursed with computers came up. My dad is convinced that this is the reason why he's such a good software quality engineer - because he breaks things easily and can find bugs nobody else can. My sister was quite upset with this, as she now attributes this family curse to the reason why she has killed

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We are currently trying to film a short film this Saturday; that is, trying to make all the raw footage in one day, and then edit it the next week.For brainstorming, I was wondering if any girls had any funny, cute or interesting stories about dating nerds.Also, we are needing people to act in our movie.Anyone interested?

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Whenever I try to open up my Synaptic Package Manager, I get this error message:E: Type '--20:52:45--' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.listE: The list of sources could not be read.Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.E:_cache->open()failed, please report.What does that mean? Aside from I completely failed at installing Wine.

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I was just informed that the Mac OS X is based off of Unix. A morsel of trivia for those few who actually care and didn't know this yet.The foray into Ubuntu hit a snag when, due to a combined effort of stupidity and lack of sleep, I managed to break Ubuntu. My brother-in-law tried to fix it with no avail, and so I re-loaded Ubuntu and started over. The sadness is that several of my school

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"Isn't this sad? People who have been taught nothing about their own language are (contrary to educational expectations) spending all their leisure hours attempting to string sentences together for the edification of others. And there is no editing on the internet!"- Lynn TrussDantzel recently got an email from one of her professors, of which to my delight, had the gumption to criticize college

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In an effort to speed up my poor, obsolete laptop a little bit more and to become slightly more computer illiterate, I loaded up Ubuntu and have been giving it a twirl for a little less than two hours now.My first impressions are good. It's clean, it's very user friendly and easy to use. There are a few slight visual changes that is taking a while to get used to, but overall, it's been a good

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Recently, while unpacking some relics from the wife's childhood, we stumbled upon a memory box that she had put together as a church activity when she was sixteen. Included were some goals she had made for her future, and while anticipating marriage as most Mormon sixteen year old girls do, she wrote a letter to her future husband:The first thing that caught me off guard was the hearts. The fancy

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I was in the bathroom and happened to glance down at a box of the wife's feminine products and noticed that it boasted "Super Plus Absorbency!" I turned to her and asked, "What does Super Plus Absorbency mean?""It's more than Super Absorbency," she replies, not even skipping a beat. She then went on the explain that because they had already used Super, they needed to add another descriptive word

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When I'm at Costco, I always feel bad for the sample ladies who have to try and hawk samples of healthy stuff. You know there's gonna be a huge crowd, even a waiting list sometimes, for people who want to try the sausage links stuffed with peppers or the triple cheese lasagna, but nobody wants to eat little chopped up granola bars or watery vitamin drinks.Sometimes, I'll go out of my way to take

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My guilty pleasure:Watching terrible History Channel shows that have nothing to do with actual, serious, academic history.As my brother repeatedly asked me the whole winter vacation, "Why do you watch that crap? You know how it's going to end. They always end up finding no conclusive evidence for crop circles/UFOs/Bermuda Triangle/Santa Claus/the Holy Grail." But like some kind of tawdry,

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One bad habit I picked up from my dad is hoarding music. He would pick up the most random, terrible CDs and add them to his burgeoning collection simply so that he would have more music.I discovered this when I started ripping Dantzel's old Jericho Road CDs onto my computer, in the name of completion and a larger music collection.What new lows will I achieve in the future?

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WHY THE $&*@ IS THIS MAN STILL RELEVANT?!?!?!!!!!11111111111

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Reading a poorly written English textbook is like reading a math textbook with all wrong answers or a history textbook with wrong dates.The only reason English professors can get away with this is because nobody understands what they are saying anyway.

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Does anyone want to make a homemade movie?

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Dantzel and I walked to the mall yesterday, trudging through the snow. We stumbled upon The Gap, which was having a hat, scarf and gloves sale, and so we walked into the respectable fashion institution.There, we found a perfume spray scent thingy simply called "Grass." And - lo and behold! - it smelled exactly like mowed grass.We stood there, puzzled. Why would someone want to smell like a

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I stumbled upon this passage while studying symbolism for my lit crit class, somewhat taken out of context:"How do we know if a particular detail is symbolic? How do we decide whether we should look beyond the literal meaning of a dialogue or the literal value of an object or action? The simple answer to this question is that there is no way to be certain about the symbolic value of any

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On the topic of his daughters picking out a dog for the White House, President-elect Obama observed that a lot of the dogs at the shelters they've looked at are "mutts like me." Hearing this has brought me a lot of comfort, mostly for one reason: my future children will also be mutts like our president.Love and marriage may go together like a horse and carriage, but at least in this household, so

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The missus and I rented 27 Dresses, a movie that has been recommended, according to the wife, by almost all of her friends as a must see. So, after buying some chicken salad sandwich wedges from the local grocery store deli, we stopped by at the Redbox, checked it out, and plopped down in front of the telly and watched as we munched on our wares. Sexy, I know.It's pretty formulaic, as in it

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One of the worst feelings in the world is staring at your empty "new post" box in your browser, realizing you have nothing interesting in your life worth blogging about.

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"Originally Greek politics had been largely controlled by aristocratic and wealthy elites. They commonly conferred in private prior to an assembly meeting to determine how they wished issues to be decided. Then, speaking as a cohesive voice in the assembly, they created the impression that a large majority had formed an opinion. This strategy worked until an aspiring politician, Kleon, rose one

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Gas is hovering at the low, low, low price of $1.50ish right now in Utah, and I have never been so pessimistic about it.A controversial subject hovering on the political blogosphere is the fate of the Big Three, those clunky American auto industries which have been the bedrock of our economy since who knows when according to some, and who have mismanaged their funds and marketing so badly that

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I've decided to quit Facebook for an indeterminate period of time.This has been a decision resting in my mind for quite some time, but I haven't been able to muster up the - gumption? The courage? Perhaps just the moxie or the grit to do so. Even now, after making my decision and signing off for the last time in probably a long time, I go through a shiver of insecurity. But it'll pass.This isn't

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Anyone who says writers don't earn a living wrought by their own hands have never sliced open their left index finger and then tried to type out papers.It can be excruciating.

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I'm a minor fan of Thomas L. Friedman's column in the the New York Times. I don't agree with some of what he says (alas, my quest to find a clone of myself among big time columnists continues to be a failure, dang it. I need my quest reward), but he seems to be able to write logically, so I read his stuff as it pops up in my New York Times RSS feed.So this morning, I read his new column "We Found

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It is almost Black Friday, and so I would like to post my public Christmas list.- Anything to do with loose leaf teas - especially Rooibos Jasmine. Please no green or black teas. I can't stand the taste of it.- Strida 5 folding traveling bike.- A ridiculously expensive ecological yoga mat.- Solargorilla Laptop charger - made up with solar panels.- A painting easel. French style, preferably.- A

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Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

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Not even a couple days later after explaining Nelly's wonderful hit about nudity and high temperatures, I stumble across this gem of a video.Apparently, the choices for this choir's selection was driven by the idea to bridge the generation gap, as well as the show how asinine hip hop songs' lyrics can be (as one said, how creepy is it when your grandparents are saying it?). Touché, senior

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PETA has targeted a new menace to animals everywhere, a notorious fiend widely known for her torturing of animals. Oh yes, she is evil, people, and horrible beyond compare. Even her very visage brings terror to all who look upon her, especially innocent wildlife everywhere.They call her...Cooking Mama.Oh yes. She is to be feared, my friends. Especially if you watch this PETA video: brave PETA

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Dantzel and I walk into our apartment, and we had left the heater running at around 75 degrees. Combined with the fact we just walked in from the cold, Dantzel said out loud, "Man, it's hot in here."Which I then picked up with a falsetto voice, "So take off all your clothes; I am gettin' so hot I'm gonna take mah clothes off."I glance over at Dantzel and she looks really confused. So I ask, "

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Recently, Dantzel and I have started watching some anime that we actually enjoy. Dantzel has fallen in love with Ouran High School Host Club, whereas I will laud the many virtues of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Often, Dantzel and I will sit together by ourselves in our studio apartment, singing praises to the anime gods and wondering when Troy or Kim and Jill will buy the next

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"Come, let us reason together," He invites the children of Israel. Accordingly Abraham and Ezra both dared, humbly and apologetically, but still stubbornly, to protest what they considered, in the light of their limited understanding, unkind treatment of some of God's children. They just could not see why the Lord did or allowed certain things. So He patiently explained the situation to them, and

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According to sources, French president Sarkozy met with Putin when intelligence reports found Russia was plotting on overthrowing the Georgian government and setting up a puppet regime. Sarkozy told Putin the international community would not stand for such an action, to which Putin said, "I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls."When questioned by a most likely mildly shocked Sarkozy, Putin

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I remember walking into the local Borders book store and stopping short at the sight of this book. Coupled with it was a book by McCain's daughter and semi-infamous blogger, Meghan McCain. Picture books about people who are still alive have always made me feel a little uncomfortable. I like stories that are finished, compact. Some of it is because I hate waiting for the next installment; I'm a

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Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

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Ha, you thought I had forgotten about it/abandoned the project, didn't you?Well, sort of. My sister mentioned that it's difficult documenting every single meal you've eaten, and she's right. I stayed strong for about two weeks before falling woefully behind. However, it is a new month, and so...numbers!This month, we spend a whopping $231.02 on restaurants, $44.12 more than we did before. However

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It's somewhat demoralizing to glance at the tag of your suit pants and read "34/short."

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My sister and I went to go early vote, and she gave me an Obama sticker while in the car. I slapped it on my shirt and didn't think a second thought about it. However, when we arrived at the polling station, the nice volunteer lady kindly reminded me that wearing a sticker like that is considered "electioneering" and I could lose my right to vote if I continued to wear it.I meekly apologized and

Ted Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613562413066906465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537299593763054075.post-66128329885825573252008-11-04T10:47:00.001-07:002008-11-04T10:47:33.583-07:00

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As a child, my father (and if you met him, you'd realize this is just the thing he would do) would sometimes threaten me with kidnapping via Korean folktale monsters for a simple slight such as not eating my carrots. Also threaded into Korean folktales are monstrous consequences for children who disobeyed in any way, an efficient way of instilling a healthy sense of fear without ever looking like

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Dantzel and I were eating at a restaurant, talking about - what else this season? - politics, and the large family next to us were also talking about politics.A woman, who I assumed to be the matriarch of this family, began interrogating her brood if they were registered to vote. She then turned to our table and asked, "Are you registered to vote?""I've already voted," I quipped. "I'm an early

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With an unprecedented amount of time on my hands, I've decided to join in on the fray and participate in the NaNoWriMo contest/project/thing. For those of you who don't like the idea of writing 50,000 words in 30 days, I would suggest at least participating in DefectiveYeti's annual NaNoReMo, because it's easier to read a book in a month than it is to write one.What is the subject matter going to

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This movie is like psychedelic drugs without the aftereffects of burning out your brain synapses and never recovering to your full mental capacity for the rest of your life.

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So people are complaining that my blog posts are too long. So I'll keep this one short. Please, shut about ACORN. Yes, I know. It's pretty despicable. Volunteers were falsifying voter registration records. It is, in all seriousness, a travesty. And no, I'm not trying to be sarcastic. It's a pretty terrible thing. But it's not the voter fraud of ZOMG TEH DEMS WILL STEAL TEH ELECSHUNZ!!!! magnitude

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Update: This same post was written as a note on Facebook, and a semi-interesting discussion evolved from it. If you have Facebook, it wouldn't hurt to take a jaunt over there and comment yourself. I'm interested in hearing other peoples' opinions.I have a confession to make.I'm afraid of anonymous white people.It hasn't always been this way. In fact, I used to be pretty optimistic about white

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Dantzel and I are starting to realize, by sheer numbers and some prodding by our friends, the futility of the experiment at its current parameters. But, to quote from a president who oversaw a serious downturn in our country (to keep with the theme), "It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."Sunday went without a

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If there is one phrase that could characterize the past two days of this experiment, it would be this:Epic Fail.Both days we went out to eat because we felt lazy, and we spent a total of approximately $26 on food. Second day involved us going to fast food, the second buying breakfast at Denny's. We then went to the farmer's market and bought a giant loaf of sun-dried tomato and pine nut bread, as

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On my mission, a companion of mine taught me a simple tip on making a can of tuna go longer. When making tuna sandwiches, he would crush a packet of instant ramen and then mix up the dry noodles with the tuna. As a filler, it can stretch what would normally only be enough for two sandwiches to four, if used prudently. For an extra twenty cents, you could double (sometimes even triple) the

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One of the things I've always wanted since I left home was a full pantry of the basic necessities so that when push came to shove, I could whip together a dinner that would be scrum-diddly-umptious without having to run to the store and buying half of the ingredients of the recipe two hours before. Unfortunately, living a vagabond gypsy life for the past five years didn't help in this dream. It

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I've never liked the Mac vs. PC commercials, and while my hate for Apple has gone from a fiery inferno to just a simmering discontent, I still despise the Mac vs. PC commercials because they have an especially notorious spin. Such as this one:Or this one:Or the one I absolutely hate the most, this one:The reason why they are so odious to me is that they take really awesome things about PCs and

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I decided to do a little face lift and change the name of my blog. In a sense, this blog has metamorphosed from rantings of my high school years to college years, to post-mission college years and finally to my newlywed married year (well, five months so far). It was time, I decided, to retire my blog name for now. I had felt somewhat uneasy and directionless as far as blogging goes, a smattering

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I was already committed to a large family birthday party on the day of the presidential debate, and so I am now watching them on YouTube and so far, I'm pretty impressed.At first, I was afraid that we would have just a repetition of talking points, ad nauseum, for an hour and a half. And at some points, there was some of that. Obama, I felt, was trying way too hard to stick McCain to the past

Ted Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295173303940008341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537299593763054075.post-380137422721443272008-09-24T09:08:00.000-06:002008-09-24T09:09:01.193-06:00

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The hypocrisy of the Republican National Convention is revolting.Rudy Gulliani makes fun of Barack Obama earning a degree in an Ivy League school, and then how he worked as "only" a community organizer. And then Palin makes fun of Obama's perceived "elitism."So what is more elitist? An Ivy League educated graduate taking his education and working in a community to try and make a difference

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So apparently the CERN Haldron Supercollider turned on today, and apparently I missed all the hype of how it's going to end the world by creating a mini-black hole or an earth ending explosion because of the creation of anti-matter or something. I'm wondering how much of this fear is created by Dan Brown's Angels and Demons portraying anti-matter as the end of the world bomb and CERN as

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - John McCain has seen a recent bump in the polls and his Vice-President pick seems to be accepted by most of Middle America, but this could be his biggest problem. A recent poll shows that John McCain is still pulling most of his votes from predominantly white demographics, causing some concern in his campaign. A recent Gallup poll reveals disconcerting trends - 73% of those

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Everyone has, I'm sure, at one point in time told themselves they could have invented something, or designed a better [insert product here] had they been given the chance. Now, it's time to put your money where your mouth is, because designing something is one step closer to home thanks to Ponoko.Basically, you can design plans for a do-it-yourself project. Then Ponoko puts them up, either for

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As a feisty, young editorial cartoonist for my high school paper, one of my favorite things to do was to intentionally cause a stir by drawing out (literally) an opinion that went against the majority. This is not to say that I was extreme; in a fairly liberal school, just saying something centrist could get you on a lot of peoples' bad sides. But as a kid, I firmly believed that journalists were

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YouTube is the family film slide show of the 80s. Enjoy the antics of our fishes.

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Just as a beginning disclaimer, I am firmly in Obama's camp this upcoming election.This does not mean I think Obama is the Messiah (or the Second Coming if you're Christian), or that he is going to solve all ills. I strongly disagree with several of his positions in all areas - politically, economically and socially - but I feel he is a very strong and viable candidate and will be excited to

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Michelle Obama wrote in her senior thesis for Princeton - "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community" - that "I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Regardless of the circumstances under which I interact with whites at

Ted Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295173303940008341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537299593763054075.post-62797432670687214982008-08-21T15:40:00.004-06:002008-08-21T16:21:36.023-06:00

Several months ago, I saw a book called On Writing Well. I felt like I had heard that book title before and it looked interesting, so I endeavored to pick it up, but, being at the BYU Bookstore, felt it was overpriced and couldn't justify paying that much for it. A bit dejected, I returned it to its place on the shelf and went home.Later today, I was perusing the books we had in our bookshelves,

Ted Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295173303940008341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537299593763054075.post-47801005073898396582008-08-19T16:01:00.001-06:002008-08-19T16:01:01.047-06:00

This past few weeks, we've been tampering with a tempura recipe.This is the first batch I made, needlessly tripling a recipe to batter and fry a plethora of vegetables, ranging from zucchini, sweet potato, squash and onions. The batter was too runny; therefore, coating was not optimal.We modified the recipe somewhat and it turned out much better. The recipe is as follows:Makeshift Tempura1 egg3

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Steve Martin is a pretty funny guy. I can't say I'm a big fan of his, but I am familiar with some of his work and know his reputation as a comedian. So when I saw that he writes novellas, I picked them up at Half-Price Books: Shopgirl (which is now a movie) and The Pleasure of My Company. I was expecting a light, funny read. Instead, what I got were devastatingly sad, poignant stories.In Shopgirl

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I've been reading quite a few books lately, and one of them is Sir Thomas More's Utopia. Prompted by a presentation by a classmate in Shakespeare's class where she took Thomas More's story of a fictitious perfect country named Utopia as a serious prescription for social ills, I had remembered learning in another class that he was actually being sarcastic and endeavored to find out myself.Utopia

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