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Stones, Sweaters, Fire and Rain

For lunch today, I bought a chicken bowl and a chocolate shake from Hogi Yogi. Why? I don’t know…call it feel good food. It’s food that invokes happy feeling. music does that same thing as feel good food, except that we can invoke more than just happy feeling with music. Of course, food can invoke [...]

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The Bush from the Black Lagoon (minus the Black Lagoon)

Since moving into our house in 2005 I have been haunted by a monster. But this summer the monster was cut to the ground and hauled away in little pieces. (I wonder if I’ve been reading too much Steven King?)
The monster that had haunted my dreams for 3 years was a pyracantha (firethorn) bush that [...]

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Simple Together

I was sadly mistaken that I would have my ‘93 Pathfinder forever. Actually, I still have it, but just upgraded to this new ‘08 Toyota Yaris for my daily commute. The color is said to be “olive mist”. To me is just a nice shade of green. I like green. Some people would even say [...]

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libsyn feed problem

If you having problems getting my feed…read this. (libsyn is my podcast feed host.)

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Quote from The Trial

A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday. It’s a quote from The Trial by Franz Kafka:
“There can be no doubt?”said K., quite softly, for he was elated by the breathless attention of the meeting; in that stillness a subdued hum was audible which was more exciting than the wildest applause?”there can be [...]

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Who’s robbing Whom?

I was contacted yesterday by the personnel of a collection agency, telling me that because I activated a company American Express Card eight years ago, I am responsible for the balance on that company account. I have no recollection of that card, let alone recollection of using that card. I have not worked for that [...]

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Hugh Nibley Died Last Thursday

Hugh Nibley, LDS scholar, died last Thursday. He was 94.

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The thrill of the hunt…domain hunt

Last night I just happened to be looking for unique domain names that I could acquire when I found that berghout org was available. My brother, Laine, has been looking for this particular one for years. It has been owned by someone in the Netherlands. And It seemed hopeless. Well…I snagged it.
I sent Laine [...]

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