Tue - Oct 09, 2007 : 05:42 pm
pensive
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"I Can't" ... Bah!
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... One thing which really irks me is when someone tells me "I can't", for whatever reason.
I'm not exactly sure, either, since there really are things which we cannot do, such as transmutate ourselves to become vultures. I don't believe I've ever met a person who has become a vulture, although, that would mean that he...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Tue - Oct 09, 2007 : 05:15 pm
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Elder Holland's Talk
PoeticIntensity
This morning I came to work rather ponderous, but not pondering anything in particular. I so enjoyed Elder Holland's talk this last Sunday that I went and downloaded it, watched it, and did about 4 hours of research into the Nicene Creed, which Elder Holland mentioned.
First, I must say, hearing Elder Holland's talk was... uhhh.... a...
Lds / Spiritual
Mon - Oct 08, 2007 : 09:35 pm
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FHE At The Jones House
PoeticIntensity
This post is mostly for my parents. (Hi Mom). I thought you'd enjoy hearing a night of FHE in the Jones residence. :)
There should be a little "play" button right below the mood panel in the upper right-hand corner of the journal detail page.
Enjoy....
Lds / Personal
Sun - Oct 07, 2007 : 08:15 pm
content
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Server Down! (Temporarily)
PoeticIntensity
Wow.... This will probably be a short entry, but I thought I'd write down what is the first hardware failure of my server!
I built this server 3 years ago, and it has been serving up everything that is served in my house (mythtv, web (this site), ftp, ssh, music, photos). Well...
Yesterday evening, we tried to fire up mythtv...
Computers / Linux
Sun - Oct 07, 2007 : 05:36 pm
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2007 Oct. General Conference
PoeticIntensity
Man... I'm not entirely sure what happened this year, but conference was amazing!
I've already told you what I thought of the first session (Sat. 10-noon session). The next two sessions were gonna be equally amazing.
With two children, it's hard, but not impossible, to really concentrate on what is going on with conference. There ar...
Lds
Sat - Oct 06, 2007 : 11:44 am
spiritual
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Conference 1
PoeticIntensity
Brother Packer's talk about everyone in the church being the same, and no office being more important than the other was very inspirational to me this conference, along with Thomas S. Monson's talk about Sister Patton and the talk he gave in 1969 concerning her and the death of her son in the Navy.
I feel inspired as I sit here listening to the l...
Lds / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 04, 2007 : 09:44 pm
envigorated
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Jump On It
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I just got back from an absolutely wonderful place. This place is called:
Jump On It
and it's seriously a wonderful place.
My wife is addicted to this game called "Bunko" which she plays once a month with about 12 other women, so I get to play "Let's Go Babysit!" for 2-3 hours while she plays Bunko.
Any...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Wed - Oct 03, 2007 : 02:00 pm
amazed
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Sony's Digital Rights?
PoeticIntensity
I think I'm beginning to understand why I hate Sony so bad. Their stance on digital rights' management is absolutely astounding.
According to this article, Sony's cheif anti-piracy lawyer stated that "...making a copy of a purchased song is just a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'"
So, in a nutshell, Jennifer Pariser i...
Drm
Wed - Oct 03, 2007 : 10:41 am
happy
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MythTV Basement Home Theater
PoeticIntensity
About 2 years ago I got this hairbrained idea to use mythtv to create a computer-based full-media center for my basement home theater. At the time, I had a sweet side-job which was paying me nicely, so I had the means to do pretty much exactly what I wanted.
I had a couple of things for which I wanted to use the basement, namely 1. My Home...
Computers / Linux
Tue - Oct 02, 2007 : 04:44 pm
excited
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Mustang GT vs Saab 950 Turbo
PoeticIntensity
Hehe.... I love it when I learn new stuff about Springville.
I had no idea that there existed a place in Springville that was absolutely perfect for racing. Now we're talking 0-80 MPH racing in a straight line. Nothing curvy or anything like that. So... Anyway...
My co-worker, Steve comes into my office (or rather, the...
Cars
Thu - Feb 19, 2009 : 01:35 pm
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Proof I Went to a Jazz Game
PoeticIntensity
Some people won't believe this, but last Tuesday evening, I went to a Jazz game. My good friend Scott called me up, told me he had some kick-butt tickets, got the "okay" from my wife, and we were off!
The game was fun, but making fun of the game was even funner. I'll have to admit, though, it was pretty cool. The video ...
Fun / Games / Life
Sat - Aug 09, 2003 : 10:57 am
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Letter to unborn Luci
PoeticIntensity
Ok... It's been a long time since I wrote in my journal... Sorry about that. Right now my life is good. I'm happy.....I'm blessed... Life is good. Just in case the other file gets deleted, here's a little letter I wrote to our baby-to-be.
Hello, mister or sister Jones the 1st. I don't even know where to begin in expressing my feelings for ...
Tue - Apr 27, 2010 : 04:47 pm
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Helaman : 7
PoeticIntensity
So... I remember Nephi coming back to his own people and seeing them in a state of wickedness, but I didn't remember that he had just been on a mission where everyone in the land northward rejected his word, too. That would be an incredible test of faith in an of itself. Only the most stalwart followers of God, in my view, could t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Mar 19, 2008 : 12:16 am
anxious
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2nd Nephi : 26 - Part 2
PoeticIntensity
Ya know, I sure am glad that Nephi wrote verse 22 of this chapter. In all of scripture, this is the only chapter which uses the word "flaxen" to describe the way Satan tempts us.
Flax is a fiber from a plant which is used to make linen. Linen isn't known for its strength.
Satan indeed does "lead us" with very ent...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Oct 13, 2008 : 04:02 pm
tired
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Mosiah : 24
PoeticIntensity
Hmm.... I'm kind of tired right now, but I figured I needed to read some scriptures...
This time around, I realize how being under the rule of a tyrant would be absolutely horrible. In this case, Alma was under the rule of one (or more) of the Amulonites - which were his wicked peers when they were the king's priests. Talk about...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - May 26, 2008 : 03:16 pm
amazed
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Ultrasound For 3rd Child
PoeticIntensity
For the last two children, I've been relatively relaxed with the rest of my life, so I was eagerly awaiting and up-to-date with the happenings of our pregnancy.
This time around, I'm quite busy otherwise, and this ultrasound crept up on me.
I'm also quite amazed at the technology which wraps around the medical field. At the last portion of ...
Personal
Sat - Jan 23, 2010 : 03:21 pm
ecstatic
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New Addition - MXL V77!
AudioGuru
So, a little over a week ago, I made a phone call on an offer I simply couldn't refuse... A person online was claiming to be selling a MXL V77 tube microphone brand-new in-the-box for incredibly cheap. This microphone didn't mean much to me at the time, but something intrigued me about it. After 20 minutes or so with google, I kne...
Audio
Tue - May 06, 2008 : 06:05 pm
excited
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Luci Singing Frog Song
PoeticIntensity
Sunday morning, Luci came into our room, climbed up in our bed (Sarah and I were still half asleep in bed, as groggy as ever), and she started bouncing up and down while singing the "Green Speckled Frog" song.
Although I was still not aware of most the world around me, I thought her singing was quite cute. So about an hour later,...
Children / Music / Personal
Mon - Aug 01, 2011 : 01:52 pm
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Ether : 10
PoeticIntensity
So... Interesting that one of the reasons cited for Heth's righteousness is his remembering what the Lord had done for his people, specirfically, bringing Jared and his kin over the ocean. There has got to be something behind the whole "remember what the Lord has done for you" thing, and living a righteous life. Heck.. E...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Wed - Apr 13, 2011 : 10:47 am
content
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Mormon : 1
PoeticIntensity
Not sure why this caught my attention this time, but doesn't it seem a bit weird that Mormon was carried by his father when he was 11 years old? It seems like he was carried on somewhat of a journey, too - to a different land. Maybe his father was quite big and could accomplish such a task, because an 11-year-old isn't small enough to ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 01, 2006 : 09:31 pm
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XML is....
PoeticIntensity
something I've never really learned?
Yup. Today was the day I found out that one major part of my new job is to handle a data feed made purely of XML. Do I know anything about XML? Yes.. But have I ever done anything with it? Yes. How much? One simple little flash dealio, and I did that over 3 years ago. So... My point?
I've gotta learn ...
Thu - Jan 26, 2006 : 10:37 pm
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What to write today...
PoeticIntensity
Let's see what I can get written in 5 minutes tonight.
Work is going quite well. I'm learning tons about Linux and administrating SLES9 servers. This might turn to my advantage because I have a friend (the ever popular Linux evangelist Scott Morris... yeah, that guy) who works at Novell (where I used to work) who will accept some tutorials writ...
Thu - Feb 02, 2006 : 08:44 pm
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Life is a contradiction.
PoeticIntensity
Man.... No wonder we're all so screwed up in this life. If someone out there honestly does not think he or she is screwed up in some manner hasn't really lived. :)
The whole reason for my saying this is the very essence of my life. If I've been taught once, I've been taught 1,000,000 times that to touch a lit burner on a stove is to get B-U-R-N-E-...
Tue - May 06, 2008 : 11:20 pm
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Joseph and Cumorah's Cave
kelly miller
Hi, haven't come to your site in a while. I loved catching up on your scripture reading. I like to get emails from askgramps.com he was the mission pres. at the mtc at some point and you can ask him anything. well what do you think of this... please let me know.
Where can I find the account of when Joseph and Samuel Smith went into a room in the h...
Sat - Jan 21, 2006 : 09:16 pm
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End of a Good Week
PoeticIntensity
Well.... Not much to write, other than this week's goal wasn't forgotten. :) I'd say that 5 out of the 7 days I had were a success of making at least 90% of the decisions during the day based on strengthening the family.
My job is going well, although it's kind of scary because I'm the sole Linux guru of the company. They're putting a lot of fa...
Sun - Jan 08, 2006 : 03:58 pm
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Hoorah! Our wellness spell is over!
PoeticIntensity
Yup.. the Jones' family is now over its span of multiple-month's good health and have plunged into the wonderful month of January's sickness.
We've all got some sort of weird light-flu-type bug, and it's not happy. Luci hasn't smiled all day and none of us went to church today. Ohwell... such is life. I hope I can work tomorrow.
We'll see how...
Mon - Jan 16, 2006 : 09:58 pm
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One down, 6 to go...
PoeticIntensity
Interestingly enough, while I was praying last night, I felt prompted to start a fast. While I started it, the words flowed freely as the code from my fingers on a good day. :)
I fasted that I might not be so friggin' scared about finding employment. I fasted that I might know what to do to make ends meet while I try to figure out what I want to...
Tue - Jan 17, 2006 : 10:52 pm
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Bad Decisions....
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... Today I really messed up. Well, not *really*, but I messed up pretty badly if we're considering the goal I set at the beginning of this week.
I decided to play Need For Speed Underground 2 (my latest addiction) for a "while" and it turned out to be for "7 hours". Yeah.. That's just not cool when all the decisions I'm making are suppos...
Tue - Jan 24, 2006 : 09:59 pm
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Baptism By Fire...
PoeticIntensity
All I gotta say is, I'm glad I had a lot of clothes on this morning. Yes, it was friggin' cold outside, but that was only a small nuisance. The real reason I'm glad I had many layers on was due to the large amount of crap I shot in my drawers when I checked the main server log files this morning.
Around 9:30, the floor admin came to me saying he...
Wed - Jan 18, 2006 : 11:09 pm
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Tomorrow's The Big Day!
PoeticIntensity
First off, today was much better than yesterday as far as basing my decisions to strengthen my family. I spent the morning with Luci, and most of the afternoon and evening with Luci and Sarah.
At noon, I went in to get all the paperwork taken care of for my new job, and I must say... I'm impressed, excited and anxious all in one emotion. I'm sur...