Mon - Jun 28, 2010 : 11:32 am
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Sorely Creative Weekend
PoeticIntensity
Where do I even begin? Well... The craziness began on Thursday of last week, so I'll start there.
*THURSDAY:
Every year, my uncle Cloy and Evelyn Jones have a family reunion intended for their family. I'm not entirely sure why, but my parent's family has been invited to this reunion for a long time. Some years we go, som...
Family / Life / Music / Personal
Tue - Jun 22, 2010 : 11:57 am
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3 Nephi : 4
PoeticIntensity
This chapter is great. All I gotta say is, if you follow the counsel of the Lord, all will be well.
Oh, yeah, also - Zemnarihah had to have had a brain about the size of a peanut. Great way to get all of your people killed....
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Jun 21, 2010 : 05:36 pm
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3 Nephi : 3
PoeticIntensity
Okay... So the past few chapters, I've been ragging on how wishy-washy the average human soul must be in order for signs of the Messiah's birth to be taken so lightly...
Well... This chapter leads me to believe that there were still quite a few believers who held true through all of the dissenting.
The part I liked most about this chapter...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Jun 18, 2010 : 11:54 am
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3 Nephi : 2
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I think these chapters are meant to teach us how frail the hearts of men are. Okay... Here's a good question.. How long did it take the Nephites to go from "seeing the sign of the birth of Jesus Christ" (this is *Christ* we're talking about here. *The Messiah*. How long did it take them from seeing that ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Jun 17, 2010 : 12:17 pm
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3 Nephi : 1
PoeticIntensity
So, we're starting 3rd Nephi. This should prove to be interesting.
The first thing I noticed was, again, how quickly (and stupidly) people make up excuses for that which is obviously true.
I imagine that living during the time all these miracle were happening (and increasing), would be such a gift. The signs and miracles profesied b...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Jun 04, 2010 : 11:08 am
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Helaman : 16
PoeticIntensity
I'm always slightly dumbfounded while pondering on the things that wicked men come up with to justify the signs given by prophets...
"Oh no, we can't hit this guy who is telling us we're wicked, so he must have a devil! GET HIM!"
"Oh my! All these miracles that are happening just as the prophets said they would - can'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jun 02, 2010 : 06:59 pm
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Helaman : 15
PoeticIntensity
Very interesting that the word "hate" is used in this context. Very interesting, indeed. I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but it's quite interesting there were no other words chosen. I find it difficult to associate the word "hate" with God. I've gotta ponder on that one for a bit.
"Freedom&q...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - May 19, 2010 : 10:37 pm
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Helaman : 14
PoeticIntensity
This chapter was interesting. The first thing I noticed is that Samuel had some serious insight as to things of God. He prophesied of the destruction of the entire Nephite nation in the last chapter, and in this chapter, he details quite specifically, events which were to occur at both the birth and the death of Christ. Interestin...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Tue - May 18, 2010 : 03:13 pm
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Helaman : 13
PoeticIntensity
Okay.. I've never thought of this before, but, how convenient do you think it was for Samuel to climb up on a wall, built around a city most likely to keep people out? Yeah, I don't think it could have been that easy. How often do we find any reason at all to get out of doing what God wants us to do? Well, God told Samuel he...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - May 17, 2010 : 10:33 pm
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Best Gig Ever
PoeticIntensity
So two days ago, I found myself on the same stage with the same band I've been with for the past 5 (or so) years, playing pretty much the same songs.
Except, this time, something was different. As I walked around looking at all of the awesome vehicles on the grounds, there was just something wonderful. I have no idea how to describe i...
Music
Wed - Mar 19, 2008 : 10:46 pm
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2nd Nephi : 27
PoeticIntensity
In the beginning of this chapter, I didn't realize that the book to which the verses were referring was the Book of Mormon.
I guess this chapter answers the question, "What is in the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon?". The answer is quite simply found in verse 10: "...for behold, they reveal all things from the foun...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Oct 20, 2009 : 07:37 am
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Alma : 41
PoeticIntensity
My first question comes from the first verse. "Why would anyone be 'worried' about the law of restoration?" Well... Let's take it from the potential perspective of someone in Corianton's situation. I guess if I had sinned with a harlot while I was on my mission, I might be a bit worried that the whole "what ye...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 18, 2007 : 02:30 pm
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Thoughts on the RIAA
PoeticIntensity
Those who know me will find this post a bit ... unlike my typical post.
This is mainly because I have a pretty passionate stance on DRM, OSS, Microsoft, Linux, and religion. (I hate DRM, love OSS, hate Microsoft, love Linux, and I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Anyway... I have a few words to say ab...
Drm / Miscellaneous
Wed - Jan 14, 2009 : 04:41 pm
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Alma : 9
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I remember having read this awhile ago and cross-referencing Alma 16:10 about the destruction of the city of Ammonihah in one day, but I didn't remember that it wasn't a prophet who said that. It was one of the non-believers. One of the people who was trying to refute what Alma was talking about up and said, "yo,...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 04, 2009 : 11:58 am
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Car Mods and Emissions
PoeticIntensity
Last spring, I modified my car - and then modified it again.
The 2nd modifications entailed me re-programming (or flashing, or tuning) my car's computer. One thing I didn't realize at the time was that evidently, a standard protocol for most tuners out there is to turn off the O2 sensors which monitor emissions after the catalytic converter...
Cars
Tue - Feb 26, 2008 : 10:56 pm
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2nd Nephi : 11
PoeticIntensity
Let Isaiah begin!
This chapter is a great pre-cursor to the chapters to follow. Nephi explains why he like the words of Isaiah, as well as the fact that he likes to bring people to Christ.
Interesting in verse 3, Nephi says he'll send the words of Jacob to his children for the purpose of reinforcing his own words. The reason being b...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 11, 2007 : 10:28 am
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They Did Not Give Up
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I take no credit whatsoever for the following content, but I thought it was too incredible to simply link it. Here is the link to the original page, but just in case that site ever goes down, I want to make sure to keep the content around. It's just too beautiful.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail b...
Miscellaneous
Sat - Nov 15, 2008 : 01:24 pm
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Cats Have Nine Lives
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I didn't know if I was going to blog about anything this weekend, but something just happened definitely blog-worthy. Nothing insane, but something that I think people might find interesting.
You know, I've always heard that cats have nine lives, but I've always kind of been the one to keep that in check. No, I don't shoot ...
Cats / Life
Wed - Jun 17, 2009 : 10:51 am
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Kaboom!
PoeticIntensity
Man... When, at the beginning of this year, I wrote that 2009 was gonna be a doozie, I didn't know the half of it.
After having been employed for only a month, two days ago, Monday, at 5:00pm, my superior came in to my office and told me, with a red face, that they had to let me go. The red face was undoubtedly due to the fact that nob...
Conexm / Life / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Aug 07, 2007 : 11:19 pm
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Sin and Hope
PoeticIntensity
I'm not exactly sure what I want to write about today. No... I know what I need to write about, but I think it's too private, and I want to write something I can publish publicly.
Ya know... I really hate sin. I really do.
I am amazed at how much the world accepts what is wrong. Pondering how much the world accepts s...
Thu - Aug 20, 2015 : 01:56 am
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Forgiveness
PoeticIntensity
I should be way more tired than I am.
I just got done praying, and a day before that I had just got done sinning. You know the kind I'm talking about. It's the kind you really need to rid yourself of. The kind that always keeps creeping around, finding an idle brain-cell to occupy... So, yeah... Hundreds, if n...
Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 22, 2009 : 06:05 pm
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Mustang GT vs. Camaro vs. GT500
PoeticIntensity
Last Saturday, I woke up much earlier than I should have in order to go down and help my good friend Scott wash his cars, in preparation for his selling them.
After washing his other two cars, we decided to wash my car, and to be honest, I was a bit skeptical as to how this "great new car washing" system would work. Well... ...
Cars
Mon - Jan 19, 2009 : 12:04 pm
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I Wish I Had a Camera
PoeticIntensity
Last night, the temperature dropped down to right around 0 degrees fahrenheit. When I woke up and was almost to work, I almost hit the car in front of me. No, I'm not a poor driver...
It's just that with it being so cold, there was literally about a half an inch of frost which had gathered on.... pretty much anything left outside.
...
Everyday Thoughts / Life
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 09:54 am
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Who Designed Rollover Ads?
PoeticIntensity
Today I was given a link by a friend to go view, and since I trusted this friend, I immediately clicked it. A good, interesting article came up, which I began to read.
I read for approximately 10 seconds and moved my mouse. Upon moving my mouse, I accidentally rolled over the link circled in red.
Well, after rolling over it, the ...
Computers / Miscellaneous
Sun - Dec 16, 2007 : 05:31 pm
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Gotta Start Another Project....
PoeticIntensity
I'm going crazy in my life again. I'm kinda weird that way.
Things are going well and then I finish a project, or get sick of it, or something else. Heck, the whole "project" mentality I have is what started this whole "ilovemyjournal" thing (as well as ldscompanion.org). I also wrote and produced 17 very ama...
Personal
Sun - May 25, 2008 : 08:28 pm
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Five Little Monkeys - Luci
PoeticIntensity
Not sure what to type, but the video taken was of Luci singing "5 Little Monkeys".
Good stuff to have....
Personal
Sun - Mar 20, 2016 : 12:11 am
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Singing In The Celestial Room
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So, I don't have near the time to dedicate ato this right now as I should, but I'm gonna need half-a-day to get it all out.
Yesterday (Friday) I had a 'dress rehearsal' for the Temple Choir, and the singing in the Celestial room was indescribible. It was amazing to sing there, and the acoustics were wonderful. But the thing I k...
Personal / Provo City Center Temple / Spiritual
Fri - Dec 07, 2007 : 05:43 pm
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Service Through Love
PoeticIntensity
A little less than a month ago, my best friend's wife called me and told me she was planning a birthday party for her hubby. Well, Scott being my best friend and all, I thought this was a fantastic idea! After that, I didn't think too terribly much about it.
A couple of days after that, I remember Scott telling me that he really want...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jun 29, 2009 : 09:32 am
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Zend Studio on Gentoo AMD64
PoeticIntensity
Since I've been job-hopping for the last bit, I've had the chance to install fresh gentoo builds on quite a few 64-bit computers in the last couple of months.
I've also been looking at different IDEs for PHP development. After using jEdit now for close to 5 years, I've gotta say the one which impresses me the most is Zend Studio for Eclips...
Computers / Linux / Programming
Sat - Jan 05, 2008 : 06:51 pm
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1st Nephi : 2
PoeticIntensity
Things that impressed me for this chapter were different than any time I've read it before (that I can remember), and that, being as simple as it is, is a testament to me as to why we should continue reading the Book of Mormon throughout our entire lives.
Interesting how Laman and Lemuel consider the spiritual visions of Lehi to be "foolishn...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual