Sat - Feb 16, 2008 : 11:59 pm
excited
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07 Mustang GT VS 99 Firebird
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I just got back from one of the best races I've been on. It was awesome.
I've only got a bit to write about it, so I'll write as much as I can.
I took off around 10:20 tonight to see what kind of damage I could do out on the streets.
I was cruising on state street in Orem when I found a Dodge Charger R/T who wanted to play. The...
Cars
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 12:27 pm
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32-bit plugins on 64-bit arch
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I know I'm WAY out of the loop on this one, but I thought I'd blog about it to possibly help others who didn't know about this quite wonderful program.
For years I've been using amd64 processors and have loved them. Ever since there has been a 32-bit firefox on gentoo, I've been using it to view all the youtube goodness out there.
However...
Computers / Linux
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 09:54 am
irritated
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Who Designed Rollover Ads?
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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
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 12:19 am
spiritual
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2nd Nephi : 5
PoeticIntensity
First thing which caught my attention this time around is verse 6.
I relate that verse to the way the Lord works. Basically, God lets everyone know about his plan, and those who believe Him will follow him.
This makes me wonder if Nephi, through some sort of parable, told Laman and Lemuel what he was planning to do as well, but they didn'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 13, 2008 : 11:28 pm
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2nd Nephi : 4 - Nephi's Psalm
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First, a question.
In verse 15, Nephi states that he delights in the scriptures, and that he writes them according to the spirit. Well... That leads me to question whether or not he realized he was a prophet or not. Very interesting, and possibly stupid, question (maybe he already knew about D&C 68:4).
Now, the chunk of ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 12, 2008 : 11:29 pm
okay
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2nd Nephi : 4 - Part 1
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One thing which caught my eye this time, was the phrase, "I know that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not depart from it."
I had to stop and read the sentence 4 or 5 times, just to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
The footnotes on that sentence seem to confirm the vague meaning I'm deriving from it as well.
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Feb 11, 2008 : 09:15 pm
okay
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2nd Nephi : 3
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First thing that catches my eye tonight is "wilderness of my affliction" and "greatest sorrow". I can only assume that Lehi either meant during the ship controversy, or the time when Lehi was murmuring because Nephi broke his bow. Not sure...
I wonder how many scriptures there are like verse 12. I know there ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Feb 10, 2008 : 10:00 pm
pensive
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2nd Nephi : 2 - Part 2
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Something in verse 13 struck me as interesting, even though it probably could be considered common knowledge among the LDS population.
I never remember seeing anything quite as obvious relating to happiness as Alma 41:10, which states "Wickedness never was happiness". Well... It's easy to inverse-ify it and say "If wic...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Feb 10, 2008 : 11:47 am
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Comcast Bit Torrent Filtering
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I've been using Comcast for my personal Internet connection now for about 5 years. Personally, I think they do a great job. My connection goes down on average about once per year, and it just works really well with my lifestyle. I think the price is a bit much, but having a steady Internet connection means a lot to me, so I keep i...
Computers / Drm
Sat - Feb 09, 2008 : 03:16 pm
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Keeping Geek Employees Happy
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Yup... I'm one of em'. I'm a geek. I'm probably not as geeky as the geekiest of geeks, but I've managed to stay employed as a computer programmer for more than 5 years now. I also spend pretty much every moment of my spare time on my computer at home. I have geek friends and ... well... I enjoy technology. ...
Computers / Miscellaneous / Personal
Fri - Apr 10, 2009 : 08:15 am
refreshed
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Alma : 21
PoeticIntensity
Confrontation and contention has always been an interesting thing for me. For one, I hate it and I don't know how to deal with it. I'm a passionate person in every sense of the word. The moment I feel like I'm being attacked, it's everything I have to do to keep my head level and my blood from boiling. Unfortunately, this ke...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 10, 2008 : 11:16 am
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Way to go, Sony.
PoeticIntensity
I just got done reading an excerpt on Sony's new "open", "non-DRM" solution to downloading their music legally.
As I understand it, you have to go to a store, buy some sort of card for $12.99 which has a magic code on it, get the code, go to a website, enter the code, and then you are able to download one of their whole 37 alb...
Drm
Mon - Jan 21, 2008 : 10:26 pm
tired
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1st Nephi : 13
PoeticIntensity
Where do I even begin with this chapter?
I remember reading it and understanding it for the first time during my mission. It was really cool realizing that all of this stuff in this chapter is written about in history books! It talks about Christopher Columbus discovering America, the Revolutionary War, the Bible, the coming of the Bo...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Apr 24, 2008 : 11:55 am
peaceful
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Gen. Conf. - Rghts Trdtns - Lant
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Some quotes from the talk I found quite inspiring:
Are we consciously creating righteous traditions, or is life just happening to us? Are our traditions being created in response to the loud voices of the world, or are they influenced by the still, small voice of the Spirit? Are the traditions that we are creating in our families going to make i...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Oct 21, 2014 : 10:20 pm
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Seek God Sooner
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So, I thought I'd write something down that happened today.
For those of you who know me, I'm a pretty laid-back, easy-going type of guy.
My wife and I went to sleep quite late, mostly because we couldn't stop talking and laughing with one another (not an uncommon occurrence, unfortunately), and also unfortunately, we were woken up early ...
Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:40 pm
spiritual
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Alma : 61, 62
PoeticIntensity
Reading through Alma 60 and 61, I can vividly imagine what it would be like to live in times like those. I imagine the cry for freedom being heard through the streets, as neighbors and friends decide to take up arms in defense of our right to worship how we want, and for the protection of our families, traditions, and way of life. Putti...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Aug 21, 2009 : 11:50 pm
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Alma : 39
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First thing out of the gate that I noticed this time around with this chapter is that the first thing Alma says to Corianton regards his disobedience - in a possibly sarcastic way, or at very least - sincerely displeased. "Haven't your brothers been a good example for you?" Anyway... I found that interesting
Also noteworthy ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 18, 2006 : 11:09 pm
no mood
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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...
Wed - May 14, 2014 : 01:08 am
spiritual
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My Testimony
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So... I thought I'd be going to bed, but here I am.
When the Spirit directed me to come down and write down my testimony, I wasn't (and still am not) quite sure what to write. This certainly isn't due to a lack of testimony comparative to other times I've done this, but rather quite the exact opposite. It is because my tes...
Personal / Spiritual / Studio-journey
Wed - Dec 17, 2008 : 10:31 am
caffeinated
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Alma : 4
PoeticIntensity
Verses 5 and 6 are cause for simple reinforcement that external events do not necessarily cause internal changes. Yes, they had a horrific war which caused the death of so many husbands, fathers, sons, etc... And yes, that caused a lot of people to become baptized.... but, that didn't seem to matter much. The very next year, it se...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Aug 15, 2007 : 10:11 am
irritated
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What IS the Gospel of Christ?
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I just returned from a family vacation at "Down-At-A" water-park with all my immediate family (minus Andrea) and had a blast.
During the evening of the first night, the discussion was lulling a bit, so Curtis and I decided to begin discussing some doctrinal points of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
During this discussion, both Curtis and I ...
Lds / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 14, 2006 : 10:48 pm
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Heaven Has Come....
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And in a sense, that's true!
Yes, folks... Another addition to the illustrious Jones family has arrived here on earth just in time to watch his dad go a little more insane. If we were talking about anything other than the bunch of lunatics running around this house, that might just seem a little alarming, but we're not.
So it isn't. :)
Act...
Mon - May 16, 2011 : 03:03 pm
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Mormon : 8
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Figuring out the mood and temprament of Moroni while he writes this is tough. The things he writes about are horrific. The Lamanites have killed his entire race, his family, and his father. The "state of the union", as it were, was "continual warefare, bloodshed, and violence." He had to be depress...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Jan 29, 2010 : 03:18 pm
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Alma : 56 - Courage, Faith
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Ya know... The explanations of the strategy of war really is interesting to me. But when I come across verses like these, I simply can't help but get chills.
I actually tear up when reading these verses. I guess it's kind of the whole underdog syndrome. Ya know... When there's a conflict, or a competition, and the odds are...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jul 20, 2011 : 12:35 pm
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Ether : 8 - Happiness vs Evil
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Setting your heart upon the glory of the world has always seemed like a bad idea to me, but then again, for most of my life I've been kind of the odd-man-out. heh.. My own siblings have mentioned to me that they "don't get me". Most people would consider this a bad thing, but for me, it's been life. The desire to &...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 04:42 pm
happy
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Mosiah : 5
PoeticIntensity
It seems to me like this chapter has a very deep meaning, but I couldn't quite get it this time.
The whole chapter is about making covenants, and becoming a child of Christ.
It's interesting that after verses 2, 3, and 4, the last word on verse 4 is "joy". After they had heard the word of God, had their hearts changed through ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 13, 2011 : 10:42 am
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Ether : 12 - Continued
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Ya know.. I think the whole "sight" thing is over-rated. "Dispute not because ye see not" just shouldn't be an issue. Prime example is Laman and Lemuel. They saw angels, and it didn't do jack-squat. Personally, I believe the sense of the Spirit (as opposed to the sense of sight, or hearing, or...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Apr 25, 2011 : 01:00 pm
depressed
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Mormon : 4
PoeticIntensity
Man... This chapter was brutal. Wars, wickedness, and death. Seems to me that this is the result of giving power to Satan, letting him run rampant. Hating your neighbor and wanting to kill him for the sake of being bloodthirsty. So terribly sad, and unfortunate.
Interesting in verse 5 that Mormon writes that the wick...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:40 pm
spiritual
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Alma : 61, 62
PoeticIntensity
Reading through Alma 60 and 61, I can vividly imagine what it would be like to live in times like those. I imagine the cry for freedom being heard through the streets, as neighbors and friends decide to take up arms in defense of our right to worship how we want, and for the protection of our families, traditions, and way of life. Putti...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Jul 28, 2011 : 11:49 am
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Ether : 9
PoeticIntensity
Not much to write about on this chapter... Lots of backbiting, hatred, slaying of kin, destruction of entire civilizations due to war, living in righteousness and prospering because of it. Poisonous serpents, famine, more death, repentance, and just the general way the people live within the pride cycle.
Not a bad chapter, but n...
Book Of Mormon / Lds