Sat - Jan 26, 2008 : 10:06 pm
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1st Nephi : 16 - Holy Cow
PoeticIntensity
I'm not entirely sure where to even begin with this chapter. So many good stories are found in this one, which can easily be likened to our own lives and our own times. Various lessons come to mind....
For example, verses 1 through 3 are a magnificent litmus test of personal righteousness. When someone comes at you and truthfull...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 24, 2008 : 07:01 pm
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Focus Becomes Reality
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... Chatting with good friends has its benefits. Just like think-tanks and collegeate consortiums are good for concerted cognation, a good conversation with a concerned cohort can be just as contenting.
I think I've mentioned this before in my journal, but in talking with a good friend of mine, I hadn't made the connection with just...
Lds / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 23, 2008 : 09:47 pm
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1st Nephi : 15
PoeticIntensity
After reading this chapter for no more than 30 seconds, I simply must type.
I love verse 3.
Many, many times have I been in a doctrinal discussion with someone and the other person just can't "get" what a scripture or principle means. Verse 3 could explain why that happens to us.
Some things we just can't understand without th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 22, 2008 : 10:06 pm
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1st Nephi : 14
PoeticIntensity
When I sit and think about what I just read, the 14th chapter of 1st Nephi is pretty crazy.
Just a few points...
The majority of the chapter is all about the "mother of abominations" and the "whore of all the earth".
I believe it's written here to clarify the impact this (these) church(es) has (have) had upon the plain and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 22, 2008 : 12:40 pm
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Microsoft Cares ... Really.
PoeticIntensity
No, seriously, people... Microsoft really does care.... loads and loads of caring!
They care so much ABOUT MONEY it makes me sick.
I just got done reading this article and I'm left with a feeling of sickening "awe" at how greedy Microsoft really is.
Lately, I've been following a story about a group of people in a project...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft
Mon - Jan 21, 2008 : 10:26 pm
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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
Sun - Jan 20, 2008 : 11:01 pm
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1st Nephi : 12 - Beautiful Yet Horrible
PoeticIntensity
I had forgotten that in this chapter, Nephi sees the Lord descend from heaven to the people who would be born from Nephi.
I put myself in his situation, and quite honestly , I have no idea how I would react. It would be so supremely surreal - seeing your kids' kids' kids' kids, and then seeing the Savior of the world show himself unto them....
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Jan 19, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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1st Nephi : 11 - Do You Believe?
PoeticIntensity
As soon as the angel of God knew Nephi's purpose and desire, the first question he asked him was "Do you believe?".
I think that's a fairly important question, which we should ask ourselves each day. If we are being tempted and we ask ourselves that question, to which we already know the answer, I can promise you the tempter's pow...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 16, 2008 : 10:14 pm
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1st Nephi : 10
PoeticIntensity
First Nephi Ten...
I'm not really in a spiritual mood right now, which really is unfortunate because I know this chapter has some spiritual meat to it.
One thing I can write, is when I read this chapter during my mission, and even before, I always found myself focusing on Nephi's desire to see the things his father did (in verse 17).
He didn'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 15, 2008 : 10:00 pm
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1st Nephi : 9 - Blind Faith
PoeticIntensity
Two things for tonight's study:
I believe the purpose of this chapter is the same as chapter 6: To give purpose behind the Book of Mormon. The things Nephi is writing are things of God - things pertaining to the ministry of the people in those days.
I love verse 5. It reminds me of when Adam was commanded to build an alter and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 21, 2008 : 10:26 pm
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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
Sun - Jan 06, 2008 : 09:31 pm
no mood
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Song - Livin' Right
PoeticIntensity
(audio entry)
Okay. I've been working on a song since a while back, actually... I wrote the lyrics on the same night I wrote this entry.
Anyway... It's just about done. All I'm waiting for now is some seriously kicking piano tracks from my good friend Scott. As soon as I receive those, I'm all but sure they'll kick bootie, and I'll incoropor...
Audio / Music / Personal
Sun - Feb 24, 2008 : 12:41 am
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2nd Nephi : 9 - Part 1
PoeticIntensity
Before I even begin reading this chapter, I've gotta let you know that this chapter intimidates me. It is so doctrinally rich, I'm seriously getting anxious just thinking about having to decipher its contents here and now. I know this anxiety is unfounded because I know that God answers prayers, and I've prayed, so... Let's get to it.
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Apr 04, 2010 : 02:09 pm
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Conference Notes 4
PoeticIntensity
Even before the speakers begin, I've gotta note that the music played and sung during this conference has moved me just as much as the speakers' messages have. Simply superb. Maybe this is because music is playing a much bigger role than it ever has in my life now... The music and spirit it brings with it is simply sublime.
&nbs...
General Conference / Lds / Spiritual
Mon - Apr 09, 2007 : 07:38 pm
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I'm a MySQL veteran, but...
PoeticIntensity
The majority of my coding life has been spent with two tools.
PHP
MySQL
I don't claim to be a guru programmer, but the various professional problems which have been presented to me have always found their solution using these two tools. They're great tools. *sigh*
Recently I've found out that Oracle owns both sleepy cat's db en...
Computers / Programming
Wed - Jul 06, 2011 : 05:59 pm
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PDFTK - Generate Issues
PoeticIntensity
So, I've been working on this PDF project for awhile, and I think it might be beneficial for me to add some notes which were somewhat elusive on the net.
The FDF file which is generated by PDFTK generate is encoded in UTF-16 character set - and is very hard to work with. I found this script which solves the problem, and allows the FD...
Linux / Programming
Mon - Jul 30, 2007 : 11:53 am
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knifegunpen.com
PoeticIntensity
I was wandering around the net to shake off the daily grind, when I came upon this site .
The poem made me think, and thinking is a pretty good thing. So, in response to his poem, I wrote the poem "To Write". I was suprised at how fast it came, and pretty freely, too. Anyway...
It's always a treat to find good poetry....
Tue - Mar 03, 2009 : 11:09 am
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DSpam and Postfix
PoeticIntensity
For the last few days, I've been fiddling with my new postfix installation (which has been working quite well), trying to figure out how to even out my current 200 to 1 spam ratio.
I'm now trying out dspam, and I have all the routing working, and the web interface is working (finally), but the only problem I'm having is, well... All the tr...
Computers / Linux
Thu - Apr 10, 2008 : 09:23 pm
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Jacob : 7 - Sherem
PoeticIntensity
I believe that Sherem is the first "villain" of the Book of Mormon after Laman and Lemuel, who could be considered an "anti-christ". Not 100% sure, but I don't remember anything standing out in 1st or 2nd Nephi. This guy reminds me of Nehor, Korihor, and Amalickiah.
Some points of interest this time around are:
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Sep 13, 2007 : 01:40 pm
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Nature's Way - Umcka
PoeticIntensity
You would think I have an alterior motive for this post, due to the fact that I am currently employed by Nature's Way, but I honestly don't. I hope you'll see why soon.
I can't believe I haven't been told about, offered, showed, or by any other means received information about this product Nature's Way makes until recently.
Umcka Cold Car...
Nature's Way / Personal
Fri - Jun 13, 2008 : 10:43 pm
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2008 - Roth Memorial - Saturday
PoeticIntensity
Well... The video says it all, but for those of you who don't want to watch it, here's the low-down.
Woke up Saturday and it rained for about 4 hours, so Plan B only got to play one set. The set we played absolutely rocked, and I can't wait to get the footage from the videographer who shot the set (I'll be putting up snippets for sur...
Audio / Cars / Music / Personal
Mon - Apr 09, 2007 : 07:38 pm
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I'm a MySQL veteran, but...
PoeticIntensity
The majority of my coding life has been spent with two tools.
PHP
MySQL
I don't claim to be a guru programmer, but the various professional problems which have been presented to me have always found their solution using these two tools. They're great tools. *sigh*
Recently I've found out that Oracle owns both sleepy cat's db en...
Computers / Programming
Sat - May 01, 2010 : 12:31 pm
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Helaman : 10
PoeticIntensity
Amazing. A couple of chapters ago, I was commenting on the sad state which Nephi found himself in, and the amazing faith he must have had to remain in a state of faithfulness to God, when everyone around him was wicked.
I guess that's the way it goes. God tries us to our breaking point, careful not to give us trials beyond our capabil...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Sep 22, 2007 : 01:51 pm
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Job Market Down?
PoeticIntensity
This might be the only "current events" post I ever do, but something has been puzzling me for the past 6-12 months.
Last night, I watched the last half of the democratic candidates' debate on TV, and although it wasn't mentioned much, there were still a couple of references to a "downward economy", and the need for "job...
Current Events
Tue - Jun 28, 2011 : 06:36 pm
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Ether 3 : Deep...
PoeticIntensity
So, before I even begin reading this chapter, I've gotta say that this is one of those chapters which is seriously deep in doctrine. I could probably spend the better portion of 2 or 3 days studying this one. That said, I don't have much time to spend now, so I'll get as far as I can.
Verse 1 : An "exceedingly high mountai...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Jun 13, 2009 : 08:40 pm
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Trial Bike Insanity
PoeticIntensity
The MOST ridiculous trial bike video I've ever seen.
More than half of what this guy does shouldn't be possible.
A-freaking-mazing.
http://www.flixxy.com/inspired-bicycles.htm...
Miscellaneous
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 04:42 pm
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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
Thu - Jun 26, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Look Back, Move Forward - Monson
PoeticIntensity
I just got done watching, listening, and reading the last talk of the morning conference session of Sunday this year, and President Monson is indeed our prophet.
Nothing in particular spoke anything specific to me.... Well... That's not true. The following paragraph hit home a bit,
"Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove o...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 18, 2007 : 01:53 pm
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Truth Exists....Right?
PoeticIntensity
Sadly, lots of problems exist with the world today. I guess it's human nature to create problems, and ya know...? I'm alright with that. Problems need to exist in order for life to be life, right? Yup... The eternal struggle for self-improvement, or whatever.
Anyway... One thing that irks me quite a bit, and a...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jun 15, 2009 : 01:36 pm
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Alma 30 : Korihor
PoeticIntensity
Beginning this chapter, another testament to the correlation between peace and keeping God's commandments is apparent. Giving "strict" heed to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel undoubtedly brings peace.
Now, on a totally different note, I wonder where Korihor came from? It just says that he came into the land. Was ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Spiritual