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The day that I dismissed the Tea Party movement-eers, I hardly knew what the Tea Party movement was. It was the day that I realized that members of my own extended family had actually kept kids home from school so that they wouldn’t be subjected to a 30-minute motivational speech from the President of [...] I oppose the Canyons District Bond Proposition that will be on Tuesday’s ballot in my area. Please click here to see my summary of the proposed bond. Here are my reasons. I question the funding model. I understand that bonding is the preferred funding method for the district, and that the district has done well [...] I oppose the Canyons District Bond Proposition that will be on Tuesday’s ballot in my area. From the district’s web site, we learn that the bond is intended to fund these projects: Key Purpose: forward the Board’s goal that all students graduate from high school ready for college and careers … [by moving] ninth-graders [...] I’ve been a T-Mobile customer since 2006. We have a family plan. I’ve generally been happy with the coverage and customer service form T-Mobile. But like many Americans, I’ve begun to get frustrated with the cell phone companies’ contract practices. Specifically, I object to the following practices: Selling network-locked phones Requiring 2-year contract extensions [...] I found myself wondering today how my family will turn out when they’re all grown up. Will they be happy? Will they like each other? Will they keep in touch? Will they marry good people and make good marriages? Will they be good parents? Will they be good citizens? Will they find good occupations [...] This weekend, I finally dumped Blockbuster Total Access in favor of Netflix. A few months ago, Blockbuster shut down the local Blockbuster. The nearest one is now 3 miles away. OK, that’s not that far, but it’s further than I’ve ever had to go to a Blockbuster, and it’s in an area we almost [...] I was off work and the kids were off school today, so we all went downtown to Salt Lake City and had lunch with my folks. They’re serving a mission in the Family History Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dad does Worldwide Support for the Indexing service, and Mom [...] Carter plays guitar. He took some group lessons via the community education program thing last year, but got a little overwhelmed and quit going. But he kept at it, practicing, and exploring. His cousin, Jaycee, is taking guitar lessons, too, and has really helped Carter explore. Carter has learned how to read the guitar [...] Boo. Hiss. The local Boy Scouts of America Council’s web site for updating ranking advancements, rosters, etc., only runs with Internet Explorer on Windows. I run linux. So every time my wife, the cub den leader, has to update cub scout info, she has to launch the Windows virtual machine and fight with Windows [...] Warning: [Doting Father Mode = On] Elijah won the Top Dog Award in his first grade class. There was an awards breakfast at school this morning. He was right pleased with himself. The whole family was able to go and we had a good time of it. The school does a Top Dog Award [...] |
   
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