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Summary Canyons District Bond Election

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 [...]

The 2-year contract traps

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 [...]

Wondering how the family will turn out

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 [...]

Dumped Blockbuster for Netflix

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 [...]

Lunch with the folks today in SLC

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 has a new amp

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 [...]

Jeers: SaltLakeScouts.org’s IE-only web app

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 [...]

Elijah Won Top Dog Award

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 [...]

Unique au monde – Unique in the world

As I drifted off the sleep at the end of watching the Star Trek DVD (in English; it’s now playing in French), I heard one of the boys cough in the other room. Wendy woke up and asked which one it was. I wasn’t sure, but reassured her that he’d not been coughing long. [...]

Health Care Reform Good or Bad? Depends….

The headline this morning indicates that the 60th vote was found and the health care reform bill may be on its way to Christmas Eve passage.

Oh, goodie. And I though the fringes were difficult at Thanksgiving Dinner. Now I get to spend Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas with the [...]