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The Gray Lady was telling me about how the super rich are not getting super richer anymore. I guess there’s some sort of blip happening with the economy – in that the end of the financial world is imminent – and that blip has made these multi-multimillionaires only regular multimillionaires. Read the rest of this entry »
Television and I have had a rough relationship in recent years. I am convinced this is because of two main reasons:
- Everything on TV now is mostly dreck.
- I’m not stupid.
In my various rants, I have accused many things of destroying America – namely cell phones, texting, and 24-hour news. But this time I’m especially confident in my accusation; American Idol is destroying America. Read the rest of this entry »
My day job involves a lot of writing and editing. The people I work with, while very talented and intelligent people, know little about the rules of grammar. Because of this, I frequently – and gladly – explain some of the nuances of grammar to them. Doing so has brought three grammatical qualms of mine to the forefront, each having to do with the evolution of grammar, punctuation, and language. Read the rest of this entry »
In the past, I have not been reserved in my speaking out against the mainstream media (read HERE and HERE). And two days ago, my feelings were no different. Read the rest of this entry »
This is my most recent, Provo- and Orem-related article to appear in Schooled Magazine. And although it was written specifically for the BYU/UVU audience, its application is hopefully universal. Enjoy.
Norse lore tells us of the troll – a mean and often ugly creature whose soul purpose was to bring hardship and heartache to anything he encountered. Most famously, perhaps, is the Norwegian fairy tale of Three Billy Goats Gruff where the antagonist troll lives under a bridge over which three goat brothers need to cross in order to get to greener pastures. Read the rest of this entry »
After only one minor inconvenience, I had my (hopefully) final BYU experience last night. I took my last final – for which I did not study at all – got 68 percent of the questions right, and frolicked all the way home.
Now, this post will probably be of zero interest to most people, so you may not even want to bother reading it. But I thought I would use the “log” part of this “weB LOG” to give a summary of my long years at BYU. More specifically, I wanted to outline the interesting series of events (coincidences?) that, at least at first, seemed liked roadblocks, trials or hindrances, but are really the reason I am where I am today. And then I’ll rag on BYU a bit. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s good to know some people are still fighting the battles worth fighting.
The problem with being an idiot is that I’m only able to work out my brain at the beginning of the week. Read the rest of this entry »
