tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75263450274851981562024-03-12T19:37:13.524-07:00ChickenSedanPbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-63937891641668750252009-09-01T11:35:00.000-07:002009-09-01T11:36:58.141-07:00Winco is tough on Restroom users.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tClGLbL9JnzPOqBfD-CWX89AYeSGdUe1hJZMhYJC_98RjHR6GKBm0u3mf83-52g6n7JvxNKta2JxNYAlRQnsYfVrHiOQMkmXG7Rw0key5z3hliNaA8BaEpLczAcnPnYHLYh3_99Jjj8s/s1600-h/Winco+Foodsa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376569588286744834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tClGLbL9JnzPOqBfD-CWX89AYeSGdUe1hJZMhYJC_98RjHR6GKBm0u3mf83-52g6n7JvxNKta2JxNYAlRQnsYfVrHiOQMkmXG7Rw0key5z3hliNaA8BaEpLczAcnPnYHLYh3_99Jjj8s/s400/Winco+Foodsa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-48977583472683540352009-01-29T16:35:00.000-08:002009-01-29T16:36:12.759-08:00US CongressThe base pay for a US Congressman is $165,000.00 with a $1.3 million budget for staff, offices, postage and travel. Nice. Who wants to run?Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-41628942677591922442009-01-24T10:45:00.000-08:002009-01-24T10:54:10.227-08:00Truth is betterI have learned that truth / knowledge / doctrines are the best foundation for thoughts and actions. Too many opportunities are lost because of fear / pride / false conceptions.<br /><br />Here are some truths<br /><br /><ol><li>There is sufficient technology to end disease.</li><li>There is sufficient resource to end hunger.</li><li>There is no such thing as poverty.</li><li>People speed on their way to the temple.</li></ol>We don't accomplish 1 through 3 because of 4.<br /><br />When we solve #4, we will solve #1 - #3. <br /><br />More to come!Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-30588410539935618642009-01-16T09:13:00.000-08:002009-01-24T10:56:15.437-08:00La Boheme Comes to PuyallupFor all you FOO's, (that is, Friends of Opera) or DKY's (Don't Know Yet),<br />a wonderful opera opportunity is coming to Puyallup.<br /><br />The Rainier Family Opera (RFO) will be making their Puyallup debut at Puyallup High School's auditorium on March 21st at 7pm bringing their brand of Family Friendly Opera to our community.<br /><br />Normally high opera is performed in a very sterile environment where children are banned--literally.<br /><br />The RFO is designed for families WITH their children.<br /><br />They perform scenes from several operas with an introduction by a music professor from PLU. It's a delightful introduction and a wonderful experience for children, youth and adults.<br /><br />The admission is free but a donation of $20 per family and $10 per individual helps to defray the cost of music and facilities. The performers all donate their time and talents.<br /><br />Come and join me for a wonderful evening.<br /><br />Scroll to the bottom of the page for a performance.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-220366308314230782008-11-18T09:53:00.000-08:002008-11-18T09:54:28.217-08:00Why I love Opera!www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNReqUGtscPbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-17834158954183111492008-11-14T10:12:00.000-08:002008-11-14T10:35:14.105-08:00Update on FitnessFor those of you who have been around for a while you will recall that I adopted the Paul McKenna system for weight management. It's been some time since I have reported on how it's going. Here's how it's going....<br /><br />I got bored.<br /><br />The results were that I stalled around the 295 mark and oscillated up and down a few pounds.<br /><br />As I pondered the system I realized that the key concept is to devote exclusive time to eating. That is, you single task while eating. No TV, movies, newspaper, talking, etc. Well I will tell you that you have to have some extraordinary time committments to allow this process but more importantly you must be eating food that is just as extraordinary.<br /><br />I ate and was bored.<br /><br />I watched TV and was bored.<br /><br />I read the paper and was bored.<br /><br />I found that eating and watching/reading were an excellent combination to satisfy my active mind (read that ADD-though remember I was born when ADD didn't exist. In truth I am probably ADDDDDDDDD).<br /><br />So I stalled; relapsed.<br /><br />Sort of.<br /><br />I remembered Paul McKenna's teaching that people will eat mindlessly until they are overfull. I came to know how much food it takes to really give me a comfortable feeling of fullness when I was engaged strictly to his process. Now I make sure that I only have that much food in front of me when I read the paper, watch a movie, etc. When I am done I don't feel overfull nor have I ingested more calories than I need. <br /><br />Then I ran into the temple on Wednesday mornings and hit a snag. Basically I leave the house at 4:30am and don't have a chance to eat until 12:30pm. No brunch for the Wednesday AM workers. I was feeling a little hypoglycemic about 10:30am. So I adopted a new process. <br /><br />The 100 calories per hour diet.<br /><br />I maintain 100 calories per hour thoughout the day. A 16 hour day generates 1600 calories. 20 hour day; 2000 calories. And so on. If you're up and active for a longer time you get more fuel. Less active then less fuel.<br /><br />On Wednesday I stoke up on a higher calorie breakfast than usual and it gets me through very well and I still maintain the 100 cal/hour balance.<br /><br />I maintain the McKenna practice of avoiding mindless eating and so far so good.<br /><br />Well see how it goes. Next report will be in 2009.<br /><br />Good luck to all my friends of abundance.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-25652854106449816572008-11-05T13:33:00.000-08:002008-11-05T14:59:42.771-08:00The ElectionWe're all glad it's over.<br /><br />That's pretty safe.<br /><br />No one should be offended by that.<br /><br />Stop reading if you offend easily.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />OK.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I was ten years old when I last felt this optimistic about the world. John F. Kennedy was president and he made me feel that war could end, hunger could end, hatred could end. He led us to believe that if we wanted to we could walk on the moon before the end of the decade. We did, though he never saw it happen. I wonder what would have been possible had he chose war, hunger or hate instead of the moon as a target.<br /><br />I live in a culture that screams at me that there can never be peace in the middle east. I am drowning in dogma that tells me that the Second Coming of Christ is near and these are the "end" of the last days ergo the turmoil in the middle east (and please read "turmoil" as "children dying from adults playing war") cannot end but "must" escalate until the "end of days".<br /><br />But there is a fundamental problem with this concept. No one knows the hour when the Savior will come.<br /><br />We hope that it is soon. Sometimes we hope so violently that people get hurt in the process. This hope has gone on for centuries.<br /><br /><br />Some notable rapture predictions include the following:<br />1792 - <a title="Shakers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers">Shakers</a> calculated this date.[<a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed</a>]<br />1844 - <a title="William Miller (preacher)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_(preacher)">William Miller</a> predicted Christ would return between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844, then revised his prediction, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture, to October 22, 1844. Miller's theology gave rise to the <a title="Adventism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventism">Advent movement</a>.<br />1977 - <a title="William M. Branham" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham">William M. Branham</a> prophesied that the Rapture would take place in 1977.<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#cite_note-20">[21]</a><br />1981 - <a title="Chuck Smith (pastor)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Smith_(pastor)">Chuck Smith</a> undogmatically predicted that Jesus would likely return by 1981.[<a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed</a>]<br />1988 - Publication of 88 Reasons why the Rapture is in 1988, by <a title="Edgar C. Whisenant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_C._Whisenant">Edgar C. Whisenant</a>.<br />1989 - Publication of The final shout: Rapture report 1989, by Edgar Whisenant. More predictions by this author appeared for 1992, 1995, and other years.<br /><a class="image" title="Posters placed in public locations around the New England area in 1992" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1992_Rapture.jpg"></a><br /><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1992_Rapture.jpg"></a>Posters placed in public locations around the <a title="New England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England">New England</a> area in 19921992 - Korean group "Mission for the Coming Days" predicted October 28, 1992 as the date for the rapture.<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#cite_note-21">[22]</a><br />1993 - Seven years before the year 2000. The rapture would have to start to allow for seven years of the Tribulation before the Return in 2000. Multiple predictions.<br />1994 - Pastor John Hinkle of Christ Church in Los Angeles predicted June 9, 1994. Radio evangelist <a title="Harold Camping" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping">Harold Camping</a> predicted September 27, 1994.<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#cite_note-22">[23]</a><br />2011 - <a title="Harold Camping" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping">Harold Camping</a>'s revised prediction has May 21, 2011 as the date of the rapture.<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#cite_note-23">[24]</a><br />2060 - <a class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Isaac Newton" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Isaac_Newton">Sir Isaac Newton</a> undogmatically proposed, based upon his calculations using figures from the book of Daniel, that the rapture could happen no earlier than 2060.<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#cite_note-24">[25</a><br /><br />So what if the "rapture" doesn't come for another 600 years? Would it be OK if we lived in peace for a while until then? I mean to say, what if we devote our energies to providing food for the starving masses, harmony for the conflicted and happiness for the oppressed instead of gnashing our teeth about road side bombs?<br /><br />So...let's take the next 100 years and learn to get along. Have peace for 400 years. Then let the whole thing collapse into Gog and Magog. My posterity can deal with it. Sorry kids.<br /><br />How do we start? Taking the Gospel to the world would be a good start. We can do that right now in our own neighborhood. It must not end with the missionaries though, but rather with the temple. Our job is not to just introduce our friends to the Gospel but rather to the Temple.<br /><br />It will take more than an ecclesiastical effort however. It will also take a political effort.<br /><br />The United States of America is protected by a balance of power between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. Though we vote for the President who promises us to provide more services with lower taxes that is really not the president's job. The president is the Commander in Chief. He is the face of America to the world.<br /><br />Congress passes the laws to operate our country within it's borders. The Supreme Court protects us from usury actions. The President is the one who protects us from the world. He is the one who can broker peace in the middle east.<br /><br />Today the world looks at the USA as a bully who is willing to depose a world leader on the weakest of evidence. Not only depose but facilitate his execution. A bad man certainly but no worse than others around the world who don't happen to sit on a giant oil reserve.<br /><br />We are hated. Yesterday we elected a president with no track record but also a president who is not connected to those past actions. The world is watching to see if we are serious about change. If we are, perhaps change is what we will achieve.<br /><br />Will President Obama, with his disconnection to the current regime; his ethnicity; have a better chance of building relationships of trust in an untrusting world that John McCain. I hope so. He's the one in the Oval Office.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-61521625660519933792008-10-22T17:05:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:07:06.409-07:00Back with AdviceWell, it's been a while...nevertheless I have words of wisdom.<br /><br />"Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes.<br /><br />By then you're a mile a way and you've got his shoes."Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-40318607616920363362008-09-18T14:01:00.000-07:002008-09-18T15:39:56.355-07:00Subway gets my vote!Have you been to the Subway down by my office on East Main in Puyallup? The menu, colors, booths, even the aprons are the same as all of the other Subways around the world. But the people, ah that's where the differences arise. <br /><br />My darling little Mallory is always there on Thursday and Friday. She keeps the tables spic and span (Okay--here's a little warning--sometimes the tables are a little moist after she's done with them. Just ask for a couple of napkins and they dry off nicely.) She's one of the kids that works there as a part of a special program from school. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVagt5_1ok0aimVMc8Hf1L7_d_8mgTW6un9k1cOG_nfai15jB2ULSfYVHMf0E2ypt5Xo4FdPM5gJMkHVKlUdscFA3_aFwIm8pn5RvwX5g7OJynHj-fUsV0GIZrqZRPo0fP_Z9qwvSP1mH/s1600-h/subway_header_logo.jpg"></a>She lights up the room with her smile and her warmth. <br /><br />Then there's the manager, who will remain nameless (as I wouldn't want to embarrass Kelly as she is very nice to me). She's there Monday and Tuesday and is worth the cost of a $5.00 sub. For an extra special adventure ask her about her special pizza--not to be believed.<br /><br />Stop by and ask for my special sandwich: Anything with any ingredients but with one special difference. I ask them to hide one single jalapeno somewhere in the sandwich. On the busiest day they still stop the sandwich line and tell me to turn around so that I won't peak and see where they are hiding it. That usually gets a few sideways glances by the other sandwich shoppers. I don't know why it is but by the time I get to my seat and start eating I always forget about the pepper. It's always an interesting surprise.<br /><br />I vote for Subway for my next lunch. Try it. You may fall under it's charms as well.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxeEh5W-5UF8m9t11Ks6X0Rx-LRG9aSRM05stF-kXo0mUsm_Ue5SLWBI6qpIexg4RypMHvqe2rW7T9PCGJt9cCMLltCWJxiwHxct2HOkQTw3rdnOZ5MRweJO1Wr4eprE4wdYVE0z2hWfM/s1600-h/subway_header_left_top.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmz3ZC9tuJ-ELfL6ds_UQZccBoKX11pCLl5aFfji4p5mjVz_0WhCFljIvzCGvgK038dpw86nDmHgWL7RLQ_f4ELEXoxjN0xBf2Qb_Gv0mtvuYrrrSmrJbBVO_kln6RFa9jY-WyxVMgWAHF/s1600-h/subway_header_left_top.jpg"></a></div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-33474450545369248532008-07-24T08:37:00.000-07:002008-07-29T15:28:28.163-07:00The Writer's Almanac<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin51PL6QvawtZ1Qy3aKLQd0HAG_sLnKTptJXAKNFp_fTGEC1-szPnyIm4V_yyES-vNa-ZdPqGYyE70NaTpLoDGbUC0R57khP_cOeDsv4jyRHumpVJ_JfL2us3amOE71kPR8hePg4KR1zJY/s1600-h/keillpic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226605920420552210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin51PL6QvawtZ1Qy3aKLQd0HAG_sLnKTptJXAKNFp_fTGEC1-szPnyIm4V_yyES-vNa-ZdPqGYyE70NaTpLoDGbUC0R57khP_cOeDsv4jyRHumpVJ_JfL2us3amOE71kPR8hePg4KR1zJY/s200/keillpic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>I have discovered a delicate little podcast called The Writer's Almanac featuring Garrison Keillor from Prairie Home Companion fame. It is a sweet little musing of the historical events of the day and a poem or two. It is all too brief in it's 5 minute life but starts my day with a warmth that softens my sharp corners.</p><p>The home page is: <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/podcast/">http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/podcast/</a></p><p>Scroll to the bottom for today's post.</p><p>Enjoy.<a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/podcast/"></a></p>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-47504764763195963582008-06-27T08:36:00.000-07:002008-06-27T09:39:49.482-07:00My family is growingHave you heard about the new Church Family History site yet?<br /><br />I spent an hour and a half in the family history center last night flirting with the librarian, (Diane not Jack though Jack is very nice and we did have some quality moments googling 1957 Pontiac Chieftans). I carry my family history on a flashdrive for moments like this so when the opportunity arose I signed onto the Church's newest web server and found out the first name of my Great Great Great Grandmother as well as being introduced to five more generations of my ancestors.<br /><br />I have always been excited about my Scot/Irish heritage. This is on my mother's side. My dad had no idea where he came from (genealogically speaking).<br /><br />So after checking out GGGG Esther Fairchild I starting clicking the arrow indicating more ancestors. Each click took me back another generation in family and time. After a few clicks I found myself in Connecticut in 1631. I was stunned of course but I had still not made the jump over "the pond" to the UK. <br /><br />Then it happened. One of the Fairchilds was a merchant and was born in.....<br /><br />OKay, now I'm looking for Dublin but instead I get.....<br /><br />Andrew, Devon County, yes that's right....England.<br /><br />Well....That was a stunner. The cool thing is that Devon is very close to Cornwall which is the Southwest tip of Great Britain. The reason for significant coolness is that the people of Cornwall created and maintain the cool pirate accent. Arrr! I'm sure my accent is a direct result of this genetic component. Arrr! Expect more such Arrr!s when next we meet.<br /><br />So last night my family grew to twice it's former size. Did I mention that many of the new family members were submitted by distant cousins of mine? Many of them listed their email addresses so that I can communicate with them. How about that?<br /><br />The new website is only available to family history workers, priesthood leaders and consultants within our temple district. It will come online for everyone in weeks. If this really floats your boat I can give you a tip.....there is an announcement for a training meeting that will occur on Saturday, June 28th at 2pm in the Puyallup South stake center for all of the above plus "Interested members". I bet you can get the info to log on if you attend. <br /><br />It seems like only yesterday that I was getting a security clearance to go to the National Archives in Seattle to see the 1880 census and wondering how I would ever connect to my family. Then the "four generations" program was announced and we were promised that if we could find these four generations that the way would be opened to connect us to the rest of our family. <br /><br />It would seem to have come to pass.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-83560002335919672362008-06-16T10:08:00.000-07:002008-06-16T10:09:11.384-07:00Doctrine or Falderal part twoTwo more to bring the total doctrines to twelve. What do you think?<br />Justice<br />SacrificePbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-62283771805727818432008-06-02T17:14:00.000-07:002008-06-02T18:04:17.247-07:00Doctrine or FalderalElder David A. Bednar presided at our stake conference months prior to being called as an apostle. In the leadership session he taught that the Church operates under three layers. The layers are<br />Doctrine,<br />Principle, and<br />Practices.<br />It is important to note that the word doctrine is generally defined as "teachings" which could be applied to anything that is taught. For the purpose of this discussion let us define it, as Elder Bednar did, to be limited to those overarching elements that span these exigencies.<br /><br />For example,<br />the "Practice" of ordaining 12 year old men to the office of a deacon is a function of<br />the "Principle" of Priesthood which is a function of<br />the "Doctrine" of the Divine Investiture of Authority.<br /><br />Similarly,<br />the "Practice" of calling a sister to be the RS President is a function of<br />The "Principle" of Presidency which is a function of<br />the "Doctrine" of the Divine Investiture of Authority.<br /><br />Occasionally we run into "Practices" that are not connected to any Principle or Doctrine. Some have been around for so long that they have achieved "Doctrine" status.<br /><br />Can you cite the doctrine associated with these beliefs; "Practices"?<br /><br />Moroni facing East on the Temples.<br />Taking the Sacrament with the Right hand.<br />"A call in the hall is no call at all"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>He then said, almost as an aside, that there are far fewer "Doctrines" than </em></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>we think. It is to this remark that I would comment.</em></strong></span><br /><br />I have spent significant time and energy studying, pondering and inquiring about<br />the number of real "Doctrines", as defined above, that exist.<br /><br />I have found ten.<br /><br />All of the "Principles" and "Practices" of the Church, as long as they are not falderal, fall under ten "Doctrines".<br /><br />They are (not in any particular order):<br /><br />The Nature of God<br />The Nature of Man<br />Obedience<br />Reverence<br />Divine Investiture of Authority<br />Chastity<br />Faith<br />Hope<br />Charity<br />Agency<br /><br />Can you name another?<br />Can you cite a "Principle" or "Practice" that does not fall under any of these "Doctrines?"Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-39862996869271609622008-05-29T08:00:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:43:14.285-07:00Crime Fighter or Wacky Neighbor?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLELGMiWL0eqf_NIEqvBBS95IUAe-Zk2No_m7NmxrnXVmBHe7zYG5anVD38kZMhScu-JS84lmLSXcMMBBWyXWSvyomY7RxFNf8LUNpZ9REPqlihJrabCDLFvSyp7C5NOuJ-OrqaIfJQkAO/s1600-h/post+card+dental+check+up.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205815464183747138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLELGMiWL0eqf_NIEqvBBS95IUAe-Zk2No_m7NmxrnXVmBHe7zYG5anVD38kZMhScu-JS84lmLSXcMMBBWyXWSvyomY7RxFNf8LUNpZ9REPqlihJrabCDLFvSyp7C5NOuJ-OrqaIfJQkAO/s200/post+card+dental+check+up.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">I want to be the Hero!</span></div><div> </div><div>You can't!</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Why not?</span></div><div> </div><div>You're a dentist!</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">What?</span></div><div> </div><div>You're a dentist.</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Yeah, I got that but what does that have to do with anything?</span></div><div> </div><div>What do you mean?</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">On TV. In the movies. I want to be a hero. I want to save the day. I want to appear out of nowhere with just the right moves, right words, right actions to defeat evil. It's never the dentist. The dentist is always the wacky neighbor. I want to be the hero. </span></div><div> </div><div>But everyone hates you. You can't be the hero.</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Everyone hates lawyers too. And I mean really hates lawyers. For example, </span></div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">"You're in a room with Osama Bin Laden, Adolf Hitler and a Lawyer. You have a gun with only two bullets. What do you do?</span></div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">You shoot the lawyer twice."</span></div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">You don't hear dentist jokes like that! So if lawyers can be heros so can dentists.</span></div><div> </div><div>But you do painful procedures. You can't be the hero.</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Have you ever heard of a Barium-Air Driven Enema? How about a catheter? Physicians can be heros. Why not me?</span></div><div> </div><div>You're too imposing. People feel pressure when they are around you. They're uncomfortable.</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">You mean like when a policeman pulls you over on the freeway or when the fireman stops traffic to stick a boot in your face to collect money for their favorite charity? Do you think the police would allow me to drive a great big truck to an intersection, put on the flashers and then walk up and down in traffic begging for money? They get to be heros.</span></div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#000000;">Sorry. No chance. You will have to be there when we need you. Fix our pain. Remind us to do better. Be ignored. Fix our pain. Remind us again. Give us free stuff. Get paid most of the time. Make us feel better. Apologize for not being able to fix the things that we've neglected. Rescue us whenever we call and face our indignation whenever the insurance company decides to not fulfill their implied committments. </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">You mean I have to be like a dad.</span></div><div> </div><div>Right. And no whining. </div><div> </div><div>(Ok, you can whine to your wife but never to us)</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Do I have to pick up my underwear?</span></div><div> </div><div>Only on Mother's Day.</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">OK. I can be a Dad. Dad's are heroes.</span></div><div> </div><div>At least on Father's Day.</div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-15269947220456222252008-05-28T10:32:00.000-07:002008-05-28T10:51:37.623-07:00Loved or Liked--The final analysis.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1yYPUlIol12A2KabpRZbx2cOhsbz_lE_BHYNJR2RFqhGFr7igO-Zn4EgDNm1khU0Ily8nIJb919N9GplaVo5fOU-jesKCrN67hBI8m_-fGmMPrJ_hK3JZmkeApQp4Z91nkQDXQB2m2Y_/s1600-h/hearts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205483115319415346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1yYPUlIol12A2KabpRZbx2cOhsbz_lE_BHYNJR2RFqhGFr7igO-Zn4EgDNm1khU0Ily8nIJb919N9GplaVo5fOU-jesKCrN67hBI8m_-fGmMPrJ_hK3JZmkeApQp4Z91nkQDXQB2m2Y_/s200/hearts.jpg" border="0" /></a> I will begin with an apology. This topic was far too poignant to be addressed in this format. <br /><br />Next let me thank those who participated in comment and survey. Your insights were extraordinary and have resulted in much deep pondering in the quiet dark hours at home, in the mindless moments in the car as well as in the light of the temple. I see no conflict in any of the responses. You are all correct.<br /><br />It was suggested we needed a new word to describe this feeling of love/like we have for our dear ones. It reminded me of the following scriptural dissertation describing how the meaning of love was distorted as it was changed from the Greek to English: <br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">First consider the meaning of the word love in John 21: 15-17 (KJV); "So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest (agapao) thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love (phileo) thee. He saith unto him, feed my lambs. {16} He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest (agapao) thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love (phileo) thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. {17} He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest (phileo) thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest (phileo) thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love (phileo) thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep."<br />The original Greek work for love was inserted within the verses above. The Strong’s definition for agapao is to love in a social or moral sense (of the head). Phileo is a love for a friend or to have affection for someone (of the heart).<br />Why did Jesus use the word agapao in his question to Peter the first two times and phileo the last time? Why did Peter answer phileo all three times? Phileo carries the thought of action based on emotional or heart feelings for family or friends. The love Jesus expressed, which is the same as God’s, included a phileo love, but it was a higher type of love based on a true moral sense. Agapao is a love without a feeling of obligation. Jesus asked Peter to preach to the sheep (Israel) without requiring him to first love them.<br />Consider John 3: 16 (KJV), "For God so loved (agapao) the world, that He gave His only begotten son." Mankind, having fallen into sin (Romans 5: 12, 19) was disobedient and failed to love to do His will. The best that man could achieve was a phileo love for God. Yet, Christ’s love was<br />such as that it was fully obedient. (Romans 13: 10)<br />Additional usage of the word agapao is shown in the word love used in Matthew 5: 43-46. Also mankind’s love (phileo) was shown by the scribes in Luke 20: 46.<br />Finally consider love in Romans 12: 9, 10 (KJV), "Let love (agape, from the word agapao) be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. {10} Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love (philadelphia, fraternal or brotherly affection).<br />By reviewing the Greek word with its definition, a deeper and clearer understanding of the word love can be seen. To truly love God, we need to develop a higher level of love, an agape love.</span><br />(<a href="http://www.blessedbible.com/newsletters/ToKnowGod.pdf">http://www.blessedbible.com/newsletters/ToKnowGod.pdf</a>)<br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>I love Diane. After 38 years I'm still discovering how.</em></span>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-44716483911784860592008-05-20T11:58:00.000-07:002008-05-20T13:47:20.763-07:00Loved or Liked?I know my wife loves me. I wonder if she likes me? I wonder if she likes me today? If I had the choice to be "loved" or to be "liked" I wonder what I would choose? What would I prefer to hear:<br />A. I love you but I don't like you.<br />B. I like you but I don't love you.<br /><br />What would you want? Take the survey.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-90885609808993182692008-05-16T09:07:00.000-07:002008-05-16T11:13:24.086-07:006 Quirks-Tag1. The dislike the wearing of name tags. <br /><br /><br />This is a particularly egregious experience at seminars when the speaker looks down into the crowd and asks you a question by name. I really don't mind wearing a name tag to make it easier for people to remember my name in working situations like the temple (though I do get a kick out of watching the "head bob" when they check out your name whenever they start a conversation with you) however when I arrive at a seminar and there is a pretty young woman who is assisting people by writing their first names on the name tags in large bold letters I know what's coming. I usually change the spelling of my first name to XHPaul when I register. When she asks how it's pronounced I say "Paul" the X and H are not pronounced on this planet.<br />______________________________________<br /><br />2. I love esoteric jokes.<br /><br />Rene Descarte walks into a bar and orders a drink. When he's finished the bartender asks if he would like another. He replies, "I think not." and he disappears.<br /><br />Why did the chicken cross the road? According to...<br /><br />The Bible: And God said, "The Chicken shall cross the road." And they did so. And there was much rejoicing.<br />Albert Einstein: Did the Chicken cross the road or was the Road moved under the chicken?<br />Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain.<br /><br />The traffic on Meridian is really bad. People usually get across. Jewish ones get a star.<br />________________________________________<br /><br />3. I use words like "egregious" and "esoteric".<br /><br /><br />And don't think that I don't spell-check on Google before I use them online. I may be a verbal snob but I'm not that confident.<br /><br />________________________________________<br /><br />4. I cringe when we get too wrapped up in the "what we do" or the "how we do it" instead of the "why we do it."<br /><br />________________________________________<br /><br />5. I like Barry Manilow music.<br /><br />________________________________________<br /><br />6. I want to wear kilts.<br /><br />________________________________________<br /><br />Tag-Alaska Diamonds, Oregomm, HoneyGram and Papa, POGMPbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-77871986395534693132008-05-13T21:46:00.001-07:002008-05-13T21:49:04.331-07:00Listen to this after you've listened to What a Mom Would Say.<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LtNGFh-dCe0&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LtNGFh-dCe0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-72660697207489908912008-05-13T12:46:00.000-07:002008-05-13T12:48:22.562-07:00What a Mom Would Say.....<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxT5NwQUtVM&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxT5NwQUtVM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-5620454856187579922008-05-12T10:06:00.000-07:002008-05-12T11:08:42.624-07:00My Dogs are Barking!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXioZBmNdPk2aXx8H3tHKaMg5uwoTVRTXThi6fUHMulUnjChLoHIGYnsxthuqE5WeqhUtHZUmsZUugLsGfH1fh1AWYqmX6LW8KasFX5eHqujHD4UNdacdfQj7RcZ6otgJgJb7_jUemKr1P/s1600-h/shoe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199554733372376530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXioZBmNdPk2aXx8H3tHKaMg5uwoTVRTXThi6fUHMulUnjChLoHIGYnsxthuqE5WeqhUtHZUmsZUugLsGfH1fh1AWYqmX6LW8KasFX5eHqujHD4UNdacdfQj7RcZ6otgJgJb7_jUemKr1P/s200/shoe.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My dogs are barking is an old time expression for sore feet. I suffer from this condition everytime I begin a new exercise regimen. Last week I learned two really cool things. First, Neovita can help me avoid plantar fasciitis and second, I exercise too much! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>That can't be right!?!</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Well...I discovered that the difference in exercise between the typical thin person and the typical overweight person in only 2000 extra steps per day. That is the equivalent of a 15 minute walk. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My problem is that when I exercise I try to do too much, get hurt, burned out, run out of time, get frustrated because I don't know how to keep the balance of my life together and still find the 80-90 minutes a day it takes to:<br /><p> </p><br /><br />Decide to go to the Gym<br /><br /><br /><br />Change my clothes<br /><br /><br /><br />Drive to the Gym<br /><br /><br /><br />Exercise (for 30 minutes according to my MD, 60 minutes according to my trainer)<br /><br /><br /><br />Drive home<br /><br /><br /><br />Shower<br /><br /><br /><br />Get dressed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, the other factor is that I don't have to walk for 15 straight minutes. It can be one or two minutes at a time rather than the required 30 minutes of aerobic exercise recommended by people who are in the business of selling aerobic exercise machines or those influenced by those who sell aerobic exercise machines.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />15 minutes will ramp up the metabolism sufficent to help me become thin.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm now using the stairs in the temple instead of the escalator.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'll let you know how it works in a year.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-1720499146397784342008-05-09T09:45:00.000-07:002008-05-09T09:55:37.021-07:00Warning: The following is a joke<div>On my way to work today I saw two guys trying to wrestle a purse away from an old lady. She was fighting them off pretty well so I hesitated to help, but after a bit decided to lend a hand. Sure enough, about five minutes later we were able to get the purse away from her.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198422799648807794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmb5kjJXv625vVrdWy6F4e5bmM7EVwyZRSyflnPgnj19FggK96N80ZcfkYprZZac4zQwMqFUKtyYrRVBpr-UsRLkGHgtiKw1YkYu5wNtqIIGpZNaXtUe8Fnr_7zHXnPligd-4W7rhY0NGW/s200/purse.bmp" border="0" /></div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-53674242877282470662008-05-09T09:44:00.001-07:002008-05-09T09:56:18.602-07:00Thank you Prairie Home Companion<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnkDLcSgmZPJXvAhKfvYcEJMCx5ueVtKt8lHDWuRn-yz9SYf-mOzYsTtW7jglx6Z67t2oYYa599UgdvgAXaugIDtps_BQBx-OZz_M4nbKT8CoJF_aB097bmq1O-k_W6rXoIqb3vBzafVT/s1600-h/Pretty+good+joke+book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198422980037434242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnkDLcSgmZPJXvAhKfvYcEJMCx5ueVtKt8lHDWuRn-yz9SYf-mOzYsTtW7jglx6Z67t2oYYa599UgdvgAXaugIDtps_BQBx-OZz_M4nbKT8CoJF_aB097bmq1O-k_W6rXoIqb3vBzafVT/s200/Pretty+good+joke+book.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Most of the jokes are stolen blatantly from<br /><br />A Prairie Home Companion<br />Pretty Good Joke Book<br /><br />with an introduction by Garrison Keillor</div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-62639132190979645702008-05-08T08:40:00.000-07:002008-05-08T08:43:43.713-07:00What.....What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?<br /><br /><br />Same middle names.<br /><br />_______________________________<br /><br />What's Irish and sits outside?<br /><br /><br />Patio Furniture.<br /><br />_______________________________<br /><br />What does a one legged ballerina wear?<br /><br />A one-one.<br /><br />_______________________________<br /><br />What did the mommy buffalo say to her little boy when he went off to school?<br /><br />Bison.Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-9079695401341635972008-05-06T16:40:00.001-07:002008-05-06T22:30:54.750-07:00Taylor Marie Sheffer<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197414182589147266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsS_mYEibJSfFe2hyh94pjI-E-VDttL8hMausdFwzk8OCHO-U_0LZLUWxxKTLf7I1iqkk07n6xSSNspqYt9f70eAARLu0vtSmk7qUq7ibqdN1G69ocVBfgH_UoYCArcgywvCrVfhyDHRI/s200/Taylor+Birth+3.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197503964585502866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqjC4Gvw0M5zI9AuZomlS1oyi60P6WAD-JSOvoy7x9LR1ca0j4j8Y2Q4v86BztOawCGCC9xG-ZXNBLmDxVSk_TGIefVSbwQ4PjwXFrIEA910uZrfrvW7Y7qRU4fqDF6fSsVJLZ-h1i5aG/s200/Taylor+Birth+2.bmp" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb49TeIB1mkjWngZpzMLSnTL3Gzn3GyT2xa6Jw755jxFuo3o4A3z_xTR6BMx6ObYvyyvHjF_WRdLB_AgKcZXee5E17N8dz0GLoHv6sCYF_76tBgDiMS9wZhuIxZN52zqQGBUdyfIP5liZa/s1600-h/Taylor+birth+1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197504089139554466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb49TeIB1mkjWngZpzMLSnTL3Gzn3GyT2xa6Jw755jxFuo3o4A3z_xTR6BMx6ObYvyyvHjF_WRdLB_AgKcZXee5E17N8dz0GLoHv6sCYF_76tBgDiMS9wZhuIxZN52zqQGBUdyfIP5liZa/s200/Taylor+birth+1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526345027485198156.post-53465449917610099202008-05-06T12:05:00.000-07:002008-05-06T16:15:59.051-07:00Emily and pitocin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOla_WbIpxsgaj3PBnoejMuwqLHFGlolvCG-h6OKXsiM1unCCZfoTA0VSC8j3J2-mSN5q_acz5dgMJ1VNf28TWagagmuSoSDVU92k93G6VE4ofkmYEkEYP1-Tz1u0rouan_KT8t1KweqI/s1600-h/Shan&Em.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197344324946077810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOla_WbIpxsgaj3PBnoejMuwqLHFGlolvCG-h6OKXsiM1unCCZfoTA0VSC8j3J2-mSN5q_acz5dgMJ1VNf28TWagagmuSoSDVU92k93G6VE4ofkmYEkEYP1-Tz1u0rouan_KT8t1KweqI/s200/Shan&Em.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Emily and Shanhon are at Good Sam with a Pitocin drip. She was 3cm last night and they called her in today for induction. As of Noon she was still breezing through the contractions. </div><div> </div><div>Update via cell phone: As of 2:30pm she is pushing.</div><div> </div><div>Update via cell phone: Oops. As of 2:30pm Taylor was born. 8.5lbs. .</div>Pbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883719833878219899noreply@blogger.com3