Yearly Archives: 2008

The competition!

We had the mustache competition last night at the work holiday party.  After a rousing game of White Elephant was the grand competition. The best moustache! Only five of us competed, and there was clearly only one winner. Ken, with the costume to boot, garnered the most rousing support and went home victorious, King Moustache!

Furry Christmas

We got the tree up, and if you look really, really closely, you’ll see I trimmed my moustache. And if you notice that, you’ll need to get your head checked. As the wife clearly shows…

Greater Love Hath No Man

Here are a few scriptures and some thoughts about “greater love hath no man” from a July 23, 2007 journal entry. Luke 23: 33-46 – the account of the crucifiction.  Christ giving His spirit to the Father. It shows love when you give of yourselft to someone else. You give children your time, your family [...]

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In the server room

Today’s images are brought to you in the little “server room” next to my office. It’s really just a room with tile flooring. The Computer Science Department wants to make it into a server room, so I had to move all of our junk out. We had lots.

The Three Great Pillars of the Gospel

Three Great Pillars: Creation, Fall, Atonement. Creation: Genesis 1: 26-27.  We are created in God’s image. Agency and Consequences: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-19. Why did God command Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of Knowledge, when He knew it was part of the Eternal Plan? – Quote 1 Why was [...]

Multiple places

I had a cool idea to take a pic of me in all the different places I was at that day… but only took two. First one is in my Prof. office before discussing the inner workings of Google and how that affects digital scholarship. The second is in my class about Modernity and the [...]

Staying in Bed

[From my journal on  November 26, 2007] Jan was having a hard time staying in bed tonight. When Jess went down to get water, she came in to ask me to put her blanket on her. I chose to ignore her because Jess had given Jan explicit instructions to stay in bed and consequences if [...]

Jesus Christ, Charity, and Heavenly Motivators

February 10, 2008  Sacrament meeting talk.  by Ammon Shepherd Charity = the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love; a prompting motive of actions. Charity is a defining quality, it creates change. Moroni 7:46-47 – charity is the greatest of all; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 – if I have ___ but not charity, I am nothing. Matthew [...]

It grows and grows

I’m still truckin along with my beard. It’s a bit itchy now and again, but well worth it. My bike ride to work and back are much more bearable with a natural face coat!

Handlebar club

I think I want to join this club: http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wbmcwinners.shtml (thanks for the tip Ken!) Notice I shaved the groat (throat growth). My dad, a long time beard wearer, advocates the groat shaving. Makes it look cleaner and feels better.