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The Past in Color
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis weeks installment of history found on the web includes links to a few sites with something special. Color photographs from the early days of color photography. Color somehow brings... -
Doing my Duty to God
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsThe Church put out an awesome new Duty to God program. I like it because it’s basically a scripture study program that helps the young men become spiritually strong and... -
Many Mechanical Machines
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsBack again with another roundup of websites promoting some history. This weeks focus is on the computers and other machines. Technologizer has come through in the past year or so... -
History's equation
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsI had moment of early morning, jump out of bed and write it down, inspiration the other day. It was the equation of history. The Present = (Past Realities) +... -
The Great Coming Battle
Posted on August 30, 2010 | No CommentsI taught the third hour combined Young Men/Young Women lesson yesterday. It went really well. I gave plenty of opportunities for the kids to make connections and observations between the... -
The paper is done.
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsI finished the paper in record time. I was even able to edit it a few times, and didn’t even touch it over the weekend. The course intention is for... -
Seven points that clarify Christ's existence
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve been struggling to find a topic or study practice to keep my studies coherent. I was prompted to start reading “Jesus the Christ” by James E. Talmage. I only... -
Some more changes to the project.
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsTo make this post not so boring, here’s a couple of pictures I put in my paper. After meeting with my dissertation and adviser and prof., we decided to make... -
Gathering the historiography
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsI went back to the Archives last week, for another go at finding documents. I left home at 7am and got there at 9am, this time. I was able to... -
Getting my hands dirty
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsLast Friday was archival research day. I spent the whole day at the National Archives at College Park. Well, let me rephrase that, I spent half the day getting there...