Month: October 2023
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First Snow
It is snowing for the first time this season in south central Wisconsin. It’s not sticking to the sidewalks or the roads, but all our foliage is covered in white. Winter is coming I just wish it wasn’t coming so fast. But this area is home. It has been good for my kids. The air…
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More Wishes
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? If I got three wishes I would wish for more wishes, more genies, and maybe the seven Dragon Balls for the especially exotic wishes. Most versions of the story of Aladdin the genie in the lamp doesn’t limit the number of wishes at all.…
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Poverty Thinking
There is a very pervasive myth that poor people are better than rich people. The idea is that the poor are more generous, more honest, and more decent. Poverty is in this sense being praised. In Traditional Christianity this sentiment is overt. Rich people can’t enter heaven. Give everything you have away to feed the…
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Another Party Dream
I had a dream that I was living in a big hotel in a very messy room with the Valedictorian of my highschool class. It was almost Halloween and the hotel was having a big party. I did not have anything to wear. I started digging through things to find a ready made costume but…
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A Family Member
Describe a family member. A family member is someone who is related by blood and DNA. Marriage creates a legal family and children seal the family relationship with DNA. In some cases a person is legally adopted into a family. In a more general sense one can have a church family or a work family.…
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Sunday Afternoon Beer
It’s 2:30 and I’m already almost finished with my second beer. On the one hand this is Wisconsin and we are the drunkest state in the nation. I am a lightweight compared to most of the guys my age. On the other… sanctification… I am not treating my body like a temple and I’m nowhere…
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Playing with the Cat
What is your favorite form of physical exercise? Our cat and I both eat a little too much and are a little less active than we need to be. She has a mouse on a string that is connected to a rod on the other end. I just ran all over the downstairs waving the…
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Just a little purge…
I was not getting any return on my investment for my art from my Facebook pages or Twitter. I have deactivated all of them. If you are one of the very few people who even knew where they were on the Internet you can still find me here on WordPress. There are live links on…
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Not Going to the Moon
How much would you pay to go to the moon? I have a serious aversion to confined spaces. I would not want to go to the moon for the exact same reasons I would not want to go to prison. If I had to do it I suspect I would, but I would never pay…
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D&C 89:9
Today has gone smoothly so far but I’ve already had too much sugar and caffeine. That did not stop me from letting my wife order a cold brew horchata for me. I have never read the exegesis about Doctrine & Covenants 89:9 which specifically forbids “hot drinks.” I’m not really inclined to do so. That…
Latter Day Sinner 