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  • A Book on the Floor

    Stephanie and I have both read The Earthsea series by Ursula LeGuine. The first book is Wizard of Earthsea. The copy of the series is in Stephanie’s bedroom. At some point in the last few weeks the first book got knocked off the shelf and onto the floor. It stayed on the floor too long…

    Mark

    May 30, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    annoying, autism, behavior, Ben, not surprising, particular angle, Stephanie
  • God and my Wife

    I gave a piece of advice to my oldest son Brandon today. His girlfriend wants him to be more holy. I agreed with her. But more importantly I think God agrees with her, so I told him if God and his girlfriend agree that he’d better pay attention. This theology has created a stable marriage…

    Mark

    May 29, 2026
    collaboration, witness
    advice, Brandon, God, Leading of the Spirit, Stephanie, the bitter and the sweet, theology
  • Not Garbage Day

    The truck didn’t come today to pick up the garbage I put on the curb. In retrospect I shouldn’t be surprised. When there’s a holiday everything gets moved forward to the next day. I just wasn’t thinking when I put garbage out last night. Memorial Day bumped it until tomorrow. It’s not garbage day.

    Mark

    May 28, 2026
    holidays, rant
    bump, garbage day, holiday, Memorial Day, pick up, retrospect, surprised
  • Map Editor

    I’ve been playing a lot of Colonization Classic. I like exploring. I like founding new colonies. I don’t like fighting with random maps. Some maps just don’t have enough land. That’s apparent pretty quickly. Some maps don’t have the right diversity of land. That takes longer and more exploration to decide. And some maps after…

    Mark

    May 27, 2026
    rant
    Colonization Classic, diversity, exploration, God, map editor, native skills, perfect
  • The Right Screwdriver

    The boy next door asked for help removing a screw. He’s maybe eight so hasn’t developed a lot of muscle mass or spatial reasoning to get the torq right. He also had a screwdriver that looked like someone drove a tank over it. So I got a couple of appropriate screwdrivers and followed him to…

    Mark

    May 26, 2026
    collaboration
    appropriate, child, mechanics, neighbor, screwdrivers, Stephanie, teaching
  • A Tension

    There is a tension in my soul between democracy and authority. I am suspicious of both. Too much of either is not a good thing. Some things are best left to democratic forces. As an artist I want people to appreciate my work because they find something in it worth appreciating. I don’t think people…

    Mark

    May 25, 2026
    rant, two cents
    Authority, credentialing, democracy, popularity, public vote, two cents, unlicensed art
  • Holidays

    Memorial Day weekend is here and my biggest concern is getting everyone in the house before night fall and crazy partiers race through darkened streets. I’m relatively certain the boys won’t jump in front of traffic. I am less convinced that the cats know better. Ether just came in a few minutes ago so everyone…

    Mark

    May 24, 2026
    holidays, rant
    concern, holiday, locked door, Memorial Day weekend, porch light, settle down, traffic
  • Chastity

    The rule in The Church is exclusive relations between a husband and a wife. Premarital and extra marital sex is out. Self service is not allowed. Porn is forbidden. And The Church won’t sanctify committed homosexual relations. But we aren’t Catholics or even Episcopalians. Impure sexual thoughts are not sinful and only become so if…

    Mark

    May 23, 2026
    rant
    abortion, affair, chastity, marriage, polygamy, Salt Lake, sexual relations
  • Attention

    The house is quiet but not my head. People want my attention. Sometimes that’s difficult. Sometimes I want theirs. It seems like that is difficult for almost everyone else. Attention takes energy. Complaining also takes energy. I try not to complain, but when people want my attention it is often to complain, so I hold…

    Mark

    May 22, 2026
    rant
    articulate, attention, complaining, energy, in my head, quiet, regular readers
  • Bottlecaps

    I just started a beer. I had an insignificant amount of trouble opening the bottle cap. It got me thinking of the video game Fallout. It’s a post-apocalyptic world where bottlecaps have become the primary currency. I don’t know how hard they are to make in this world but in the world of Fallout they…

    Mark

    May 21, 2026
    collaboration, rant, witness
    art, beer, bottlecaps, Fallout, gratitude, industrial society, struggle
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