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Viva Castro: We will miss you.
2008-02-19 16:45:00 So I just heard that Fidel Castro has stepped down from the Cuba n presidency and parliament is in the processes of electing a new president. That came out of left field, I was 100% sure he would stay in power until the day he died. I think he is doing the right thing and ... More About: Politics , Miss , Communism
What?s more American than a trip to Disneyland in a 15 passenger van?
2008-02-14 06:52:00 So Kate and I are going to California in a 15 passenger van bound for Disney land. We pray we will be able to jump van before we hit the Disneyland parking lot. You may think we are over zealous consumers taking the most inefficient vehicle we can find, but the truth of the matter is ... More About: Adventure , American
Look good for Jesus
2008-02-13 06:03:00 Why do I feel like these products would sell well at the BYU bookstore? More About: Jesus , Blogroll , Good
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
2008-02-09 18:15:00 Michael Pollan’s newest book, In Defense of Food , looks like it is quite amazing. I am barely getting started on it. His main premise is that nutritional advice can be summed up into the 7 words of the title. Americans (myself included) fret and freak about what we should and shouldn’t eat. We agonize over ... More About: Health , Entertainment , Vegetables , Plants
Super Tuesday
2008-02-06 04:35:00 In a stroke of luck when I showed up at the polling place today, which smelled a little too much like adult diapers, they had my record all wrong. My birthday was listed at 1955. My party was listed as “unaffiliated” so I was able to vote in the Democratic primary. I voted for ... More About: Politics , Super , Utah , Primary , Tuesday
Ice Cream for Breakfast!
2008-02-03 18:54:00 We have just achieved the ultimate internet triumph. When you Google “Ice Cream for Breakfast ” our site is number 6! To celebrate this moment in cyber history, I ate some ice cream for breakfast. MMmmmmmmm. Ice cream for breakfast is the way to go & not just in Idaho. Let’s keep in mind, that this means ...
Voting in the Republican primary
2008-02-01 19:07:00 In my darker, younger, conservative days I did an uber-conservative internship/study program at Georgetown University in DC. Among other activities, we had a testimonial meeting about how college campuses were too “liberal” and that conservatives were oppressed. (Yes, I did participate.) I also met Ann Coulter. She is an evil rhetorician. Even in my clouded ... More About: Politics , Republicans , Republican , Utah , Voting
Sweet, sweet acceptance
2008-01-31 03:52:00 Acceptance Letter I have officially been accepted to one school, University of San Diego. One down, 14 to go! More About: Blogroll , Sweet , Acceptance
One Evening Lost to the Apollo Bar
2008-01-29 07:27:00 Kate and I have been watching this TV show called ”Lost ,” purely for anthropological purposes, of course. We watched all previous 3 seasons last summer during our Mexico trip. We have been waiting about 6 months for the new season to start and all natural disasters and techno-terrorist activities aside it will be happening this Thursday. Never being ones to turn ... More About: Downloads , Apollo , Evening
Gold?s Gym the den of debauchery
2008-01-29 06:53:00 This is a true story. College students in Utah County are threatening to picket Gold ’s Gym because of the extent of indecency they encounter while patronizing the establishment. These scantily clad, excersize crazed weirdos (that is my anecdotal summation of the clientèle) are tromping around making demands left and right. One of their demands is ...
Drop the ?irony? and get a job
2008-01-26 22:55:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpw M This is pretty hilarious video ribbing hipsters. So funny & and so true. One withering glance from a hipster and you feel uber-nerdy and akward. No Tags More About: Irony , Consumerism , Drop
Duh!
2008-01-23 22:51:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkb6NIyZRE I I found this clip on www.mormonsagainstromney.org today. No Tags More About: Religion
For those who come to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your h
2008-01-23 01:00:00 There are times a trip will provide you a fresh perspective & gratitude for your home. There are also times where a trip will make you wonder, “Why the H do I still live in Utah when places like San Francisco exist??” This weekend was one of those times. We headed to the city by ... More About: Flowers , Adventure , Wear
Deep Thoughts From My Office Email Junk Box
2008-01-06 18:42:00 “You Do not like your male instrument size. “ “Girls joke at you. “ “Your girl doesn’t admire to jazz it with you by reason of your instrument size.” “Your chick doesn’t want to do it with you along of your instrument size.” “Your chick does not admire to have sex with you for reason of your male device ... More About: Office , Email , Thoughts , Deep Thoughts , Deep
Ice cream for breakfast
2007-12-30 23:33:00 We had a very merry Christmas indeed. That, I presume, is evident from this picture of the cabbage patch ear muffs I received from my father for Christmas. We had the great fortune of visiting with both of our families for Christmas. (Thanks to a wedding. Shout Out to Jesse & Laura!) Neil was quite festive ... More About: Holidays , Family , Blogroll , Breakfast , Ice Cream
God bless us, every one!
2007-12-24 00:24:00 Hello all friends, family and internet wanderers. Feliz Navidad to all. 2007 has been filled with happiness & wonderful adventures for the Kelly/Ransom family. We started off 2007 being married, which was a first for both of us. So far, so good. We worked and lived in Provo, Utah until April. We then headed off to ... More About: Holidays , Marriage , Adventure , God Bless
19 Awesome Things for the 19th of December in No Particular Order
2007-12-20 07:34:00 My submission to present at the Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research was accepted and so now I get to present my senior thesis research the 29th of February at UVSC. I am very excited. The Rocky Mountain Institute is a great organization started by Amory B. Lovins (I am sure you have never heard of him). ... More About: Awesome , Things , Order , December , Some
The 10 Canoes and the lessons we learn
2007-12-16 05:37:00 It seems that every time Kate and I go into a movie rental store we end up with the strangest of DVD titles. For example we went to Hollywood Video last night to rent an Indian Jones flick because the Salt Lake City Library’s copy was checked out. We found a copy of the Temple ... More About: Entertainment , Learn , Lessons
Repent Ye Repent Ye the Shopocalyps is at Hand
2007-12-14 19:01:00 Saturday night Kate, Kate’s brother and father, and I went to see a movie called What Would Jesus Buy, an entertaining documentary about Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir. Reverend Billy believes the US has lost its soul to consumerism and he and his rag-tag choir are hitting the streets to get Americans ... More About: Entertainment , Hand , Consumerism
Neil was born today, hip-hip hooray!
2007-12-07 18:38:00 Neil was born today, in 1980. I, for one, sure am glad. This is his first passport picture, the beginning of his many adventures. Here’s to many more. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL! Adventure More About: Today , Neil
Immigration at its finest
2007-12-05 04:47:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qKD-Ph7d s . The Latino Comedy Project has tons of extra-funny videos on their site. This is a parody of the movie 300. No matter what side of the immigration debate, or border, you stand on… this is hilarious. hilarious videos, immigration debate, latino comedy project, Mexico, Political Issues More About: Immigration , Finest
Musical Uncle Santa Snowglobe
2007-12-03 07:04:00 You read that right. It really does exist, the Musical Uncle Santa Snowglobe was won fair and square by Neil and I at a Christmas Curry party we went to this weekend. As you can see from the picture, it is much like your average Santa snowglobe, with the glaring irregularity that this Santa clearly ... More About: Consumerism
Kindness
2007-11-30 21:14:00 I have created a new category of Kindness on this blog. I tend to rant on the blog and only have ideas about what to write when I am angry. I hope to fill this new category with kind acts of others.Today I went to a meeting at an elementary school where some of Neil’s newly ...
Big Box Facts
2007-11-24 20:33:00 My pal Ash cares deeply about many things. She quite a passionate person, and the one who organized the “Shop Outside the Box” parade. She is not only passionate, she is articulate and not afraid of cold-hard facts and substantiated evidence for a cause. Please read her article that touches on the factual sins of ... More About: Environment , Facts , Consumerism
Unsanitary ol? love
2007-11-23 20:09:00 We went to see the film Stardust with my little cousins yesterday after our feast. At the dollar movies, the crowd only having paid $1.50 for their ticket instead of $8 or more, feels free to maintain a running commentary. Towards the end of Stardust the female protagonist, Claire Danes makes a speech about love. ... More About: Entertainment , Love
Must the capitalist machine be greased by the blood of its workers?
2007-11-21 21:37:00 **Warning: there will be an awful lot of frivolous CAPITALIZATION in the following article.** Our good friend Viper wrote a blog entry about the “Shop Outside the Box” parade. He voiced some questions that many of us struggle with. Primarily, is it really that much different buying a novel from Wal- Mart than from the downtown ... More About: Workers , Machine , Utah , Blood , Mach
Carnival of Cities: Around the World We Go
2007-11-19 09:08:00 This is the first time Kate and I have hosted a blog carnival on our site and we are very excited for the opportunity. My favorite part of the process was weeding out the unrelated, the advertising, or the completely insane (nothing like a lesson about breast cancer or a computer component add-icle to really ... More About: Carnival , Travels , World , Adventure , Salt Lake City
Shop outside the box Salt Lake City!
More articles from this author:2007-11-19 07:23:00 “How low? How low? How low can your wages go?” was a chant heard at Saturday’s anti- Big Box parade in downtown Salt Lake City . Many local business owners and patrons got together and had a FUN time for a cause. What a wonderfully creative way to send a message to the community and remind them ... More About: Utah , Shop 1, 2 |
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