Sun - Sep 02, 2007 : 04:24 pm
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Grace vs. Works
PoeticIntensity
I just got back from a Presbyterian church meeting with Henry, Kim, Julia, Sarah, myself and our two kids. It was quite interesting.
We walked in there about 5-10 minutes late, and went forward until we were sitting like 5 rows back from the front.
A full band of 7 people was playing on a stage and was sounding quite wonderful, actually.&...
Lds / Personal
Sun - Sep 02, 2007 : 04:16 pm
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2007 Monterey Trip - Day 2
PoeticIntensity
Day Two....
I woke up this morning to a wonderful sore-throat. Nothing too bad, and I felt that it's one of those that will go away as the hours pass by. Turns up I was right.
I rolled around in bed (after getting probably like.... 2-3 hours of sleep on Friday night) this morning for a good 2 hours, trying to go back to sleep.
When I...
Personal
Sat - Sep 01, 2007 : 04:01 pm
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2007 Monterey Trip - Day 1
PoeticIntensity
Wow.... Today has been crazy.
I woke up around 2:30am this morning, put the suitcases in the van, woke the kids up (actually, Luci was already awake and excited to be going to "Shugee's House"), put them in the van, said a quick prayer for safety and health, and we were off!
I'm tellin' ya... If you have kids and a 10-hour...
Personal
Fri - Aug 31, 2007 : 06:37 pm
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Gentoo in the Business World
PoeticIntensity
It's not too often you read stories about a business who knowingly chooses gentoo as their Linux distribution of choice; this is why I liked this story so much.
Everything they say about gentoo (both good and bad) I believe is right on the money.
This company chose gentoo to run their main servers for an email marketing company, and haven...
Gentoo / Linux
Fri - Aug 31, 2007 : 05:50 pm
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Survey Says... "The Data is GOOD!"
PoeticIntensity
Okay, people....
I was hired on here at Nature's Way as the only person in the IT department who knows anything about web development. Almost all people here are either networking, helpdesk, or SAP gurus. They desperately needed help in the web development corner of IT. So... They hired me. Go figure.
Anyway... I w...
Personal / Programming
Fri - Aug 31, 2007 : 09:27 am
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New Haircut
PoeticIntensity
I just thought I'd let ya'll know that I got a new haircut a couple of days ago. I think its swell.
I guess this just goes to show that I'm not entirely sane... pretty much... ever.
The mohawk has quite a story which I might as well divulge right about now.
It all happened about 7 years ago, when my brothers all got together for some event...
Personal
Thu - Aug 30, 2007 : 05:30 pm
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Did I switch too soon?
PoeticIntensity
Today was a good day. I didn't get enough sleep, so after our work lunch party, which enabled us to eat large amounts of Korean food (seasoned beef 'n' stuff wrapped in lettuce was good, but I didn't like the "kimchi" which was nothing more than hot and spicy rotten cabbage), I felt a bit tired... Too tired to work.
So, I wen...
Programming
Wed - Aug 29, 2007 : 08:56 pm
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A New Frontier with PL/SQL
PoeticIntensity
Man...
At work, I've got .... well.. I was gonna say dilemma, but... it's not a dilemma because I know of a way out.
My dilemma is, I've gotta have a website functional by Friday, which means I've got two days to get it to work.
The database we're connecting to (postgres on gentoo, thank heavens) has a table with more than 12 million rows in it....
Programming
Tue - Aug 28, 2007 : 08:42 pm
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ILMJ Gets Comments!
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(how-to)
Yes! You can now comment on public blog entries at ILoveMyJournal.com!
I wrote the whole process from scratch, so some of the methods used to keep bots away might be new to you. Here's the skinny:
First off, nothing is required except the comment and the human-test answer. I'm not sure if this is gonna stick or not, but I co...
I Love My Journal
Tue - Aug 28, 2007 : 10:19 am
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Staying True to Yourself
PoeticIntensity
One other thing I've been thinking about lately is a lesson I learned a long time ago. This lesson is summarized into one sentence:
Being true to God in no way diminishes your being true to yourself, simply because God knows how the *best* "you" is.
I was talking with one of my brothers when he said "But if I become 'churchy'...
Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Mar 19, 2008 : 10:52 pm
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When it rains...
PoeticIntensity
About a week ago, I began thinking I needed another project. I really was getting to thinking about how I spend my time, and how I can better use the time I have.
Nothing popped out at me, until yesterday.
Yesterday, I got a call from one of the people in my ward, and he asked me if I would teach the 15-16 year olds in their gospel doctri...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - May 26, 2008 : 03:16 pm
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Ultrasound For 3rd Child
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For the last two children, I've been relatively relaxed with the rest of my life, so I was eagerly awaiting and up-to-date with the happenings of our pregnancy.
This time around, I'm quite busy otherwise, and this ultrasound crept up on me.
I'm also quite amazed at the technology which wraps around the medical field. At the last portion of ...
Personal
Sun - Jan 03, 2010 : 10:29 pm
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Happy New Years!
PoeticIntensity
Wow... When I wrote this in March of 2009,
"During this year, I both think and feel (logically and spiritually) I will be stretched more than I've been stretched in years. This one's gonna be a toughy. As for now, I feel anxiously optimistic. Yup.. That about hits it on the head."
I had n...
Life / Personal
Thu - May 13, 2010 : 02:36 pm
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Helaman : 12 - Happiness
PoeticIntensity
Anyone who knows what Helaman 12 is all about is probably wondering how in the world I could label this chapter as "Happiness". hehe...
Yesterday, I was having a very interesting conversation about happiness with a dear friend of mine, and oddly enough, today's chapter was Helaman 12, which of course, talks all about the frailties...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Aug 30, 2010 : 01:43 am
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New Song - My Wonder Woman
PoeticIntensity
So lately, I've been posting little snippets on social networking sites about how awesome I think my wife is. I really don't know exactly what has been throwing me into this state of absolute gratefulness for her, but it doesn't seem to be slowing down.
I guess I'm just having a good hard realization that (only 2nd to God himself) she is th...
Music / Personal
Tue - May 06, 2008 : 06:05 pm
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Luci Singing Frog Song
PoeticIntensity
Sunday morning, Luci came into our room, climbed up in our bed (Sarah and I were still half asleep in bed, as groggy as ever), and she started bouncing up and down while singing the "Green Speckled Frog" song.
Although I was still not aware of most the world around me, I thought her singing was quite cute. So about an hour later,...
Children / Music / Personal
Tue - Jul 08, 2008 : 11:00 pm
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Mosiah : 2
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It's been a long time since I have read the Book of Mormon. Well, I decided to repent tonight and read where I left off at Mosiah.
One scripture which always stands out to me in this chapter is the latter portion of verse 9. King Benjamin is telling people how they should prepare themselves to hear his message, and thus he says:
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Nov 18, 2010 : 05:12 am
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3 Nephi : 17
PoeticIntensity
Wow... 3rd Nephi 17. This has been one of my top 5 all-time favorite scriptural chapters since I first read it when I was 14. I love it.
The first 6 verses, to me, envelop the love Christ has for us, and the appreciation He must feel when we show our grattitude toward Him. There were no words uttered by his audience, yet H...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Mar 22, 2009 : 12:15 pm
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Alma : 15
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How in the world do you do what Alma and Amulek did in verse 2? Honestly, I don't know. Also, another perspective is - how in the world do you take what Alma and Amulek just said? It'd have to be something like, "Yeah, we were just in Ammonihah, after you guys were thrown out, and we had to endure watching the kings and pries...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Spiritual
Mon - May 16, 2011 : 03:03 pm
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Mormon : 8
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Figuring out the mood and temprament of Moroni while he writes this is tough. The things he writes about are horrific. The Lamanites have killed his entire race, his family, and his father. The "state of the union", as it were, was "continual warefare, bloodshed, and violence." He had to be depress...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Sep 24, 2007 : 10:44 am
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Hail OpenOffice.org!
PoeticIntensity
To begin, quite honestly, let me say this:
Without OpenOffice.org, using Linux in a professional environment (which I have been doing now for 4 straight years across 4 different companies) would have been, and would currently be, much more difficult at the very least.
Those who have desk jobs, and more specifically programming jobs, know how...
Computers / Linux
Tue - Apr 27, 2010 : 04:47 pm
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Helaman : 7
PoeticIntensity
So... I remember Nephi coming back to his own people and seeing them in a state of wickedness, but I didn't remember that he had just been on a mission where everyone in the land northward rejected his word, too. That would be an incredible test of faith in an of itself. Only the most stalwart followers of God, in my view, could t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - May 11, 2010 : 02:20 pm
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Helaman : 11
PoeticIntensity
Amazing... It's almost unbelievable that in the space of less than 13 years, a whole nation can go from being wicked, to almost dying of hunger, to becoming incredibly righteous and prosperous, and then coming back to being so wicked that the combined armies of the Nephites and Lamanites can't defeat the wicked part of the people.
I've bee...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Fri - Apr 18, 2008 : 06:00 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Sustaining - Uchtdorf
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I didn't really anticipate writing anything about the sustaining of the church officers after seeing it, but for some reason, when President Uchtdorf asked all the elders and high priests to stand and sustain Thomas S. Monson as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, something I didn't expect ...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Jan 26, 2008 : 10:06 pm
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1st Nephi : 16 - Holy Cow
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I'm not entirely sure where to even begin with this chapter. So many good stories are found in this one, which can easily be likened to our own lives and our own times. Various lessons come to mind....
For example, verses 1 through 3 are a magnificent litmus test of personal righteousness. When someone comes at you and truthfull...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 30, 2008 : 12:05 am
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1st Nephi : 18 - Nephi's Faith
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I don't think that ever you will find any words of righteousness associated with Laman and Lemuel, not once, but twice, within 4 verses more than in this chapter alone.
Not sure why that stood out at me this time, but once in verse 1 and again in verse 4, Nephi said that Laman and Lemuel were on good behavior. I thought I'd take time to suc...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 31, 2008 : 05:29 pm
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Let it Snow!
PoeticIntensity
A few minutes ago, I visited my favorite weather-forecasting website and I saw something I thought I should document, just because it doesn't happen very often. I saw a 7-day forcast that looked like this:
I think it may snow tonight! :)
Anyway... My mustang isn't liking life very much right now. It's so freakin' dirty. ...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Mon - Mar 19, 2007 : 08:54 pm
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Salt Flats with Ry, Mac, and Scott
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Saturday, three people and myself decided to make a trip down to the Salt Flats again. This time Scott Morris came down with his trusty camera and shot video of us doing it. Hopefully that video will be posted soon. My little bro. , Ryan came down with his Mustang GT to get in the action. Also, Mac Newbold, a friend from UPHPU came down with hi...
Cars
Mon - May 17, 2010 : 10:33 pm
grateful
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Best Gig Ever
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So two days ago, I found myself on the same stage with the same band I've been with for the past 5 (or so) years, playing pretty much the same songs.
Except, this time, something was different. As I walked around looking at all of the awesome vehicles on the grounds, there was just something wonderful. I have no idea how to describe i...
Music
Fri - Feb 29, 2008 : 12:36 am
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2nd Nephi : 13
PoeticIntensity
There are portions of this chapter where I think it is referring to our day, or the latter-days. I'm not sure, though.
Man, to understand this Isaiah stuff, I've really gotta be in a super-spiritual, "yearning after truth", mood or it just doesn't make much sense.
The latter verses I find interesting simply because they are so f...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual