Fri - Aug 29, 2008 : 08:45 pm
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Mosiah : 6 & 7
PoeticIntensity
I read Mosiah 6 quite a while ago, but didn't have the chance to write anything about it. I re-read it again tonight, along with chapter 7.
The last verse of chapter 7 hit me years ago, when I realized the bondage to which the Lord is referring is not only physical bondage, but easily can refer to addictions, beliefs, people, choices, anyt...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Aug 27, 2008 : 08:59 am
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Dave Pelzer
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I just got done reading the book "A Man Named Dave", after reading "The Lost Boy", and 6 years ago, "A Child Called It".
Ya know... To a certain extent, I enjoy doing things from time to time, to keep myself grounded. To keep myself living in a reality close to what is real for everyone else. I do t...
Life
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 04:42 pm
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Mosiah : 5
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It seems to me like this chapter has a very deep meaning, but I couldn't quite get it this time.
The whole chapter is about making covenants, and becoming a child of Christ.
It's interesting that after verses 2, 3, and 4, the last word on verse 4 is "joy". After they had heard the word of God, had their hearts changed through ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 02:48 pm
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Links
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Religious Links:
LDS-Quotes.com - The best LDS Quotes site on the web.
LDSCompanion.org - A Great site filled with uplifting Quotes, Stories, Poetry, and Music
LDS.org - Official site for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Linux Links:
Gentoo.org - The greatest Linux distro in the universe.
suseblog.com - My friend's ...
Family / Friends / Lds / Linux
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 02:09 pm
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ILMJ Pages
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(how-to)
With the new design of ILMJ, I thought it fitting for people to be able to add their own static links on their blogs... Doing so is very easy.
A "page" in your blog is simply an entry which stays in the left-hand column on both your main blog site, and each individual entry, as is illustrated below:
So, as you can see,...
I Love My Journal
Tue - Aug 26, 2008 : 10:51 am
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About Me
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Hi there! I'm PoeticIntensity
I guess this is my journal... still.
I started journaling when I was 14, in 1990, as a new years resolution. I had no idea then just how much I would get into journaling.
It took me 12 years, off and on, to transcode all of my 3000+ journal entries, and then put them into a database. I ...
Babblings / Life / My Journal / Personal
Mon - Aug 25, 2008 : 04:48 pm
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Generating SSH Key Pairs
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Today I needed to sync a file on two servers using ssh, and I needed to do it automatically. I knew that ssh could use key-pairs to enable a secure authentication system without requiring passwords, but I couldn't remember how to do it. I googled a bit and found this gem of a tutorial on how to do precisely what I needed: I'll pos...
Computers / Linux / Programming
Mon - Aug 25, 2008 : 10:42 am
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LAN Party!
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Man, I've got a lot to write. Quite a bit happened this weekend, and last weekend. I'll start with this weekend.
We had another LAN party this weekend, and it was up at Shane's house in Perry, UT. We played the usual, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and Unreal Tournament 2004.
Traffic was pretty horrible going up through Davis ...
Computers / Friends / Fun / Games
Fri - Aug 22, 2008 : 12:36 pm
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Mosiah 4 and Other Thoughts
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I decided to get back into reading the scriptures now that I've finished the last conference talks.
This has nothing to do with Mosiah 3, but one thing I neglected to write about was the last gospel doctrine class I attended. Our wonderful teacher, Ryan Anderson taught again, and made a wonderful parallel out of Amalickiah and Satan.
We...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Aug 21, 2008 : 02:59 pm
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Random Thoughts...
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I haven't been getting much sleep lately... So I think I'll write about.... something. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to write about, but it's been much too long since I've written to continue not writing any longer.
I found this link today, given to me by this dude. It's a great theme for a blog, and I hope it goes far.
...
Babblings / Life / Miscellaneous / Poetry
Thu - Aug 16, 2007 : 11:27 pm
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Could Something Be Happening?
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Lately, I've been feeling quite the spiritual outpouring from heaven upon me. It happened about .... Let's say last Friday (the 10th). I'm not entirely sure what this means, but I've been happier, more settled emotionally, more productive at work, and .... Just really anxious to be about a good cause.
I think now would be a...
Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Sep 25, 2008 : 02:05 pm
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Mosiah : 15
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Ya know... After reading this through, with the previous chapters I've read in mind, I think I'm understanding a bit more about what Abinadi is talking about.
The wicked priests quote him the scripture in Isaiah which says that prophets are supposed to proclaim peace in order to basically tell Abinadi off, because he was definitely not proc...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Oct 03, 2011 : 04:32 pm
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Moroni : 5
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Another very short one. If I understand it correctly, the prayer states that by partaking of the water, we are covenanting (or "witnessing") unto God that we will always remember Christ. I believe a few chapters ago, I wrote quite an entry on the importance of remembering. As evidenced by the inclusion of it in a w...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Mar 23, 2008 : 11:25 pm
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How Grateful I Am
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I know a lot of the posts this year have been on the spiritual topic, but, I write about the events of my life, and so I guess this is what ya get.
Today was awesome.
If you've read my previous posts, you'll know that today I sang in the choir, gave a talk in sacrament meeting, and taught the 15-16 year old doctrine class.
It was wonderful.
...
Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 01, 2011 : 10:40 am
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3 Nephi : 22 - 23
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Chapter 22 was another toughy, but I figure I'm gonna better my life if I read and am only able to type a tiny bit, rather than not read at all.
I guess my brain is still getting over this sickness, because I find it difficult to do any critical thinking. Anyway...
I found it interesting the bit about "more are the children of the de...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 16, 2008 : 10:21 am
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Mosiah : 10
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The first thing I noticed this time reading this was that even though the Nephites under Zeniff were at a time of peace, after the war, Zeniff was diligent in continuing his building of weaponry. Not sure why that struck me this time, but the very first verse jumped out.
Maybe it's because they didn't make any assumptions about their enemy....
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Jun 29, 2009 : 09:32 am
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Zend Studio on Gentoo AMD64
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Since I've been job-hopping for the last bit, I've had the chance to install fresh gentoo builds on quite a few 64-bit computers in the last couple of months.
I've also been looking at different IDEs for PHP development. After using jEdit now for close to 5 years, I've gotta say the one which impresses me the most is Zend Studio for Eclips...
Computers / Linux / Programming
Sun - Jan 20, 2008 : 11:01 pm
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1st Nephi : 12 - Beautiful Yet Horrible
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I had forgotten that in this chapter, Nephi sees the Lord descend from heaven to the people who would be born from Nephi.
I put myself in his situation, and quite honestly , I have no idea how I would react. It would be so supremely surreal - seeing your kids' kids' kids' kids, and then seeing the Savior of the world show himself unto them....
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 04, 2009 : 11:58 am
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Car Mods and Emissions
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Last spring, I modified my car - and then modified it again.
The 2nd modifications entailed me re-programming (or flashing, or tuning) my car's computer. One thing I didn't realize at the time was that evidently, a standard protocol for most tuners out there is to turn off the O2 sensors which monitor emissions after the catalytic converter...
Cars
Fri - Jan 09, 2009 : 09:08 am
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Alma : 6
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Once quite awhile ago, my brother came to me and asked me why we go to church, and where is the doctrine concerning church attendance. In addition to Moroni 6 : 4-6, I also gave him Alma 6 : 6.
Other than that, this seems to just be a transition verse from preaching in Zarahemla to preaching in Gideon.
It also speaks about membership of t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Wed - Feb 16, 2011 : 04:14 pm
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3 Nephi : 27
PoeticIntensity
Seems like the first half of this chapter is a gentile rebuke coming from Christ himself, to his Apostles, for not knowing the scriptures well enough. It seems like he goes on for a bit in the why, though. I wonder why it's so important to put across the point that things of Christ need to be done in Christ's name...? Seems ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Dec 13, 2012 : 11:06 pm
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Getting Real...
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So, I just got off the phone with my wife, and she was at our new home-to-be this evening, and apparently, almost everything is done. The carpet isn't in, nor are the toilets, nor are the cement stairs leading down to the basement, but everything else - yeah - it's done. I'm just beside myself. We could be moving in as early as la...
Personal
Tue - Nov 16, 2010 : 06:13 pm
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3 Nephi : 16
PoeticIntensity
Wow, it's been a long time since I last studied my scriptures.
The first thing which caught my attention is the phrase, "if it so be that my people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost". I guess that...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Sun - Oct 19, 2008 : 04:49 pm
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To Craig and Annie...
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Three days ago my inlaws arrived here, and the living arrangements were such that Annie, Craig, and their two wonderful children got to bunk up with us here in Springville.
I don't want to go into detail as to the exact happenings of this weekend, but I'd find it hard to maintain peace within unless I wrote a bit about something which I could im...
Family / Life / Personal
Mon - Aug 24, 2009 : 11:48 pm
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Which Drum Overhead Mic?
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Okay... I've decided I'm going to get a little more serious about recording music. I've had quite a few positive comments made about my recordings from 3rd parties, and over the years, I've enjoyed recording it more and more.
So now, I'm here with approximately $200.00 to spend, and I think I'm going to get some overhead mics fo...
Audio
Mon - Oct 26, 2009 : 12:36 am
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Unlikely Couple
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I had to post this. We went to a ward halloween party and I went as a punk rocker (of sorts), and Sarah went as Cinderella. Gotta love the result.
Awwww yeah!...
Family / Personal
Tue - Feb 01, 2011 : 10:40 am
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3 Nephi : 22 - 23
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Chapter 22 was another toughy, but I figure I'm gonna better my life if I read and am only able to type a tiny bit, rather than not read at all.
I guess my brain is still getting over this sickness, because I find it difficult to do any critical thinking. Anyway...
I found it interesting the bit about "more are the children of the de...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Jul 13, 2008 : 11:07 am
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Mosiah : 3
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This time through Mosiah 3, I had a few interruptions, so I wasn't able to concentrate as much as I would have liked, but family really does come first, so, ya gotta do what ya gotta do...
Anyway.. Mosiah 3, to me, this time rang loudly of what the Atonement of Jesus Christ is all about. It speaks of who needs the Atonement, who is c...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Feb 07, 2011 : 05:40 pm
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3 Nephi : 24
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Interesting that I should choose to read this today, because my wife and I were talking a bit about the 2nd coming last weekend. The second coming shall be like a "refiner's fire", which, of course, is meant to purify - or to burn out impurities. That which abides by the law is sanctified by the same. A talk I once heard...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Apr 03, 2010 : 02:09 pm
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Conference Notes 2
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The hymn the choir sang "I Feel My Savior's Love" was absolutely gorgeous! Well done, Orem Institute Choir! What a great way to begin a general conference. Had me in tears by the end of the hymn. Thank you, Institute Choir!
L Tom Perry's talk about teaching in the home brought back both thoughts of my upbringing,...
General Conference / Personal / Spiritual