Sat - Jan 26, 2008 : 10:06 pm
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1st Nephi : 16 - Holy Cow
PoeticIntensity
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
Thu - Jan 24, 2008 : 07:01 pm
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Focus Becomes Reality
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... Chatting with good friends has its benefits. Just like think-tanks and collegeate consortiums are good for concerted cognation, a good conversation with a concerned cohort can be just as contenting.
I think I've mentioned this before in my journal, but in talking with a good friend of mine, I hadn't made the connection with just...
Lds / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 23, 2008 : 09:47 pm
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1st Nephi : 15
PoeticIntensity
After reading this chapter for no more than 30 seconds, I simply must type.
I love verse 3.
Many, many times have I been in a doctrinal discussion with someone and the other person just can't "get" what a scripture or principle means. Verse 3 could explain why that happens to us.
Some things we just can't understand without th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 22, 2008 : 10:06 pm
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1st Nephi : 14
PoeticIntensity
When I sit and think about what I just read, the 14th chapter of 1st Nephi is pretty crazy.
Just a few points...
The majority of the chapter is all about the "mother of abominations" and the "whore of all the earth".
I believe it's written here to clarify the impact this (these) church(es) has (have) had upon the plain and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 22, 2008 : 12:40 pm
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Microsoft Cares ... Really.
PoeticIntensity
No, seriously, people... Microsoft really does care.... loads and loads of caring!
They care so much ABOUT MONEY it makes me sick.
I just got done reading this article and I'm left with a feeling of sickening "awe" at how greedy Microsoft really is.
Lately, I've been following a story about a group of people in a project...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft
Mon - Jan 21, 2008 : 10:26 pm
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1st Nephi : 13
PoeticIntensity
Where do I even begin with this chapter?
I remember reading it and understanding it for the first time during my mission. It was really cool realizing that all of this stuff in this chapter is written about in history books! It talks about Christopher Columbus discovering America, the Revolutionary War, the Bible, the coming of the Bo...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Jan 20, 2008 : 11:01 pm
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1st Nephi : 12 - Beautiful Yet Horrible
PoeticIntensity
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
Sat - Jan 19, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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1st Nephi : 11 - Do You Believe?
PoeticIntensity
As soon as the angel of God knew Nephi's purpose and desire, the first question he asked him was "Do you believe?".
I think that's a fairly important question, which we should ask ourselves each day. If we are being tempted and we ask ourselves that question, to which we already know the answer, I can promise you the tempter's pow...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 16, 2008 : 10:14 pm
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1st Nephi : 10
PoeticIntensity
First Nephi Ten...
I'm not really in a spiritual mood right now, which really is unfortunate because I know this chapter has some spiritual meat to it.
One thing I can write, is when I read this chapter during my mission, and even before, I always found myself focusing on Nephi's desire to see the things his father did (in verse 17).
He didn'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 15, 2008 : 10:00 pm
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1st Nephi : 9 - Blind Faith
PoeticIntensity
Two things for tonight's study:
I believe the purpose of this chapter is the same as chapter 6: To give purpose behind the Book of Mormon. The things Nephi is writing are things of God - things pertaining to the ministry of the people in those days.
I love verse 5. It reminds me of when Adam was commanded to build an alter and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 07, 2010 : 03:59 pm
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Alma : 48
PoeticIntensity
I was just looking at the timestamp on these chapters, and realized that Amalickiah went from being a Nephite citizen, to the king over the entire Lamanite nation in approximately 1.5 years. How freaking crazy is that?
Also, one thing I failed to mention about chapter 47 is the last verse. A very interesting verse, that is. Once...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 22, 2009 : 01:41 pm
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New Monitors!
AudioGuru
Yesterday, we received a new shipment.
Aren't they pretty? Our new KRK RP-8 G2 Monitors not only look great, but they sound completely awesome.
The instant I put the project at hand through them, it was instantly obvious what needed to be done to enhance the sound - and that is what good monitors are supposed to do.
Can't wait to use...
Audio / Audio Hardware
Mon - Apr 24, 2006 : 09:38 am
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Workplace Politics......gah!
PoeticIntensity
Man alive.... I don't deal well with politics in the workplace AT ALL.
Why in the world aren't we using gentoo? Who knows. Probably because of the "support" that we don't get because we have PHP 5 installed on a SLES9 server. augh.....
Can I just tell you how much I hate it when people make snide remarks about something the know absolutely not...
Sun - Mar 27, 2011 : 02:53 pm
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Shadya's Update
ashley
Sunday March 27, 2011
Hey everyone! It's been a while but I'm back and I have so much to share with you. Lately I've been busy with school. It's really challenging and it's getting down to being time for finals. I just hope that I'll do very well on my finals than I am on my classwork.
I also would like to share that I'll be participating in ...
Wed - Feb 06, 2008 : 09:51 pm
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2nd Nephi : 1
PoeticIntensity
Sitting here pondering what to write.
I could write about a synopsis of 1st Nephi, which I finished last night, or I could just dive into 2nd Nephi. I think I'll do the latter.
Verse 6 could be quite the controversial verse, for people who didn't like the Spanish conquest, or Christopher Colombus. Yet, the verse still is what the ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Jul 21, 2007 : 07:17 pm
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I Love My Journal
PoeticIntensity
Well.... I think it's finally getting there.
I worked quite a bit on ilovemyjournal.com today and .... its' coming along quite nicely! I still haven't had anyone sign up yet, but I put it live like.. 2 weeks ago, and have been working on it often. We'll see how it goes in the coming months.
Anyway... I'm gonna go spe...
Sun - Oct 14, 2007 : 06:22 pm
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Fall Colors
orson
Many people like fall because of all the colors. I am one of them. I got up this morning and noticed a red glow coming out of one of the rooms. Some of the trees just outside the window had gone into full color.
...
Thu - Sep 09, 2010 : 11:59 pm
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Music till Dawn
AudioGuru
So, I haven't written for awhile - mostly because I enjoy writing after a project has been completed. Well - right now Advanced Budget Studios has quite a few bands in the works, who are going after multi-track demos. My guess is - we'll be fishing them up around the same time, and let me tell you now - all of em' are going to be awesom...
Audio / Babblings
Fri - May 09, 2008 : 09:43 am
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friends
nikki
Sometimes it doesnt seem like i have anyfriends at alll cause i always get ditched and ignored at school wen megan isnt there cause desie always seems to wanna hang wit the other ppl in our class then me cause she says me and megan are alot closer then me and her which is true but still.and i wish she could come stay wit me this weekend cause of my...
Thu - Jan 13, 2011 : 09:08 pm
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General Thoughts
PoeticIntensity
I got down here to my studio tonight, after playing with the kids, putting Sam to bed, and taking care of a few other odds 'n' ends, and I got to feeling like I should write in my journal. Not entirely sure about what, but it's been months, if not a few years since I have just sat down to write, with nothing in mind beforehand. Some of ...
Babblings / Personal
Fri - Mar 12, 2010 : 04:09 pm
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Helaman : 3
PoeticIntensity
It seems that this chapter is just a informational chapter on the goings on over a space of quite a few years. Heh... That's pretty general, but there's really not any story-line, or analogy, or deep doctrine here...
I did find it interesting how they spoke of using cement, and the sparseness of timber, and such like that. I wonder wh...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 23, 2008 : 09:47 pm
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1st Nephi : 15
PoeticIntensity
After reading this chapter for no more than 30 seconds, I simply must type.
I love verse 3.
Many, many times have I been in a doctrinal discussion with someone and the other person just can't "get" what a scripture or principle means. Verse 3 could explain why that happens to us.
Some things we just can't understand without th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 06, 2008 : 10:05 pm
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The Spirit in Music
PoeticIntensity
I've been debating writing this down for quite some time now, but I think it's time now to write it.
What I am penning is a more detailed account of what happened this day during my mission.
It was April of 1996, two months before I would return home from my 2-year service as a missionary for our Lord Jesus Christ.
I was serving in a leade...
Lds / Music / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jul 06, 2011 : 10:17 am
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Ether : 5
PoeticIntensity
So... To be honest, this chapter is kind of confusing. Verse 1 and 2 is like Moroni is talking directly to Joseph Smith, due to his referencing the ability to "translate". That in itself is kind of cool. I've often thought what it must have been like to be Joseph Smith receiving the plates and translating when he gets to...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Sat - Jan 19, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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1st Nephi : 11 - Do You Believe?
PoeticIntensity
As soon as the angel of God knew Nephi's purpose and desire, the first question he asked him was "Do you believe?".
I think that's a fairly important question, which we should ask ourselves each day. If we are being tempted and we ask ourselves that question, to which we already know the answer, I can promise you the tempter's pow...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 28, 2008 : 09:25 pm
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1st Nephi : 17
PoeticIntensity
I find it so interesting that Nephi, in all cases I can think of, when stating how hard things can get, always follows it up with how blessed they are. I believe Nephi was how I would like to, and am trying to be like. He recognizes things are bad, yet always finishes on an optimistic note. Personally, I beleve grounded optimism c...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Aug 27, 2007 : 10:18 am
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Important Mythtv configs
PoeticIntensity
I upgraded all of my boxen yesterday, including my main server (which now has successfully become my slowest machine). As you probably know, I run gentoo on everything.
When I built my mythtv-based home-theater in my basement about 2 years ago, I spent about 2 months configuring my server to handle everything I needed it to. I didn't d...
Gentoo / Linux
Mon - Aug 27, 2007 : 02:30 pm
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FCKeditor - Thank You!
PoeticIntensity
I've just gotta say.... Man alive, I love open source. I've also gotta pay my dues.
ILMJ uses a wonderful open source editor called fckeditor. It is simply amazing. I haven't done much with it, but without it - this website wouldn't even be close to being usable yet.
I just got done configuring the image-upload process, an...
I Love My Journal / Personal
Tue - Jul 24, 2007 : 02:12 pm
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Site Re-do
PoeticIntensity
Well... I just spent the last 3 hours re-vamping around 300 lines of code for ilovemyjournal.com. Hopefully, I've made it a lot more search-engine friendly for people who want to share their blogs, without compromising security any security.
Being that this is also the 24th of July, I'm also very grateful for the pioneers, and everything the...
Tue - Sep 11, 2007 : 11:24 am
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09/11/2001
PoeticIntensity
Concerning world events, I'll be the first to say that I'm a pretty naive guy. I keep up on stuff that's important to me, but not too much more. I realize that this is somewhat of a flaw, so I am trying to involve myself much more with the world.
That said, on the morning of Sept 10, 2001 - if you asked me what the "world trade ...
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