Last week, my family and I took the long elevator ride up to the top of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas, NV. Since we were showing my future brother-in-law Vegas for the first time, it seemed a natural place to go. The view up there is amazing
Seth Godin writes a blog that I enjoy very much because it makes me think. I like to think. In a recent post titled “Your Best Stuff” he talks about the irony of those “free music cd’s.” Often times, big bands are able to put just one song on
Whenever one tries to “start eating healthy”, the first purchase is almost always a big bag of baby carrots. Do not make this mistake. Baby carrots prey upon the human instinct for shortcuts. A much much better option is to buy full size carrots, skin them, and cut them into
For those who are interested, a while ago I started up a blog that writes about NBC’s “The Office”. If you are a fan of the show, perhaps you’ll stop by and check it out. LifeInTheOffice.com
I learned something about my little ants. They naturally take shifts when working on the tunnels. At first I thought that I just had some lazy ants, but it turns out that while some sleep, others will work. Then they will switch. So it has been 24 hours on a
For Christmas, my sister gave me a very fun gift. It is an ant farm….but not just any ant farm. This one uses a gel rather than sand. And it is lit from the bottom so it has a really neat glow. A couple weeks ago, I sent for
As you start writing your thank you notes for your Christmas gifts, try to avoid a too commonly used phrase. Instead of writing “I just wanted to write and thank you for the shirt”, try writing “Thank you for the shirt.” It comes across more powerful this way. It is
Over the weekend, I read a book called Hübener vs.Hitler: A Biography of Helmuth Hübener, Mormon Teenage Resistance Leader. It was a fascinating book about a young LDS boy that was beyond his years. He was the branch clerk for a small branch in Hamburg, Germany during
I recognized something in my learning process that has been very very good for me. I realized that I pay much better attention to individual tasks when I am doing two things at once, rather than just trying to focus on one thing at a time. For example, if I
Over the weekend, “The Wizard Of Oz” was on television. I had a good time watching the film, as it had been a long time. I’ll tell you what, the sets are much more fake looking when you are older. Oh well, great movie. But after watching that film
I am constantly on the look out for new music. The three best ways to find new music that you’ll like are: 1. XM Radio- Because they don’t make money by playing the music that record producers want them to play, there is a lot more variety on
I have featured Jack Johnson in my Gems a few times before (1,2), but I can’t help it. He is absolutely one of my favorite artists. You can imagine how excited to I was to hear that Jack Johnson will be doing the soundtrack for the upcoming Curious
About 8 months ago, I was reading a book by my ancestor John S. Stucki. He lived in Switzerland and was one of my first ancestors to come to America. The book was his history and was a large part in why I wanted to visit Switzerland so much. When
Last night, I went to the UNLV Rebel game. We lost the game, but the night was a special one for me. UNLV (finally) named the court after Jerry Tarkanian. Jerry Tarkanian is one of the most successful college basketball coaches of all time. He coached UNLV through the glory
To continue my talk of Flickr, I’d like to talk about Groups. Groups on Flickr can be created by anyone and it is just a way to bring together people who like to look at the same sort of photographs. For instance, if you are into Purple Flowers, you
I’ve changed the look of this site again. One of the new features is a Flickr badge in my sidebar. Flickr is a great tool to share pictures. I recently purchased a Pro account so that I can upload alot more pictures there. If you click on any picture