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Mental bends
In an email from a fellow attendee at LTUE she described herself as “decompressing.” I think that’s about right. Three days of continual presentations and networking fills the brain with all sorts of stuff. Fortunately for me, one of the … Continue reading
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Dust settling
It’s nice to relax at home a bit. I’m still working my way through my notes, typing them up for public consumption. I agreed to exchange notes with a few other attendees, which could be useful. I hope my note-taking … Continue reading
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Hey! I remember that place!
I’m home! LTUE was great, and it was especially fun having my daughter along today. She made me proud. But I am BEAT! My brain is fried. It’ll probably take me a day or two to sort through all my … Continue reading
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LTUE – Day Two
Well, that was day two. And a good day it was. I think I can handle one more day of this. Good thing, since I’m taking my daughter tomorrow, and she would be very mad at me if I tried … Continue reading
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LTUE, Day One
Well, I survived day one of LTUE 31, the annual science fiction and fantasy writers symposium sponsored by BYU. I’m exhausted, but it was a good day. What did I learn? There are a stinkin’ lot of people hoping to … Continue reading
These are the people in your neighborhood
This week our cub scouts needed to pass off a requirement to talk to an adult about how they use information in their job. We could have just had them talk to me, but we thought it might be cool … Continue reading
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More highlights in customer service
I know some people despise Qwest/CenturyLink customer service. But personally I’ve found them to be pretty good. Latest case in point: changing up my phone service. As I mentioned before we’ve been getting a lot of harassing phone calls from … Continue reading
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Wasatch by twilight
I was out playing some basketball with my son last night and noticed the sunset was casting some dramatic lighting on the mountains to the east. It’s nice to even see the mountains–we’d been in an inversion until a few … Continue reading
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Web Wanderings: Paperman
Okay, this wasn’t so much a discovery as a recommendation from a friend on Facebook, but it’s a delightful story. It’s just over six minutes, and you won’t regret one of them:
When charities attack
In September 2011 we were feeling a little generous and gave some money to the Professional Firefighters Fund of Utah. What we didn’t realize at the time was were signing up to be harassed for the next sixteen months. At … Continue reading
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