the stuff that happened over the weekend

i feel like it’s been awhile since i wrote something of value. unfortunately, i don’t think anything good is going to come out of me tonight, either.
sorry.
ava is sick. or has allergies. or something. her voice is suddenly raspy. she could pass as a 3-foot smoker. i bought her some stronger children’s tylenol today, something [...]

the city of good fortune

on saturday ryan, ava and i headed up to ventura for some thrift store shopping and a tour of the mission. we had fun. we walked along main street and poked around in all of the fun stores, grabbed a sandwich and tried to figure out a way to view the mission without disturbing the [...]

hail the conquering hero

this morning ryan, ava and i awoke early to book it to the airport to welcome home ryan’s brother michael. michael had been in rosario, argentina serving a mormon mission and now, after two long years, was coming home. it was so good to see him! of course we were late and of course, michael’s [...]

modesty

I just read this article (http://feministing.com/archives/007683.html#more) about a woman wearing a tanktop and a (little) cardigan with a mini-skirt on a flight. The flight attendant (a man named Keith) told her that her outfit was too revealing and that she should go home and change and get a later flight.While I think that Keith over-reacted [...]

deep

a thought i had in the middle of geography last night:does gratitude equal worship?
we were making a list of physical geographies and cultural geographies and how you can combine them. for example, the physical geography can dictate whether or not a society is an agriculture society, or a hunting society, or nomadic. religion was on [...]