Musician. Educator. Creator. Fixed a window once. Madly in love with @AllisonHoweMPH.
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2 Jan 2022
We're officially in a new year (resolution season), so it's time for an update with 5 helpful strategies I've been trying for the past few months.
If you haven't read about my window, do that first for context.
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27 Aug 2021
Several years ago, a neighbor kid kicked a football and shattered a small basement window. We were a family of six living on a teacher's salary at the time, so I boarded it up, thinking I'd get to it someday. The frame was rusted shut. I couldn't fix it.
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Okay, American food deserves some sharp criticism. But certainly not from the British.
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It's interesting to see the indignation among folks who are just realizing Dan Mclellan is still active LDS.
Don't assume that a scholar you generally agree with shares your biases.
There's more to religion than scholarship. It's also about community and lifestyle.
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Jun 13
There was a truck parade in our small conservative town this morning. Nothing terribly new, except I only saw one or two Trump flags. Still lots of American flags, some Republican slogans, etc. But it's almost like even the deeply indoctrinated are starting to see him as poison.
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Jun 13
I'd imagine that if you asked them outright, they might still pay him some lip service. But it seems some of his loudest supporters are quietly backing down. "It was never about him," they'll say. "It was about conservative values. I just wanted cheap gas and small government."
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Jun 13
Of course, it was always clear that their votes for him would not lead to the desired outcomes for normal Americans. But whether they were misled or malicious in the past, his base is becoming embarrassed to be associated with him.
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Jun 9
There's a current tempest in a teapot about an LDS leader making a comment about the way in which a white congregation sang "This Little Light of Mine."
I'll admit that early in my music career I was a bit avoidant when it came to spirituals.
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Jun 9
And fear about authentic performance practice shouldn't be used as an excuse to keep more diverse music out of the church. We have to start somewhere, even if that somewhere feels a little awkward.
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Jun 9
Specifically for choir directors: If we're just programming a spiritual at the end of the concert as a "fun piece," that's a very 1980s approach. We can do better at incorporating all kinds of diverse music in the "meat" of our programs, not as an afterthought.
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Jun 5
The hotel industry has a weird inverse relationship between price and value.
$92 La Quinta: Sure, take some extra waffles for the road, and fill up your cooler with ice while you're here
$300 Downtown Marriott: You'll take out a second mortgage by touching this water bottle
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Jun 3
Conservatives, Tina Peters is making you look stupid.
Some self-policing from your side of the aisle could really improve your image.
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Jun 1
I usually shop at our local Kroger affiliate, which feels marginally less evil than Walmart. Every couple months I try Safeway.
"It's not that bad. I can get used to it," I tell myself on the way in.
Then nothing is in a logical place, and a grapefruit costs $40.
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May 28
The free literature at the food bank (stocked by older church ladies) is mostly religious tracts and bodice ripper novels.
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May 25
I'm playing for my grandmother's funeral next week (I'd rather be behind the organ than making small talk anyway), and I just found out I'm accompanying a soloist who will sing "The Wintry Day Descending to its Close." Bold choice for a June funeral, and a deep cut. Thoughts?
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May 18
In our small, not Utah town, the principal announced at graduation the number of kids going to college, the number going to technical programs, and the number going on LDS missions. Not good or bad, but interesting.
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May 18
My oldest son graduated today, and I'm honestly not ready for this.
I've never been the dad who is excited for his kids to leave. But now I get to act thrilled and be privately devastated that soon I won't see one of my favorite people every day.
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May 15
I voted for Jared Polis because I saw him as a lesser evil.
If Tina Peters had her way, he wouldn't have been elected, regardless of how many Coloradoans actually voted for him.
Capitulating to those who directly undermine fair elections is treason.
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