There was no chance that life could get any more hectic. I attended classes at the University of Utah for six hours before running off to work at a law firm for another four to six. When I wasn’t in class or at work, I had my head in a book. Or maybe I was [...]
Pho: Worth the Hassle
October 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Of course my order was wrong. “Small number one without onions or cilantro” I’ve been ordering the same item dozens of times over the past six years. I don’t get creative with the menu. I find something that works and I stick with it. Small. Number one. No onions or cilantro. So I sit at [...]
Sling Shots and Sirens
October 21, 2010 by 3 Comments
Last night I raced home from work to change my clothes and grab a snack before leaving the house to play racquetball with a group of friends. By the time I returned home, my kids were on their way to bed. That same morning I saw them for a few minutes before leaving for work. [...]
Grades Don’t Always Tell The Story
October 18, 2010 by 1 Comment
During my second quarter of college since returning from a church mission, I met with the professor who taught a difficult German literature course. The quarter before, I’d taken a grammar class from this same professor. She was known for being tough on missionaries. She thought many were lazy in their approach to learning German [...]
Replacing the Final Stage Unit
October 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Up until two weeks ago I’d never heard of a “final stage unit” (FSU). And this is one reason I love the internet, because my car needed a new FSU, and I didn’t know it. But the tech geeks on the BMW forums knew about it. Even better, they could describe a car’s behavior when [...]
Street Ball
October 9, 2010 by 3 Comments
My first thought was, “which one of the kids took my basketball?” I normally place it in the kid’s Radio Flyer wagon, but it was nowhere to be found. After spending a day sitting in front of a computer, I enjoy the relaxation that comes from shooting around on the hoop just outside our home. [...]
The Shield
October 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
First came the Christmas episode of the BBC version of the Office where Dawn drives away in the taxi with her butthead of a boyfriend. It looks like that’s the end of Tim and Dawn. And then we watch as she opens the oil paints. Tucked inside is a napkin with a picture Dawn drew [...]
The Ticket Taker
October 4, 2010 by 2 Comments
“One for the Social Network” I told the cashier sitting behind glass trying as best I could to aim my voice through the awkwardly placed speaker. “Eight dollars” came his reply. With ticket in hand, I made my way inside the theater and headed down the dimly lit hall towards the ticket taker. As I [...]
