Archive for January, 2008

Kūt Live

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

My wife and I saw a Kyrgyz musical folklore group called “Kūt” perform live at the Orem Library on Friday. I was really impressed at their musicianship and even bought a CD.

From the CD insert: “The family plays all traditional instruments [of Kyrgykstan] including various string instruments, flutes and drums –the komus, kyl kyiak, […]

A Prophet has Passed

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

President Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints passed away today.
President Hinckley was a noble and honorable man who spent his life in service of God and all mankind. I love and revere him for his example, his faith, his humility, his kindness, and his decency.
I consider […]

Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress in Utah

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

My friend Mike Smullin (who BTW is an excellent developer of custom Wordpress plugins) sent me this:
Hi Jordy,
Not sure how much you like WordPress or Matt Mullenweg, but I figured I’d let you know about this upcoming event in Utah:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/416950/?ps=5
Enjoy! :)
This sounds like it’s going to be a fun event.  I hope to […]

Indulgence to Inflation to Poverty to Slavery

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

If you think not being able to flip your house in a shrinking housing market is bad, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Our government’s epidemic overspending and the Federal Reserve’s willingness to devalue your money by simpling printing more will eventually leave the American middle class impoverished as compounding interest drives taxpayers to their knees. […]

America is Bankrupt

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

My brothers are such big Mitt Romney fans that they drove to Iowa to help get out the vote. I like Romney and even made a substantial donation to his campaign, but these days I’m a Ron Paul man, through and through.
I’ve actually been meaning to post about why I support Ron Paul for a […]