Ultrasound Today!

What do you think we're having - A boy or a girl?
So far Buddy is going with boy and Lissie says it's all girl.
What is your guess?

Moab Trip May 2010

Took a much needed get a way with the family down to Arches last week. I've been pretty busy the past 6 weeks or so and it was very nice to spend the whole day together just soaking in the sun and wind and feeling great. We're going to make this a family tradition every May I think. Little Sarah is my little hero, she walked all the way up to the "Wainbo Wock" all on her own little feet. I only had to carry her for a few minutes on the way back when she got a little tired. She is a champ. All my kids are little explorers, I love it!!

Oh yes, nobody rocks the white socks and sandals like I do... ;)

Want to audition for 2011 LDS Church Productions?

TO APPLY
STEP 1: Please send an e-mail to SLcasting@LDSchurch.org with TWO (2) Current Photos of applicant taken within the last 3 months: (1) One headshot, face forward; and (2) One profile shot. These photos need to be close enough and of sufficient resolution to clearly see your entire face and hair. “.jpg” or “.bmp” formats only, please. Save your files with the applicant’s NAME (ex. “yourname_profile.jpg”).
Actors applying for speaking roles should also include a current résumé in this e-mail.

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Please submit your application AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The earlier you apply, the greater your chances of being included.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we cast for this historic project.

Sincerely,
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FreeWorldMagic

FreeWorldMagic.com - Free Magic Trick Videos -

I was thinking tonight about a side business that a good friend and I started back in 2006. FreeWorldMagic.com - it was a magic trick video site that never quite got off the ground. We had a lot of fun making these magic trick videos and they had a fairly high production value, all things considered. We never made millions or sold to google after a summer of haggling on our buy-out price as we had planned, but had a great time doing it!

This was our highlights video.

Sony VX2100 3CCD MiniDV Camera - Amazing picture quality - $1,100

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Wardrobe Discrimination?

So, I have been in the middle of switching banks and so have been writing checks lately, right? Something I have not done for the past 12 years or so. I have also been working in a less formal environment and so been wearing more business-casual clothes lately. Over the past couple of weeks I have been fueling up my car at a certain gas station in Saratoga Springs and have found it interesting to be asked for my ID. Being a non-smoker, non-drinker, non-check writer, and generally not going to any type of rave or gathering where the clientele were over 21, I am not used to being carded, and it kind of irked me that I had to take out my wallet and prove who I was in order to use a check. This happened two different times over the past two weeks.

This week I needed to dress in my suit and go to my home office, so when I got out at the gas station, I followed procedure and wrote my check, handed it over and reached for my driver's license, and...nothing! The attendant walked off to process my check, with nary a thought of who I might be. There was no eyeing the picture, no hard, searching, squint into my eyes, nothing. I was not carded, and the thought came into my mind that it was because of my appearance; I looked like a clean cut businessman and of course that means I can be trusted.

I thought that this experience may have been an outlier, that it was just a fluke, a coincidence. Twice carded in plain clothes, once not carded in more formal attire...until it happened again. Two days later I was there again, same gas station, same scenario, I reach for the ID, and....rejected! The attendant is off running my check through some new fandangled contraption that makes it act like a debit card. Lucky me.

I thought that this certainly could be no coincidence. We're 2 for 4 here. Now, to level the field a bit, (I know what you are thinking), and no, the station attendant didn't just learn my name. I went to the station at four different times and was served by four different attendants.

Was I the recipient of wardrobe discrimination? Does that even exist? Do humans treat eachother differently and even have a different level of trust for people that are dressed more and less formally? I am certain that we do, but it has been many years since I have felt any type of discrimination or persecution, and so the feeling was new to me. Not since I was a white boy growing up in south Texas or a Mormon youth in inner city New Jersey had I felt any type of discrimination or prejudice, be it positive or negative.

I am fascinated by human beings and how we think, reason, and react to one another. I think that in another life I could have been quite happy as a researcher or even a psychologist. Maybe a high school drama teacher. It is absolutely fascinating to me that as humans we categorize, we prioritize, and we judge based on our own life-experience, which for any one person is going to be fairly limited.

Anybody know an outstanding designer?

The Audio Visual Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seeking a experienced graphic designer. Primary focus on creating user interface design and motion design elements. Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Animation experience in Flash and After Effects is a significant plus. A agency background will also be helpful. This position if for experienced designers with a strong portfolio, excellent leadership and communication skills.