Author: Jesse

Taking a Stand on Christmas Creep 12

Taking a Stand on Christmas Creep

I've pretty much had it with Christmas advertising already and it isn't yet Thanksgiving. Since just after Labor Day, stores have been hawking Christmas lights and playing Christmas music and basically bombarding me with everything Christmas for more than 2...

Recycling Made Easy 6

Recycling Made Easy

Shauna and I both have done a terrible job at taking advantage of the recycling bin provided by the county. Most of it boiled down to laziness. It seemed like a real chore to take a few small items out...

The Blessings of a New Temple 3

The Blessings of a New Temple

Today in church, we had a combined meeting with all of the adults and youth concerning the new temple being finished in Draper. This is going to be a truly massive undertaking with nearly 700 volunteers needed during each day...

A Good Time Had By All 4

A Good Time Had By All

Thanks to everyone who could make it out to the blogger dinner at Squatter's last night. Jason Williams of The Sidetrack and KVNU's For The People, Marshall of Wasatch Watcher and Frank Staheli of Simple Utah Mormon Politics all came...

Recipe: Pumpkin Bisque 6

Recipe: Pumpkin Bisque

I'm a pretty good pantry scavenger when our fridge is running a bit low on fresh ingredients. We pretty much hit that point with no milk, eggs or bread in the fridge and a lot of empty shelves. What we...

It's Time to Break Bread Together 1

It's Time to Break Bread Together

Finally happy that the election is over? Want to meet the people behind the keyboards? Then it's time to unplug and make your way to downtown Salt Lake City to break bread with your favorite bloggers and political personalities. The...

Defeated at the Ballot Box, Prop 8 Opponents Seek Redress Through the Courts 3

Defeated at the Ballot Box, Prop 8 Opponents Seek Redress Through the Courts

In what can best be described as the tortured logic of a madman, Prop 8 opponents have filed suit to overturn the will of the voters just one more time by claiming that the constitutional amendment is (wait for it)…...

A Congratulations and Some Warnings for Democrats 9

A Congratulations and Some Warnings for Democrats

Good job, Democrats. You simply ran better campaigns than Republicans did and managed to run some middle-of-the-road candidates that sucked up Republican votes. Not only that, you got both houses of Congress and the White House, ensuring that you should...

AZ, FL, CA Approve Marriage Amendments 1

AZ, FL, CA Approve Marriage Amendments

Voters in three states had the chance to vote on amendments to their state's constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Voters in all three states said "yes" to traditional marriage, Florida by a significant 62-38...

Exploring Separation of Church and State 4

Exploring Separation of Church and State

Separation of church and state is one of those concepts that is discussed frequently and understood infrequently. Despite ample evidence to the contrary, it has mutated to mean that any and all religious sentiment in the sphere of governance is...