Random Thoughts Thread

[LA Ute]

Well done, sir, well done.

[mtnbiker]

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone (and thanks esp. for the greetings from the Middle East!). It was a strange but wonderful day, spending the morning in close proximity to the First Presidency, walking a truly beautiful bride down the aisle in a very beautiful setting (despite some of its historical shortcomings, La Caille and the surrounding gardens are really great), and then dancing the night away with the wife, daughters, and granddaughters to everything from The Way You Look Tonight to, yes, Gangnam Style. Interspersed between dances were conversations with a BYU football player and Thomas S. Monsen's home teacher.

One of the most unusual Sabbaths, ever, but an excellent day.

That's a really full day. Congratulations to you and Mrs. PAC, as well as to your daughter and new SiL.

[creekster]

As much as I respect you, I will still bet you took a peak or two at the waitresses.

I dont know if that misspelling/typo was on purpose or not, but it made me laugh.

[Lost Student]

I dont know if that misspelling/typo was on purpose or not, but it made me laugh.

https://twitter.com/StealthMountain

(Is this DonutHole's Twitter account?)

[PaloAltoCougar]

A few days ago Clayton Christensen mentioned that after he dies and when he's interviewed by the Almighty, he has a few questions of his own. And one of the first will be "Why didn't you finish Wyoming?" Having returned from a brief visit there, I think that's a great question. The piece along I-80 is perhaps the ugliest piece of terrain I've seen in the U.S. But heading north toward Yellowstone (Star Valley, the Snake River Canyon, Jackson, Teton, etc.) one encounters some of the greatest looking real estate anywhere. Strange. It's like God finished the great part, got to Rock Springs, and said, "You know, I'm beat, let's call it a day."

[Northwestcoug]

A few days ago Clayton Christensen mentioned that after he dies and when he's interviewed by the Almighty, he has a few questions of his own. And one of the first will be "Why didn't you finish Wyoming?" Having returned from a brief visit there, I think that's a great question. The piece along I-80 is perhaps the ugliest piece of terrain I've seen in the U.S. But heading north toward Yellowstone (Star Valley, the Snake River Canyon, Jackson, Teton, etc.) one encounters some of the greatest looking real estate anywhere. Strange. It's like God finished the great part, got to Rock Springs, and said, "You know, I'm beat, let's call it a day."

Having lived in Green River and Laramie for 7 years, I know what you mean.

[Uncle Ted]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches...lande-homework

French President Francois Hollande promises to ban homework

Is this a cunning plan by the newly elected French president to boost his flagging popularity and win the hearts of future voters?

Francois Hollande said this week he wanted to abolish homework as part of wide-ranging reforms to the country’s education system, France 24 reported.

School work should “be done at school, rather than at home" to ensure that kids who don’t have support at home are not left behind, Hollande was quoted by the Agence France-Presse as saying.

Let's see.. France has 30 hour work weeks, retirement at 55, taxes the rich at 75% (anyone making over $150K at 45%), and soon will ban homework so no one gets ahead. It should be interesting to see where France is in 30 years if people like Francois stay in power.

[Soccermom]

A federal agent just came to my door to ask me questions about my neighbor. I didn't know federal agents could be so freaking good looking or wear such nice shoes. Shame on me.

[The_Douger]

What did you tell them about me?

[Paperback Writer]

Having lived in Green River and Laramie for 7 years, I know what you mean.

Perspective matters. I had the benefit of 400 miles of Nebraska before I hit Wyoming so I-80 Wyoming wasn't that bad on the drive west. On the drive east, I tried to plan it so I drove Nebraska at night after leaving scenic Wyoming.

[Northwestcoug]

Perspective matters. I had the benefit of 400 miles of Nebraska before I hit Wyoming so I-80 Wyoming wasn't that bad on the drive west. On the drive east, I tried to plan it so I drove Nebraska at night after leaving scenic Wyoming.

I guess that's one way to look at it. But the southern half of Wyoming is still the ugliest place I've lived in. Just bleak, desolate, and foul. And winter's even worse!

[happyone]

A federal agent just came to my door to ask me questions about my neighbor. I didn't know federal agents could be so freaking good looking or wear such nice shoes. Shame on me.

Sounds like someone is getting a TS clearence or better

as for other

[wuapinmon]

No means "no!"

[Uncle Ted]

Sad day for Texans...

Big Tex, the Texas State Fair icon, destroyed by fire

[...] firefighters were alerted to the blaze by an unusual report from a Dallas Fire-Rescue dispatcher:

"Got a rather tall cowboy with all his clothes burned off," the dispatcher said over the radio, according to the newspaper.

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[Tim]

A friend from Japan brought me green tea Kit-kats yesterday. Eh... not great.