Back to School

I started back to school this week. Seems like it's never going to end and whenever it does I just keep going back. I'm in my second out of three year Master of Public Policy Program at the U. It's a two to four year program, those who are ambitious or don't work full time can do it in two years while those who need more time can do it in four years. I'm rather lazy and a little busy so I'm going for three years. I tried the two year program for one semester, yea, that didn't go over so well. So this semester I have two courses; Principles of Economic Development and Policy Evaluation. Should be a fun semester, busy but not pulling my hair out, ulcer creating busy.

Football started today! As hard as the Utes tried to loose they BEAT Michigan @ Michigan!!! Undefeated!

Wednesday Tunes

M.I.A.- Paper Planes

Paullette

This is Bryten and Zack's gymnastics coach at Hunt's Gymnastics. Paul did some great comedy routines. On Bryten's first day of class she was too scared to tell him that she had to pee and she had an accident right on the mat. He is a great coach. Bryten really enjoys her class.

Pizza, a Senator and the incredible INTERNET

Initially posted on my other blog thought that it would fit in here also.

I honestly love the internet. It's truly an amazing thing. I also continue to find the story of the Pizza girl and Senate Majority Leader very interesting. One of the most interesting aspects of the story to me is how the blog post was found and how fast it spread. The post first appeared on Monday the 18th, it apeared on the Utah Bloghive Tuesday evening on this blog, KSL Nightside project picked it up Tuesday night and by Friday KSL news did the story above. All this from someone simply posting a story on a blog that she believed very few people viewed. This story has been in both big Utah papers, digg, dailykos, and is being read in Europe, Australia and just about anywhere else.

There are lessons that people should already know by now about the internet, I believe two very important lessons that should be re-learned.

The first important lesson, in our web 2.0 generation anything you say or do CAN end up on the internet. Besides the famous examples of Paris Hilton and other celeb sex tapes, politicians who believe they are talking off the mic, there are probably millions of everyday story's of people who do or say something they thought was private that ends up on the internet. We should know and especially public figures should know this lesson. Of course we should be kind to everyone and act appropriately whether or not it will end up on the internet. Our actions shouldn't be determined by if they will end up on the internet but we should keep that in mind.

The other lesson, whatever is posted on a blog, sent in an email or in a text message is in the public domain. Here's a good explanation on how the post was probably found. Even if you believe no one is reading your blog, someone is. Think that your friend will not forward or post your email or the picture you text them you always have to think that they might.

Reading the comments on the pizza girl's blog, on ksl and other blogs who have posted about his story shows that this is a common thread in Senator Curt Brambles life and his dealings with people, especially people who he feels are beneath him. I seriously doubt that this will cost him the election but lets hope that it will cost him the leader position that he so easily abuses.

One of my favorite post on the story. I also like this post

Mom blogs

**UPDATED**

I don't know what I consider my blog. I'm not sure that I have to fit into a category of blogging, I'm not sure that I do. I read a lot of blogs, most just once, a handful every so often and a couple just about every day. It really doesn't matter one way or the other what I consider my blog, it's just that sometimes I think it would be great if I had a large following, sometimes I'm glad that I don't. My writing really isn't that great to keep strangers reading, 99% of my hits are from people I know and Thank you for coming back.

I believe that I most closely resemble MOM Blogs, though I think they should be called kids blogs or people who blog about their kids and life in general blogs. There are some dad blogs out there but they are less recognized and only hopping on the mommy blog phenomenon.

One of the original and most famous mom blogs is Dooce. She is very entertaining to read, is from Utah and is a non practicing Mormon. Her blog is so popular that neither her or her husband work other then on the blog. It would be strange to have thousands of strangers reading about your personal life. It would be kinda sweet to make money off the advertising on your blog. I wouldn't mind that part at all.

I really do enjoy that family and friends can easily see what we are doing and keep in touch. Thanks for reading!

Here are a couple mom blog directory's.
Ultimate Mommy Blog list
Top 100 Mom Blogs
Top Mom Blog List

**UPDATE**
I just found this new mom blog. It's a mom blog that makes fun of mom blogs, It's pretty funny. She is going to be on KSL Aug 26th at 4 and she was in the D-news. She also makes money from her site. One day!

Centathlon

The Golden Girls

T believes that I watch Misty and Kerri because they wear bikini's, dive in the sand and are attractive. Well, that's part of it. I first started watching them in the 2004 Olympics when they swept their way to gold. Watched them here and there between Olympics, Saturday's and Sundays when they play beach volleyball on TV.

They are by far the best sand volleyball players to ever play the sport. They are the Lance Armstrong, Micheal Jordan, and Tiger Woods of beach volleyball. They have won 108 straight matches. They have won 19th consecutive title. They are the only beach volleyball team to win two straight gold medals. The only women in the sport with over 100 career wins within a group of very few men with the same achievement. I couldn't find the exact number but their overall record is something like 480 wins 18 losses.

They are simply amazing and they just happen to play in bikinis. I am going to watch the US men volleyball team play for the Gold tonight.

Just goofing around!!!

When Brad and I were shopping for our Mac Book I noticed that the teenagers would come in and take pictures of themselves in the Apple Store. I never realized what they were doing until we actually got one. B and I were playing with our photo booth today and both laughing hysterically. I thought that I would share some of the funny pics.

Here is Bryten, Zack, Kiara & Kayli. The kids love to take their funny pictures!!

And of course so do the teenagers!! Nice one Lynzi!!

Wednesday Tunes

The Hush Sound - Lions Roar

This is how I feel at times....

14th ARTICLE OF FAITH

We believe in meetings, all that have been scheduled, all that are now scheduled, and we believe that there will yet be many great and important meetings scheduled. We have endured many meetings and hope to be able to endure all meetings. Indeed, we may say that if there is a meeting or anything that resembles a meeting or anything that we may possibly turn into a meeting, we seek after these things.


There needs to be a sentence added about how our wives endure the kids while we are at the many meetings.

Second First Day of Pre-School

This is B's second year of pre-school. No, she didn't get held back a year. Last year her school was two days a week for three hours a day. This year she goes four days a week for three hours a day. They are slowly working up to the full day of school. Next year for kindergarten she will go five days for four hours (I think, but I really don't know, I just know they go longer next year). She loves school and gets pretty excited to go. Cody gets left behind and he's bummed out about it every day. As b is leaving cody says "I want to go, I'm coming too" then we have to tell him "no buddy, next year". While b is at school cody will occasionally ask "where's bryten?".

After her first day I asked her what they did, one of the responses was, "learning how to make friends". After one week she is still learning. Her cousin Kaylie and another girl from the ward are in her class, we are encouraging her to make new friends also.

Most of her class is Spanish speaking, hopefully she picks some up. I talked to her one day after school about kids speaking different languages, and that lots of people speak different languages and how cool it would be if she could speak more then one language. I barely get by with my English, I really need to learn another language. After I told her how cool she would be if she learned to speak another language, she then told me "you would be cool if you grew your hair long and stuck it straight up".

I'm paying for her to go to school?

Twitter?

Here is a great video that describes what twitter is.

Here is a much better explanation of twitter then I can post.

I love twitter and getting tweets! Its fun to see what people are doing at various times of the day. For anyone who has a myspace or facebook profile, twitter is the "update status". I have my facebook and twitter synced, so if your on facebook and wonder why or how I am always updating my status it's because I update my tweets on my cell phone or online and that updates my facebook status. So no, I don't get on a computer while I'm at a bbq to update my facebook status "chill'n @ a bbq" I send a text from my cellular and it updates it.

You don't have to get any updates on your cell if you don't want to and you can choose which friends you want to get cell updates from who you're following. I get a couple of friend updates on my phone and some news updates. I'm currently following 16 people online most of whom I don't know but find their tweets interesting. I only know a quarter of the people I follow and receive cell updates on them.

This guy used twitter to inform his friends that he was taken into Egyptian custody. Which helped him get out months earlier then it would have taken.