Category Archives: Utah

One degree of separation from an American Idol

So yesterday I attended my godson’s graduation from Murray High School. My son and I sat halfway up the oval at the far end in what was basically a gymnasium made over for a graduation of 400 or so high school seniors. Good thing I had my knitting; it was destined to be [...]

I is for ice cream

Dear Breyer’s:
I’ve been a long time advocate of Breyer’s ice cream and refused to buy any other brand for years because you made a superior product with only natural ingredients. I’m very disappointed that you’ve started putting tara gum in your ice creams. I no longer buy Breyer’s ice cream, as I do [...]

I’m proud of SLC today

From the Deseret News–
It was a quiet morning at the Salt Lake City Recorder’s Office. There were no celebrations or crowds waiting for the doors to open at 8 a.m.
But at 8:20, two women entered the office saying they wanted to sign the city’s new Mutual Commitment Registry.
When acting recorder Chris Meeker told Brandie Balken [...]

April Freakin’ Fool

Current Mood: Annoyed
No, wait—it’s only March 31. It just seems like an April Fool.
Not amused.

Eye Candy Friday

Sunset sky behind the Gateway, Friday evening

Unclean Flicks

Owner of Clean Flicks, a Utah-based company that offered editing services so those who shun R-rated movies could enjoy the “cleaned-up” G-rated versions, arrested for paying minors for sex and possessing, um, non-clean flicks in the back room.
Even Daily Kos couldn’t resist.
Discuss.

A new button for EWE-TAH KNITS

As I’m figuring out PhotoShop I made a new button.  Cute, eh?
I don’t know who is managing the Ewe-tah Knits webring but it dead ends and needs to be fixed. Anybody?
If you like the new button you’re welcome to it. It’s kind of gigantic but so is Sheep Rock!

Happy Solstice

December 22, 2007
8:45 am
William and I decided to venture into unfamiliar territory and greet the solstice sunrise. Carefully checking our Internets, we learned that sunrise would occur at 7:48 am in Salt Lake City, and so stumbled out of bed and into the pre-dawn 13 degree darkness to seek the light.
Seven forty-eight my ass.  [...]

The weather outside is frightful

My fence, this morning, at ten o’clock.

Looking out my front door, an hour or so later.
It’s a bonafide blizzard right now. And my DS is out driving in it, because he borrowed his dad’s car last night and his dad INSISTED he return it this morning. Even after he called and said he [...]

Sex education, Utah style

Warning: Today’s post includes text directly quoted from A Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers on Teaching Human Sexuality, produced by the Utah State Office of Education. This text reads like a biology textbook, so if you’re offended by that sort of thing, you’ve been warned.
Ladies and gentlemen of Utah–may I present your [...]