I just read an article about more universities considering offering 3-year degree programs to ease students’ financial burden. My recent experiences teaching at Utah Valley University and observations, over the past decade, of critical trends in politics & discourse in our country, make me wonder if this is such a good idea.
The problem: people don’t seem to know how to think anymore. Would shortening time in universities compound this problem? It could - both directly and indirectly.
You can point your finger in so many directions for ample evidence. Continue Reading »
Friday night I went camping with the scouts in the dunes - Little Sahara, about an hour southwest of here - and had a surprisingly good time (considering that we couldn’t bring motorcycles).
We drove to a secluded camping area Friday afternoon, played flies up, hiked around and enjoyed the golden sand against the dusky sky, had long-jumping contents down the dunes, made dinner, and never stopped moving until, as the saying goes, somebody lost an eye.
Not actually lost, of course. When night fell, we set up the steal the flag course using little glow sticks as the midline marker and brighter sticks for the flags. There was no moon and you could barely see others walking or crawling around. Continue Reading »
Here’s the video I made from everyone’s photos and video from our Moab motorcycle trip this March. It’s my first project with my new Adobe CS4 software.
Enjoy beautiful scenery, steep climbs, sand, jumps, and broken bikes and bones. My fav part, naturally, is where I drop 6 or 8′ off a cliff. I’m afraid that wasn’t terribly good for my bike, though!
It’s my friend Mary’s blog. I hope she doesn’t mind me advertising it. Smart, concise, poignant, funny, well-illustrated, cute. You’ll thank me for the tip.
In other news, I’m kinda sick. I still rode motorcycles at 5 mile pass yesterday evening, in case the fresh air would do me good. It’s nice being “the adult” and not having rules like “If you stayed home from school, then you can’t go play.”
I wrote a pretty good short story a few years ago called Bloomers <-(click to read).
A neighbor (Ryan) who’s a pretty good artist has begun to illustrate it with plans to self publish, but a friend just pointed out that I ought to send it off to a publisher.
An established publisher could do a lot more with it than me. And publishers prefer to choose their own artist.
So give me your feedback - should I have Ryan quit illustrating it (he has developed some good concepts but hasn’t gotten very far) and send it off to a publisher instead?
I’ve had many experiences that confirm this. Research it in scripture or experiment for yourself! Mousy prayers just aren’t as effective. Continue Reading »
