The intermediate hymn was “Ye Elders of Israel” The most popular song in 1833 was a song called “Long, Long Ago” written by Thomas H. Bayly… guess where the music for ye elders of Israel came from?? Here’s what I hope to convey today: let’s all sing. We will be blessed by singing the hymns. […]
How to have a Unique Secure Memorable Password
Every day we have more and more and more online registrations which means more and more and more passwords to try and memorize… We know this is normally an impossible task, but I may have a potential solution. Instead of thinking of a pass-“word”, I recommend changing it to a pass-“pattern” (or algorithm, but I […]
Bishopric How-to: Working with the Youth
After scouring the handbook and jumping from one reference to another, I decided to take my notes from trying to figure out how to manage the youth and simplify it into my own format… Here it is in case anyone else needs a reference point as well. I will primarily reference all sources from the […]
600+ Ways to Make Money from Sticky Notes
In the UNLV class I’m currently teaching, the midterm is a challenge that we started at the beginning of the semester. The challenge was to take a stack of sticky notes and generate real money by doing something that involved the sticky notes. The key is not to focus on the sticky note, figure out […]
Fixer Upper Things to See in Waco (Map!)
When planning our trip to Waco there wasn’t anywhere I could find that mapped all the locations to visit in one single place, hence, this: (click on the full-screen button in the top right corner from mobile to open it in Google Maps) Fixer Upper Show Must-Sees This is in order of priority based on […]
How to Export iMovie File to iPhone
You would think iMovie would export perfectly to the iPhone… but alas, it does not. But getting it onto your phone so that you can post to Instagram or one of the other apps out there, the process is pretty straight forward. A couple of assumptions being made about this post: You own an Apple […]
Ongoing Personal Revelation is Like Learning a Language
Have you ever learned or wanted to learn a foreign language? When studying a language, it’s an interesting process. You learn a lot of the vocabulary and some grammar. But you don’t really start learning the language until you go out and first start listening to people speak in that language, followed by you attempting […]
What is Coworking?
Coworking is like a gym membership for office space. When coworking, you typically pay a monthly fee which gives you access to some or all of the amenities which the coworking facility has to offer. Because there are no leases or long term commitments usually required, many are calling coworking the “Uber of office space.” Turns […]
Custom Slack Emojis
These days I’m using slack almost more than I’m using my email client, it’s really become an integral part of my daily communication. I know, some of you are haters and find no value in Slack and prefer other chat programs that provide similar services. Being that we use it a lot, I’ve begun creating […]
Am I a picky eater? A scientific survey…
I’m often picked on for not eating certain foods, some say I’m “picky”… I just don’t think that’s the case. In order to put the matter to rest once and for all I enlisted the help of friends on Facebook to come up with a survey on items that are mostly normal foods or ingredients. […]