Pictures of Adam-ondi-Ahman

Ran across a photo essay of Adam-ondi-Ahman. Beautiful pictures, we hope to visit some day. If I could choose what I would like my yard to look like, this would be it.

Part I

Part II

The 2010 Klondike Derby

Yes, we froze our tails off.

I am off to the right side in the big fur hat, Brennan is to the immediate left in the blue coat with his hood on.

Zachary is on the right side in the black jacket and hat, Brennan on the left with his blue coat and hood.

Zachary and Brennan with a little space between them - Zachary is much too "cool" for his younger brother. Or so he thinks.

Allan and Zachary, and the whole of their breakfast.

AreA You A Linchpin?

Saw that Seth Godin released his new book the other day, Linchpin, and I can't wait to read it. He wrote another favorite of mine - Tribes - go find it and read it if you haven't yet.

To market his new book, Seth wrote an entry on his blog that has some incredible links, too good to just keep to myself. Here is the page, check out some of the links, they present some intriguing ideas.

Reread an amazing book last week, Timothy Ferriss's 4 Hour Work Week, liked it so much that I bought it and the new Ken Robinson book The Element. That one is the best one I have read in over a year. Now I just need to find my element and be brave enough to follow it.

Tears In My Eyes

Must . . . stop . . . laughing. My sides hurt and tears came to my eyes. Nominated as best story of the year. Cause of the collapse still unknown? Come on, we ALL know what caused it.

Love it!

Idle Idol Thoughts

As a family we watched American Idol last night, some random thoughts -

• The female judges will fall for a pretty face more than the male judges will
• Great job by the RM from Sandy, that guy has the Idol look
• Next time might not be a good idea to give the producers a picture of you recovering from cancer in your hospital bed with only your garment top on.
  
• 4 Down Syndrome kids in one family? Incredible, we loved that story.
• Loved the story on the girl with the Portuguese grandmother that has Alzheimers. Struck a little too close to home for us . . .
  
• Codzilla was a wicked boat that goes around Boston Harbor. Have to try that one day!
• Favorite singer - liked several of them but this is American Idol, come on. The kid with parents from Nigeria was very good.
  
• Favorite moment of the show - that angry Clark Kent-lookalike, that dude was weird.
• Favorite moment II - the contestant who thought she was going to Hollywood because she had mastered the 'American Idol' video game.
• Is your life really shattered because the judges didn't send you to Hollywood? Really? Is crying uncontrollably the only reaction you have because the judges didn't pick you out of over 100,000? Wow. Get a life.
  

Puzzling Question of the Day

Yesterday I went to the gym and afterwards was joined in the locker room by one of my coworkers who is blind. As he was changing and I was getting into the shower I thought to myself - "Why am I pulling the shower curtain closed when the only other person in the locker room is blind?"

Things that make you say "Hmmm." Yes, I am channeling Jack Handy.

One of my favorite Deep Thoughts -

Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous animal is not the lion or tiger or even the elephant. The most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.

New Baby in the Family

Not ours, that won't come until June. Last night Kathryn's brother Steve and his wife, Briana, had a new baby born. Little Christopher James Norman born at 10:48 PM, that makes 31 grandchildren for Kathryn's parents.

Yes, I know. We contributed 1/3 of them. It is a bigger ratio on my side - there are 17 grandchildren and we have contributed 11 of them. Unless Holly, Sandy, and David have children they have failed to introduce to the family . . . :)

Pres. Packer said in the General Conference when we were in the hospital with Isaac - "Every time a child is born, the world is renewed in innocence." Thank the Lord for sweet moments like this.

Congrats to Steve and B, hope everybody is healthy, especially Christopher and B.