Category Archives: Personal History
So long, Steve, and Godspeed.
The second personal computer I ever owned[1] was an Apple II, with no floppy drive. I bought it, along with a small color TV, from my close friend Robert Trammel while we were both living in Houston sometime around 1980.We … Continue reading
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Tales of the Dorms
Back in January, BYU Magazine (or whatever its called) solicited tales of dorm life. I submitted the stories below, and they apparently chose one of them (based on my daughter-in-law’s comments on Facebook). Here are my original stories. These are … Continue reading
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Our ancestors in the spirit world
The ever-amusing Wondermark strip provides some insight: Heh. Note how we sometimes assume that our departed ancestors really want to get in touch with us? Maybe not so much. ..bruce..
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Child of the Year moments
Heather O. over at Mommy Mormon Wars has a posting about “Another Mother of the Year moment” (which involves her toddler daughter stuffing her mouth with holly berries). The comments (be sure to read them all) have similar “I can’t … Continue reading
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Returning the favor
For we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect. – Doctrine & Covenants 128:18 Forty-one years ago — in the spring of 1967 — my friend Andrew Bos introduced me to the LDS … Continue reading
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A eulogy
[While digging through my family history files for something else, I found a copy of the eulogy I gave at the funeral of Avard "Andy" Anderson, my father-in-law, some sixteen years ago, in August 1992. Since I've already posted my … Continue reading
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It’s Thanksgiving Day…
…why are you reading blogs? In the meantime, there’s snow on the ground, and we have grandchildren coming to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner (no river or woods involved, though). I’m doing most of the dinner, and it’s probably my … Continue reading
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Veterans Day
I’m not a veteran, though my good friend (and co-blogger over at And Still I Persist) Bruce Henderson is. But my mother (the genealogist) sent me a list of veterans in our family. Here’s the list (with a few additions … Continue reading
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Nighttime stories
“xkcd” is one of my favorite web comics, and the strip today made me smile and wince at the same time: True story: after my freshman year of college at BYU (1971-72), I served a full-time mission for the Church. … Continue reading
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