December 2007
The Archives
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12.20.07locked outAs soon as my car door closed, I knew my keys were locked inside. I jammed my hands into my pockets. I was hoping that I had my keys and I just couldn't feel them. All I found was my cell phone and my wallet. I looked at my apartment building. They key to my apartment was on my key ring, locked in the car. My roommate would be out of town for another three days. How did I always manage to lock myself out when he is out of town, I thought. After I did this the last time, ...
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12.08.07the big secret about santaHere is the story I read tonight at the Ward Christmas Party. Thanks for everyone for laughing at the right moments! --- Once my parent's Dodge Dynasty pulled to a stop on the side of the road near Teton, Idaho, all four doors opened and everyone bolted from the car. Everyone that is, except me. All I could think about was how I had just thrown up on my new Chronicles of Narnia boxed set. I had gotten it from Santa Claus only that morning. As the shock was setting in, I looked up to find my mother in full Red Alert; ...
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12.04.07you’re a strange man, charlie brownI thought the caricature artist was taking too many liberties with my chin as he sketched me standing on the roof of a house with a rope in my hands. I was lowering my companion, Elder J. de Souza, down the chimney. He had a Book of Mormon under his arm and his narrow eyes in the drawing gave him a vague Asian look. It was as likely for there to be chimneys in the state of Sao Paulo as there was for my companion to fit down them and even more unlikely that I would be the one at ...