Posted in Insightson Jun 2, 2009
I’m noticing a trend in BYU’s police beats:
Are BYU police just slow at arriving to the scene? Usually the suspect is gone by the time officers arrive. Here is a case where the suspect is found before officers arrive:
An athlete was missing from the NCAA track at the Special Olympics but was found before officers arrived at the site.
Posted in Insightson Feb 18, 2009
I was looking through one of my old notebooks, and I found this quote from Henry Ford:
An educated man is not one who has trained is mind to retain a few dates in history. he is one who can accomplish things. Unless a man has learned to think, he is not an educated man, regardless of how many college degrees he has after his name.
Posted in Insightson Jan 27, 2009
I’ve been learning more and more how to drive in the snow. Here are a couple of techniques or strategies that I’ve developed for driving in the snow:
And the most important thing about driving in the snow, is knowing when not to drive in the snow.
Posted in Insightson Jan 20, 2009
Why are there different types of gas (premium, regular, and super) but it seems like there is only one gas tanker?
Although the tanker truck looks like one big tank, inside it is actually subdivided into a series of smaller tanks carrying gasoline of different grades. When a tanker trunk refuels the gas station, it can deliver all three types of gas.
Posted in Insightson Jan 13, 2009
On September 11, 2001, there were 2,752 people who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Because of that attack, thousands of soldiers have gone to war costing the U.S. billions of dollars.
Every year, an average of 2,600 people die because of car accidents related to cell phones, nearly the same number of people ever year who died in the terrorist attacks. An additional annual 12,000 serious injuries have also occurred because of talking on the phone while driving.
But what are we doing about this to save lives?
Laws could be passed making cell phone use illegal, but it really should start with personal responsibility.
Recently, I’ve heard a few comments like, “If there is ever a food shortage, I know exactly where to go: my nearest Mormon neighbor.”
Those who think this might find themselves in a very long line when crisis strikes. The problem likely is, there are not yet enough Mormons in your neighborhood to feed the neighborhood.
Everyone should have some sort of food storage beyond the week supply that might be in your cupboards. It is easy to get started, simply buy a few extra packages of food every time you go to the grocery store. Slowly you will buy more food than you eat and you will find yourself with a few extra weeks or months of food to help in food shortage situations.
When thinking about food storage, you may want to think of these scenarios:
There are many strategies about what foods you should buy and how much. There are many stores on the Internet which sell home storage food kits which may or may not be worth it. I recommend starting with a couple months of food storage of things that you commonly eat. After you see how you use that, then you can think about medium and long term storage.
For more guidelines on storing food, I recommend the Family Home Storage webpages from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Posted in Insightson Nov 18, 2008
I had a roommate once who wasn’t currently in school, and he was working a low paying food service job. And get got married and I am really happy for him and his wife.
But at the same time, I thought his wife was kind of crazy for marrying him when he didn’t even have a decent enough job to provide for himself. Read the rest of this entry »
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