Gary Jacobson, UCSD
John Aldrich, Duke
David Menefee-Libey, Pomona College
John Pitney, Claremont McKenna College
These are all great scholars. And they have moustaches. Perhaps my career some day will lead me there
Tuesday and Wednesday October 3rd and 4th were wonderful work days. This was the office!
I was the only A's fan around as far as I could see.
Because the Pawlenty Campaign decided not to buy yard signs the party decided to go ahead and get a large quantity of them. This weekend was the date of distribution around the state.
I went up to Duluth with a stop in Mora, over to Grand Rapids, and then back to the Twin Cities via Brainerd. It was glorious.
It's been five years since I've seen these.
And I've never seen them on Mille Lacs Lake.
72 Hours.
43 pages, 52 pages. Phone calls, and more phone calls. A little help, more annoyance, some infuriated.
A culmination of what we're doing (part 1).
Part 2 is in 2 months time.
My Job. 13 hours a day, 12 days a week. All for a deep-fried candy bar on a stick.
Southern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Northern California, Hawaii.
“What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really on that which happens inside a person. I am grateful everyday that I have you, and that makes me happy.”
-Bonhoeffer
I have found a paradise, a place where worries cease to annoy, because of those around me. It has existed in so many different places and every time I discover it, it uplifts, carrying me to new heights and feelings that I had forgotten or had dimmed because of time, losing their sharpness and clarity. Paradise is an object that should be constantly sought, the object that influences every decision.St. Peter for a week. M flew in yesterday, spent the night in our shoddy apartment and then we're down at Gustavus Adolphus for the week working EFY.
There was a lot of jokes thrown around about how to pronounce the name of college. The consensus is that it should rhyme with all of us. So it's GUS-tuh-vuhs for all of us.
Utah is green in the spring as you drive along I-15. And sometimes you run into friends from summers before.
"It's weird when people from my Boston world come visit me here." -TB
I'm in Minnesota.
The drive was great.
Ok, so that's not Minnesota, nor the drive. That's the Cinco de Mayo fireworks at Dodger stadium. That was great!! I mean, when else would you ever get to go on to the field?
Minnesota. I'm working at the Minnesota Republican Party in St. Paul. Doing independant research on the Senate Campaign here. It's going to be some good work. Just found a place to live in Little Canada.
Really I'm a good driver, I watch the road. I get people home safely.
And we have a good time.
Every couple of minutes or so a cough floats down the hall. We're all infected here in Smiley. If you're healthy stay away from S. Cal right now, there's an pandemic.
Led by the Fearless Elder's Quorum President, and his most excellent counselor, a valentine's day invasion of the home of newly married couple J and D who arrive home today.
Due to the incriminating evidence of these photos, they may be censored in a short time.
H^2
My sister left this morning to enter the MTC in Provo. She'll be there for 3 months before leaving for St. Petersburg, Russia for another 15 months. As my mom put it, "she has no idea what she's getting into but is ready to go."
I called my mother this morning to hear how she's holding up. I never realized how much of an impact it made on a mother. She said it was much the same effect when I left to go to Chile. What fortitude to know that your children are doing the right thing, but having to let them go off by themselves.
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