Category life

Update on Busy-ness

I said that I could not plan a busier two weeks. Little did I know that there was more to come . . . I now have a job interview in the middle of AECT.

Life Moves Along

I just got a response from the University of Missouri regarding my PhD application – they want to schedule a telephone interview. This is the final step in the application process and indicates that they think I am qualified based…

New Apostles

I think it is exciting and appropriate that we have a new apostle who is not from the United States. It reflects the growing maturity of the worldwide church. I wholeheartedly support Elder Uchtdorf and Elder Bednar.

Me and People

I was having a discussion with Laura last night about me and how I react to people. It is more pronounced in groups, but the fact is that I keep myself distant from people. Laura told me that it comes…

Scary

Perhaps I am losing my optimistic outlook that people are basically good, generally smart and usually engage their minds in life, but I get a little disappointed the more I am on the web and notice that there are so…

Genealogy Site

I have got the genealogy site that I talked about in Online Genealogy. It is located at www.miller-genealogy.us although right now it is only a message which talks about the site before redirecting any visitors back to this site. I…

Online Genealogy

My mom just agreed to pay for a domain name registration for a family genealogy site so that my brothers and I can combine our genealogy work in a central location. That is exciting for me because I get to…

Parents and Children

I went to a conference for three days this week and left Laura at home with the kids. According to the report when I got back, the kids were pretty good the first day but by the third day it…

The Web is Slower Than Life

Society has grown impatient generally because of how fast computers can get things done. I remember when waiting 30 seconds for a program to load on the computer was considered acceptably fast. Now I see people complaining when they do…