The worst bracket in the nation

I filled one out that I'm calling the "Warm my Heart" bracket. If everything happened according to my heart and its basketball desires, this is what would unfold over the next 3 weeks:

**I'd like you to take special notice of who BYU beats in the Final Four and the championship game.
Wouldn't that be sweet?

Creation Lesson

I got asked to give the lesson today in Relief Society about The Creation from the manual.
Flippant things:
First, it'd been a long time since I'd taught a class in straight-up English. There was some stalling going on while I fished around in my mind for the right translation from Portuguese to English.
Second, I got to use some etymology at the beginning of my lesson.
Third, I got a shout-out to Brock into my lesson when I mentioned how Concepción moved 10 feet to the west.

Less flippant:
It was a lot of fun to get to teach in church again. I miss it. I learned a lot in researching the lesson.

Here's a really cool quote from Elder Bednar (Oct 2008 GenConf) that I found during my prep:

We learn from these verses (Moses 3:4–5) that the spiritual creation preceded the temporal creation. In a similar way, meaningful morning prayer is an important element in the spiritual creation of each day—and precedes the temporal creation or the actual execution of the day. Just as the temporal creation was linked to and a continuation of the spiritual creation, so meaningful morning and evening prayers are linked to and are a continuation of each other.

So there you go, it was a happy Sabbath :D

Apology Provided in Advance

I just saw this headline about a quarterback on ESPN's homepage:

Look, it even has a video link attached to it.






I know, I know.

drill team addendum

Amy's mentioning the Lone Peak Knights and the school's drill team, the Chevaliers (in the masculine spelling form, no less [sheesh])*, reminded me that SF's high school drill team is called Las Chalitas**. See Spanish Fork loves to play on the Spanish theme. They just made up the name and liked it. At least it's in the feminine form.
One problem, the word Chala actually exists in Spanish, it means corn husk. Chalita is the mini form of a chala. (or it can mean sandal) (or it can also be slang for marijuana or something like that)
So bring on the Mini-Corn Husks at halftime, Spanish Fork!

*See previous entry's comments.
**When I first looked at the video, the ad that came on said "Let's Make Babies." Awkward.



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Tron (Legacy)

I'm so excited for the movie. I hear the trailer in 3D digital is wonderful. You should click to make the trailer full screen. mmhmmm



And if you needed a reminder:

March Brings a Wonderful Day

I would just like to point out that there is a countdown on my blog. The seconds are ticking their way toward National Grammar Day. I know, you're just as giddy as I am about the logophilic possibilities. My students will be ecstatic.

*Lest you think I'm grammatically prescriptivist, I also think we should celebrate grammar in all its non-standard beauty.

Overheard at Macey's

So I'm in the baking goods aisle at Macey's deciding which bread crumbs I want to use for the night's foray into making Milanesa, when a mom turns the corner with her 3-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, who is trying to convince his mom of something. This is how it went:
6-y-o: But Mom, you said we could.
Mom: I most certainly did not.
6-y-o: You most certainly did.
Mom (sort of chuckling): You know I didn't.
Pause...
6-y-o: Well, then can I have a baby brother?

I nearly died trying to control my laughter. They walked away and I could hear the mom responding with laughter in her voice.