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UncleDan

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About Me

Life is like a roll of toilet paper:
The closer to the end you get, the faster it goes.

UncleDan's (and Douglas Hofstadter's) Self-Referential Rule of Time Management:

Everything takes longer than you plan, even if UncleDan's (and Douglas Hofstadter's) Self-Referential Rule of Time Management is taken into account.

My Blog

New Chapter of The Book of Mormon Discovered!

While mowing my back yard today I saw a glint of light in one corner. When I investigated, lo and behold, I found a gold plate with what appears to be a long-lost chapter of The Book of Mormon etched ...
Posted by UncleDan on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:27:00 PST

Coco - In Memorium

Our beloved, funny little dogAugust 4, 1998 - May 18, 2008 ...
Posted by UncleDan on Sun, 18 May 2008 09:37:00 PST

Snow and Snow and Snow, Oh My!

Living as we do in an agricultural area, all of our neighbors pray for lots of snow during the winter to water the alfalfa and hay during the growing season. This year their prayers have been answered...
Posted by UncleDan on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:17:00 PST

Aunt Elaine Wins the Big One!

Aunt Elaine being presented the "President's Award" by Rob Campbell, President and CEO of Juniper Systems, Inc.Aunt Elaine was awarded the "President's Award" as Employee of the Year at Juniper Syste...
Posted by UncleDan on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:13:00 PST

Although It’s Been Said Many Times, Many Ways ...

As the sun rises, the full moon sets behind the Wellsville Mountains on Christmas Morning, 2007...
Posted by UncleDan on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:18:00 PST

Word of the Day - Observations of an Old Fart

Word of the DayToday's word is:boustrophedonIt is the name of an ancient writing style that alternated direction each line:left-to-righttfel-ot-thgirThusly.?eeSThe root of the word means "like an ox p...
Posted by UncleDan on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST

The 2007 Wellsville Utah Founders Day Sham Battle

Shortly after the Founders Day Parade ends, everyone walks a couple of blocks to the elementary school grounds where preparations have been made to conduct the "sham battle." This show is supposed to ...
Posted by UncleDan on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:26:00 PST

The 2007 Wellsville, UT Founders Day Parade

Our new home town celebrates its Founders Day every year on Labor Day. A long but fast-moving line of hungry folks at the Wellsville Fire Department breakfast on a beautiful morning.It is an all-day c...
Posted by UncleDan on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:05:00 PST

Getting Two Feet on Half a Yard

When Elaine and I returned from Oklahoma last week we had a pleasant surprise awaiting us.A yard!!!Well, half of a yard, anyway.The landscapers had laid the sod on our back yard while we were gone.Unc...
Posted by UncleDan on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:53:00 PST

Whuzzup? A Diary Blog

I haven't written in a while because life around here has been, in a word, ordinary.Oh, we've continued to settle in to our new community. Gone to block and church summer picnics, continued to meet o...
Posted by UncleDan on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:31:00 PST