Story Time

One of my very favorite times of the day is reading books just before bed. From the time our children were just tiny we would read books at bedtime. They would choose their favorite and they would gather round me and we would read. There was of course the book that only Dad could read, Fox in Sox, and some that I would hid because I just didn't like to read them and the kids always somehow managed to find them and then books I would love to read over and over again like the Little Engine That Could, Snow, or the Things That You Read. So here in Indy I get to sit and listen once again to bedtime stories. Brooke let me film her reading so I could send it to her Grandpa.

Canal Walk

On Tuesday Andrea and Brooke, Rebecca and Tyler and I went on a walk along the downtown canal in Indianapolis. It was a beautiful day, little warm, but it wasn't raining. We walked to the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument taking pictures along the way.

Late Night Light Show

Wow! I received quite a treat on my way home from the temple tonight. I left the temple about 10:00 p.m. and watch an almost constant array of lightning strikes all the way home, where I arrived about 11:00 p.m. As I was trailing the storm(s) to the north, I had what amounted to a "front row" seat watching, as I said, virtually a constant array of strikes. It is impossible for me to describe it in words, and I (obviously) couldn't film it, but it was great!

Do You Like Pi On Sci Fri?

Every weekday on the local NPR station they have a program called Talk of the Nation. Sometimes it is pretty good. But every Friday is "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow and it is almost always excellent. So today I actually went to the website they announce and found it to be really cool. Here are a couple of fun videos from that site:

Happy pi day. There is one amazing woman at the end of this video.



Good Vibrations

BKP @ BYU 2-12-1991

As I may have mentioned once or twice, I love that you can go to BYU-TV literally any time 24-7 and watch great talks by great men and women. Tonight I watched a BYU Devotional from 1991 by Pres. Packer. This devotional ought to be mandatory for anyone who attends BYU, has attended BYU, or contributes to its success through the payment of tithes. Not only does it provide some great historical context for the BYU we know today, it also provides a wonderfully detailed explanation of how the Priesthood works in the highest councils of the Church to guide us by revelation.

I would only add one thing to his remarks. It was a message from Karl Maeser, written on the chalk board during his last visit/lecture at BYU: "Never let anything impure enter here".

By the way, you can get a transcript of this devotional address by going here. Or you can visit BYU-TV on the Move Network and go to Thursday, May 28, at 6:00 a.m.