Eating the Cake

As I write, I'm sitting in the gorgeous Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. I just finished speaking on “Monetizing a Blog” at the Story@Home Conference. Now that's all well and good, but I'll save that story for PopCre.net. What I want to...

Charlie Brown

Guest post from: Bruno Smith I remember so clearly when I was a kid, one of our favorite family traditions was to watch all the different Charlie Brown episodes during the holidays on TV. I remember it was like this big deal where we would get to eat dinner in the...

Do Not Collect Watches

When I lived in England, an adult friend of ours collected pigs. She had pigs of just about any sort and material you can imagine. She said that wherever she went, people gave her pigs. Not because they were extremely close friends, but because every time they saw any...

Scary Parents

[Sitting with mom, in the wee hours of the morning, guiltily watching the train wreck known as Toddlers & Tiaras.] Belinda (21): You know what's scary about this? Mom: What? Belinda: These people can vote.

Mum's the Word

[Looking up requirements for various Boy Scout merit badges online.] Samson (11): Mom, all of these require explaining. Mom: Yea. Samson: Well, I don't really like explaining.