tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40369728779713435562012-02-15T10:05:47.913-05:00the musings, adventures, and accidents of your favorite teabellyteabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.comBlogger4181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-52926802603713234812012-02-14T21:54:00.000-05:002012-02-15T10:05:47.922-05:00

dear bishops, we are a group of your mothers, who have banded together to apologize. we speak for, and in behalf of, many sisters.  i'm sure, if you ask your mom, sister (your last name) is part of our team. we are all very proud of you and that you became a bishop! t'was always a dream to raise a son who was pure enough to become a priest. we also regret that you never got to enjoy the

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before you view, i feel obligated to say what our dearist bishop denny allred would say before watching this video: "i beseech of you, i request of you, plead with you, and; i'd admonish you; and command you steer clear from monty python."

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-7073267877166830292012-02-10T15:05:00.001-05:002012-02-10T15:05:38.496-05:00

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 10, 2012 Remarks by the President on Preventive Care As part of the health care reform law that I signed last year, all insurance plans are required to cover preventive care at no cost.  That means free check-ups, free mammograms, immunizations and other basic services.  We fought for this because it

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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                           February 2, 2012 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST Washington Hilton Washington, D.C. 9:10 A.M. EST      THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Please, please, everybody have a seat.  Well, good morning, everybody.  It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer.

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-1185302817933306772012-01-29T09:34:00.000-05:002012-01-29T09:34:50.574-05:00

today i'm fasting for my dear charity ... our number 2 who is #1 in so many ways.  i hate her being sick and this dance with mortality and it causes deep existential questions for me and i just kinda wish she could just get better and not make me think so much :)  so i'm fasting, in part because i know the world needs to hear her voice and her whole story.  and part, just because i need to

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after knocking foors for john salatti yesterday i was completely frozen through so decided to cuddle up and watch a movie.  i didn't really have anything in mind and stumbled upon the sundance channel on hulu.  one thing lead to another, and before i knew it, BOOM, i'm watching Born Rich having spent time with the children of the 1%, i found that i could understand what each of these real life

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Tomorrow, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address at 9:00 p.m. ET. During that speech, he’ll lay out his vision for an America where hard work and responsibility are rewarded, where everyone does their fair share, and where everyone is held accountable for what they do. POTUS in with citizen journalists  There is a range of ways to get involved with this year’s

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-28165523968447471452012-01-18T12:02:00.001-05:002012-01-18T12:02:39.795-05:00

can the LOLCATs save the internet?

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-11389014474808659112012-01-11T18:43:00.002-05:002012-01-11T18:43:34.926-05:00

The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release January 11, 2012 First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Major Coordinated Effort by America's Academic Institutions to Combat PTSD & TBI 130 Medical Schools & Research Facilities to Join Forces to Serve Veterans & Families (Richmond, Virginia) Today, as part of First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden’s Joining

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a friend in my neighborhood sent this out on our listserv.  i couldn't agree more! tim wrote:  Where's the sympathy for the real victims? Think about all the violence amongst youth that took place in communities like Trinidad and Eckington during this time period. Maybe this money could have saved some lives.  Tom Sherwood's Notebook: Harry Thomas Jr. Your Notebook has known Harry

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i got this email today from a friend ... kinda summarizes most of the grumblings i hear at the bear ... Money is going to be a major factor in this election, more than any previous year. The results of last night's Iowa caucus clearly show the impact of Super PAC money in our electoral process. It's been clear for the past year that Mitt Romney did not have the support to win in Iowa, but he

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-59414934541790929262012-01-01T13:42:00.000-05:002012-01-01T13:43:22.872-05:00

J U B I L E E i'm super excited about this year!  so many fun things are happening.  from presidential elections and the olympics to the waking up of the masses ... plus the ending of the mayan calendar and the "return of Quetzalcoatl"  i mean, how can one not be excited?! jubilee in old testament times was a "perfection" of the sabbath.  as you may know, the 7 days of rest is

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-35272099545851867582011-12-31T13:06:00.000-05:002011-12-31T13:06:46.604-05:00

i'm in a real quandary, and would love the support of the bloggernacle!  i've tried talking with friends, family, missionaries, my bishop, elder holland, you name it.  no one is able to help me figure out what to do with my relationship to the church.  i got the impression from elder holland that i was just "one of many" that my unique value to the church is not really important. remember how

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-48758639242508934902011-12-29T15:46:00.000-05:002011-12-31T09:20:16.764-05:00

i got this in my email a few days ago and i keep thinking it is a bit silly, but part of me thinks if all of the people on my blog stood in the halls of power the whole world would be better.  if one believes in eternal progression, in progresses, in optimizing life, of attaining our divine potential ... what else should we do now? yall know i'm not running.  i love my job and i'm not fit

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-26281648206299101392011-12-28T16:07:00.001-05:002011-12-28T16:07:31.152-05:00

i want to figure out a way to have a mormon film festival in my neighborhood this year.  with the popularity of the Book of Mormon the Musical and a mormon presidential candidate ... this might be a fun time to explore other mormon art. they say that art is truth and truth is art.  i've always believed that if any church were to be "true" it would have the best art.  i've hoped that the mormons

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-5450818481860336552011-12-25T15:00:00.000-05:002011-12-25T15:00:24.134-05:00

what an awesome christmas.  i eschewed gifts for music and chose to bloom where i'm planted.  my friend came out from portland to see me and we are just relaxing today and tonight we are going to the synagogue for chinese food and to watch the big lebowski.  we are trying to be more open minded ;) its weird warm here tho! quote of the day:  "spirituality is the consciousness of victory over

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-69298467677292903372011-12-23T09:29:00.000-05:002011-12-23T09:29:00.208-05:00

"warren" my neighbor has the assignment of writing a letter to congresswoman holmes for his government class and asked for my help.  bless his heart, he had no idea what he was in for.  he got a whirl wind history lesson from the beginnings of the slave trade to the current drug war in mexico, to health care in america.  i wanted him to come up with the topic he felt most passionate about and

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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Gwendolyn Crump (MPD), (202)727-4383Senior Special Agent/PIO Mike Campbell, (202) 648-8021Metropolitan Police and Federal Partners Seize $7.1 Million in Drugs in Operation(Washington, DC) - Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Cathy L. Lanier and members from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today the

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i guess i'm a "Osborn Democrat", which i honestly think is the same as a "Lincoln Republican".  if my family lore is correct, my great-uncle Sidney was the best, most moral politician ever in the history of the universe ;) or something like that.  He had a very grounded core and believed that both man and God were good.  He fought for the common good of humanity.  When the Goldwater

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-41597914773996321882011-12-16T01:18:00.003-05:002011-12-16T01:18:37.081-05:00

herro all, teabelly is going private.  you can reach me at teabelly@gmail.com OR twitter at ogTeabelly ...  i waited too long to join the twitterverse and someone stole teabelly ... so i took OGTeabelly ... because i'm the old gangsta' belly ... and the only one that makes tea and not war!  feel me? con amore! teabelly

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-41046892720083316482011-12-15T11:48:00.000-05:002011-12-15T11:48:34.867-05:00

Dear HHS Colleagues, As we approach the end of the year, our thoughts rightfully turn to gratitude for family, friends, and colleagues.  I am tremendously grateful for the work you have done this year to advance the health and well being of the American people.  But while I would much prefer to be writing you to celebrate our many accomplishments at this point in December, we instead must

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-85291800071324254052011-12-15T08:33:00.000-05:002011-12-15T13:46:29.357-05:00

If you are a health professional and would like financial assistance during these rough times, the National Health Service Corps has scholarships and loan repayment options for  Americans willing to work in undeserved neighborhoods.  The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (LRP) offers primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers the opportunity to have their student

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-28233865190824136382011-12-14T22:10:00.003-05:002011-12-14T22:14:38.912-05:00

today, my grandboss (as i like to refer to him) joined the twitterverse.  @joshuadubois he is the scripture master of the whole partnership center crew, so ... if you are into faith and politics and occasionally advice on restaruants and sports, check him out. he also loves getting scriptures about politics AND he is usually way funnier than this video ... ;)

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typing that title i realized many from religious sects around the world might find this post hoping to see the fulfillment of prophesy. unfortunately, we didn't have dinner at the white house, we just went and saw the decorations -- and had the time of our lives, if i do say so my self.isaiah is going to tell the story of our visit as a guest blogger when he gets home from school, so i'm just

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-47244558359742511022011-12-10T18:50:00.005-05:002011-12-10T23:04:59.206-05:00

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-58075162780518757182011-12-10T11:22:00.003-05:002011-12-10T11:34:09.989-05:00

time is a funny thing. i spent a lot of time in college thinking about it. i wrote papers on the nature of time ... i decided that time was just a measurement for change. like a meter is to distance. that is why time can sometimes go really really fast, when your having fun OR really really slow when you are in a near fatal accident, or your husband tells you he is cheating on you, or you find

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-63914389147791423632011-12-06T21:22:00.000-05:002011-12-06T21:22:00.227-05:00

this is a repost. i get a bunch of people each day finding this post via searching for images of bed. i do want to say, that since this time, i have not had ANY bed bugs. i have sprayed with a synthetic pesticide, which made me feel really guilty, but no bed bugs. it cost $400 total. the exterminator, gary, told me about "Do Your Own Pest Control's" bed bug kit. it got it and more problems

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-89476893327946875352011-12-06T19:39:00.003-05:002011-12-06T20:39:19.294-05:00

I am a 99% Mormon! Tonight, as we prepare for our first nationwide general assembly, I write to clarify a few things. First, I want to explain my reasons for standing with the Occupy Wall Street movement. I only stand with them, in as much as they continue to working to RESTORE our nation to its indivisible state (we are pretty divided) and preserve "liberty and justice for all.” The bible

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-68474319770975369692011-12-06T18:00:00.000-05:002011-12-29T18:03:50.498-05:00

i talk alot about gender and gender based violence at work.  i also talk about homosexuality, non-linear gender constructions, the kinsey scale, and a host of other things that reframe traditional concepts of gender and force us to see ourselves less as labels and more as magnificent creations of loving heavenly parents! i spend lots of time trying to reconcile this with the rigid gender roles

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-59933849418667520792011-12-03T13:13:00.005-05:002011-12-03T14:00:39.306-05:00

in march of 2008 i met kim wee. i saw this building as a drove from community folklift to d's house. he owned timor. this meeting/discovery made me feel safer about my spontaneous and not very thought thru decision to buy my house ... this and a little cafe called big bear were the anchors of promise both that i hadn't just bankrupted myself and that i might actually really love living here,

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-404736914649389372011-12-03T08:35:00.000-05:002011-12-03T14:35:50.694-05:00

The FBI comes calling on Harry Thomas Jr.By Editorial, Published: December 2FEDERAL AGENTS swarmed the house of D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) on Friday morning. It was unsettling to watch officers haul vehicles and bags of material away from the home of an elected city official in the nation’s capital. But it was also reassuring to see that law enforcement takes seriously

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-45222226019045110932011-11-28T14:41:00.001-05:002011-11-28T14:41:00.311-05:00

i'm just a wee bit disturbed by the number of people who discover my blog because they google "dick accident". a dear dear friend named Timber Dick was killed in a tragic car accident in 2008, leaving his 10+ kids and darling wife widowed and fatherless. the end of his life is still painful for many of us. but i do think that he might actually even find this quite funny. so i mean no

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-84449292356305542332011-11-27T00:17:00.000-05:002011-11-27T00:17:00.134-05:00

from my favorite bean and popcorn store:Nov-Dec 2011Isn't this year's Christmas frenzy more pronounced than usual? Time for my annual vow, here and now, to take it easy. The focus should be friends and food. Family, if you can cope with them. There's no prize for spending too much money on presents. There's no shame in obsessing about food and making it your tribute to the season. And there's no

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-23785189797502825962011-11-25T21:35:00.009-05:002011-11-26T14:48:40.213-05:00

this is from a guest blogger. he joins us from BYU March 1990. i was a freshman at BYU and i was loving it. i had almost finished my first year. this guy came and spoke at a devotional and i finally understood the law of consecration and tithing and got why money matter etc. this talk formed my worldview of money, economics, possession, etc.i was forming my worldview. i knew jesus was good

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-70702390079812776252011-11-24T12:20:00.001-05:002011-11-24T12:20:04.480-05:00

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-29852283641443342602011-11-21T16:03:00.003-05:002011-11-21T16:08:41.289-05:00

there is a discussion about how to "tame" the rat population on eckington listerve. i think K3's suggestions are great and will be helpful even beyond our neighborhood, so i thought i'd post them here:Please make sure to dispose of your garbage properly. If your supercan is broken, either request repair or replacement (although replacement may take a long time; DPW spent the money instead of

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-43619288635174413332011-11-19T18:16:00.004-05:002011-11-19T18:41:58.158-05:00

i've been thinking lots about privacy lately. mostly because i want to be as involved in the obama campaign as i can be without breaking the hatch act. which then gets to this question: when does my public life end and my private life begin?i was looking for answers on deep, existential things, so i did what i always do, turned to the scriptures and my patriarchal blessing, which feels like my

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-29759514878396815202011-11-12T13:30:00.005-05:002011-11-12T23:18:53.627-05:00

so, that was kinda too easy. i mean, there is a ton i need to digest in that platform, but the fact that a prophet of God wrote a presidential platform. it seems like if you actually believed the guy was a prophet, you'd drop whatever you had and pick his up, right? so, i'm going to do some study of this amazing document that i've only just now skimmed once. but there are some interesting

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-9178596380316870682011-11-12T11:31:00.002-05:002011-11-12T11:33:46.708-05:00

i just discovered this on the internet ...PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORMVIEWS OF U.S. GOVERNMENTBY JOSEPH SMITHFEBRUARY 7, 1844VIEWS of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States.-Joseph SmithIn the evening I met with my brother Hyrum and the Twelve Apostles in my office, at their request, to devise means to promote the interests of the General Government. I completed and signed my "

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-20905822802761185022011-11-11T07:38:00.004-05:002011-11-12T14:32:11.609-05:00

my quest ;) is to discover what exactly is the "mormon position" or maybe most accuratly, what is the position that the mormon church would teach as "Christ's" on any given matter. obviously, there is no way for me to do this without REALLY ticking some people off. but i promise it is not my intent. if i write something that seems wrong, please correct me. my goal is to discover what Christ's

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-14016613657588147392011-11-10T23:39:00.003-05:002011-11-11T00:00:56.388-05:00

i'm starting a new project this week. i'm trying to write down my understanding of mormon social justice theology. i thought i'd start with some issue and just kinda work my way through it. in an effort to get some debate going, because i never know if i'm understanding these things correctly, i decided to post this philosphical meandering on the interwebs. if you are reading and think i'm

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-68018256052915905172011-11-05T09:20:00.005-04:002011-11-05T10:14:03.600-04:00

why when i use Dept of ED's Income-Based Repayment Calculator their first question is if i'm married. what does that have to do with student loan repayment??? seems really unfair because some American aren't even allowed to marry who they want. what's with the anti-single government sanctioned prejudice? is this a hold over from the days when a woman had to get permission from her husband to

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-38832009288220987222011-11-05T09:11:00.004-04:002011-11-05T09:17:11.149-04:00

Last month the Obama Administration announced steps they are taking to help borrowers better manage their student loan debt by moving forward with a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal that will reduce monthly payments for more than 1.6 million people. Here are the deets:Starting in 2014, borrowers will be able to reduce their monthly student loan payments from 15 percent to 10 percent of their

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-73472600259679659872011-11-04T21:35:00.001-04:002011-11-04T21:35:49.570-04:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-70497478603554678302011-10-31T14:56:00.004-04:002011-10-31T15:31:34.951-04:00

America,hey sweetie, i saw i missed your call. i know you have been going through a rough time. your job situation is horrible, which is totally effin’ up your finances. I know you are super worried both about your kids and all of your parents (its complicated because you have 4 instead of 2 like the generations before you). i know it bigger than just the money and stuff, but sweetheart you

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i'm having one of those weekends of organizing, pondering, spiritual stuff, yoga, scriptures etc. as many of you know i'm trying to dig myself out of an illness that laid me flat for the last few months. as i was reviewing all of what's gone down, i wondered how i'd communicate what i've learned and its vast:problems and solutions to health careending poverty in a generationlots of book ideasnew

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-53358268043909996112011-09-04T09:09:00.002-04:002011-09-04T09:10:23.387-04:00

this ditty from kate clinton cracked me up. mostly the part about how the gayest town in america had no issues with hurricane irene. but nice words for the workers too.

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-34736514145418243072011-08-26T22:04:00.002-04:002011-08-26T22:11:51.250-04:00

and i feel fine i distinctly remembering not studying for my sophmore year human physiology final to figure out all the words to this song by hitting rewind a million times on my tape player that aim and i called pete. and now it might actually be the end of the world, and i do feel fine. so that's cool though i also highly doubt that this is the end. seems like the finale would be more

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-84961275991346488532011-08-23T14:12:00.003-04:002011-08-23T14:14:09.826-04:00

i was in the basement moving some laundry along when the whole house started shaking. it took longer than you'd think to realize what was happening. coco and lola made some bad earthquake injury prevention decisions by jumping in to the space between the ceiling of the basement and the floor of my dining room. anyway, i'm a bit freaked so i ran up stairs to see what the news had to say and these

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this was fascinating. i'd love to hear people's thoughts/reactions. Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty on August 4 of sexual assault on two girls–a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old who he considered his “spiritual wives.” On August 9 he was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes; the 55-year-old Jeffs will be eligible for parole when he’s 90. In a courtroom in San Angelo,

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i did it. i have a twitter account. you can follow me @OgTeabelly i resisted and resisted, and now i'm really into it. i have a feeling my twitter account will host more of my random postings and the blog will become more of a place for me to process that which i twitter . . . haha

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-42021429827804257982011-07-23T17:56:00.002-04:002011-07-23T17:59:20.349-04:00

seems like she knew what was up, and had made a decision for herself. its crazy that amy winehouse, kurt cobain, jimi hendrix, janice joplin, and jim morrison also died at 27. what's that about?rest in peace amy. may all those who suffer your sadness learn from you, so they don't have to suffer you fate.

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-74699711902687569472011-07-16T18:21:00.002-04:002011-07-16T18:22:52.781-04:00

a friend of mine sent this to me today and it really inspired me. maybe t'will inspire you too.

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-82832774254886692602011-06-30T17:07:00.002-04:002011-06-30T17:15:24.490-04:00

could the colbert super pac really determine the 2012 election? if the choices really are the koch brothers or colbert choosing the president, i'd choose colbert. so check it out: colbertsuperpac.com and help make a better tomorrow, tomorrow ;)

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-84506193262620747632011-06-19T18:04:00.000-04:002011-06-19T18:04:00.416-04:00

Published: June 8, 2011 at 11:38 PMLOS ANGELES, June 8 (UPI) -- Children who have been abused by their parents might have more trouble sleeping when they are age 60 and older, U.S. researcher found. Lead author Cecilia Y. M. Poon, a doctoral student at the University of Southern California's Davis School of Gerontology and colleagues conducted an analysis of data from 877 adults age 60 and older

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i love this!!!!! i'm not sure why it took so long to get this done, but for realz! thanks so so so much for doing this. waste is waste!though i kinda think the building in brooklyn should be turned into condos . . . that might help pay down the deficit. rent in that neighborhood is so steep . . . don't sell, turn it into something cool ;)

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-43503228103226935662011-06-17T18:01:00.000-04:002011-06-17T18:01:03.166-04:00

this reminds me of being called a bitch in the MOM's parking lot one day . . . seriously, this must be a common feeling amoungt us bobos

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-50516092001833442722011-06-15T14:25:00.000-04:002011-06-15T14:26:25.214-04:00

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 15, 2011 President Obama to Host Military Fathers and Children for Screening of Cars 2 in Advance of Father's DayTo Help Fathers and Kids Connect, Fatherhood and Mentoring

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i ended up talking to my 9-yr old neice isabel today. she told me a story about a boy she has a crush on at school and how scared she is about it. so i told her some dating story that prompted her to give me the following advice (she apparently doesn't have much confidence in my dating abilities . . . i'm taking tips from my 9-yr old neice hoping on the next go around i get things closer to

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in the end is the biggest debate the one that went on between cleon skousen and hugh nibley? if so, we need to find hugh's glenn beck . . . maybe its rachel?Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-90561753291415410822011-06-09T12:10:00.000-04:002011-06-09T12:10:00.901-04:00

when ali and sawyer visited recently, we watched the movie 2012 at sawyer's begging plea. it is a horribly scripted, directed, and acted movie, but the plot is pretty trippy.since then i've been more curious about the mayan predictions about 2012. this video makes me wonder if there might actually be something to their predictions?? maybe the whole world doesn't end, but some crazy stuff goes

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-78238198772586398322011-06-08T20:53:00.001-04:002011-06-08T21:29:19.796-04:00

i've watched this three times and i cry each timeVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-10179827241102316822011-06-07T19:28:00.003-04:002011-06-07T19:52:33.254-04:00

i just stumbled upon this video looking for something else. and when i watched the video i remembered the power of this experience and thought i'd blog about it now, since then i didn't have a blog . . .this is video i took in 2006-ish. i had been working in rwanda and stayed over a weekend (before heading to kenya) to visit the sousa gorilla family. the sousa family was the family diane

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-62814193276121939102011-06-05T14:55:00.000-04:002011-06-05T14:55:00.721-04:00

this seriously freaks me out!this is the al queda spokesman, on the short list to replace bin Laden, in a chilling video calling on jihadists in america to exploit loopholes in american gun laws to create terror in our country . . . as if we need more terror here . . . seriously, we have got to change these laws. he claims, gaps in our guns laws are a “golden opportunity” to claim more american

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-24181822054292785272011-06-03T22:14:00.000-04:002011-06-03T22:14:00.276-04:00

this is a great campaign! i wonder how many female athletes it will inspire. will it change female tennis for the better by attracting so many more women to the game? will it inspire a new LARGE generation of women that play sports? will this have impact on america's obesity epidemic? if playing a sport is sexy, not being rail thin, will it change things?

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-25582590724677828002011-06-02T19:20:00.000-04:002011-06-02T19:20:00.712-04:00

The most controversial YouTube clip in Saudi Arabia this week doesn't feature obscenity, violence, or sex. It's an 8-minute video of a woman driving a car. Technically, Manal al-Sharif didn't do anything wrong. She has a valid U.S. driver's license, recognized in Saudi Arabia, and she had her brother's permission as well as her brother himself beside her as her requisite accompanying male

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-28339358895954119992011-06-01T11:17:00.004-04:002011-06-01T16:08:07.671-04:00

this link will take you to a blog posting (on exponent) of the event by one of the participants.below is cut and pasted from the WH blog (click here to see the original posting)Posted by Paul Monteiro on June 01, 2011 at 09:45 AM EDTOn May 16th, Kal Penn and I hosted a youth roundtable with about 20 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our conversation touched on issues of

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if you didn't get a chance to watch the webcast live, you can watch it here:my big moment is near the end where i sneak joshua the questions . . . under the table. it was a beautiful experience for me. at the end, when the tapes quit rolling the whole room erupted in thunderous applause. it might sound out there to say, but it felt like there were way more voices than just the 10 of us in

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-66482500018187474522011-05-31T07:48:00.001-04:002011-05-31T07:48:00.886-04:00

The following was originally posted on CDC Public Health Matters Blog on May 16th, 2011 by Ali S. Khan.There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to

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favorite quotes:"it's kinna weeird, but you can't rilly halp that the disease is goin 'round""an it'll give you 'xperience fir, you know things, if you happen to have a prollin' like this later in life, you already have the experience of riding a stick horse"man, sometimes i forget what utah was like. it reminds me of this song.ENJOY!Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-5857069175074359962011-05-26T20:51:00.000-04:002011-05-26T20:51:00.294-04:00

senate republicans are threatening to block ANY appointee to head the new "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" with a bunch of weird rules that steal money from tax payers and serves the richies on wall street. basically they are setting up a system that insures that one guy is gets FILTHY rich on the backs of 10,000 people.president obama has nominated elizabeth warren to head the agency, but

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-26893508055204284672011-05-25T20:13:00.004-04:002011-05-25T20:21:03.851-04:00

i've had quite a bit to do with this: I'M SUPER NERVOUS! if you can participate, that would be even cooler because the more people on it, the better i will feel ;)this is for you danny flowers!The HHS Partnership Center and White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are hosting an evening National Call to Action for Faith Leaders to End the Stigma that Surrounds HIV and

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-71621082844557393582011-04-08T10:48:00.000-04:002011-04-08T11:04:18.091-04:00

a couple of days ago, ali and i were talking about how important having clean houses were to us. and we were just talking about clean versus clutter. we both wage a weak battle against entropy. and when that god of disarray wins, we often are able to not notice -- we aren't fond of admitting defeat.long story short: this afternoon, i decided to go in search of the clutter. it was phenomenal!

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Important Message from Secretary SebeliusFor OS announcements to all of HHSSent:Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:12 PMTo:HHS-NEWS-ALLMemorandum for All EmployeesThroughout the discussions about funding for the rest of the fiscal year, the President has made it clear that he does not want a government shutdown, and the Administration is ready and willing to work day and night to find a solution with

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i was supposed to be writing my hungary blog, but got down a weird internet wormhole that made me ask the question, "what is the taste tangy" . . . i searched all over and couldn't figure that out, but i discovered that there are 5 basic tastes, not 4 like i learned in school.do you know that in 1985:Umami was officially recognized as the scientific term to describe the taste of glutamates and

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this is super amazing! i think they are actually communicating. maybe this will teach us the international language of baby??

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-54052249597519837982011-03-29T21:13:00.003-04:002011-03-29T22:13:52.339-04:00

i should be writing about a couple of things -- the book of mormon: the musical and hungary; but i want to first write about the clean program. (mostly because i don't want to think too hard.)i've been feeling like my body needs a reset; this month is my reset! sunday, i started the clean program. the first week its basically just "a dietary protocol that removes foods and ingredients from

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i got an email this morning sharing the progress of hole in the sky collective. i had never heard of it, but am THRILLED that this organization is in my neighborhood. this is EXACTLY the type of enterprises i hope will move in. i feel like eckington could be a wonderful bohemian enclave in DC. there isn't much (there is some tho) in DC promoting arts and creativity amongst the residents. i

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my dear friend ingrid shared this with me. it made me cry. i wish all american could read this!i'm extremely disgusted by the cult of celebrity that has engulfed out country. we know WAY too much about the dysfunctions of a handful of, mostly, narcissistic attention whores. we feed their narcissism, or in other cases invade their privacy, so that we can get our jollies from understanding the

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-86722436177434572302011-03-10T15:53:00.011-05:002011-03-15T22:12:10.929-04:00

one of the first real papers i ever wrote in college was for chauncey riddle's philosophy 101 class. i called it "the Bible's Philosophy of Sex". because i was writing this, i got special permission to go into the limited access portion of the Harold B Lee library that had all the books about sex in it. i felt honored. i spent most of my paper (which i wish i could find) discussing how the

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i am in love with mad men. it is one of the best t.v. shows that has come out in recent years. the costuming is amazing, the honest portrayal of american life in the 60's super interesting, and the characters complex. i'm bummed that they do so few episodes a year and i am thrilled for the next season. so maybe it is that anticipation that made me so happy to see a couple of mad men in a new

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this is my 'hood!! this makes me pretty stoked! i love my neighborhood.we are on the front cover of the best this old house neighborhoods in the northeast and the best row house and the best city living . . . there is a long list underneath. and this photo got us on the cover of all of them . . .seriously, buying this house was NO easy task, but ... it really is home. i have wonderful

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this is really fascinating. over 77% of people believe in:getting rid of the bush tax cutsgetting rid of the tax cuts for oil companiespublic union bargainingtaxing millionairesyet, there is even an actual debate about this staling the government ???!!!!!Despite enforcement success, IRS faces cutsBy Stephen OhlemacherWednesday, March 2, 2011; A13Every dollar that the Internal Revenue Service

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very worth watching:The Daily Show - Exclusive - Donald Rumsfeld Extended Interview Pt. 1Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookThe Daily Show - Exclusive - Donald Rumsfeld Extended Interview Pt. 2Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookThe Daily Show - Exclusive - Donald Rumsfeld Extended Interview Pt.

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i think this is pretty interesting! the right is trying to distance itself from beck . . . they think he is losing it.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

teabellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09447887356101474934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036972877971343556.post-15117242522999327152011-02-26T00:19:00.006-05:002011-03-04T00:28:00.441-05:00

i was watching the rachel maddow show tonight and a democratic state senator mentioned that eqyptians are sending protestors in madison, wi pizza. what a great idea! i think we should stand with those protestors. if you are like me, and can't actually go, then, LETS SEND THEM PIZZA ...pizza brutta appears to serve a neapolitan pizza . . . will take pizza to them for you. 608.257.2120ian's on

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obama needs to go to wisconsin. he needs to stand proud with workers and show that there is a powerful democratic party that cares about america's workers. that there are leaders in the US who are willing to stake a position that big business doesn't run america. that america is by the people and "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the

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last night after a perfect batch of curry . . . i should probably share that recipe here too . . . the dinner party ended and i was hungry and came up with the recipe for rice pudding:1 egg1 cup milk1t vanilla2T brown sugar1/4t salthandful of raisins (or other dried fruit. i used gogi berries.)handful of pistachios or cashews1.5C of cooked rice(all of these

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please watch this, and let me know if you think. btw, i was taking myself too seriously when i wrote this rant below the video . . . sorry for the break in the no-caps decorum. i like no-caps more, but i guess i wanted to be taken a bit seriously . . .Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyIt was just a couple of years ago that the Christian Conservative Right

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this is brilliant! The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cPyramid Scheme - World Reactionwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook

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i think it is time for some serious change in this city. we have had a city council that looks almost exactly the same for the whole time i have lived in the city. most people are re-elected over and over again. this keeps people like marion barry in office for 30 years.apparently a referendum was passed in the 90's to limit the terms of elected officials, but the elected officials voted it

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today, i learned about these two amazing songs/music videos. i feel like my life is immensely fuller. i also feel like, since it is the year of love and all, the most loving thing i can do, is share this with the world. (i use some hyperbole. it is the most loving thing i can do with this particular information . . . but we don't need to travel down that wormhole now do we)anyway, without

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i don't think i'm able to completely comprehend why the story of egypt's revolution and the victory of the people is so captivating. i have been watching this last month as the entire middle east/northern africa region is moved by the voice of the people. from the student who set himself on fire in the beautiful town of sidi bou said (where i spent some really fun times) to the ouster of the

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look, i realize i just posted a whole blog about my kittens. and yes, i fear being a cat lady, but i think we all know i'm too cool for that. so, lets just set that aside.it turns out that there are literally hundreds (ok, i'm exaggerating) options for kitty litter these days. and in the end, my goal is to nix the litter box and train coco and lola to potty on the potty. but in the meantime,

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i just learned that amazon has a book, dvd, etc exchange. it seems like a really cool and very green idea, so i figured i'd share it here. it might be a nice thing to consider for your spring cleaning. :)The Amazon Trade-In Program allows you to receive an Amazon.com Gift Card in exchange for your eligible items. Participation is simple. Here's how:Visit the desired trade-in store:Movies & TV

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i went to hawaii kinda out of the blue for work a couple of weeks ago. hawaii is biutiful, but FAR away. it is so rich in culture, it is a bit crazy that its part of the US.according to the locals, this is how the US got hawaii. a US navy admiral commanded a few battleships into pearl harbor and requested a meeting with the queen. he told her that if she didn't abdicate her throne and power

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this whole discussion about dc being a "federal city" makes me nuts!can you imagine if, when we were "rebuilding" iraq, we had said iraq needs to have a country-wide elections, but baghdad can't vote b/c it is the seat of government. no one in the international or american community would stand for that. that is how it is for us living in dc.this is from wiki:Because the United States

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i just got this from my dad. i am appalled. how can this even be a real consideration after what has happened in arizona?? it is seriously unconscionable.90 comments by Alia Beard Rau - Jan. 31, 2011 12:00 AMThe Arizona RepublicArizona solidified its reputation last year as one of the most liberal gun states in the nation after the Legislature passed a law allowing people to carry concealed

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Mark Frauenfelder at 10:30 AM Friday, Jan 28, 2011 Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer.An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that

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my mom has been on me for months to post more photos of the kittens. unfortunately, all my awesome video of chest-bumps and photos of ridiculous amounts of adorableness were stolen when i was burglarized (ode to the year of zen! i seriously had to take a deep breathe after writing that sentence.) so for those of you less interested in coco & lola than my mom, please skip this post.i mean she has

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