Monthly Archives: April 2009
LDS General Conference
The 179th General Conference just ended, so I wanted to put down my thoughts on it while I still have it in my head…
For me, there were a few things that really stood out. One was attending the temple regularly. There were a number of talks on this, actually. My wife and I try to get to the temple regularly, but each month it is a struggle to accomplish, and we miss more months than we should…
Another was a talk on living within your means by Elder Hales. My wife and I agreed that we tend to buy a lot more things than we really need. Part of it is that we encourage each other to get the things that the other wants, but in his talk Elder Hales told a couple stories, one about wanting to buy something for his wife when they couldn’t really afford it, and another about when he wanted to buy something for her when they could afford it. The basic idea wasn’t to never buy anything, but to live within your means, and to not buy things to try to impress others, and to save money for rainy days.
Elder Perry talked about the need for members to be major part of the missionary effort. It just struck me that I need to do more to share my feelings about the gospel to others and see if they want to know more.
Finally, Elder Scott, President Monson, and a few others talked about facing adversity–looking forward with faith. Elder Scott especially told a few very tender stories about some severe trials he has gone through in his life.
April Fools!
So on April Fools thinkgeek.com offered a number of fake items, including this awesome item: The TaunTaun sleeping bag!
Note that the inside pattern of the bag is entrails. My favorite part is that the zipper is shaped like a lightsaber.
What’s even better is that ThinkGeek claims that they got enough positive comments about it that they are going to see if they can get the rights to build and market it (see the original ad here).
While you’re there, you should check out the miniature trebuchet that they sell (throws small objects up to 20 feet)…