I’ve largely stayed out of political posts for the last while, not because I haven’t had thoughts about what’s happening in the world (I’ve had plenty), but more because (as I’ve noted before), it’s become more of a trench warfare scenario than anything else. People have very firmly held beliefs, and they’ve shown little interest in entertaining anything that goes against those beliefs. However, I’ve had something bumping around in my head for the last…

Hello hello hello! ♡ My companion Sister Kruger got her visa!! So we will (hopefully) get to fly to Prague together!! Not much to report on so instead here is a list of highlights Are you all so hyped that this is my LAST mtc email!?!?!?!       The sad thing is that Sister Dribnak and Marlowe received their reassignments 🙁 but we shall be reunited on the mission!! ♡ I got the sweeeeetest…

First, thank you all for the kind birthday wishes yesterday. I took the day off from work and went to the local fair with my family in the evening. Michaela had tons of fun riding all the rides that do essentially the same thing (go around, really fast), we ate donuts, saw cows, ate fries, and got maple cotton candy. Best of all, I didn’t do much in the way of work. 🙂 But I…

It’s been a while since I popped in to update you all on various writing efforts I’ve got underway. No time like the present, right? I had a bit of a streak (couple of weeks) where I was in-between projects, but by and large I’ve been in full writing mode for the past long while. In November 2025, I pitched several different books to Sourcebooks. Basic plots that I was interested in writing, but which…

Ahoj všetci!!!! Well another week in eternity. Don’t get me wrong I am still having SO much fun but dang bro when are my travel plans gonna come in. So far just Starši Tippets has his sooo we are crossing our fingers he doesn’t have to fly alone :(. And pray for the Czech Sisters!! They still dont have their visas BIG FROWNIE FACE. None the less, in 13 days I AM flying to Prague. …

So, back in ye olden days, a classic tactic to manage how many complaints or requests a department received was to just make sure any requests had to come in with a filled-out form. The very act of making someone fill out paperwork was enough to discourage many people from even bothering to try. Say what you will about LLMs, but one area where they excel in is “doing stuff lots of other people have…

It was a super busy week for me this past week. I’ve been on writing deadline, and that basically meant any time I wasn’t working, I was at home sitting down revising. And so I haven’t really watched or read much of anything except a few things. Thankfully, one of those things is one of my favorite movies, so I at least had that to fall back on. No books finished, alas. Television? We’re still…

Hello my lovely citizens and farmingtons, Boom three hip hip hoorays for the fact we only have 3 weeks left!!! I fear the elders hit their low on Saturday when BYU had their first football game and we couldnt watch it but we trudge forward don’t we. So many little miracles in this week i can’t even count them all!! We made it through our first fast Sunday here and boy i was glad to…

This was a much busier week from a media-watching perspective. Finished a book and watched a bunch of movies and episodes. In the reading department, I finished A Trade of Blood, the new Ana and Din mystery installment from Robert Jackson Bennett. It’s the third in the series, and it just came out last month I believe. I really enjoy the way Bennett weaves the mystery elements in with the fantasy elements. I’m not sure…

The day before Michaela and I were going to head out to Utah, she came upstairs to get me. “The freezer’s broken.” I was reluctant to believe that, as our fridge was just 6 years old. It seemed likelier that the freezer had been left open or something, but when I went downstairs to investigate, it was pretty clear she was right. The ice was sloshing around in the ice tray, and the ice cream…