Paul

01
Jan
2020

2020

I can’t believe this year is finally here.  I remember thinking about this year ages ago in High School.  It seemed so far off.

A couple bullet point thoughts I have

  • This year I will have a teenager that can drive. That’s going to be awesome. 
  • I’m so grateful for life.  I lost some friends last year, and their passing reminds me to cherish each and every moment of life I am fortunate to live.
  • While I may be getting older, I’m still young, and my family is young too.  We have so many good years ahead, I look forward to a decade of happiness.

I’m going to try to post a daily picture of myself here, on this blog, for posterity sake.  Call this my New Years resolution.  You can see how long that lasts.

Posted by Paul in Personal
25
Mar
2017

SNL Trump on Obamacare

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Alec Baldwin may have been a little prophetic in his portrayal of pre-inauguration Trump when it came to Obamacare.

Posted by Paul in Politics, Trump, US Politics
21
Mar
2017

Going to School

Every school day I drive Starla to School. Sometime early in the school year I began to sing a song that I call “Going to School.” There are no set words to this song, with the possible exception of the phrase Going to School. I usually customize it to the particular day, perhaps sing about something I see, or something I know that Starla has been thinking about or working on.

I usually sing it very loudly, not with any particular poise or grace. I love singing it to Starla.

Starla 

Starla may tell me, or appear to not be thrilled, but I know that secretly she loves the song.

 

Posted by Paul in Starla
07
Mar
2017

Hail to Daylight Savings

I hate going home when it is cold, and dark. For this reason I look forward with great anticipation to the coming switch from standard time to daylight savings time. If I could have my way we would be DST every day of the year.

Utah seems like the most ideal place for this switch, given our location in relation to the rest the time zones in the United states. The Pacific Time Zone is around 100 miles east of the Wasatch Front, so when DST comes and we have the long summer months, daylight lasts for a long time, as the sun is just beginning its journey out of Mountain Time zone.

I’ve had this thought on my mind for a while, but until I started writing
this I never thought about proving it out. A quick google search proves this to be true.

Here are sun rise and sunset times as of today.

Denver may get light earlier, but who cares, it gets dark earlier.

In good old Provo, Utah the sun sets later, giving Paul Jones Dayton the late light that he loves.

Daylight Savings Time: I salute you.

Posted by Paul