Jared Ottley

Pete Ashdown gave one of the commencement addresses at BYU’s Alternative Commencement. (The event was for those who chose to not attend the Cheney Commencement.)
The Audio and Text can be found here.
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After Adrienne had left for work, I snapped a few quick pics of Sawyer.

Future Fireman

Later I took a few more…After he got into the water colors and glue.

What a mess

And yes, I stuck him in the tub with his cloths on. It cleaned up very easily. But it sure scared the crap [...]

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This past Saturday we dropped Adrienne, Olivia and Sawyer off at her mom’s. One of her sisters is in town to help take care of my Mother-in-law, who just had knee surgery.
Taylor, Andrew, Cameron and I then went over to Camp Williams. They have several “old” military vehicles out front. I thought [...]

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Let’s get this clear, the President’s objection to the war spending bill is of the time line for pulling out of Iraq, not on the amount of money in the bill.

The bill provides $95.5 billion for operations, mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan — $4 billion more than sought by the president. The legislation also includes [...]

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I have been mulling over this video posted by Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Dish. And I have to admit that I am confused….who are they protesting against? It seems to be a hodge podge of polar opposites. There are the obvious ones, but when you watch it (if you watch it), [...]

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The morning show I listen to has a weekly segment called “Things that must go.” In it, the hosts, read lists of either theirs or listeners observations of things that they find just plain annoying, frustrating or the observed idiotic behavior of others.
To continue in that tradition:
Two of my kids go to preschool a [...]

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I finally got around to listening to the Technometria interview of Bruce Perens. Don’t. It was beyond dull. I am pretty sure I heard all of it. But I won’t guarantee it. I just may have fallen asleep.
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Why Utahans continue to reelect this man is beyond me. He claims to have been speaking of someone else but had used the wrong name. Can you trust anyone who gets their information from Rush? No. No farther than you can throw Rush.

The problem with Hatch, or those who work for him [...]

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There is no reason that pieces of evidence must corroborate one another, and “we can’t say that the absence of evidence is evidence,” White said.
I just had to laugh at the last sentence of this article over at CNN. This guy could work for the Bush Administration.
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Easter came early this year. Adrienne’s brother is in town, and will travel back home to Texas on Sunday. This afternoon turned out to be the best time for a family Easter get together, so I took off from work a little early. We went to Brick Oven in Provo for [...]

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