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house full of girls: End-of-Year Chaos

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House full of girls. We have three daughters and one son. About three hours after I created this page, I realized that I should have called it "Lone Men in a House of Tumultuous Women". I know this is how my DH feels sometimes, and I fear for my boy. We have lots of fun reading and dancing and other stuff, but mostly, we like to laugh. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. My husband has finally done it. He's gone and got himself graduated with his Master-of-Counseling. Here is my to do list for the next month.

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Anew: The Lego Movie: A Creative Manifesto

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The Lego Movie: A Creative Manifesto. I finally got around to watching The Lego Movie. Major spoilers coming. It was fun, fast paced, and overall really good. At the end, though, I realized that the film's core message could be taken a couple of ways. This daring endeavor reflects Finn's desire to continue his habit of playing with his dad's Legos - building and rebuilding according to his whims. But I'm not sure that's the whole point. The film hints that Lord Business himself ...

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Anew: May 2011

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Monday, May 30, 2011. An unnamed source at baking day leaked a sooper sekrit recipe. For French fry seasoning to the covert folks at adamkk.com. Head over there (click the link) to check it out! Also, while I'm busy cross-posting, check out my featured artwork for this week! Adam K. K. Figueira. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. But when is it ever just one of them? So we've had to get creative. Well, last night we may have found the answer: Blindfolds! That's right, blindfolds. We were havi...

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Anew: January 2011

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Monday, January 31, 2011. The 24 Hour Film Making Experience. Over on LDS Cinema Online. I posted about my experience making The End. My team's entry in the 2011 LDS Film Festival's 24 Hour Film Making Marathon. It was a ton of fun and probably the most amazing creative experience I've ever had. The result wasn't too shabby, either. You can see it below, check it out on the newly redesigned adamkk.com. Or watch in in the post. On the other blog. To read about it. Thanks, and please leave me feedback!

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Anew: February 2012

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Friday, February 10, 2012. Magdalene Cover Makes the Finals! Hey, friends. So you might have heard that one of my book covers is a finalist in LDS Publisher's. 2011 book cover design contest. I'm super excited about this, as it was a totally unexpected development. The cover is for a book called Magdalene. By Moriah Jovan. It was actually the first cover I ever designed, and the collaborative process that took place with the editor and author is one of my favorite professional experiences ever. Person&#4...

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Anew: July 2011

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Sunday, July 3, 2011. Personal Revelation and the Two-Edged Sword. My thoughts are not your thoughts. Thoughts, neither are. The heavens are higher than the earth, so are my. Than your ways, and my. The necessity of Revelation to guide our path. And I beheld a. Of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood. And I also beheld a. And it came to pass that I beheld that the. Of iron, which my father had seen, was the. Of God, which. To the fountain of. It has two ...

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Anew: How Our Current Grading System Directly Undermines the Goals of Education

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Sunday, March 1, 2015. How Our Current Grading System Directly Undermines the Goals of Education. My purpose is not to address what, why, or (mostly) how we learn. Those are all weighty topics that deserve their own attention. I just want to point out that the way we evaluate learning is, at its most fundamental level, not only flawed but directly counterproductive. I'm talking about letter grades. Now let's consider a different model:. What if rather than having a single standard for perfection that cou...

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Anew: March 2011

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Sunday, March 20, 2011. Original Artwork - The Three Degrees of Glory. It's impossible to understand this image without appreciating something about the LDS concept of the afterlife. The doctrine of the Three Degrees of Glory is the doctrine of eternal happiness for the children of God. The middle kingdom - the Terrestrial - is inhabited by those who once accepted Christ but were blinded by the things of the world or the cunning of the devil and failed to be completely faithful. They are worthy of gr...

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Anew: November 2010

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Why don't I cuss? But that couldn't really be all, could it? Has nothing else happened in my life to enforce this admittedly unusual behavior of mine? Am I afraid that my mother would still hunt me down with a bar of soap if she heard of me cussing? Let us briefly consider some common cuss words, and then you may get a sense for why I don't use them. Be spoken without cussing. Other uses, however, such as "what the - - did you do that for? Ah, the infamous "F word." It is ...