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• utah, you can skip this one dad

  Confession time, and a penance

  05.27.10 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Confession: I like Walmart, and I shop there regularly (it helps that we have a brand-new store, with un-sullen workers, so far). I know it’s the nadir of taste, style, social conscience, and seven other sins, but I am unashamed. And I really think that unless you’ve lived for a couple years in a third-world [...]

• Ryan, church, utah

  The Honorable Graduate

  05.31.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  I used to say that my little brother was a good candidate for the Hitler Youth. He always pestered me about my Mountain Dew habit, and referred to my black sheep-ish status in the family. To many, I am quite, quite conservative, but within my birth family, I am, shall we say, something of a [...]

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  Top 10 Reasons to Live in Utah

  05.26.08 | Permalink | 21 Comments

  I recently moved back to Utah after nine years in some of the world’s great cities (NYC, Cairo, Tokyo, St. Petersburg — Florida). I miss public transportation, good bagels, and the beach. In a lot of ways, though, Utah more than holds it own, even when it’s colder than a witch’s mammary all winter. Spring [...]