Things I’ve Learned the Hard Way
tech: Bitlocker and Windows Home
I do have some sensitive data (financial) that I’d like to keep encrypted when at rest. To do that, I use a VHD (virtual hard disk) for my sensitive data and encrypt that VHD with Microsoft’s BitLocker. I recently purchased a new laptop to use for Quicken and TurboTax. This new laptop is running Windows…
life: Solar Eclipse
I had a good time attending the recent solar full eclipse. Our home wasn’t in the zone of totality, was 85% there. We wanted to see totality, so we took a 3 day road trip. I joked that we spent 3 days in the car to get 3 minutes of thrill. Kinda like the lines…
faith: Dust
I was in a Sunday School class at church today, and one of the scriptures we were looking at referenced the phrase the “dust of the earth”. It said: “And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth.” One of the class participants mentioned that they…
life: flying IcelandAir
TL;DR: highly recommend. Frankly, I had never heard of this airline before. But my wife, the avid traveler, was itching to go somewhere and looking for a cheap fare that would make a trip a no-brainer. Two months ago she found a ticket on IcelandAir from our home airport in North Carolina to Rome Italy…
life: favorite Cary NC restaurants
I do like food, especially good food. And I’ve gotten a bit more picky as my metabolism has slowed down and I realize I can’t eat like I did when I was a teenager. And we like to go out to eat, because there is more variety and we don’t have to do the dishes.…
life: to worry or not to worry?
Worrying is something I do from time to time. It’s not pleasant. Turning the same thing over in my mind again and again. Extrapolating the what-if’s. Sometimes my stomach getting into knots. A defensive option would be to stop caring, but that doesn’t seem correct. So I began wondering, is worrying good or not? I’m…
tech/faith: tools for running an in-person conference
Within my church organization, I’ve been asked to help organize and run activities for the youth in our area. The biggest activity is what we call “stake youth conference”, which is basically 3 days with 250 youth, age 14-18. It’s not a small task. As we approached this year’s youth conference, one of our big…
life: the epic road trip (v2)
Gluttons for punishment, or doing all the fun over again from 9 years ago: I don’t know which. But had another wonderful 3 week road trip this summer. Stats: duration: 21 consecutive days driving distance: 6890 miles total hours driving: 120 average mpg: 25.5 gas consumed: 270 gallons (generally around $4.50/gal) Monuments / Parks /…
faith: perfection and temples
Marcel is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This is an address he gave in a congregation on February 27th, 2022. Is it reasonable to expect to understand all things about the gospel right now? I don’t think so. We operate a lot on faith, which is less than a…
faith: death
Marcel is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This is an address he gave at a funeral of an elderly friend on June 18th, 2021. Personal information has been removed out of respect for the family. We met at church. There is a program at church where we are all…
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