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Huzzah! Another question via formspring! This question comes from wr3n, who blogs at The Waiting Line, tumbles at wr3n, now and zen, and is eagerly awaiting your questions via formspring here. Ok, here's her question:
Do you have any vacations planned this year and if so, where are you going?
Ok, good question! The answer is YES!!! Here's what we've got planned:
1. We'll for sure make several trips to Ely to go canoeing around the Boundary Waters (oh, the benefits of having in-laws who run an outfitting business in the BWCA!!!!)
2. We're going to cycle the Cannon River Trail, & probably a couple other trails this summer, too. We're totally into trails & we may even try bicycle camping. FUN!
3. Madeline Island - Mel has been wanting to go to Madeline Island for a long time, so we'll check it out this summer. It's a sweet island up in Lake Superior that you can only get to by ferry, ice road, or wind sled. We'll probably just hang around the island, do some canoeing, kayaking, cycling, and general merry-making.
4. Kayaking in Greece?????? This is still an open possibility that we're considering. It will be expensive, but fun. We're still trying to make up our minds if we want to do it. Anybody been to Greece before?
That about wraps it up. Keep the questions coming, folks!
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sure. check the blog.
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This question was asked anonymously, but I assume that a question like this could only come from my former roommate <a href="http://scottbrittanyandcompany.blogspot.com/">Scott</a>;.
It's pretty simple. I became a hippie right about the same time you found Jesus:
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We were both going through some changes, and while you were experiencing a spiritual awakening, I was discovering the joys of making my own soap out of bees wax. -
Great question! People like to ride singlespeeds for a lot of reasons, but mostly because it means a lot fewer parts to maintain. Riding a singlespeed removes the need to maintain derailleurs, shifting cables, and shifters. Shifting mechanisms are easily the most needy part of any bicycle, especially during the winters in Minnesota. Winters are very hard on bicycles, and especially hard on derailleurs. Derailleurs have a tendency to freeze and be useless anyway, and all the sand & salt on the roads will really destroy a derailleur in no time.
For example, I like to ride an old 21-speed mountain bike a lot during the winters. I pretty much have to replace the entire drive train every spring because the ice, sand, and salt have pretty well wrecked the entire drive train.
There are other reasons (some of which get a little bit metaphysical), but those are the primary ones.
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One thing? Bike Trails! The Twin Cities - especially south Minneapolis - has arguably the nations most complete off-street bicycle trail network. And specifically, the Midtown Greenway is arguably the nations premier urban cycling corridor.
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Clinic? If by "clinic" you mean "a one-on-one or small group discussion over jucy lucys or coffee," then YES!!! I would love to hold a clinic. Hit me up. We can even go for a test ride to practice our cycling skills. My wife will come, too. It will be great.
But caution should be used with the phrase "giving up a car," because biking more doesn't mean you have to drive less. I mean, unless you want to, you know? -
I assure you, there is nothing "little" about me.
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You weren't loyal enough to the show. It's your fault.
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Hmmmm... serious question. Anyone want to fess up to asking this question???
I'm trying to figure out who would ask me a question like this. Obviously somebody Mormon & well acquainted with the Book of Mormon... But this is an obscure enough question that not just any run-of-the-mill Mormon would come up with it. It's probably somebody who has already googled it, read a few academic articles about it, and doesn't actually expect me to know the answer. Hmmm. Puzzling.
Ok, but obviously, I don't know the answer to this question. Here's the backstory from the Book of Mormon for anyone that isn't familiar:
There are two groups traveling around in the wilderness trying to find each other. They finally meet and are filling each other in on what has been happening since they last saw each other. Then verse 24 says "And it came to pass that after they had ended the ceremony, that they returned to the land of Nephi...." But previously there had been no mention of ceremonies, so what ceremony ended?
So obviously, I can only speculate. I think it's important to establish who chose the word ceremony (i.e. Joseph Smith or Mormon)? There are ongoing debates regarding how the Book of Mormon was translated by Joseph Smith (or if he just entirely made it up). Members of the church will differ on whether they think Joseph was a passive or active translator - meaning whether he dictated specific words shown to him, or whether he chose the words himself. I tend to think that Joseph Smith was an active translator - that the words in the Book of Mormon are of 19th century origin - that the Book of Mormon is not a translation of the prophet Mormon's words in a literal sense. The stories, the themes, and the teachings may originate from ancient American prophets, but the English words are Joseph's.
So that being said, why did Joseph use the word "ceremony"? Three options:
1) he didn't, but by some transcription or scribal errors, the word ceremony turns up in the modern Book of Mormon
2) he used the word ceremony in a bizarre, nuanced way to describe the meeting that had just taken place
3) he meant to imply that some sort of actual ceremony had taken place - perhaps with priesthood ordinances being performed.
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I didn't know I'd grown a huge beard once already... I always thought I kept my beard was pretty neatly trimmed.
But to answer the question, 2012. ...if the world doesn't end, I mean.. -
most def <a href="http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/">Twin Cities Streets for People</a> because they let me post there once in a while.
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hmmmm... good question. If the roadway isn't wide enough to share, I recommend pulling over, packing a snowball, and throwing it at the drivers windshield as the loader passes.
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sheesh! I am the wrong person to ask. All I can do is tell you the eye-opening revelation I received about one month into my (now defunct) jogging career:
1. Buy running shoes - don't run in converse all-stars. There's a reason why nobody else runs in them.
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Great question!
Cyclists own the world because they were more valiant in the war in heaven.
Cyclists don't think they can go wherever they want - we all know that freeways are off-limits.
I don't know any cyclists that think they can travel at whatever speed they want. Most commuter cyclists I know will readily admit that no matter how hard they try, they will probably top out at about 20 mph on a good day - and often closer to 10 mph. -
Pickles are ok, although I'm not really a big fan of dill. I prefer bread & butter pickles, but you usually only see those cut into slices. Also, pickles are shaped funny.
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Aliens melted my brain. What's your excuse?
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I don't know but I'm testing it out.
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