A Statement about God

C.S. Lewis once wrote: 

“What would really satisfy us would be a god who said of anything we happened to be doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?’ We want, in fact, not so much a Father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven—a senile benevolence who, as they say, liked to see young people enjoying themselves’, and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, ‘a good time was had by all.’ ” 

Application to the gay-marriage movement?

Thirteen Years of House Arrest for The Lady

I realize this picture is gigantic, and that is with good reason.  As of today, October 24, 2008, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been a prisoner in her own home for thirteen years now.  Suu Kyi is still silenced by tyrants and we must pray and work to get her out.  We must free her and every other soul that has been denied the use of moral agency for the benefit of their brothers and sisters.

God be with you Mrs. Suu Kyi.

Child

Child from blu on Vimeo.

Thoughts?

Drive

Bearding the Loss of Files

I have lost all my school files for this semester, aside from a few older versions of files that I emailed people.  Basically, I am all messed up and grumped.  I have been spending the last half-day trying to recreate all the stuff I lost and I found that the definition of bearding coincides for both my traumatic effort to "recover" my losses and the growth of said hair on my face.

I need a hug.

Arizona Trip: Part I

I'm in the process of changing

Yes, I am changing, my being, and also the site is going through a constructive phase as I learn more JavaScript.  Anyhow, I want you all to know that I know you don't know what is going on either.

Ha.

First Day of Fall 2008 Semester

I'm just hanging out in the new "Digital Learning Center" here on campus.  Funny thing that this school cannot even call this place a library, but at least they're providing me with free Wi-Fi.  I'm waiting for Wendi Cheney, my archiving buddy, to work on a collection in the UVU Archives.  Looking forward to a day of rummaging through papers and I'm hoping to find some goods.  Anyhow, I should be posting more often as I will be around more hotspots to get on the blog and get to work.

Hope all of you are feeling some peace in your hearts this day,

----Tod

PS--- I'm trying to grow a mustache, but it's not working out very well.  I will remain valiant though (a month?).

Doctrine and Covenants Eighty-Eight

Artworks based on Doctrine and Covenants Eighty-Eight

by: Tod Robbins

Verse 68

Verse 73

More to come shortly, as it is an ongoing series of mine.

Benjatod Battles - As of May 2008

Laser Guns

Pursuit of Ho-Chunk Nation

Hamster Wormhole

Ham + Time + Cheerleader

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There will be many more to post eventually.

Monkey Dreams

New portraits of me.  The top one didn't turn out quite like I wanted, but I like how frilly it is.

The Japanese "Office"

Thelma Young: My Hero

Thelma Young is one of my heroes.   She leads, with two other tremendous individuals, the U.S. Campaign for Burma.  As many of you know, the Burmese people have undergone some horrific events recently, and the military regime has put up a wall to the majority of aid pledged by so many.

As a bystander, I myself have so many issues with not only the Burmese junta's actions but also the inaction of the world.  I value a woman like Thelma who can say what she thinks and fights for it, not for her own glory or recognition but for the peace and love that surely should spread through the righteous' influence across the earth.  Thelma possesses great courage and grace.  She is full of a fire that both burns like an engine but also as a balm to those around her.  The Holy Ghost is with her actions, thoughts, pleas, and prayers.

Campaign Fundraising

America: Love it or fix it

animalGAP

[PS---I made these and the ones from the previous post]

Celebrate good times, come on!

Hygiene hath taken the unit.

"Jordy"


"Let's hear it for the boys!"

Unsubscribe Me

Will it go on?  We may not have direct control over this practice, but raise you voice with me in every opportunity that presents itself against such treatment of our enemies.  Can we turn the other cheek, or is Jesus Christ a 1st century maxim lost in the dust of a thousand conflicts wrought with paranoia?

Unsubscribe yourself.

I Can Never Tell

Perhaps I need one of those web-counters to see whether people even visit my blog.  I know it may seem vain, but I would like to see a comment on at least one of my last several posts.  I share to then share in an experience with others.  This blog is utterly wasted if no one else takes something from it, whether is be a random chuckle or a thought that lingers.

I know that some of my friends check this blog and are thankful I do post, and for that I am grateful.  I hope there would be an increase in participation as blogs seem to be one way of holding on to conversation, an art that is slowly slipping from our societies.

Let me know if I need to can my trash.  The poems can be a bit heavy for everybody including myself.  This post is mainly whacked as I am fighting a week of 7 finals and having to move out by Wednesday afternoon from my house, in the midst of finishing said finals.  Woof.

Godspeed women and men.

On the Nature of Dogs, the Right of Grace, Forgiveness and Hospitality: Derrida, Kant, and Lars Von Trier's Dogville

On the Nature of Dogs, the Right of Grace, Forgiveness and Hospitality: Derrida, Kant, and Lars Von Trier's Dogville

Wow.  Cosmopolitanism vs. communitarianism.  It is all so rich.  The film Dogville was a bit much for me because of all the sexual violence, but the concepts introduced are nonetheless worth analyzing.  Immanuel Kant's argument for "cosmopolitan right" to hospitality as a world citizen is very interesting.  Give the article a read and leave your response.

Consecrate for Change

A new blog by Chris Nielsen (a recent acquaintance of mine) called Consecrate for Change is very enthralling.  

The opening post is a diary of sorts, dialoging Chris' experiment with "solo protesting" in Provo.  The various responses to his half-hour time consecrations to the Lord's admonition of "renounce war" are discussion inducing for our little hamlet of Provo.  

Check it out if you have some time.