http://www.michaellinton.org The Blog of Mike Linton Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:09:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we cleaned my house to get it suitable for Michelle to move in, a lot of my stuff was thrown out. I was reading something that would help me be o.k. with parting with all my things (old T-shirts, stupid trinkets, cables and adapters that didn't have a gadget ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/07/cleanliness-and-godliness-and-dejunking/ My Dream car used to be a ford Taurus; now it is a Honda Accord I am afraid I am going to die or get crippled in a car wreck I’ve never had a traffic violation In Math class (11th grade) my friend told me it was national no T.V. week. Subsequently, we ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/17-random-things-about-mike-linton/ Right before I moved out of the singles ward I was assigned a new home teacher. He shared the quote below and it  what I needed to hear and I really appreciated my home teacher at that time. He read this from the book "Jesus the Christ" from James E. ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/a-home-teaching-lesson-on-prayer/ Michelle and I went on a quick road trip up to Portland for Memorial day. Here are a few of the things that we did. [caption id="attachment_280" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Michelle Linton at Silver Falls"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_279" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="Mike Linton standing behind waterfall"][/caption] I am standing in the middle on the right. [caption id="attachment_278" ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/pictures-from-portland-trip/ The sign reads “do not pass snowplows on the right.” As I read that a lot of thoughts went through my head and they were not limited to; “What a stupid sign,” “Who would ever do that,” I could picture some idiot being pummeled by the snow as they attempted ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/do-not-pass-snowplows-on-the-right/ A word of encouragement during (or right after) a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. - Anonymous I couple of years ago I decided to run an Olympic triathlon, and so in preparation I signed up to run a few sprint triathlons. My training early on consisted ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/encouragement-after-failure/ Here are the things I learned from the Larry H Miller autobiography that was just published. Some things are direct quotes and others are lessons I indirectly learned from reading about his life. I really enjoyed the book and the honesty of the both Larry H. Miller and his wife ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/06/lessons-learned-from-larry-h-miller-autobiography/ Michelle and I took a spontaneous trip to Portland this weekend. We got out of SLC around 3pm and our plan was to drive to Boise and stay there for a night, but as we were trying to book a Boise hotel on Priceline negotiator we accidentally booked it in ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/05/portland-oregon-trip/ [caption id="attachment_228" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption=" We were NOT on Bridgeport Property"][/caption] I saw this at the Japanese garden in Portland Oregon. It gave me a good laugh. http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/05/umbrella-theft/ I picked up an old journal the other day and it made me laugh and cry (seriously). Here is a poem I wrote when I was 13 (I didn't edit it) Why when some people are put to a task they achieve? and why are others who are put to a task ... http://www.michaellinton.org/2010/02/journal-writings/