Ruben Bravo is special....

Ruben is a student in my class... He is a brilliant student but is being raised from what I heard by some gang bangers type of people... I do not know them but I know that Ruben acts like a gang banger until he comes into the class and then he shines like a diamond... Today we were going over some of the propositions that are on our ballot and we were talking about legalizing marijuana and Ruben gave an intellectual argument why we should legalize it and then I had the students write their opinion and also tell me which way they would vote... Well the class came up even at 14-14 and the last paper I had to read was Ruben's... I knew which way he was going but I wanted to see how he would craft his argument on paper and then he stunned me... He argued that marijuana should never be legalized... I broke up into a belly laugh and told Ruben to come back to my desk and with a grin he told me he just wanted to shake up the class and that is why he argued for legalization... What a great young man and I am honored to put him into my blog.... Night.... 39

No Bishop yet....

We had interviews last January and I mean about 7 brethern was interviewed and the feeling is that a change was coming soon... We then heard that the change will come in September and now Bishop Dassler feels it might come on November 14th... It is difficult because the church is true and this is the Lord's church, but the ship is sailing but I believe that many buckets of water has been scooped out of the boat so that it would keep on sailing... I'm very impressed with Bishop Dassler and the professional way that he has handle it... I'm sure if we were in President Banfield's shoes we would understand why it has taken so long, but I have felt for Bishop Dassler though... McKenna gave a great talk in Primary today and we also had all the family in Lake LA here to celebrate McKenna's 10th birthday.... It is great to be a Grandpa... Night.... 39

Bo is injured...

I believe that Bo's siatic nerve is bothering him... Where is Wade when we need him... I did send him to our chiroprator but he is really limping... I feel for him because he has a really big game against Lancaster tomorrow and I don't see how he will even be able to play let alone play well... I am really tired and I miss my walks when I play golf... The wind is going about 30 mph and I am also doing errands so I haven't played since last Friday... I miss it... I am also enjoying watching the Lakers play in the playoffs against Okalahoma... I really feel bad for this girl that Venna is teaching because she came up to me to tell me that her father comitted suicide... Wow, what a jerk, his daughter is such a special girl... I hope he enjoys the Spirit world because he has no idea what he is heading into by taking his life to get away from this life, now he will really know what suffering is and I hope he saw what I saw in his daughters eyes... I pray that the Saviors atonement will be felt big time in her life... I will be praying for her... Night... 39

I watched Tiger.....

I watched the Masters tonight and even as I wanted to root against Tiger, I am afraid that I was rooting for him and that made me think... I don't watch sports to get a moral lesson, I watch sports to see athletes participate and impress me with their talent.... Tiger is the greatest golfer ever and I enjoy watching him play... I don't like it when athletes use steroids and I can root for them, but then again if my fantasy player uses steroids or my favorite team uses them I am afraid that I still root for them... I go to our living Phophets and Apostles to learn moral lessons... Tiger is an idiot for what he did to his family, but I still caught myself hoping that he would he that unbelievable shot... Sorry, to all those who disagree with me... I also root for Koby Briant and he is an idiot too... I talked to my mom today and she seems to be doing fine.... I love her very much....night.... 39