Ironman Pioneer Day Catastrophes I hadn't planned on working Friday because PIONEER DAY. The pioneers would not want me to work on the greatest holiday of all time and I'm respectful to their wishes because I was raised right. Hashtag Bob and Cathie grinding
Ironman Massaging For Good About 12 seconds after crossing the finish line of the Half Ironman, Rebecca and I frantically raced the four hours to Salt Lake City so I could pack my things
Ridiculous Kisses Today I walked into the bathroom at the office. Bathroom? Restroom? I never know what you're supposed to call it when it's not in your home.
Rebecca Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Wednesday was garbage day and you forgot, AGAIN to remind me. This is getting really serious. In the four months I have lived in this house, I think
EMBARRASSING End of the Week Appointment The last time I wrote to you I had just pulled into the office late at night, again. I rolled in on Thursday evening sometime around 10:30 and began working on a project that I needed to try to get done by the
Law A Young Lawyer I rolled into my house sometime late in the evening last night to get some rest. As usual, it took me three or four times longer than I anticipated to get ready for bed. No matter how tired I am and no matter how
Work The Client, Part II Yesterday I wrote about hearing the news that a pro bono client of mine had suddenly taken a bad turn and the doctors suggested he didn't have much time left. Two states away, I struggled throughout the day with the mostly-irrational guilt
Bob and Cathie The Client I'm out of town with my family. I hoped to have a relatively work-free few days so I could be "tuned in." I thought that would happen. Then this morning I found myself wandering Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth,
EMBARRASSING Prison Recently I went to prison. I realize that it's a little bit misleading to not include the article "the" before prison. Because when you put the word "the" in there, it means that you were just visiting. Probably
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Dear Salt Lake Crowd, please don't forget to join us at The Porch on Saturday night at 9:00 [http://www.utahporch.org/events/14080601/do-over-slc]. The only
Annie Eli and 1,000 Women So I'm a lawyer and as a lawyer there are a bunch of requirements I have to meet every year in order to be able to keep practicing law. These include attending eleventy million legal training classes and submitting certificates of completion
Ridiculous The Dog Calendar There's this calendar in the break room at my office that has truly given me a reason to live. It's a dog calendar created by some organization that places therapy animals with people who need them. Every month features a
Ironman Trying to STAY THE HELL CALM First, in response to your general concern about Friday's post, in which I told you that apparently someone trained in the ways of medicine thinks I'm dying, I want to give you a slight update and a little more info.
Ridiculous SweatBlock is Like a Father to Me You guys. My life has changed. First of all, I want to just take a moment and recognize that this entire post is going to sound like a commercial. BUT,
Annie What Not to Wear I am very lucky to be working side-by-side with my great friend Annie at the law firm. Annie and I were classmates in law school and competition partners in some
Nostalgia The Law Firm I will be telling a story on The Porch Thursday evening in Provo. If you're interested in joining us, you can find tickets and information here [http://utahporch.org/tickets/]. If you do come, be sure to say hi and compliment my
Ridiculous Moving Heavy Things As you know, Mr. Daniel came to town last week. Him and all 12,000 of his heavy bags that were opened and spilled out over my apartment for five days. It was wonderful to have him around and it felt a lot like
Ironman State of the Union, Spring About six months ago I moved back from Palau to the United States of God Bless America. And when I did, I had a hard time updating you all on
Mexico And Then We Went To Mexico This weekend I went on a magical journey to the land of tortillas. Many wonderful things happened. But I'll just cut to the chase and give the people
EMBARRASSING Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today I was sitting in my office, minding my business, working like a good Mormon boy, when suddenly something that has never really happened to me before happened to me.
Ironman A Punderful Idea I've suddenly become very busy at work. For the past week I've spent much of my time in a zombie-like state. Except for when someone approaches
Mexico 2013 I just read the 2012 wrap-up post. I read about how it was my best year. About how our past can be an asset or a liability depending on how we use it. About how if we are living the right way, the best
Ridiculous The Crack of Dawn Yesterday morning I awoke to the sounds of a screamed obscenity. It wasn't me, although it could have been and has been on many prior occasions. Kurt and I are early risers. This is a new thing for me. In Palau Daniel
Ridiculous Wait. Is Today Friday? Look. I know. I KNOW. Today you're dying to see half a dozen out-of-focus pictures taken of the streets of Salt Lake City, my friends, and the occasional gratuitous selfie. And also, you've come to rely on a small list
Daniel Russian Survivor On Saturday the court had an outing to the Rock Islands as sort of a farewell party for the three of us court counsel who will be leaving Palau over
