The Chapstick Phenomenon

Why is it that whenever you pull your chapstick out of your pocket it does this?....

It's a question I have had for a long time and no explanation I've heard to this point has satisfied me. But, here's what I got so far...

1. When it moves around in your pocket the wheel spins making it come out.

Rebuttal: if that's the case then, why doesn't it ever spin so that it goes IN instead of OUT?? It always seems to come out and never in!!

2. The wax melts when it's next to your warm skin so that it slides out of the tube.

Rebuttal: once again, why does it never slide IN?

Well, I guess I will never be fully satisfied until someone does a study on this natural phenomenon or conducts an experiment to discover the meaning behind it. Perhaps it's just that my chapstick has a mind of its own and it just wants to annoy me. I guess that's what I'll have to go with for now............

On a positive note, I lost my "annoying" chapstick about a week ago and thusly I've had to endure the pain of dry lips. However, just this morning I miraculously realized I hadn't worn a particular pair of jeans in about the same amount of time. Lo and behold, sure enough, my long-lost chapstick was in the pocket! I felt pretty smart. You may call me Sherlock Holmes if you wish. And I will say, it's only elementary.

......Sure glad I didn't wash those jeans!

Bye Bye Beardie

I grew out my beard this Christmas. I think I actually look decently alright with a beard... probably because the people around me are so nice and supportive about it.

And although I spend most of the rest of the 11 1/2 months of the year bare-faced, whenever I shave after a week or two of not, I think I look somehow different than "normal." I know it's just because I have become used to my face having hair on it, but still it gives me a bit of a shock when all of a sudden my face is NaKeD. Here is the progression of the shaving...

Prelude.

Overture.

Interlude.

Finale.

And this concludes the tragic tale of the death of my beard for another semester at BYU. I think with a mustache, I look like a British pilot from the 1800's or something. Or maybe even George Banks.

Anyway, may the beard rest in peace.

I put a ring on it!

There's been a lot of speculation and rumors going around about a certain engagement and I would like to comment on them...

They're TRUE!!!

The lovely Jennifer Leigh Bloomfield and I are engaged! In the first moments of this new year, I proposed and she said YES!

I like it, so I put a ring on it!

...It's going to be a very good year.