http://www.houseofbaldwin.com the comings and goings of the Baldwin family Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:39:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A funny satire on the global warming issue compliments of The Onion... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/07/01/entertainment-scientists-warn-miley-cyrus-will-be-depleted-by-2013/ Last night KSL 5 News reported on the congressional race between Jason Chaffetz and Chris Cannon. Mr. Chaffetz was talking about--you guessed it--"change," and Mr. Cannon was talking about his "experience" in Washington. Well, tonight KSL 1160 reported that 69% of the precincts had posted their numbers by 9:45 p.m. ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/24/i-dont-want-experience/ http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/23/happy-birthday-jed/ An interesting read. There was nothing in this book that I didn't agree with, or that I haven't heard many times before. The thought that kept coming to my mind as I read the book was: "If just one of these things happens, it will be bad. If more than ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/17/america-in-danger/ Jed, Abby, and I visited This is the Place Heritage Park with Grandma Baldwin and the Parker family. The day started out blustery and cool, but warmed up as the afternoon wore on. The last time we visited the Park, it was Pioneer Day in 2002. There were shoulder-to-shoulder people ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/16/this-is-the-place-heritage-park/ Abby and I visited the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy with some of the Parker gang: Jodi, Mason, Lilly, Olivia, and JT. We enjoyed viewing all of the water habitat, local and tropical. It was pretty crowded, however, as you may notice from the background noise. It must have been ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/13/the-living-planet-aquarium/ On Saturday, we ventured North again to the Dole Plantation. It was a lovely drive, and a lovely day for some time in the World's Largest Maze, the Plantation Garden, and on the Pineapple Express. We also had some yummy food in the cafe. Abby couldn't handle the entire Maze, ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/08/dole-plantation/ Yes, it's true. Children graduate from school every year now. Even though Abby will still attend preschool next year, she graduated from preschool this year. I guess that she is graduating from two-day preschool to three-day preschool. She had a preschool graduation last year too. That was from one-day-a-week preschool. ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/05/abbys-preschool-graduation/ My sister Jodi sent me this card for my birthday this year. Funny. I used to get the cards telling me to have a "sexy" or "manly" birthday. Now I guess I've reached the age for diaper cards. Thanks Jodi. Thanks to all who said hello on by snail mail, Twitter, Facebook, ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/03/im-getting-old/ I have come to the conclusion that there is a conspiracy between the modest t-shirt businesses, and the fashion industry. The modest t-shirt businesses must give a percentage of their earnings to the designers so that the designers will continue to make clothes that are immodest and impossible to wear ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/06/01/there-is-a-conspiracy-afoot/ On Friday we took an Underwater Adventure Sail on the Maita'i Catamaran. It was supposed to include snorkeling, but the waves were too high for snorkeling, so we only sailed. I was on antibiotics and already had a sensitive stomach so, unfortunately, as the waves got higher, the nausea increased ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/05/15/sailing-on-the-maitai-catamaran/ We stayed all day Wednesday at the Polynesian Cultural Center, which included the Ali'i Luau and the Horizons Night Show. We didn't read the tour pamphlet thoroughly which directs you on how to tour the center to make the most of your visit. As a result, we missed visiting some ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/05/14/polynesian-cultural-center/ On Wednesday we arose early and headed--or tried to head--north to Laie where the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Laie Hawaii Temple are located. One word of advice: DO NOT use Google Maps on Oahu. They will lead you on all kinds of wild goose chases. Just use the tourist ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/05/11/laie-hawaii-temple/ On our first full-day in Hawaii, we spent the morning on Waikiki Beach playing in the sand in front of the pink hotel next to the Sheraton. Our hotel was actually not far from there. We were on Lewers Street, which is right in the midst of all the new ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/05/10/pearl-harbor/ Tonight while driving I was listening to the song "Peaceful Easy Feeling" by The Eagles. I've listened to it many times since December 1972, but for some reason concentrated a little more on the lyrics tonight. Here they are: I like the way your sparkling earrings lay against your skin, it's so ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/05/06/a-peaceful-easy-feeling/ A few days ago we, being my friends and I, went on a hike to a nearby cave and filmed our experience. We like to call it our Cloverfield wanna-be movie. So I was documenting a lot of the trip. I now know why the camera in Cloverfield is so ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/04/30/our-hiking-adventure/ The price of food is on the rise. As a story and charts from the Wall Street Journal show, rice (prices up a whopping 134 percent), wheat, corn, and soy are all above a 60 percent increase over the last 52 weeks. Cargill, a large international provider of food, agricultural and ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/04/29/world-grain-stock-at-a-35-year-low/ I'm amazed at how far behind we are in coming to a solution of our own energy crisis. As Americans, we are the most energy sucking people on the planet--far outpacing any other group. "According to the Department of Energy's most recent data on greenhouse gas emissions, in 2006 ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/04/29/need-entrepreneurial-activity-in-alternative-fuels/ Our family took our 2008 Spring Break in Oahu, Hawaii. We had a blast in Paradise. Everything was colorful and beautiful. The time change made it easier to awake earlier (although now it's even harder to get to bed early). There were many things to do for free. All the ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/04/25/spring-break-in-oahu-hawaii/ The Animated C02 Map video is from an article on Dot Earth, a blog of the New York Times. The Vulcan Project has done research over several years of the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. They have animated the emissions at various times throughout the day. They have ... http://www.houseofbaldwin.com/2008/04/08/animated-c02-map/