The Gum Tree for 2004 July 31

Yesterday Louise and I bought a couple of DVD's to watch and to have. After having gone to Australia and learned so much (but not quite as much as I would have liked, however,) I wanted to get Louise more interested in the history of the U.S.A. We are listening to The Grapes of Wrath on audiobook and now we also bought the DVD of the Henry Fonda movie (that also has a few historical commentary as well). We also got Lawrence of Arabia and I am enjoying that quite a bit. Concurrently, we are also interested in all of the hoopla that comes from the politicking and sometimes specious arguments of both political camps. Coincidentally, I saw an interview of Ben Affleck by O'He Who Shall Not Be Named. I gained a lot of respect for Affleck and his political persuasions. It's refreshing to see somebody in Showbiz that at least can get a valid argument out if not more than that. Now, today was a day for me to focus on my goal of running. I am proud of myself because I ran for a Whole hour from our house to I-15. I am starting to be able to run at my desired levels of time, but ostensibly I still have a way's to go having a bit of flab that slows me down a bit. It is nice to get a little bit of physical activity out and invigorate the body. I think that I may try a marathon in the time that Louise is in school when we go down to Louisianna. We shall see if I can pull it off. We are also sorry to hear that we lost Elder Haight. Two apostles in one week is a bit of a suprise, but I suppose that is all part of the system. Nothing much else has happened with us. We are just having a good time doing what we do.