en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/643399 Comments by mjb http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/07/30/math-its-all-about-how-its-taught/#IDComment89895106 You\\\'re right, it won\\\'t be easy. We\\\'ll have to see how it goes. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:07:19 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/07/30/math-its-all-about-how-its-taught/#IDComment89895106 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-birthday-to-me.html#IDComment82814007 Good for you, Charlotte. I'll miss the blog but I'm glad you'll be getting so much time back. Good luck and keep in touch! Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:32:56 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-birthday-to-me.html#IDComment82814007 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/06/general-mills-giveaway-winner.html#IDComment78970363 Thanks so much, Charlotte! I really enjoyed everybody else's ideas on eating healthy on a budget! Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:58:18 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/06/general-mills-giveaway-winner.html#IDComment78970363 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78857740 Thanks, Natalie! That was an exciting conference, huh? I agree, 7 is A LOT of kids. Heidi and I just hope that'll be a good thing, if we get there. :) Mon, 7 Jun 2010 03:00:00 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78857740 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78410964 It sounds like we have similar philosophies on this. I like your last sentence a lot. Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:59:02 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78410964 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78410747 Thanks for what you said! I think you guys are amazing parents, too! Your kids are fantastic and you and Jason are wonderful people. We can't wait for you guys to meet our kids. And I think it's great that you know what you can handle and are content with that. There's no reason to arbitrarily set a number, in my opinion. Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:56:51 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment78410747 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment77380498 Thanks for reading it! I sure love you! Thu, 27 May 2010 21:12:18 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment77380498 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment77380460 Thanks, Ailene! We're definitely ready for #3 when the time comes. I just wanted to write out my thoughts about why we like a large family. Congrats on #4!! Thu, 27 May 2010 21:12:01 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/27/know-when-to-say-when/#IDComment77380460 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/19/how-do-you-measure-success-at-home/#IDComment77372696 Thanks, Ailene! Good advice. Thu, 27 May 2010 20:37:17 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/19/how-do-you-measure-success-at-home/#IDComment77372696 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/19/how-do-you-measure-success-at-home/#IDComment77372590 Thanks, Michelle, I like that! Thu, 27 May 2010 20:36:24 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/05/19/how-do-you-measure-success-at-home/#IDComment77372590 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/05/number-one-most-effective-weight-loss.html#IDComment77044755 It doesn't surprise me, given how much more expensive (relatively) good food is. Buying in bulk and planting a garden helps. Plus, I just control how much I eat, so I don't have to buy as much. Tue, 25 May 2010 14:18:47 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/05/number-one-most-effective-weight-loss.html#IDComment77044755 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/05/hooters-waitress-suspended-for-not.html#IDComment76375265 I think for somebody to complain that Hooters expects them to be a certain weight is a little much. It's what Hooters is. Don't sign up to be a manure digger and be surprised when they expect you to shovel manure. Thu, 20 May 2010 14:38:09 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/05/hooters-waitress-suspended-for-not.html#IDComment76375265 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/04/27/the-brass-serpent/#IDComment73826805 @Daniel: Thanks! I like your insight. While I don't like to think that some people are beyond help, I know there are cases in the scriptures that tell us that. You could be exactly right. Given that, then, what's the lesson? Again, why that specific way? I can't help but think it correlates with the golden calf and idol worship. I taught this lesson in Sunday School (with about 2 minutes notice) last week and came to a realization. Maybe they're correlated in a different way. God works through whatever means suit His divine purpose. Satan, the great imitator, can take sacred things and turn them into evil, bastardized versions of the original. Perhaps this is a case where Satan inspired the idol worship to dilute the power of symbols and artifacts that actually point to Christ? So that, when the people came upon a crisis where they would have been helped by the true power of God, in the form of a brazen serpent on a pole, they had been contaminated by the Satanic imitation, chastised by God about the use of it and now confused about whether to look or not? Isn't that one of Satan's key tactics, i.e., confusing people about what's wrong and what's right? Fri, 7 May 2010 16:53:04 +0000 http://mjb.biglaughs.org/2010/04/27/the-brass-serpent/#IDComment73826805