Recently, I have contributed to ComputorEdge Online Magazine. This is a rather specialized publication that caters to, more or less, technical audiences. I have been contributing to the feature articles as well as some of the specialized write-ups such as the quick tips and things like the Linux Lessons.

I guess the interesting part of this story is that I am actually being paid to write for the magazine. It's not going to replace my day job, but it is a nice supplement plus it is good to be compensated for my work.

Feel free to visit the site and peruse some of what I contributed. It might be a little dry if you are not into computer technology.

Cooking has become somewhat of a hobby for me. My family says they love many of the things I have cooked for them.

I thought I'd put these on the Family Blog (see Recipes category above). This is a storage repository as much as a good place to share recipes. I hope to put together a fairly good collection of wonderful family recipes.

If you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to me* and I will post it, but please test your recipes. I want this to be a list of tried and tested all-time-favorites for everyone.

* To avoid spam I am displaying my email here spelled out. Just put it in standard email address format - pchoppin_at_comcast_dot_net

I found a very short review online of the Manti Pageant which has this as part of their title. I chuckled when I saw this. I saw no signs of crickets or seagulls, nor was the seagull story found anywhere in the pageant. I found it typical that this is still the general image portrayed to people outside of Utah.

I am referring, of course, to the Mormon Miracle Pageant presented in Manti, Utah.

Our family attended the pageant this last weekend with our extended family living here in Utah. We all went down to Ephraim, the town with Snow College which is about a 10 minute drive from Manti. We stayed in student apartment housing on the north end of town. Nice accommodations for the 3 days we stayed, although it was apparent that these were designed for the student community.

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This is technically a blog, but we are calling it an online family newsletter. I think this will be a much better way to put our family news out than trying to send out that yearly page - twelve months of life consolidated onto one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper.

So here it is - our family news.

I am likely going to be the author of the articles for the most part, as I am the resident geek of the family. I am sure Connie or the girls are willing and able to post articles, but I am not sure how many they are able to post. I might force them to put up something, but I doubt it would be much more than a feigned attempt for my benefit.

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