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I vant your blood!

Be Of Good Cheer

Doctor 609By Dave Ellis
Have you ever donated blood? I have. Lots of it. Most of it intentional. I figure it’s one of the only ways to give community service while relaxing in a chair.

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Nobody Nose the Trouble I’ve Had

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Nose 509By Dave Ellis
I smell…(pause)…with my nose. I hope you didn’t think that I smell, even though I do, with my nose. Glad I cleared that up. I realize that last month I spoke about sneezing, so for the record, I won’t make this a monthly nose article. But please indulge me this month.

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Pardon my Sneeze

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Sneezing 409By David Ellis
Every four years my allergies reappear, just like the Olympics. They used to be twice a year, just like Conference. But now I’ve built up immunity to whatever foreign objects roam this valley (tourists?). For some reason the fourth year still beats me.

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KEEP ON TRUCKIN’!

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Off Roading Dude 309By Dave Ellis
I have an old truck. I could go on about how it’s just like me, but you would be expecting that. So instead I’m going to use a chart to show the differences, just to throw you off.

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Wii are all Gamey

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wii game 0209by Dave Ellis
Last week my five year old daughter beat me at boxing. No, we didn’t box in real life (hopefully I would have the weight advantage there). We boxed on our video game system, the Wii. Unless you’ve been sequestered for the past three years by now everyone should know what a Wii is.

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Wash, Rinse, Repeat

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laundry 0109by Dave Ellis
My wife must love laundry: she’s always doing it. Based upon my lifestyle, I only do things I enjoy, so ergo-ipso-facto-spaghettiOs she must really enjoy the laundry. I helped her one day and, lucky for you, made some mental notes on how humorous the idea of laundry is, ‘cause that’s my job.

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Christmas Ham Never Sounded So Good

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Caroler 1208by Dave Ellis
Let me start off by saying that I really love Christmas music. The only problem is that I hate it too. Not the forty good songs, but the good songs that have been re-arranged and re-recorded over and over again. Really, what else can be done with the same song?

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I’m Not Kindling

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Blowing on Campfire 1108by Dave Ellis

I love the crisp days of autumn, especially in southern Nevada. Once that temperature hits below one hundred I know we can finally move freely in the backyard without fear of spontaneous combustion. We also break out the fire pit which was useless to us all summer but the pigeons find it to be a great public restroom. After a lengthy hose down we load it up with firewood and have a fire, to bring the temperature back up.

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What a Crock!

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Witch Cooking 1008By Dave Ellis

There are certain cultural traits that we as members of the Church share. I would like to talk about one
of my favorites, no, not farm animal wood crafts in the kitchen, but crock pot cooking. I like to call it ‘crock pot’ because slow cooking seems to reflect poorly on the chef. “He’s a slow cooker” they say, slowly shaking their heads. I like to think that crock pot cooking isn’t so much about the slow but more about having patience; and since patience is a virtue it’s like two birds with one stone, which is delicious – so full circle once again!

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A City Set On A Hill Takes More Gas To Get To

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gassing up 908by Dave Ellis

We recently traveled to Park City, Utah (yes, that Park City) for a family vacation. We had never been there and it was quite an experience. The main thing is that it was 68 degrees the entire time: it was beautiful. Honestly, I could have stayed in the Pahrump municipal dump if it was 68 degrees and I would still tell you it was beautiful. Our vacation was not about the surroundings as much as the temperature.

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I Got Your Goat

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Goat 808by Dave Ellis

My wife wants a goat. It took a lot of courage for me to say that. She would like to have a living, breathing, garbage-disposal-of-an-animal walking around our backyard. She thinks that we would be able to milk it and use the milk for cheese and, well, milk. I told her if she waits long enough, historically speaking, I will turn into an old goat. I’ve even shown her pictures of my grandfather for proof. She still wants a four-legged one.

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Fireworks safety & other myths

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Firecracker   Man 708by Dave Ellis

The 4th of July is special in my family. Not only is it my brother Jason’s birthday but it is also my daughter Hattie’s birthday. We spend that day being thankful to live in a country where we can show our patriotism by setting off fireworks and waving flags that were both made in another country. But the most funnest (it will be a word if we all start using it) part of the day is lighting off fireworks!
Who here loves fireworks? Raise your charred limbs high!

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Missed Her, Mom

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Day in the Life 47by Dave Ellis

My wife recently went to a conference out of town which left me alone with the five kids, for five whole days. That’s like a kid a day, if my math is right. But I wasn’t scared, this isn’t the first time an Ellis man has been left in charge.

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Not by the hair of my chin-e-chin-chin.

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Old Man 508By Dave Ellis

If you know me (and if you don’t, you can for three easy payments), you know that I don’t have any hair on my head. This is by choice: I started shaving my head during the great follicle relocation era. That was when the hair on my head suddenly disappeared, then after much searching, was found on my back. So I did what any sensible guy would do. If I am balding then I might as well be bald.

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Shop, Drop and Roll

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shopper 408By Dave Ellis

It’s really no secret that I love to go to the grocery store, which really makes me different from most guys. In fact I prefer to shop, especially for the groceries and especially alone. Not that I don’t love my family, it’s just my kids ask for every item that they see. I know that this normal behavior has been going on for generations. It’s just that it’s different nowadays because it is annoying ME. People back in the day had more patience because they didn’t have microwaves.

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