So you want to get an iPhone? Now that iPhone is available on Sprint, more people than ever have access to one of the most popular smartphones ever sold. However, the cost of a monthly data plan is a significant factor when deciding what phone to get and what carrier to choose. I’ve been a long time Sprint customer, but decided to go and compare the different options for family iPhone plans with the different carriers (plan costs as of Oct. 31, 2011). Of course, not all the options match up exactly, but I tried to deliver about the same services, so the comparison could be apples-to-apples.
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I have been refraining from commenting on the “huge numbers of confused and directionless young people” at Occupy Wall Street up to this point, but this textual highlight reel published in the WSJ today was too good to pass up. The theme of the article was the “remedial course in economics” that participation in the demonstration is proving to be for some of these people.
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This past weekend I broke out my new Williams Sonoma carving tools and carved a pumpkin. The kit came with some designs, so we chose this one with the cat in the moon. Read the rest of this entry »

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One of the cases treated in my reading for First Amendment today is Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705, which held that a New Hampshire law requiring most license plates to bear the state motto “Live Free or Die” was unconstitutional. The opinion stated, “New Hampshire’s statute in effect requires that appellees use their private property as a ‘mobile billboard’ for the State’s ideological message or suffer a penalty,” and this burden was not justified by any sufficiently weighty state interest. Chief Justice Burger emphasized that First Amendment freedom of thought “includes both the right to speak freely and the right to refrain from speaking at all.” Read the rest of this entry >>

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I love Fall! Chicago has four seasons, so growing up, Fall for me always included beautiful leaves, crisp fresh air, and of course pumpkins! Luckily I can get all of those things in Utah as well! Last year I covered my front porch with an assortment of pumpkins, and even brought one to school.
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Visitors to my actual site (not just Google Reader) will notice a new addition in the upper right hand corner. What once was a “subscribe” button has now been replaced with a “Get this blog on your Amazon Kindle” button. “What’s that?” you say. That’s right – you can read this very blog on your Kindle today!

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