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Hey, I’m just at work so i’ll be quick. Thanks to airfarewatchdog.com, today I found a great price on plane tickets from SLC to MIA. $146 pp rt +tax via AA.com. We are considering booking something because of the price. Next year we plan to go on a cruise with some of our friends. Plus the beach in South Beach is the best! We loved the warm water, clean beaches and overall atmosphere. Hopefully it all works out.

I’ve written before about how Kayak.com is the ultimate search place for finding cheap flights. I believe it still is, however it turns out I have discovered a flaw. My best friends Nessa and Korban have been anxiously awaying a great deal to travel to South Carolina and visit their family. Today we got an email from (a GREAT website) airfarewatchdog.com. It said that SLC to CLT was 198rt! Amazing considering they have been seeing prices around $400.00 rt! Kayak however couldn’t show us this deal. The links from airfarewatchdog.com said to go to travelocity or cheapair.com (and be flexible with your dates of course). I noticed that these 2 sites were actually finding flights using 3 different carriers combined. The flight I booked for them was 3 parts United and with 2 parts USAirways and 1 part United Express/Skywest Airlines. Apparently this is just too complex for kayak. And that’s why I wanted to be honest and let you know, today Kayak == FAIL!

After working on it for about 12 hours, I have my server setup and the image galleries moved over. A few hundred more photos have been added including our latest vacation and house remodeling pics.

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Utah, the land of the free and the home of the LDS church. Don’t get me wrong, there are many nice people here and the scenery is wonderful. Unfortunately most people here are egocentric and they seem to enjoy constantly judging others and pridefully flaunting their successes. Nothing makes them feel better than to know they are above someone else. Everything everywhere is a competition. When someone doesn’t come out on top, they are always quick to give excuses as to why. Congradulatory remarks are often brimming with jelous malignity. It is quite depressing to just step back and watch how some people act.

People live as though they exclusively untouchable. They act like no one and nothing else in the world is as meaningful as they are. When they begin to feel insecure, that’s when they get nasty and are unable to resist the urge to attack. Its not safe to go out anymore simply because you may become a victim of roadrage or get scrutinized about why you don’t go to church (or didn’t go last week). You will get the most powerful stink-eye in public if you look or talk a certain way or you appear to be from a different class of society. Every set of eyes that lays upon your body is just tearing you apart limb-from-limb.If you could feel the pain, it would be everywhere and it would be unbearable.

Self esteem everywhere seems to be low. Everyone wonders around smelling of jealousy and ready to strike with anger stemming from general unhappiness. People are constantly faking how they really feel and refuse to be honest for the fear of further judgment from their peers. They are unable to be happy with themselves because all that mattered in their life is what other people think of them. Without peer-reviews, they have no self worth.

In my life I have found it is really hard to be friends with people who aren’t being completely honest about how they feel. It is like being friends with a rock. The best friends are those who won’t judge you in any way no matter what. They won’t judge you because of the house you live in, the car you drive (or how many you own), if you go to church or not (or which church), how much money you have, or your personal thoughts or opionions. Real friends are there to pick you up when you have a bad day, and they are able to because you are honest with them about your feelings and that you are indeed having a crappy day. It is a mutual relationship. If you cannot be honest with your best friend, they may as well be nobody. And nobody’s perfect.

I love my wife Mandy, both our families and my best friends Trevor and Michelle, Nate and Chris, Korban and Nessa, Nathan and Camile. Thanks you guys for not being like typical Utah people.

So I do have to be honest. Yesterday I did honk at someone. Its the first time I have really honked at someone (more than a beep for not seeing the green light) in months. Basically we were heading west on Center Street in Orem when a Suburban pulled out of Target and then crossed all lanes of traffic to make a right turn. I had to slam on my brakes pretty hard. Now the reason I honked, they didn’t just sweep all lanes and get in the right hand turning lane to make their next turn. They made the turn from the right lane (the lane I was in). Again, if you are going to pull a stunt like this, please be courteous and get out of the way asap. I freaking layed on the horn for like 3 seconds while they poked their way around the corner. Honestly people come on.