My Poetry Online

I found a great place to post my poetry: come visit and comment at

http://allpoetry.com/chessfan

I'd love to hear what you think. Also, I'll take on requests. If you'd like a poem or song about something, drop me a line.

CS 455 Projects

I'm doing some computer graphics. While it's not very sophisticated, it has been kind of fun. One of the class requirements was to post two projects to Youtube.

The first clip was created in Vue, so it looks pretty snazzy but is necessarily short.

The second clip was just simple OpenGL code to demonstrate inverse kinematics (modeling motion).

For fun, see if you can think of good sound/music to go with the clips. Enjoy!

Teach Me, Dear Mother

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank my mother for all she has done and continues to do for me. My mom has been a wonderful influence for good on my life, and I am grateful for the gospel plan which enables us to be with our families for all eternity. While I can never repay my debt to my mother, I would like to honor her for all she does and simultaneously pay tribute to millions of other mothers, past and present, for all the good they do. Enjoy!

Teach Me, Dear Mother

1. Love in your smile, in all that you do:
Teach me, dear mother, to love and care too.
Peace in your voice, and words that you speak:
Teach me, dear mother, more virtue to seek.
Kindness you share, courage display;
My mother dear, teach me the way.
Teach me, dear mother, today.

2. Gentle your step, lest others should wake:
Teach me, dear mother, to take cares you take.
Worn are your hands, yet soft is their touch:
Teach me, dear mother, to not ask too much.
True is your heart, real is your grief;
I’ll take your part, and bring you relief!
Together we’ll turn a new leaf.

3. Firm is your faith, from it mine sprang:
Teach me, dear mother, all good to sustain.
Strong is your mind, lest Satan should bend:
Teach me, dear mother, my faith to defend.
Knowledge you share in word and deed;
My mother dear, help me to succeed.
Together the good life we’ll lead.

(Proverbs 22:6)

A New President; Same Old Congress

While the nation overwhelmingly chose Obama over the candidate from the incriminated party, they didn't seem to find anything wrong with rewarding a Democratic Congress which contributed heavily to the current financial crisis. Clearly, President Bush and by extension, the GOP, is responsible for anything unpleasant that happened in the last 8 years. Just like Clinton was responsible for balancing the budget and pushing through welfare reform in his 8 years, despite his efforts to squash the GOP bills that brought this off - it's only fair.

To Obama's declaration, "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility," I can only say, Amen. If anything bad happens, the Democrats will have to take the blame. Or, (aha!) they can just attribute the mess to leftovers from the last time Republicans were in charge! Problem solved.