Losing My Religion

The REM song has nothing to do with religion. It speaks to me anyway. I was raised active LDS but I always felt different. I remember testimony meetings. People crying over their faith, their love for Jesus. I wondered why I never felt that. Sunday school. Family home evenings. We…

Moms Funeral Talk

Given on December 2, 2014 Please bare with me - I mask my emotions through humor.  Since I can remember, every so often my mom would always ask me to share a fond memory of something she did with me. Being one who hates feelings or sharing anything emotional, I…

Bo Knows Laravel

It's 2011, and over the last four months I've migrated away from Ruby on Rails and back into the PHP MVC framework realm. My last excursion with any PHP MVC framework was based on CakePHP, CodeIgniter, and Symfony, of which I had a combined six years…

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl There is a unique fantasy this movie brings to me. Growing up, going on this ride at Disneyland was the highlight of each and every trip. Seeing this brought to life, simply makes me feel... at peace. There is a…