Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, and… Jacques Chirac?!
Posted on June 30, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 18 Comments
I like France as much as the next guy. More, even, since I lived there and have been back to visit several times. A recent survey on LDS attitudes about war asked for names of less-than-ideal leaders, and this is the list that appeared (or at least, that the writers chose to list in their […]
Read More..>>Even One Drink….
Posted on June 30, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 52 Comments
As a former drinker, I can attest that even one drink can impair your judgement. Big time. Now there’s some scientific proof.
UPDATE: Please see this article.
Spreading a rumor
Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 27 Comments
Hey y’all, I’m back from my June vacation. Lots of deep, deep thoughts to share, but they will have to wait for another day. In the meantime, I heard a rumor while I was on my vacation, and I was wondering if anybody else had heard it. The rumor is that the […]
Read More..>>Ward shopping
Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 50 Comments
So, I’m moving in a month or so. We’re going this weekend to start looking for houses. I’ve never been house hunting or ward shopping before. What should I be looking for in a ward? Should I even be trying to ward shop? What’s the proper etiquette? How do […]
Read More..>>I’ll take famous Mormon game show contestant blogs for $2000
Posted on June 28, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 10 Comments
The most successful and famous LDS game show contestant of my generation (that’s Ken Jennings, for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about) has a new book, a new blog, and a new message board. If you stop by now, you might win a giant foam Ken Jennings head. Don’t […]
Read More..>>Fidelity Resurrected…
Posted on June 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 4 Comments
[Originally posted June 12
…then lost during the Great Deletion
…then found again through Google Cache
…then lost again through some mysterious data corruption on my computer
…then found again…sort of…because I still had a Word file with the rough draft in it
So…for those who are interested, it has now been reposted on my own site just for completeness. […]
Can’t we all just get along?
Posted on June 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 40 Comments
Lowell Brown writes in to point us to Article 6 Blog, which according to the “About Us” page, “is dedicated to the issue of religious “qualification†for elected office in this country - something pretty well prohibited in Article 6 of the constitution.” Lowell, who is LDS, is one contributor to the blog; the […]
Read More..>>Cute Kid and Chick Pic
Posted on June 20, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 9 Comments
A few years ago I ordered a box of chicks. I could hear the peeping when I entered the post office. Great fun. I highly recommend it. Ours was a random assortment of breeds, and it was interesting to see what they would grow to be. One produced green eggs, […]
Read More..>>…and to be reared by a father and a mother…
Posted on June 18, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 22 Comments
Miles and I were visiting in his house when a call came from the hospital. Miles’ older brother Flint, a PRCA bull rider, had broken his leg in practice. We drove down to see him, and when we arrived, Miles and Flint’s parents, Cathy and Rondo, were already in the room. It […]
Read More..>>Downtime - UPDATED
Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 11 Comments
Due to a billing error on the part of our hosting service, the M* website was accidentally deleted from our hosting server. We are working on restoring the comments and posts. In the mean time all comments have been closed. Thank you for your patience.
UPDATE: It appears that our soon-to-be-former hosting […]
