T&S relay team race
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments
M* needs five people to field a team in the T&S relay team race. I can run the longer legs, I’ve still got some speed left over from high school track.
Can I get four others? If you’d like to join, please comment here.
Check out this T&S post for the rules.
UPDATE: WE ONLY […]
Global Warming: you can calm down now
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 113 Comments
As if we haven’t had enough controversial subjects lately, I figured it was about time to look at some information you may not have seen elsewhere on the great global warming hoax.
1)A thorough review of recent science articles shows that there is no “consensus” that global warming is due to human activity, but there is […]
Proof That the Brain Is an Overrated Organ
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments
Marginal Revolution points to a disturbing Reuters article about a man in France whose brain has been crowded out of his head. This man’s IQ of 75 calls to mind something Evan Kirchhoff wrote following the Schiavo affair:
[…] let me lob an early grenade and run away: my dark suspicion about the battle of […]
Everything I Need to Know I Learned When I Drove to Utah…
Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
So. Until August 14th or so, I’d never been to Salt Lake City before. My dad took me on a driving trip all over the Southwest when I was about 15, but he did his best to avoid populated Mormony areas; when I was about 22 I went on a family trip where […]
Read More..>>And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound Mike Crapo can be
Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 88 Comments
A Republican U.S. senator from Idaho pleaded guilty to what? Wait a second. One of Idaho’s senators is a Mormon. Come on, Google. “Mormon senators”. There they are: Harry Reid, D-Nevada; Robert Bennett, R-Utah; Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; Gordon Smith, R-Oregon; and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. Not Craig. Whew! […]
Read More..>>Thoughts on poverty
Posted on August 27, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 63 Comments
There is no doubt in my mind that the scriptures admonish us to care for the poor. I believe that that admonishment includes caring for the spiritually poor as well as the materially poor, but we cannot ignore our responsibility for caring for those around us who lack food, shelter and other basic goods.
But […]
Why I stay away from political posts
Posted on August 26, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 26 Comments
Up until about six or so months ago, I was rather active in posting on political posts. Now, I usually don’t even read them. Part of this is my dissertation - I have less time for blogging - but the main reason is: I find I like everyone a lot better.
Read More..>>Tolerance
Posted on August 24, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 62 Comments
Here is what Steve Evans has to say at the very end of this thread at BCC regarding people who still support Bush and Cheney:
“I don’t want such people around my children.”
This is after he says he (jokingly?) says he does not want home teachers to visit his house if they support Bush and Cheney.
For […]
An Ex-POW Meets a Missionary from America
Posted on August 24, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 4 Comments
Early in the winter, twenty years ago in a small living room on the Argentine Pampa, a family I don’t remember had another guest that evening besides myself and my missionary companion. The old man, upon learning that I was an American, was thrilled to meet me. He had been a soldier in […]
Read More..>>Preview of latest Dutcher movie on Sunstone blog
Posted on August 16, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
Richard Dutcher’s movies and personal situation have gotten some attention on this blog. I have linked to his personal web page, which indicates he has two new projects in the works. One is called “Falling,” which was previewed recently in a private screening at the Sunstone Symposium.
I’ll post a preview of the movie […]
