By now, you may have heard of the case of the man who shot his own lawnmower for not starting. He was arrested and could face up to six years in jail on felony charges.

Now, I know the Gospel makes bad men good and good men better. However, anybody who is honest, especially a man, will have to admit that he has had the desire every once in a while to destroy some valuable piece of equipment. Personally, I fantasize about shooting my computer about once a week when it crashes in the middle of posting on this blog or in the middle of an important piece of work. (My favorite fantasy is to take it to the top of a tall building and drop it — heh). But the point is I DON’T do it. Last month my neighbor who is a close friend of mine had a broken string trimmer. It just stopped working in the middle of the job and he got so mad. Well, instead of whining he got a new one online using this link: https://www.findstringtrimmers.com/product/cub-cadet-41adz28c912-string-trimmer. My point is there are better, and more productive, ways to deal with things.

So, I guess there is something in the Gospel about self-control — the sin is not having the thought, the sin is not controlling those impulses. And the sin is owning an illegal shotgun and firing it at a lawnmower when you are drunk.

This article is definitely good enough for its own post. It will be interesting to see the reactions. Remember, my friends, it is satire. My favorite excerpt:

From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered “Hosanna” and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet.

This story in the Deseret News indicates two new LDS-themed colleges are planned. The reason?

“We can create the right environment for them, where they don’t have atheists and antagonistic teachers and classes and subjects antagonistic to testimony,” Ivie said.

I reckon a quote like that is certain to get the Bloggernacle all fired up. Here’s my take:

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This is one of those posts where I would use a polling mechanism if I knew how to use it. But being the Luddite I am, no polling available.

The question is simple: would you as a Latter-day Saint feel more comfortable voting for McCain, who has had problems with his Republican base, if he chose Romney as his running mate? Here’s my take:

UPDATE: this New York Times article, which I saw after I posted this, indicates Romney appears to be the front-runner as McCain’s VP.

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