I occasionally had a passing thought, as I surveyed a neighbor’s yard right after a disastrous encounter with toilet paper, teens and big tall trees, as to why our yard had never been toilet papered. This fact was a mystery to me. I had instructed my older boys to never go toilet papering because we have a yard loaded with tall trees. I could not fathom how to get the stuff out of the branches, especially if it rained. My nightmare would be for a gang of hoodlums armed with Scotts Two-Ply to retaliate; with a light misty rainfall right afterwards. The fact my boys have not been involved in any toilet-papering incidents may have been part of the reason, but the entire rationale as to WHY we have never been toilet papered has not been clear up until now.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Sonia Sotomayor is very politically incorrect
Of all the reasons to oppose Sonia’s Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the most important one is that she has led an incredibly politically incorrect life.
Orphan-movie: Taking a Real Orphan’s Chance From Bad to Worse
Hollywood is at it again. So like Hollywood to push the envelope in such a sick, sick fashion. This time Hollywood has turned it’s ugly eye to assault the adopted family. Imagine if you had one chance at living your life as part of a family. Your one chance, is resting with a thin bureaucratic file about you; containing a few pictures along with your scant medical and personal information. Imagine some thoughtless person came along and tossed your precious file into a garbage bin. Your one in a million chance just disappeared. *
This time don’t imagine, because this scenario could be true for some orphaned children. The villain in this instance is Time Warner (boo hiss). They have produced a movie entitled Orphan a horror movie about adopting an older child. At first I thought surely this movie was a sick, sick joke. No, dear reader it is not. Orphan is set to be released on July 24th.
Guest Post: Missionaries served God and country in WWII
M* is pleased to share the following guest post from Brother Alfred Gunn.
Brother Gunn serves on the Gig Harbor Stake Public Affairs Council and in that capacity writes a monthly religion column for his local paper, The Peninsula Gateway. Be sure to check the “Worth Reading” section for links to Brother Gunn’s articles.
Three years ago I stood at the foot of Brazil’s iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado Rock overlooking Rio de Janeiro-a magnificent representation of the resurrected Christ, arms outstretched, the marks of atoning sacrifice in his hands.
In my tour group was Barlow Briggs, then a spry 86 years old, who had been a Mormon missionary in Brazil as a young man. He recalled how one Sunday after church he and his companion rode the Corcovado train up to admire the statue, erected only 10 years before. The next day, he said, bold newspaper headlines announced “War in the Pacific.” Pearl Harbor had been bombed that Sunday.
It’s not easy being a Latter-day Saint…
…and it’s not supposed to be.
BYU Prof. Noel Reynolds was the mission president in South Florida when I lived there a few years ago. He used to give this presentation that I think is extremely relevant to our times. His point was that in many ways it’s a lot tougher being a Latter-day Saint these days than, say, 130 years ago. He said a lot more is required of us these days and a lot more is expected.