Monthly Archives: November 2008
Thanksgiving Day menu
[cross-posted from And Still I Persist] We have family and friends coming over for dinner (actually, two of our grandsons have been here since Sunday; we’ve been having a great time with the Wii, the ping pong table, and the … Continue reading
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‘Net searches that end up at this blog
One of my favorite features of the Sitemeter monitoring service that I subscribe to is that I can see the actual search strings that people typed into Google or other search engines that led them to this blog. The single … Continue reading
The more things change…
I am currently re-reading Nibley’s The Ancient State, largely because of some novels I’m writing. This morning, I was just finishing up “The Hierocentric State” (published 1951) and found the following passage from the last paragraph strangely reminiscent of the … Continue reading
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“Twilight”: a brief review (w/spoilers)
My wife turned to me on yesterday (Thursday) morning and said, “I’d like to see the midnight showing of ‘Twilight’ tonight.” So we went; I’m always game for seeing a moving on opening day/night. And since I’ve read all the … Continue reading
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The self-destruction of Wall Street
[cross-posted from And Still I Persist] Michael Lewis — who wrote Liar’s Poker back in 1989 — gives a fascinating, detailed chronicle of just how Wall Street managed to cause the current financial maelstrom that’s hurting all of us these … Continue reading
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A people set apart: Mormons and Prop 8
There has, of course, been much discourse on the bloggernacle about Proposition 8 in California and the Church’s involvement in it. Leaving aside the various arguments on the merits of gay marriage itself, the merits of the arguments on both … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, LDS Doctrine, LDS History, LDS Organization, LDS Society, Legal, Main, Media, Politics
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The tragedy of Iceland
[Adapted from a post over at my other blog, And Still I Persist] I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for Iceland ever since a friend of mine, Joe Holt, served a mission there some decades back. It has … Continue reading
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A few curious absences in the Book of Mormon
Gregory: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” Gregory: “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” Holmes: “That was the curious incident.” … Continue reading
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Oh noes — they burned a Book of Mormon!
The local (Denver, CO) TV news reported that someone burned a copy of the Book of Mormon on the doorstep of an LDS chapel on Easter Avenue in Centennial, Colorado (south Denver): Church members told authorities that a group of … Continue reading
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Jaredite update
Before I post more on the Jaredites, I want to finish my review of LDS scholarship on them. This largely means Nibley and Sorenson, since few other scholars have tackled them at length. Re-reading The World of the Jaredites and … Continue reading
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