Monthly Archives: December 2008
Money-back tithing guarantee, ATMs at church
Here’s an approach to tithing we probably won’t see from Church HQ any time soon: Here’s something different. LifeChurch.tv, the church with locations in Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and online is offering a three-month tithing challenge. Give for three months. If … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, LDS Organization, Main, Technology, Uncategorized, World Religions
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You’ll need to register again
The delete-and-restore process deleted all user IDs, so you’ll need to register again to leave comments. Sorry! ..bruce..
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Back up and running
This site appears to have been hacked with a bunch of link redirections inserted in the front page, which is why Google purged me from their indices. I did an XML backup of the site’s contents, wiped out my entire … Continue reading
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Google weirdness — this site purged from Google
It appears that this site was purged completely from Google sometime on the evening of December 6th. I have no idea why. This means, of course, that not only are no Google searches coming to this site, but that the … Continue reading
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Christmas recommendation: “Scrooge” (1970)
[cross-posted from And Still I Persist] This remains my favorite Christmas movie (yes, even over “A Christmas Story”). It is a musical version of Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol”, starring Albert Finney in the title role. I am not alone in … Continue reading
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Missionaries find Bigfoot footprints!
I’m sure the mission president was thrilled when he read this newspaper article about two LDS missionaries finding possible “Bigfoot footprints” outside their house: Two missionaries with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints received a scare on … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Main, Missionary work
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The Atlantic analyzes the “Twilight” novels
Caitlin Flanagan looks at the “Twlight” phenomenon and, I think, puts her finger on exactly why these novels (which so many love to scorn) have become so popular: The salient fact of an adolescent girl’s existence is her need for … Continue reading
BYU vs. Utah: a post-game analysis…by Hitler
The following video sequence from the movie “Downfall” may well be the most frequently subcaptioned video clip in the history of the net (check the “subprime mortgage” version). So, of course, someone had to apply it to the Utah rout … Continue reading
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