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Just got back from watching BYU's production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Throughout the first half, I noticed that my laughs felt hollow, like they were just on the surface and there was nothing behind them. I could tell that it wasn't necessarily because the humor wasn't funny, ...
In the devotional that's going on right now, the speaker quoted Neal A. Maxwell's book Even As I Am (from chapter 5, "Be of Good Cheer," on p. 104):
"Someday, when we look back on mortality, we will see that so many of the things that seemed to matter so much ...
Every once in a while there'll be one or two Jehovah's Witnesses standing at the base of the hill south of campus, handing out copies of The Watchtower, and it's interesting to watch people's reactions. This morning there were two men, each covering one of the stairways (well, the ...
Yours truly is quoted in ...
I watched God's Army again last night, for the second time (the first was shortly after it came out, I think). Not States of Grace, mind you -- I'm waiting for it to come out on DVD. :) Anyway, God's Army was...well, I'm not quite sure what I ...
In stake conference today, the stake president warned us that we should avoid chat rooms and other similar sites, specifically naming Facebook and MySpace (because of the offensive material some people post on their profiles, along with the danger of getting involved in nasty things). Now, I agree that ...
In my linguistic research class right now (meaning this very minute) we're talking about frequency analysis. And I just got an idea: put together a list of the 50 most common Church words (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that is) and then get it translated into ...
Yesterday we got the news that Elder Jeffrey R. Holland would be dedicating Laos for the preaching of the gospel the morning of the 23rd (which was about twelve hours ago). I don't think I can really express how excited I am -- the seeds which I helped plant ...
On Bookland I wrote about Emma, and the post started taking on a life of its own:
As one last compelling reason, I find that movies like these enrich and enliven my humanity, deepening this life experience. On the other hand, the violent action thrillers (need I name names?) ...
This is just too much:
ROME - Lawyers for a small-town parish priest have been ordered to appear in court next week after the Roman Catholic cleric was accused of unlawfully asserting what many people take for granted: that Jesus Christ existed. (Yahoo)
Luigi Cascioli is claiming that it's "religious racism" ...
