So, Smeyer, why is it that you had to ruin being Mormon for all of us mildly articulate Mormons? I'm getting really tired of having to defend Mormonism to a bunch of people tired of your outdated mysogynistic sparkle books. Feminists are riled up for one, people who actually like good books for another, and OH LOOK now people are saying that your ( Read more... )

I just got a 1TB external drive, and finally got around to drilling holes in my bookshelf/desk for wiring, and am about halfway done with painting our garage. I also went on a two-hour bike ride and a two-hour cross-country horse ride today so my backside is sore. I think I want to pick up riding again but my first priority has to be working my ( Read more... )

Why is it that when you dismiss something as stupid, and someone happens to like that stupid thing, they believe that you are personally attacking their intelligence?

Today I had a run-in with a group of teenaged girls and sexually repressed middle-aged women. Being in that demographic, I probably should have known better than to state my dislike ( Read more... )

Wow I haven't posted in a long time.

Just wanted to say- The Dark Knight was a wonderful, extremely intense film. There was such a high level of suspense throughout most of it that when more "normal" scenes played out I kept expecting something horrible to happen. This made the pacing seem a little weird in places but overall it was just an ( Read more... )

From everything I can see on the "Big Tuesday" results, Hillary is winning over Barack. Yikes. I've done a bit of research on the both of them, as I seem to find myself leaning left on candidates in the next election. I FINALLY get to vote in this one. I like some of Hillary's ideas, and I think that they are a better direction than anywhere the ( Read more... )

What a very odd mood I am in. It's almost.....hypnagogic. Just colder, maybe, and kinder.

I was just quite suddenly overwhelmed by the wonderful, tiny details of the world. The things that aren't manufactured- the sort of details that are accidental, organic, lovely, and sometimes just old. What is it with things that are old? There's a fantastic ( Read more... )

If I were a light bulb, I would be glowing at a million watts a minute ( Read more... )

This article is a good example of Whitworth at its most Christian. It amused me for a while, especially since she refers to Gordon (my prof) as “Gordon R. Wilson” both times she makes mention of him.

OPINION: The naked truth in art
Maria Johnson, Staff Writer

Nude drawing classes offered at Whitworth University? A Christian university? Talk about ( Read more... )

It feels strange, somehow. I've just written down the catalyst, the event in my story that is most terrifying, but that also happened years and years ago. How does that work? The most important thing, the source of so much pain and bile, and it happened in the past! It doesn't even happen in the context of the storyline, just in snatches, just in ( Read more... )

Spamolinks as a note to self.

Chinese vs. Summer Blockbuster  and  American = Race?

Really, people........ stop it! Just stop it!

In other news, I will personally work to stop this from happening if need be.

Wonk of the day-

Work is funny in some ways. Somehow, the moment there is an opportunity, one of your new fellow employees will try and get you ( Read more... )