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| Friday, September 03, 2010 |
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I’ll try to do this on Saturday. Thanks, queuno. |
How could anyone feel rejected with you around Anne? Besides, on this blog, even DKL seems nice. I’ll try to come up with some appropriate answers to your questions and post them later. |
Hello, my name is David and I am a blogger. I found this blog on the mormon-blog.com list after doing a search for “mormon blogs.” I did this because I created my own blog a couple of months back and I like getting ideas about what others discuss to fuel my own site– not that I shoplift subjects, I’m just fishing for stimuli. I was born in Manhatten, NY, a good Roman Catholic. I joined the Church at age 17 after a spiritual experience and I’ve never looked back (I do miss bourbon, though). I’m a rough-around-the-edges but very active member. I have a BA from the University of Utah, am married with a 24-year old son (previous marriage) and an 11-year old girl. We currently reside in Southern California. Favorite food is sushi, favorite color blue, favorite movies include GoodFellas, Schindler’s List, Silence of the Lambs and Jaws. My latest reading trend is Irish noir, particularly by Ken Bruen. As for TV, this year’s favorite show is Dexter (on Showtime)… also like House, Damages and Mad Men. I don’t have a favorite blog yet. Most embarrassing moment: When I was 17 I was getting a bunch of secret admirer letters. After a couple of weeks, I believed they were genuine– until I learned a girl I really liked sent them as a joke. By then my feelings were already out there and I couldn’t take them back. Pet peeve (one of them…I could write a book): People who can’t reason |
:) Okay, that’s a start, Welcome, David! I love New York City. |
annegb – I welcome the invitation to talk about my favorite subject. I’ll try to find some time after I meet a deadline that is currently hanging over my head. |
Here’s a start – Question 1 – I started blogging on political blogs a couple of years ago. This is the first “mormon blog” I’ve posted on. I found this blog when I Googled an old friend. Turns out, this friend is one of this blog’s perma bloggers. |
1. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? I found the nacle when I stumbled onto BCC by pure accident, sometime around a year or so ago. I had no idea anything like the nacle existed, I was only vaguely aware of blogs, and the whole thing was just fascinating to me. I lurked for a while and started commenting, mostly on BCC, where I still comment most often. My claim to fame is that DKL got mad at me once and called me a “newb.” I think he was in a good mood that day. 2. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I was born in Falls Church, VA when my Dad was in law school at GW. I was raised in the church and served a mission to Disneyland and Newport Beach (really). I try not to characterize myself, but in terms of the church, I would say I am an active member with a strong testimony who struggles with aspects of church membership on regular occasions. 3. Do you have a college degree? I have a BA in English from the Univ. of Utah and a JD from Seattle University. 4. Are you married? Yes, to a woman I can’t possibly deserve. Kids? Yes, one boy and one girl. As I have said before, they are both geniuses, and no I’m not just bragging. I have no idea where they get it. 5. Where do you live? Holladay (SL Valley), Utah. Favorites: What is your most embarrassing moment? Too many to recount. What’s your pet peeve? I don’t make pets of peeves, but I do have a large Bernese Mountain Dog who is a real member of our family, and I am distrustful of people who don’t like dogs. I’m also more into music than anyone I know except my wife and Susan M. |
This is good! Here’s a followup, why did you guys pick the names you call yourselves? (Mcq, I think of Steve McQueen :) Jota, I am my favorite topic, also. We already have so much in common…. You, I think of Yoda. Come on, Mcq, I told my most embarrassing moment. Must I tell another? Well, like Sarah, it happened to someone else. I was taking a Russian history class in college and we were about 16 in number, me, another woman and a bunch of younger students. We sat in two rows, one row behind a table, the other in front. I was sitting in front. Our teacher was teaching us about the Niepre or something and suddenly, this other woman passed gas, very very loudly. |
Also, I don’t like dogs. I love puppies. We have four dogs who were very cute puppies and now they are the bane of my existence. Although good company when Bill is gone. |
MCQ, I’m glad you like T&A, but isn’t that TMI ;) |
Great idea Annegb – thanks for all of the info everyone. It is nice to put some info to a pseudo name |
McQ– Dang! How could have I forgotten Miller’s Crossing? |
The real trick is to get the perman bloggers to say exactly who they are, like what DKLs real name is and is tagore is a man/woman and black or pink? |
The real trick is to get the perma bloggers to say exactly who they are, like what’s DKLs real name; and is tagore a man/woman and black or pink? |
DKL _is_ his real name, Carlos. He traces his heritage back to the famous !Kung people of Africa (the “click language” speakers), who don’t always use vowels in their words. It’s kind of hard to pronounce for a non-native speaker, but you can get pretty close by pronoucing it to more or less rhyme with “pickle.” |
Bullshit! Shouldn’t lie on a mormon blog, (or curse) |
Sorry, Carlos, I was only doing it to protect you. Okay, here’s the real deal, shocking as it may seem: |
DKL a woman? …..Hot! Now I want to meat her! |
1. I started one blog (And Still I Persist; not LDS specific) in July 2006 mostly because (a) I missed writing (I published lots of articles in the 1980-1992 time period) and (b) I had some new things to say. I started a second (and LDS) blog (Adventures in Mormonism) in May of this year due to the rising level of ignorant crap being written about the Church, largely because of Romney’s candidacy. I was vaguely aware of the bloggernacle prior to that, but started browsing it more regularly at that time. 2. I was born in Newport, RI; joined the Church in 1967 (age 14, only member in my family); I’m a geek in a suit. 3. Yes, BS in computer science from BYU (1978). 4. Both my wife Sandra and I are married for the 2nd time; we have 9 kids between the two of us. 5. Parker, Colorado; prior to that, six years in Washington DC (yes, in the District itself). Have also lived in Maryland, Virginia, Texas (2x), Utah (3x), California (6x); home town is San Diego. 6. Properly done kung pao beef (no fillers!); denim blue, black; Casablanca; Book of Mormon (no, really); Battlestar Galactica; The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. 7. Senior year of high school. I’m on the football team, but 2nd string (3rd string for a while due to an ankle injury). We get new ‘Razorbacks’ t-shirts for the whole team; that same night, we’re going to have an all-you-can-eat team dinner at a local smörgÃ¥sbord restaurant. My t-shirt is a bit too large on me, so I attempt to wash and dry it to make it shrink a bit. I run out of time, so pull it out of the dryer, still damp, and put it on to go to the dinner. Still too loose. I put a sweater on over it. I drive to the restaurant. In the parking lot, sitting in the car, I decide to take off the sweater, but accidentally pull off the t-shirt as well. I separate the two in the dark, and pull the t-shirt back on. I walk into the restaurant and head back to the banquet room where the football team is gathering. When I walk in, several of the guys look up at me, point at me, and then start laughing. Others turn, look, and join in. I am at a loss until I look down and see that I put my Razorbacks t-shirt back on inside out. (Hey, these are high school football players; this passes for high humor.) Out of the corner of my left eye, I see a door leading outside, so I whirl in that direction, intending to go outside and turn my shirt back right side out. Just as I hit the exit bar…I see that the door is an emergency exit. Sure enough, an alarm goes off, and the entire football team is practically rolling on the floor in laughter as I step outside, let the door close behind me, and then fix my shirt. To my own credit, I walk back in through the front door, head back to the banquet room again, and endure the ribbing and the retelling of what happened to each new arrival while eating lots of food. 8. Pet peeve: intellectual dishonesty. ..bruce.. |
Anne: “Here’s a followup, why did you guys pick the names you call yourselves? (Mcq, I think of Steve McQueen)” I actually do have a lot in common with Steve McQueen. We have the same rakish good looks, car, taste in women, and tendency toward backhair. I decided to go by MCQ one day when, quite by chance, I discovered that those letters were, in fact, my initials. |
Here’s my next installment. Question 2 – I was born in California. I was born into an LDS family and raised in the church. I’m active, although I fail to see the purpose of Sunday School and there are certainly days when I think of all the free time and money I would have if I weren’t so valiant. But alas, I quickly repent, sign the check and kiss my wife goodbye as I leave for stake priesthood leadership meeting (happened tonight, I’m only a little bitter). Question 3 – I have an undergraduate degree in Economics. I have a law degree from the University of Virginia. Question 4 – Married (10 years), 2 kids, girl and boy, 6 and 2. Question 5 – Texas Question 6a – Italian, homemade (I’m a fantastic cook) Question 6b – dark blue Question 6c – The Red Voilin (from before I repented and stopped watchin R-rated movies – yes, I know the fact that I don’t watch R-rated movies now disqualifies me from being taken seriously by many people in the bloggernacle) Question 6d – I’m a big fan of historical fiction, particularly British/Napoleonic naval fiction (I love Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester novels). I’m also a fan of well-written, uncheesy fantasy. The last non-legal book I read was “His Excellency: George Washington”. Question 6e – Without a doubt, my new guilty pleasure is Dirty, Sexy, Money. (Does that redeem me from my exhile that resulted from my faithfulness on the R-rated movie issue?) Question 6f – Jim Geraghty’s “Campaign Spot” at NRO (but only during presidential election cycles). Question 7 – the time I hastily forwarded a message to our local counsel on a case and accidently forwarded the message between me and another attorney making fun of the local counsel’s idiocy. Not pretty. Question 8 – I have two. 1) When people use a pronoun immediately following the noun – Christopher, he…, My sister, she…, My family, we…; and 2) people (or cars) that cut in line. I apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors. I’m too tired to proof this post. I’m going to bed. |
My pen name is a mission thing. |
“Come on, Mcq, I told my most embarrassing moment.” Ok, there was this one time, at band camp… Hey, if you’re going to tell embarrassing moments that happened to someone else, then maybe I should too. Some years ago, DKL was working as a waiter. It was pretty dull work until one day, when, to his surprise, he found himself waiting on HBO’s Bill Maher. This was doubly exciting, because not only was Maher a celebrity, of course, but he was also one of DKL’s heroes at the time. Well, DKL tried to play it cool and just be a good waiter, but he was very nervous and couldn’t keep himself from hovering and generally fawning all over Maher. At the end of the meal, he had ignored most of his other tables in favor of hanging around and serving Maher, but he thought it would be worth it because at least he would get a big tip from Maher, but no. Not one red cent! He has hated Bill Maher ever since, and vowed to denounce him whenever he is mentioned on a mormon blog. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, pow! DKL is there. |
Speaking of tips, I do recall this story: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him; I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one—big hitter, the Lama—long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? “Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-galunga.” So we finish the eighteenth, and he’s gonna stiff me! And I say, “Hey Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know?” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consiousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice. |
Anne, MCQ is much too humble to tell you himself, but he’s won several regional awards for his wicked karoke rendition of the Dusty Springfield classic, Son of a Preacher Man. You really haven’t lived until you’ve heard MCQ beltin’ it out,
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It’s true, I am a karaoke genius, but my gifts in that area pale before Kaimi’s. It’s really a pity he limits himself to only Madonna tunes, but we all have our principles and you have to respect the fact that he knows all the dance moves to “Vogue.” |
We had to draw the line when he tried to put on the mermaid costume for “Cherish.” Sorry Kaimi, but Kristine said you looked exactly like “Charlie the tuna in a blonde wig.” |
MCQ, A man can tell a thousand lies, |
Ok well, here we go… I have been around the old ‘naccle since before my mission, but only recently started posting. I was born LDS, went on a mission, married in the temple. I no longer consider myself LDS and do not participate in the church. Although I do go to sacrament meeting to help my wife wrestle the baby. I have read hundreds of LDS books and remain unsatisified with Mormonism, hence I am the tiredmormon. I have a BA and a JD (btw there are way too many lawyers commenting on this site!)I live in CO. Hmmm…favorites. I like fish, the color red, indifferent toward movies and tv (although I do like 30 Rock). My favorite book, which is indisputably the best book ever written, is El Ignesioso Don Quijote de la Mancha. A close second would be The Brothers Karamazov. Most embarassing moment would have to be when a group of drunk soccer fans through rocks at me and a companion on my mission and I cried. What a baby! A few of my pet peaves (for there are many) are: public gum chewing (a lewd and lavious act according to Pres. Kimball), Sherry Dew, and “The Secret” To be honest, there are other sites more suited to my situation but I think you guys and gals are a quirky bunch so I check in every once in a while. |
” a JD (btw there are way too many lawyers commenting on this site!)” Yes, certainly! |
29- “The Secret”! Oh man, I have to laugh just thinking about it. |
1. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? I’ve been blogging several years now on my main blog. I blog because I like to write. I believe I probably found the bloggernacle through Guy Murray. I don’t really consider my blog part of it. 2. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? 3.Do you have a college degree? 4. Are you married? Kids? 5. Where do you live? |
Come on, Carlos. You’ve posted five comments already, and still haven’t answered any of Anne’s questions. Inquiring minds want to know. |
The thing I like about the bloggernacle is that we can exchange ideas without the baggage of who we really are. In my own ward, everything I say is filtered through the lens of me being a gospel doctrine teacher, having been an RS president, etc. I have loved and grown from those callings, but sometimes I want to just be me, not me plus the roles. I was raised Catholic in the Midwest US, including going to excellent parochial schools and being taught by some wonderful nuns. I joined the church as a young adult, and have been a member for 30+ years. I have a bachelor’s degree in a biological science, and a master’s degree in communication, with emphasis on research methodology. I work as a health services researcher, research administrator, and technical editor. (I’m a soft-money researcher so I change jobs every few years, but always involving various percentages of those skills.) I’m married with five children ranging in age from 30something to 14. I don’t have a favorite food, because it would be too limiting:) We rarely eat out when home, but we travel a fair bit (we’re currently in Taiwan for a few weeks) and love to enjoy local foods wherever we go. So in the last year, we’ve eaten at the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, Oregon, and conch fritters in the Florida Keys, and wild rice and watercress salad at the Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., and amazing Mexican food in LA. For some years, I didn’t enjoy food as I suffered from severe acid reflux (including reflux laryngitis) due to having large babies in a small frame and barfing a lot during pregnancy (ripped my diaphragm open), but went out-of-state to have surgery to repair it (lap Nissen fundoplication) which was a positive life-changing event and made me appreciate food again, such that nowadays I struggle to keep from being too far into the overweight range (I do 90 minutes of aerobics most days). I don’t have a favorite movie. I appreciate a wide range of films, and love Netflix because it brings me movies that never showed in my small town and BBC television. The movies I’ve enjoyed recently include Becoming Jane, Once, and HP and the order of the Phoenix. We raised our children without having the television on, but we do enjoy watching videos together. My favorite book tends to be the one I read last:) I have an awesome book club at church. We just read Molokai by Alan Brennart, and that inspired me to read Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, which is AMAZING. We like reading fantasy, and my screen name comes from the Vorkosigan books by Bujold (I can identify with Cordelia Naismith having served in the military, and also given up much to support my husband in his career). |
I wonder, Naismith, if you haven’t gotten it backwards. Maybe we are who we truly are here, among like-minded people. That doesn’t mean lack of disagreement, it means people for whom a disagreement isn’t the end of the world. I am so busy, you guys, hauling cans of food up to my new pantry. We have enough food for probably a couple of years, for all our kids. Well, I went crazy when beans and stewed tomatoes went on sale. We could have beans, whole wheat bread, and koolaid. Also butter buds. I’ll check back, thank you so much for your response. Carlos, dish ;) |
ps, Carlos, here’s a hint, his real first name is David. As in Goliath. |
Zehill #33 ………… I’m a Mormon mystery! I’m waiting to see if the perma bloggers will actually say who they are. I will only say that I’m actually an accountant at heart -and my first name isn’t Carlos…sorry. I was going to use ‘Carlos the Jackal’ when commenting on Iraq, but left it out for reasons unkown. But David Kirt? Almost there hey? |
Actually now that I read my comment it sounds a bit arrogant. I’ll give it a try: 1. Herd about this on MormonMatter.org, during a podcast. Arguing drew me into blog 2. Born Melbourne Australia, BIC, pops joined church in 1920′s, he even knew the future 3. BA & MA -both accounting. 4. Married still, but separated since 2002. 5 kids. 5. A place called Gosford, just north of Sydney Australia 6. a. Italian, BBQ 8. Probably other Mormons. |
Um Carlos, did you know that if you click on their names on the left sidebar above you can find out about the permas? Most group blogs do tell you something about the people who blog there. |
Um MCQ, yes did know, and did that. But Tagore said: “I drive truck, break arms, and arm wrestle. It’s what I love to do, it’s what I do best.” That’s it, then claims to be black during arguments. Another one has: “This blogger has yet to enter biographical information.” Others don’t give even their first name……. |
1. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? My wife pointed it out to me. 2. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I was born in Salt Lake City, although my parents lived in Texas at the time. At the time of my arrival, they were in the process of moving from one location in Texas to another. Their old address was probably 100 miles from the nearest obstetrician (5 points to anyone who can guess where in Texas that might be), and they knew nobody in their new city (where they really hadn’t even settled in yet), so my mother exercised natal philopatry, and made the trip to SLC where she had family, and knew an obstetrician from her previous two births. Once I was big enough to travel, we went home to El Paso. I was raised in the church and served a mission in NYC. 3. Do you have a college degree? Ph.D. in biology 4. Are you married? Kids? Yes; kids 27, 21, and 8. If you need to fill in a family group sheet, Ann is my wife. 5. Where do you live? New Orleans area. 6. Favorites: I can always go for pizza, but living in Louisiana, I guess my answer would have to be anything with crawfish in it. 2. Color No favorite color. 3. Movie Field of Dreams 4. Book Lord of the Rings 5. TV show I haven’t watched grownup TV in years (is Seinfeld still on?). I do enjoy watching Pinky and the Brain with my youngest son. By the way, Pinky is the genius; Brain is insane. 6. Blog (it’s okay if it’s not us, I love other blogs as well) I’m afraid they all kind of run together. I just read whatever looks interesting. 7. What is your most embarrassing moment? I once went an entire day at work before I noticed that my shirt buttons were offset into the wrong buttonholes. But then I didn’t really care that much. I’m sure I’ve done a lot of things that *should* embarass me. 8. What’s your pet peeve? People who think The Voice said, “If you build it, they will come.” (see #6.3 above). That includes you, Thomas S. Monson. |
After re-reading my previous comment, I realized that it sounds like El Paso is my home town. El Paso is *one* of my home towns. I only lived there until I was about a year old. I have home towns all over the country. By the time I was 21, I had lived in TX, UT, WI, NM, AZ, MD, UT (again), NJ, and NY. Since then, I’ve lived in Texas three more times (including a few months as a Katrina refugee), Michigan, and Louisiana. When people ask where I’m from, I just say I’m from the United States. |
Carlos, I’m increasingly skeptical of your true intentions for posting here. You seem obsessed with DKL. You can e-mail me at gardnera@netutah.com to clarify. If you continue as you have, making every subject an excuse to attack my friend, I’m going to toss your ass. We’re pretty lenient here, but you are starting to annoy me. |
Annegb: Opposites attact, likes repel. I think Carlos and DKL are too much alike (pig-headed bullies) for them to get along. |
#41 Left Field – A fellow PhD in the sciences. Yahoo! Not enough of us in the Church – too many dentists and lawyers, even on this blog :) Anne – I find the “war” between DLK and Carlos amusing, although occassionally it is annoying. |
I’ve seen this a few times before, though, someone comes on and baits him continually and when they’re called on it, they disappear. I’m pretty sure they’re the same person. I don’t think Carlos is a guy from Australia. |
And I’ll apologize my guts out if I’m wrong. David Can you share your spiritual experience with us? I almost became a Catholic at one time, but it was to impress a boyfriend. :) I have a dear friend who is a monk in a monastery in northern California. You shared a real embarrassing moment–you know, it’s like mine. I have never told another soul about that experience and my friend and I still keep in touch, albeit sporadically, almost 30 years later. I think boys are more tender hearted than girls, so my heart aches a little at that girl’s meanness to you. What I always tell people when they feel a little guilty about that cup of coffee or that can of coke is, there are a lot of jerks in the church who don’t drink coke. Nobody’s perfect. I have a lot of pet peeves too, but yours sound like all the other huh? pet peeves I’ve heard. What happened to people talking on their cell phones, or normal pet peeves. You guys all have high brow pet peeves. What does that mean, people who can’t reason? Nobody on the blog reasons, we all argue and stick to our guns. I’ve seldom seen anybody change their mind in an argument. I think I’m the only reasonable person here. |
PS, Jota, what mission thing? And if you’re a lawyer, can you comment on my question about allocution, which legal questions that I’ve asked, they’ve tended to go unanswered. heh,heh |
Jota, I think my previous comment to you is in moderation. |
Mcq, I stumbled onto blogging by accident, also. At first I was so obsessed that I posted around the clock and visited a ton of blogs a day. Now I’m lucky to get here. Describe being a missionary at Disneyland. It can’t have been much fun. I mean, really, crying kids, and people anxious to get on a ride aren’t going to take a minute to hear a missionary, are they? I love Seattle and that whole area. You know, about music, I saw this thing on MTV cribs yesterday about this rock star who’s so rich he has a bunch of vintage cars and RV’s and ATV’s and an inside and outside pool, yada-yada-yada, and I have never heard of this guy. I wonder if this is an old age thing, not knowing who the entertainers are. I wonder also how young people can keep up with them. |
Carlos, Miranda is a fake person on a fake blog that DKL and some friends, fellow famous bloggers set up and it was quite good and the only people who I truly could relate to, being as crazy as I am. And I am a real person. Back after dinner, we’re cooking steak and shrimp for our contractors. |
Anne – In on sentence you are threatening to toss Carlos’s ass for picking on DKL (who of all people can probably take it) and the next you are the only reasonable one here. Has something else got your goat and you are just taking it out on Carlos? |
Well, it’s my basic hypocritical nature coming out. Also sarcastic as I’m in reality the least reasonable person alive. I thought Carlos was someone else—long story. Carlos, I’m sorry, I hope I haven’t run you off. Maybe you really are an Aussie! |
Whoa – excuse the grammar in post! Me a Lawyer. |
#43 I’ve sent that email. Check IP address online to prove it. |
Anne: I wasn’t actually a missionary in Disneyland, my mission was the Anaheim mission which covers all of Orange County CA. Disneyland was, and is, one of the most obvious focal points of that area and so many people call it the Disneyland mission. I wore Mickey Mouse ears at my farewell as a joke. Loving music as much as I do means that I keep up on a lot of the bands, but by no means all. I have very little tolerance for some genres of music and so I know little about them. Those genres range from Britney Spears pop to Beyonce R&B to hardcore rap. I’m pretty much a prisoner of rock and roll, which means I may not have recognized the person on the show you saw either. The fact that you actually watched an episode of MTV Cribs is really funny, though. I have never done that, and I hope to avoid it at all costs. You are brave. I am not a criminal lawyer, so I won’t try to answer your allocution question, but I did try to answer a legal question you posed on another post a while back, so don’t say you never get answers:-) |
too many dentists and lawyers? No such thing. |
annegb, What allocution question? |
Nevermind. I found it. |
Carlos, I officially apologize. I don’t care one bit about you and DKL’s fight about unwritten rules–go ahead and duke it out :). My concern was based entirely on another issue. I tried to e-mail you based on your address here, but it came back, which also happened with tiredmormon, so it probably has something to do with my server. Here, go check this out on Times and Seasons and know that you’re in good company if somebody’s been mad at you on the blog. I told him off a few times myself. http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=3357 Guys, why isn’t that blue? Well go to Times and Seasons, and put it “Why I Like DKL”–and know that a lot of those guys didn’t like him for a long time. Geez, David, there’s something sort of sick about convincing people you were disliked. Jota, I don’t know what happened to my questions, but I’m pretty sure I asked for some of your recipes along with free legal advice for this kid I just met Saturday. And what mission thing did your pen name come from? Oh, yeah, I remember now, I said something like, DKL, he sure gets a lot of flak and Carlos, he probably isn’t from Australia (my bad, Carlos), but that annegb, I am really from Utah. :) bfwebster thanks for dropping by :) tired I could never get through Karamozov or any of the Russian novels. The exclamation marks annoy me a great deal. I can, however, say “I have a big yellow dog” in Russian. Also, you are the only person I’ve ever met, besides myself, who has a problem with Sheri Dew. She bothers me, too. Did you check out John Dehlin like I told you to? Sherpa I think many of us who find blogging struggle with aspects of the church, as tired and jota expressed. I do. But I’m faithful. Go figure. How old are you? I have some single relatives I could fix you up with. I checked out your blog. Did you take those pictures of George Clooney? He is so dreamy. I see you have high brow pet peeves as well. I suppose my pet peeves expose my lack of breeding. No embarrassing moment? naismith I’ve admired you for a long time, your posts are consistently well done. I guess you are the serene woman I aspire to become. Well, I don’t aspire all that hard, obviously. But thank you for the example. Tell me about that book you read, Molokai–we have a book club, too, a really good one. We’re reading a book by Rabbi Kutchner at the moment. carlos Do you know my friend, Annie, who lives in Tasmania and whose husband and priest made her stop being my friend because of my Mormonism? Why are you still married after 5 years separation? It sounds tragic and romantic. left field how come Ann sent me her phone number then never stayed home when I tried to call her? Thanks, all, for commenting :) |
The letter “J” is pronounced “jota” in portuguese. While I’m happy to share, I hate typing recipes. Besides, I doctor recipes so badly, most of it is in my head anyway. As for the legal advise, I’ll post whatever help I can be over on the other thread. |
I should have said “heavily” instead of “badly.” Badly implies that the results are unacceptable. |
Yes Anne I did check him out. I do everything you tell me. :) |
Anne, don’t go dissin’ my girl Sheri ! She’s high on a lot of single guys’ lists. She’d never condescend to date, let alone marry, a shiftless back-slid Mormon like me, but then that’s part of her appeal. I don’t think I could respect a woman who’d date a guy like me. |
:) I feel sorry for her, but she is the preachiest person on God’s green earth and she doesn’t have a clue half the time when she’s lecturing young mothers and/or women on how to live. I understand this because I used to do the same thing when it was easier for me to be spiritual. It’s easy to be spiritual when you’re not exhausted and stressed out from cooking, cleaning, taking care of kids, and fighting with your husband. |
Carlos (40)– or is it Terry? Are you implying that I don’t drive truck, break arms, and arm wrestle? Are you suggesting that I don’t love those things and do them best? Here’s a video clip of me at a competition a few years ago. I’m the bald guy in the red muscle t-shirt: |
#66 Tagore: I implying that you’re full of shit! :) (And it is Terry, not me) By the way, you told me before that this was the Real you, with DKL in your spare time; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKr_zJ9iQCY You the black karate guy? |
Terry (67), you’re a bit slow on the uptake. Should’ve been patently obvious a long time ago that I’m full of shit. |
This is the truth: I know very little about my fellow bloggers except DKL and Amira. Oh, and Brian. Including real names, etc. Plus with all the “Johns” I’m completely confused as to who I’m talking with at any given time. |
Anne, you can sign me up in the Sheri Dew non-fan club too. But I will follow the Thumper-the-Rabbit’s mother’s rule and not discuss why. |
Annegb– How old are you? I have some single relatives I could fix you up with. I checked out your blog. Did you take those pictures of George Clooney? He is so dreamy. I see you have high brow pet peeves as well. I suppose my pet peeves expose my lack of breeding. No embarrassing moment? |
Plus with all the “Johns†I’m completely confused as to who I’m talking with at any given time. There are several jokes in there. Where to start, where to start? |
Plus with all the “Johns†I’m completely confused as to who I’m talking with at any given time. Annegb: We’ll start with this one. How much do you charge your Johns to talk with them, (as opposed to…) ? |
Well, let’s start here, we have ARJ and John F. I have several “Johns” in my address book, John Harrison, there’s Jonathan Green, whose aunt is my friend, but who doesn’t talk to me much. Jonathan Stapley, John Dehlin, it’s a dilemma. And can we talk about Lisa and Heather???? There are even a couple more Anns in the crowd. I’d go by my real name, but I hate it. I am completely ignoring your spurious comments, Bookslinger :) Although I suppose at my age, being thought of as any kind of sex object is a compliment. |
1. How did you come by your handle? — “Silus” is a variant of the Biblical name “Silas”; “Grok” means “to understand fully or completely”, and is used in the software world. I wanted to pay homage to my own religious surname, and my deep-seated desire to understand. 2. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? — I came across a post at Times & Seasons years ago, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I’ve been moved to tears many times, and have learned much. I’ve even had my mind changed on a number of fronts. 3. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? — I was born Spokane, Washington. I grew-up in a home, and not in the Church. And while I attended Church with my sister from the get-go, I wasn’t allowed to join until I was 8. My family, however, is not LDS. I consider myself to be a faithful latter-day saint (though others probably disagree). 4. Do you have a college degree? — I attended BYU for four years, but fell-in with a bad crowd towards the end and co-founded a software company. I didn’t finish my degree… but had I, it would likely have been in Political Science with a minor in one of the languages I’ve studied (French, Mandarin, Danish). 5. Are you married? Kids? — Single. No children. 6. Where do you live? — I live in Salt Lake City, just four blocks from the Temple in a loft overlooking Pioneer Park. 7. Favorite: Food — my favorite thing to eat is chili with lots of saltine crackers. My favorite thing to cook is roasted, brined pork chop served on savory French toast and topped with a sweet onion chutney (recipe). Color — orange, though red comes in a very close second. Movie — Phenomenon, Sixth Sense, Swing Kids, Twelve Angry Men, Charade, Lord of the Rings… ad nauseum. Book — Gaia, Seeds of Change, anything by Wendell Berry or Neil Postman, Blankets, The Naked Ape, Lord of the Rings, This Time of Darkness… ad nauseum. TV show — Heroes. Blog — mine. 8. What is your most embarrassing moment? — I was about 14 or so and on a camping trip with the scouts, and we were encamped by a river. I decided I wanted to go skinny-dipping, so I snuck-off to find a nice place on the river for a dip. I found a place that looked good, dropped trou, and walked into the river… but it never deepened. I was out in the middle of the river when I heard guys from the troop approaching so I ran back to shore and got dressed. No one caught me, but I was still absolutely abashed. 9. What’s your pet peeve? — drivers who tailgate and people who talk on their mobiles in public — especially those that use their mobiles while going through check-out stands. |
Silus, thank you so much for answering these questions! There are so many familiar names that we really know very little about. Can I come visit you and stay at your loft overlooking Pioneer Park? I’m mad at Bill and I need to come shopping in Salt Lake. |
1. Someone who was one of earliest bloggers at Millennialstar was on a forum with me and he linked to that blog and also sent me an email to that blog. I think that was mighty kind of him. I hope he doesn’t regret it as I was going through a lot of emotional stuff right about that time and made a fool of myself many times over. I never read a blog before that to my recollection. I really like how blogs give a person a chance to frame an idea or to connect in some way. It is about thinking and making friends. Like a party. I don’t get out much, but I do socialize at work or with family or on the phone. But online socializition is important to me and I am happy to say so. It has opened my world and I have met neat people. |
I’d say “yes”, but you just might do it. : ) It’s a lovely place — all 576 square feet of it. |
Silus, maybe we can be friends. Don’t believe the rumors, I’m only half crazy. :) |
actually it is more like 35 per cent |
1) How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? 2) Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? 3) Do you have a college degree? 4) Are you married? Kids? 5) Where do you live? 6) Favorites: 1. Food- Burritos 7) What is your most embarrassing moment? 8) What’s your pet peeve? |
Oh, and lest you wonder why a YSA is blogging on a Friday night instead of dating, it’s because I’m on call. |
Keri, your most embarassing moment was super cute! My sister’s class performed that song one year for the all school program at our grade school. Well, this has been fun. I have to work in the morning so I best get to bed. Silus, I hope I did not scare you. I was just having a little fun. Maybe we will become friends though. I don’t think we can ever have too many friends. :) |
Keri, I am sorry, but the JD limit on this blog has been met. So when you matriculate, you will have to post somewhere else :( |
Barb – where in NE do you live? |
Oh, Silus, send your recipe, it sounds good. I can never find a good pork chop recipe. Barb! I call people morons all the time (including myself)! You must be so annoyed with me :) Kerri, you have the most down to earth pet peeve I’ve heard. Now THAT’s a pet peeve. My daughter and her roommates fight about the dishes. I think it’s funny when she complains because she got huffy about doing the dishes at home. Silus. Of course I would do it. Although I prefer to stay at Little America because I am Queen Buttgold. But next time I come up, I’ll buy you lunch. How about? |
Sounds great, Annegb! Here’s my recipe for brine pork chops served breakfast style: silusgrok.blogspot.com/2006/09/menu-dinner-among-giants.html Of course we can be friends, Barb! : ) |
( Um: Admin… there’s something screwy with the comment filter. It wouldn’t let me post that last comment until I stripped-out the “http” stuff. And this isn’t the first time. ) |
I have the same problem. E-mail it: gardnera@netutah.com |
Tiredmormon, I have so many quirks that I worry these days if I pin down more specifics that people in my area will recognize me. I should have even been more broad to say Midwest. Annegb, I did not realize that you said moron a lot. Oops! I would have picked a different pet peeve as I would not want to offend the person who started a post. I should add that I function well in society in a lot of ways. I just fall short in the independence areas. Silus, thanks for saying that we can be friends! |
Barb, I puked all over the chappel floor while passing the sacrament as a deacon. Snot can’t be all that bad. ;-) |
Kyle, when you put it that way, it does seem mild. But it was like a worst case scenario though. It was almost unreal. What you said reminded me of something that an elderly man used to say. I think it went something like..”Some people think its funny but it’s snot. :-\ |
Naismith, thanks for identifying the source of your screen name. I have often wondered why someone with your petite frame would have an alias named after the inventor of basketball. |
How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? Favorites: Food- Fried Chicken, Pizza, Chocolate Ice cream Color- Blue, no yellooooooooooooooo…. Movie- Stranger than Fiction Book- When Pride Still Mattered- Biography of Vince Lombardi TV show- I never miss Shark Week Blog (it’s okay if it’s not us, I love other blogs as well)- This one What is your most embarrassing moment?- Dunno What’s your pet peeve? (Most people say deep stuff like “insensitivity to the dichotomy of iconoclasm)- Bias I am a Masters Student in Urban Planning at the UofU with a psychology undergrad from BYU. I got into Urban Planning because it is the best application of three areas of interest for me- Economics, Social Psychology, and Environmental studies. I’ll wrap up next year and start building communities, baby. However, my lifelong ambition is to coach football for some small religious college until I die or they fire me. My screen name is a Russian phrase meaning “in fact” in an “on the contrary” kind of way. I served my mission in Russia and I believe Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. A must see. How’s that? |
Pretty good :) I took a couple years of Russian and I love to blow away the clerks in Salt Lake City stores when I say “Are you Russian?” in Russian. Nasamomdele, though, I’m trying to write that in Russian to figure out how it’s actually pronounced. It doesn’t sound Russian to me. Thanks for joining us :) |
Well, this does not really fit here. But it is something I found out recently and enjoy. I want to make sure it is on the up and up though. And my mom wants me to be sure because we don’t want to be fined if it is not. Someone introduced me to pandora.com. It is a really cool site where you put in an artist name or song and it plays music that you like. It is free if you just listen at your computer, which is what I do. I do not have an ipod and I don’t use discs anyhow. Is this site legal? It seems too good to be true. Please reply here if you know. As a getting to know you section, I will tell some of my channels so far should anybody care to know. Michael Crawford–I heard his rendition of “On Eagles Wings” on that channel. We used to sing that all the time at Catholic Mass in 8th Grade. It is such a sweet experience. Eva Cassidy– John Taylor–Simon&Garfunkle, Peter, Paul, and Mary, “The Rose”, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, John Denver Before I registered, I was listening to samples on my Simon & Garfunkle channel. They were just starting to play “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” which I think is amazing when it said I had to register to hear more. They knew how to try to hook me. Well, please let me know if it is legal and all. :) |
1) How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? 2) Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. I was raised in the church and my Mormon pedigree goes way back to Nauvoo and I had an Aunt who was in the church General Relief Society Presidency (Does that qualify me to be a bishop?). 3) Do you have a college degree? I have a BA in Finance and a JD. (Have I met the educational requirements to be a bishop?) 4) Are you married? Kids? I am married to a faithful woman who has not yet chosen to divorce me even though I keep telling her I want to be a bishop. I have 5 of the most wonderful daughters in the world. One from first marriage is about to graduate from Utah State. Wife’s daughter from her first marriage is at BYU. We have 3 beautiful girls at home who want their dad to be a bishop. 5) Where do you live? Beautiful West Virginia, almost heaven. We found the smallest branch we could find, thinking that maybe if they really couldn’t find anyone else, they may make me bishop (ok… branch presdient). It hasn’t worked yet, but they have just about used up all other eligible priesthood holders. Favorites: I’m not really good at favorites… I like to try em all, but I’ll give it a try. Food – Ice cream Color – Blue, except for blue shirts cause bishops only wear white shirts. Movie -Jeremiah Johnson, or anything that has cowboys, lots of noise, and action. Wait… can bishops watch action movies? Book – I love to read. The most recent is a book on Quantum Theory by Jim Al-Khalili (Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.. Niels Bohr). Before that it was Alan Greenspan’s book “The Age of Turbulence”, I am also reading Richard Bushman’s book “Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling” I did a search on Amazon.com for The Divorced Person’s Guide to Becoming a Bishop. Couldn’t find it. Does anyone know where I can get a copy? TV show – Pinky and the Brain Blog (it’s okay if it’s not us, I love other blogs as well) – I like this blog, but I am thinking of starting a new blog. How does Mormon Bishop Mentality sound? What is your most embarrassing moment? Way too many to remember and you wouldn’t want to know. Where would I begin? What’s your pet peeve? (Most people say deep stuff like “insensitivity to the dichotomy of iconoclasm) – People who promote themselves and seek leadership in the church. They really bug me. :-) |
anne (95) “na sahmom dele” |
Scarlet D, I admire your sense of humor. I like you now. |
What do those words mean? They just don’t sound like anything I learned. |
nah- in (russian spelling: HA) sahmom- right (CAMOM) dele- matter, point (can’t do the russian speling- prepositional form of delo) |
I have to write it in Russian to get a picture of it. It’s going to bug me. Is dele, like in Kak dela? I’ve forgotten so much. I dreamt the other night that I started singing, Ya nye znaioo, that song, I know nothing, to the tune of “Are you sleeping?” Once, I told a girl that I could say a few things in Navajo and she rattled off something and I rattled back to her in Russian, which shows how strange the mind is. I think I’ve told that story before. Anyway, I loved learning Russian. I read 1st and 2nd Nephi in the Russian Book of Mormon. It took me a whole year, but part of that was because I was looking up each word in my dictionary. Finally I called the MTC and they told me how to do it and I whizzed along, then, relatively speaking. The other day Bill and I were watching a movie and somebody said “Smotreet!” (You know, you see those words in Russian and it’s kind of hard to put in English) and I said, “I know what that means! I read it about a thousand times in the Book of Mormon.” Also, I can say, “And it came to pass that I, Nephi….” really fast in Russian. Barb, I have no idea if it’s legal or not. But Bridge Over Troubled Waters is one of my favorite songs. :) |
Annegb, I think I like Bridge Over Troubled Waters because it was special to my mom when she heard it for the first time when she was babysitting in her youth. I forgot to say a favorite Movie: Raintree County is one of my favorite movies. |
Bookslinger, Thanks… you may be the only one. My own mother wondered about me sometimes. She thought she had lost me to perdition when I chose to go to that wonderful university that Brigham Young started up on the hill in Salt Lake City. |
Mark, I enjoyed your comments as well. I have been grateful that my gender disqualifies me from being Bishop. |
Ok I will take a stab at this one as well. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? Do you have a college degree? Are you married? Kids? I am married and I have six kids, 11, 9, 6,6, 3 and 5 months Where do you live? Favorites: What is your most embarrassing moment? What’s your pet peeve? The idea that social darwinism is a junk philosophy but Marxism is not. |
High-Minded Pet Peeve award of the century goes to you, Jon. :) Thanks for commenting and letting us get to know you. Guys, we have to do something to be able to tell all the Johns/Jons of the bloggernacle apart. We just have to. |
JonW, Where in Alberta do you live? I love Canada. I served my mission in the Canada Montreal Mission during the President Kimball “Lengthen Your Stride” era. I went back to Montreal with my wife a few years ago to witness the marriage in the Montreal temple of a girl who had sat on my lap during missionary discussions many years ago. We had a zillion missionaries from Alberta. I’m guessing the church sent them there so eastern and western Canadians could learn to like each other. I am almost as acquainted with the small (and some not so small) towns in southern Alberta as I am with the small towns in central and southern Utah. We had missionaries from Raymond, McGrath, Cardston, Lethbridge, Calgary, to name a few. I have been to the Calgary Stampede and attended the Willow Creek? Willow Park? (been a long time, memory is fuzzy) ward in Calgary. |
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I messed up the first part of that last post… At the beginning I intended to insert a quote of your comment… “It always bothers me when I see a new name that comes on, argues, then leaves. I worry they feel rejected and leave without giving us a real chance to make friends.” I must have done it wrong. |
anneg: this pet peeve is quite real. I find it frusrating that in many University course use marxist theory, which led to the deaths of Millions throughout the world yet denegrate social darwinism, because of precisely the same reason. I thought about using WillJB at one point but thought that would just lead to being called Will and I was not that fond of that. So Jon W. is all you get ;) 108. MGL: I live currently in Lethbridge (for the fourth time), I have lived in Cardston (a year), Edmonton (three times), Calgary, Abbotsford BC, Taber Ab (before and after my mission) however I was born in the Toronto area and lived in Toronto during my last two years of high school. My wife is from Cardston and is one of those whose family goes back in the church, including being a decendant of William W Phelps. |
Not that I am promoting Social Darwinism btw just to be clear. I just think both ideas suck. |
go oilers! |
1. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? I’d been involved some LDS mailing lists and discussion boards in the past (including one one LDS scouting), but my first exposure to the Bloggernacle was shortly after Kim Clark was called to be the President of BYU-Idaho. I was googling to get some more localized coverage of it and stumbled across some Harvardian navel-gazing on either T&S or BCC, which led me in short order to various other sites (and eventually to this one). 2. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I was born in the Church. My parents are from both from long-time Utah stock, but professionally, my dad was “called to the Ohio”, as it were, so I was born and raised in the Midwest. Various cousins of mine are fond of citing how many generations of Mormondom apply; I’ve been less interested in “trump-card Mormonism”. However, I have always appreciated the fact that so many of my ancestors have been involved in various aspects of Church history. There is a standing house in Kirtland with an ancestor’s name; an ancestor appears in the D&C, a gggg?uncle appears prominently in the D&C and other parts of Church history, several ancestors crossed the plains in the original group, one was at Carthage (on the good side), but not in the jail, etc. My grandmother was big into the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. I found it interesting that when I went to BYU, I was considered “less of a Mormon” because I wasn’t from Utah. That’s the only time I’ve ever pulled out my family history trump card and started naming names. It did the trick at the time, but I’ve always thought one’s last name was a poor excuse for credibility. As it relates to personal Church history and standing, I am a strict meritocrat. I don’t care how many generations one has in the Church if they aren’t active anymore. I’m leery of people who cite their “Mormon-by-birth” status but who haven’t set forth in a Mormon chapel in 40 years. Are you still Mormon? (That’s an unsettled question, at least for me. Are you still “Mormon” if you’ve been excommunicated for apostasy or have had your name removed? I dunno.) I came from Utah stock but was raised in the Midwest; my wife came from Midwest stock but was raised in Utah. What a country. 3. Do you have a college degree? I graduated from BYU with a double major in Computer Science and Spanish. I have an MS in CS, and am “all but dissertation” toward my PhD in CS, from a hyphenated public university in Texas without a football team. As an undergrad, I took more interesting courses in Spanish than in CS. My CS classes were the basic core. I had some great Spanish classes, including a graduate-level in Mexican Catholic Feminist Literature (“aka – the Collected Works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz”), a class in the “Border Spanish” dialect, and a Latin-American history class in which I explored the CIA’s involvement in the Chilean coup. My term paper on Sor Juana explored the relationship with Sor Juana and Church authority. Regarding my interest in computer science — professionally, I do not write code anymore (I did that just enough to decide I don’t like it). Rather, my interest in CS is at the algorithmic/theoretic/philosphical level. My master’s level dealt with computational linguistic theory. My bosses like citing my almost-PhD status to clients. 4. Are you married? Kids? Married for 13 years. One daughter and two sons (ages 10, 7, 1) at this writing. 5. Where do you live? North Texas 6. Favorites: A. Food – Texmex, barbecue (pork, ribs, brisket, and I prefer a wetrub), italian B. Color – Red. Although black in some domains (my wife, the artist points out that black is not a color, but an absence of color) C. Movie – Way too many to count. But one of my favorite “stop-down” movies (by definition, a movie that makes you stop down when you flip by it, no matter where it is in the movie) is The Hunt for Red October. I like all of the Jack Ryan movies that had Ford or Baldwin. And Baldwin was a much better Ryan. I like foreign films. I like action. I like comedies. I don’t like horror. D. Book – I read a lot of historical stuff. I know my wife has bought me a book on George Washington for Christmas (“among other things”, she says). I loved the recent bio on Hyrum Smith (probably even more than Rough Stone Rolling). I love David Halberstam. E. TV show – Currently, I tivo NCIS, Boston Legal (shaky now, though), The Unit, Las Vegas, The Big Bang Theory. I stay away from medical/CSI/Bones-type dramas. I’ll watch MNF occasionally, and SNF if someone I like is playing. F. Blog (it’s okay if it’s not us, I love other blogs as well) – T&S, BCC, MMentality, M*, slashdot, and a few others. I love the Sports Guy. I love MMQB. I love Dr. Z. I have like 25 subscriptions in Google Reader, but a lot are newspapers and online mags. 7. What is your most embarrassing moment? Wow. Too many to count. But I was at an academic conference a couple of years ago, where the crux of my paper was to “gently” invalidate the research findings of another researcher. (I presented it in terms of “here’s a new algorithm that is vastly improved, using this other guy’s exact data.”) This was my first conference, and I misused a common term all throughout my paper and my presentation (including the slides). I didn’t notice until someone raised their hand and called me on it. When I was dating my wife, I had been working for BYU catering and made a comment to my future (we were not engaged, though) father-in-law about how much I hated Thousand Island dressing (because when you see it in bulk quantities in the bowels of BYU, it’s kind of disgusting). That’s when I found out how much my future FIL loved Thousand Island dressing. 8. What’s your pet peeve? (Most people say deep stuff like “insensitivity to the dichotomy of iconoclasm”) I don’t get into 9/11. For me, 9/11 is, and always has been, another country’s unfortunate holiday (with US ties). I met a lot of people who had pain and suffering related to 9/11, long before the US had its own sad experience with it. I don’t participate in 9/11-New York celebrations or recognitions. I don’t wear an American flag lapel pin. I do consider myself patriotic, though, and I’m proud to be a US citizen. But I don’t celebrate 9/11. This is just a personal thing. I’m a bit contrarian by nature and by nurture (my dad was a professor with an activist streak). I’ll agree with you if you can back it up. I love data. I hate people who agree “just because”. I hate management practices and technical standards “just because that’s the way we’ve always done it.” I often tell my boss that I don’t need to be working on a particular project because it doesn’t merit my touch. So I hate people who go along with someone just because everyone else is. I hate clients who get mad when I invalidate assumptions through research. I hate clients who hire me to fix things, and then won’t let me. I think the phrase and idea of “thinking outside the box” is grounds for termination, since the idea is typically used in contexts where “deeper inside-the-box thinking” would solve the problem faster. I have a running battle with some family members who steadfastly believe that Utah is the land of milk and honey, and that I’m going to hell for not living there. 9. Explanation of my screen name. It’s a foreign-language transposition of my childhood nick-initials. I don’t want my real name corresponding to a google search, but I don’t hide my identity. I use my screen name on other blogs and plenty of people know who I am. 10. Misc. Served a mission in South America. My wife served her mission in SoCal (Spanish-speaking). |
standing house in Kirtland I meant Nauvoo. |
Nasamomdele, when did you serve your mission? I visited St. Petersburg a few years and agree it’s one of the great cities of the world. |
MY ANSWERS IN CAPS TO SEE EASILY- SORRY- I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE I AM YELLING. AND MAYBE I AM, SO THERE. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? I STARTED BLOGGING IN EARLY 2003, WHEN I WAS A LAW STUDENT. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE LDS BLOGS UNTIL OCTOBER 2003 WHEN I FOUND TIMES AND SEASONS DURING GENERAL CONFERENCE. I HAVE BEEN AN ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE BLOGGERNACLE EVER SINCE, MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF SOME. IT HAS BEEN A FUN HOBBY. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I WAS BORN IN MESA, AZ. I WAS BORN AND RAISED AS A LATTER-DAY SAINT. I AM ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH AND COMMITTED TO ITS TEACHINGS AS I UNDERSTAND THEM. Do you have a college degree? YES, FIVE IN FACT. AAS, BA, MST, MA, JD. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO MEANDER THROUGH GERMAN TO LINGUISTICS AND END UP IN LAW. Are you married? Kids? MARRIED 10.5 YEARS NOW WITH FOUR KIDS- TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. SYMMETRY… Where do you live? RICHARDSON, TEXAS- A SUBURB OF DALLAS. Favorites: |
whoa, that’s pretty embarassing. |
Jordan apparently lives within an hour’s drive. In fact, my wife is running around today doing errands in your neck of the woods. |
1. How did you find the bloggernacle, what drew you to blogging? One day I was completely frustrated by the social aspects of Mormonism, did some word combos on the topic in yahoo, and stumbled on feministmormonhousewives and wow! Some women were (sort of) like me! And then there’s a link here… And the rest is history. I check these sites most days of the week. 2. Where were you born, are you LDS, were you raised in the church, how do you characterize yourself? I was born in SLC, UT, raised in the church to a very believing dad and a middle of the road mom (quite liberal in church doctrin, very conservative in morals/modesty, etc). I characterize myself as Mormon but have huge issue with some of our history, some of the doctrine, and a lot of the quirky social aspects of Mormonism. That said, I’m raising my daughters (one is on the way via adoption but not here yet) Mormon and I go most Sundays. 3. Do you have a college degree? Yes, a BA in English from the University of Utah. Some grad work from George Mason University in business writing. 4. Are you married? Kids? Yes, onto marriage #2 just a few months ago. One daughter, two step daughters, and a daughter that we’re in the process of adopting from Russia but isn’t here yet. 5. Where do you live? Southern California 6. Favorites: |
After months of shirking work to read others’ interesting posts and to post my own superficial comments, I have finally made the “Top Commenters” list. I would like to thank all of you who made this possible. Without your contributions, I would never been able to add my pithy two cents. I’m coming for you Dan. At this rate, I’ll claim the top spot in about 2016. |
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“Here’s a followup, why did you guys pick the names you call yourselves? (Mcq, I think of Steve McQueen)†I actually do have a lot in common with Steve McQueen. We have the same rakish good looks, car, taste in women, and tendency toward backhair. I decided to go by MCQ one day when, quite by chance, I discovered that those letters were, in fact, my initials. |
