http://www.mormonmentality.org Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:52:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was Stake Conference weekend for me, and aside from the plastic seats 3/4ths of the way back in the gym, a good time was had. I am a personal fan of unorthodoxy in relatively unimportant issues, so this was a good conference for me. Adult Session Last night I enjoyed ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/03/07/not-your-grandmothers-stake-conference.htm Someone sent me this link last week; apparently the Church is putting Personal Progress online. Young Women will be able to read, journal, and keep track of their progress at this site. I think it is a fine innovation. For some Young Women who spend significant time ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/22/personal-plateau.htm According to the Salt Lake Tribune the Ogden temple is getting a major makeover. So here are some questions for you Mormon Mentality readers: How lonely will the Provo temple feel after this? Nothing against the new temples that have been built recently, but do all the Utah temples really need to look ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/18/the-ogden-temple-will-soon-look-like-this.htm I dreamt that I was holding a tray and standing in a cafeteria line of about six people. There was another line next to us, with about a hundred people. Everything seemed to be going okay, and I thought I was very wise to have chosen the shorter ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/16/last-night-i-had-a-dream.htm I've only been to one book club meeting in the last couple of years, because of my job. It was at my house. We read, something about a Jewish person. I think it was by Chaim Potok---dang, I can't remember the book! Anyway, this is what ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/13/book-club-redux.htm Why does the Salt Lake Tribune report the news the way it does? I have been reading newspapers since I was about 10 years old. A story like the this one would rarely even be covered in my experience. It takes a sensational murder or other really heinous crime ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/11/bias-in-tribune-by-bbell.htm I never watched Fox News before the Bush/Gore debacle. I didn't have an allegiance to either party. Yada-yada-yada. I know many of you have heard the story of my conversion and how I could have gone with Gore or Bush and how disappointed I was in Gore. I ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/09/im-watching-fox-news-these-days.htm I was first introduced to fry sauce on my homeymoon in SLC. I was raised outside the Corridor and grew up with Ketchup. My new wife wanted to expand my palate so she took me to Crown Burger and insisted that I taste the fry sauce. WOW. ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/05/an-ode-to-fry-sauce-from-bbell.htm Imagine your Relief Society President was your Bishop. How do you think she would fare? Ignore the gender thing: what attributes and abilities could your Relief Society President bring to the office of Bishop that might work really well? Do you suppose it could be disastrous? When I think of ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/02/03/what-if-your-relief-society-president-was-bishop.htm I recently read an article about a really expensive elaborate birthday party that P Diddy held for his son. I personally think that P Diddy is an uncouth yahoo and his kid in in process to be the same but I offer up this extreme example to illustrate the ... http://www.mormonmentality.org/2010/01/29/from-bbell-parental-pet-peeves-birthday-party-edition.htm