mtnbikemom

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  1. Cranberry pie. We made 24 of them last night. Pure awesomeness.
  2. And the best of both worlds, crunchy Biscoff. Greatest stuff ever.
  3. I have not met a single person who is opposed to UHC and simultaneously believes that those who can't afford medical care don't deserve help. I've never even seen nor heard that suggested. The argument is ALWAYS that yes, people do need assistance and we need to find the best way to deliver that "help". Government and "help" are not interchangeable or synonymous terms. It's not a issue of using pretty or ugly words but an issue of assigning accurate or inaccurate motives. And this is coming from someone who has been uninsured for years because we just can't afford it. I would love nothing more than to have my badly herniated discs fixed or even looked at. Heck, I would love to just have a yearly exam, once every 10 years. Maybe a mammogram. Just in case the rebuttal is (not specifically you, Anne) that it's easy to object when you have all the money, help, coverage, etc. you need.
  4. Oddly enough I just had a guest speaker in class who I thought was a black, lesbian woman. It took me a full 45 minutes to realize that it was a woman in the process of F to M transition (provided she/he could acquire the $200,000 for the surgery). As an added twist, she/he now identifies as gay because she, soon to be a he, has always been attracted to men. Talk about confusing. She/he was so confident that no one would ever guess that she was a woman and thus her transition was easier than most. I seriously debated pointing out that no time was I ever confused as to her sex. She/he was clearly female to me and many others in the room. Equally tempting to suggest it would be cheaper to just keep her parts and go by the name Larry when required. Social graces won over and I kept that comment to myself. So yes, her biological sex is F. Psychosocially he/she has identified as male. I feel genuine sympathy with the obvious struggles and turmoil she/he experiences, whether my perspective is they are due to being dealt a crappy biological hand or a result of her decisions. It is still suffering. Why this lecture would ever be considered vital to my college education is perplexing. That I had to pay tuition for this is maddening. *she was also LDS. Black, transgendered, gay, LDS person has to be the pinnacle of minority groups.
  5. Thus the qualifier-"Right or wrong". No doubt I articulated that point in clumsy fashion.
  6. In the 1963 General Conference, Hugh B. Brown stated: "it is a moral evil for any person or group of persons to deny any human being the rights to gainful employment, to full educational opportunity, and to every privilege of citizenship". He continued: "We call upon all men everywhere, both within and outside the church, to commit themselves to the establishment of full civil equality for all of God's children. Anything less than this defeats our high ideal of the brotherhood of man."[73] Right or wrong I know this quote is often referenced in regards to Brown asserting that the priesthood ban be overturned. I think Brown also suggested that revelation was not required to end the ban because revelation was not used to initially institute the practice. I will try to find that reference.
  7. mtnbikemom

    Bunco

    I do. Unfortunately I can't remember the specifics but I want to think it was about the exclusive nature of the groups; not very inviting to others. There is fairly high probability that I'm making that up completely. For all I know it could have been a suggestion that Bunco groups include more hot gluing and an admonishment to recite the YW theme before play begins and to use only church music to set the mood. Essentially Eowyn, my information is useless.
  8. I know Hinckley used a jet provided by Jon Hunstman Sr. We watched it land at Moab 'international' airport and couldn't resist announcing the arrival of God Force One.
  9. I hear that! Multiple sharps make me break out in a cold sweat and the room starts to spin. Wait, maybe that's because I didn't eat breakfast. Regardless, sharps are evil. To slightly alter a classic Spinal Tap quote: "The key of c# is the most difficult of all keys. It's makes pianists weep, instantly." On the positive side of Sally Deford, you don't have to look at the music, just default to an arpeggio in the left hand and you're probably dead on. Time saver for everyone.
  10. I may not say 'no' directly, but I have found that several return questions seem to shed light on the issue. Specifically, "What exactly do you mean by the word 'play' ?" "What's the over/under on accuracy?" "How important is the actual key to you?" "Is it written by Janice Kapp Perry?" * "Are you opposed to incorporating kazoos into the accompaniment?" It's shocking that I don't get asked more often, what with my obvious willingness to honor all types of requests. * Apologies to all the JKP fans out there. Not meant to offend.
  11. I had someone recently hand me some music and say, "This is much harder to sing than it is to play. It's in the key of C." Huh. I think you meant C#. Critical difference. I'm just going to pick a new key each time I play it and see if he notices.
  12. On a related note, I'm going to start requesting quarters every time someone in the ward hands me a piece of music and says "I looked at this, it doesn't seem very hard." We'll be out of debt in no time. Add a tip jar to the equation and we could add a wing to our house. If the piece doesn't look that hard, why aren't they playing it?
  13. Same thing in Utah. 5th grade is Utah history and my 7th grader is currently in a Utah Studies course.