[LDS Church leaders restate opposition to Gay Marriage]

I am a Liberterian, in a very very liberal sense. The only thing I want my government to do, on the Federal level, is to protect my borders from aliens, foreign armies, and foreign business influence; which means I'd kick out most foreign businesses, cut off American businesses who've moved their manufacturing overseas, and prevent foreign interfierance in our markets.

I want an agrarian national society that doesn't have to poke its nose into everything else the rest of the world is doing.

I believe it would be best for people to abandon cities wholesale and move to small family farms; people could then EAT.

We don't need to have 2 or more automobiles per family; one is enough and sometimes too much. There's nothing wrong with a little walk or planning trips to the market.

We don't need clothes made in Bengal, Vietnam, or Bora Bora; we can make our own from domestically produced cotton and wool.

We don't need to be able to fly anywhere at any time; yeah its nice and convenient, but I'd rather have flying go back to being a luxury and rare; preserving my hearing from all the noise produced by aircraft. The only time in my life I can recall not being bothered by the sound of aircraft, anywhere I've ever been, was after 9/11 when no aircraft went anywhere and people stayed home with their families. It was very quiet.

We don't need to compete on the world futures markets. We can produce all the food we need, and more. On coast to coast trips with the kids going to visit family for holidays, We'd go to a lot of cities; but I pointed out to my daughters the real reason America is powerful. Its not because we can make anything technological. Its not because we have electric delivery to every home or indoor plumbing. Its not because we have paved roads or scyscrapers.

Its because we can feed ourselves.

That is the real power in life. And not just ourselves, we can produce surplus so great we can feed the world. Nobody in poor nations need starve; we are more than capable of producing and delivering everything needed to end famine.. Or we would if farmers were not paid to NOT farm crops, in order to keep the price of grains high and the demand even higher.

We don't need to police the world; we can feed it.

During the First World War, the Relief Society released its decades long stockpile of wheat to feed the European Continent for nearly the whole duration of the conflilct.. just from what Mormon women tucked away from surplus'.

Anyway, to the topic.

I do believe that allowing "anything goes" is destructive to a society such as ours that has so much governmental interfierance and control over what is 'right and wrong.' There is a reason that Brigham Young moved the Saints to Utah, an independant and free land at the time; and created their own nation. The new nation made laws and protected its society by creating a government that was very inobtrusive and founded on the laws of God.

Our modern national society, while originally founded on the laws of The Almighty, and "...upon the precepts of the gospel of Jesus Christ," (Patrick Henry in his Last Will and Testament), originally needed no laws, nor could anyone even fathom one, that would allow or prohibit private contracts - even up to and including usery. People were uniformly religious and voluntarily tailored their activities to their own conciences as perceived by them and dictated by their faith.

Now people just wait for Da Gubmint to tell them to do, or not do something.

Yes, this warning is Prophetic; but I do not believe in the way most people are interpreting it. I believe that the warning is to repent and voluntarily submit to the will of The Father as directed by His laws and urged to by The Living Prophet.

Gay marriage is unimportant, in my opinion, and worthy of no debate. it is the willful abdication of responsibility and governance from ourselves to the Government, which as a corrupt organization, does not seek to edify, enlighten, or improve our spirits; only to control our actions.

My 2¢

[Which do you prefer?]

To the guy who posted the photo of the can of "faygo" soda.

I prefer Zam Zam Cola.. its the official soda of the Hajj... Zam Zam Cola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia No kidding.

[Which do you prefer?]

K-ni Gett's are what's used to get a shrubbery for those who say "nee."

Almonds up around chico I always heard pronounced as "Ammins." I even recall seeing a history channel interview where the Chairman or President of the Blue Diamond Co-Op gave a lecture about how to pronounce the word.

As long as they're free of botulism, I like ammins a lot; raw, roasted; they're both good. I really like marzipan, but am not a fan of almond butter; the texture is difficult for me to handle.

[Which do you prefer?]

School is pronounced shool.. if you're hebrew.

I'm originally from California, but I've lived all over. I've intentionally adapted words into my vernacular that sound funny to many people, because I pronounce them in the most.. excentric way possible. I don't know why I do that, other than I think its funny. Its also a great way to start a conversation with someone new, or even family. "Why do you call pecans "pee cans?" Why? Because I like the way it sounds. Because it makes people stop and think about stuff from another perspective. I've never called my nephew Jacob "Jaycob," I always refer to him or about him as "yakob," the historical and literal pronounciation. Not as a form of disrespect, on the contrary. I hope one day he'll ask me why I do and I'll be able to tell him about the wonderful lineage of his name. Maybe at that point I'll start calling him "Jaycob." But I doubt it.

I also like to frustrate people who are too.. stodgy. Have you ever wondered what will happen if you use 'southern' dialect around a person who's pretentious? I sure have. So I did it. And not in a fake southern accent, although I can do one pretty well - well enough to fool most native speakers, but in my most neutral west coast and college educated accent. It makes me laugh to see their eyes bug out when talking about 'temmaters' or such.

I also really like to call "Basil" "basil," as with an aah, like the British. Not the "ey" sound that's familiar to us American English speakers (I really like "The Queens English," I use it regularly. I also really like "Oxford English," and regularly adapt it for use in a modern society. It drove my ex-GF the physician nuts. She'd throw things at me and punch me in the shoulder when I pronounced it the way I like to, which was every time. And I like basil, so I always had it growing fresh; even as a houseplant during the winter.

Anyway, to the topic.

1. Jello: I like real gelatin, as in from rendered connective tissue of animals (or people if they make me angry enough). I like to eat it cold, heat it up and put it in soup, spread on toast, etc. Its primarily collagen and rendered fat/cartillage; very tasty and healthful. In 'unflavored' or desert style, I like it mixed with cream cheese or nuts and served as a 'salad' or desert. Of course, I have to have a little lime jello at every church function; preferably with grapes. Not because that's the best, its the worst, but because its tradition.

I also really like flavored sweet jello that's really firm; so high of concnetration that it remains very firm at room temperatures and is chewy (thai style is known as 'crunchy jello').

2. Soda: I like to call it "pop" because I like the word pop. I call my dad "Pop," first because I know he doesn't really like it (I couldn't care less - I mean that), and second because its.. not disrespectful, but it lets him know what I feel his place is in my life. Anyway, back home we called it either "coke" or "soda;" when I went off to basic training they called it "pop." I came back and adopted "pop" because it was 'exotic' and it let people know I'd actually done something with my life and gotten out of that hell-hole I was raised in.

3. Mac-N-Cheese. Have tried to stay away from it as much as possible; reminded me too much of being dirt poor as a child and having not much better, ever.

4. Biscuits and Gravy. I like to use a fork, because with rare exceptions (such as cuisine that's traditionally eaten with the hands), I prefer not to touch my food. Not because I'm afraid of eating something bad on my hands (I wash them a lot - but I've used them to eat when I've had the worst things on them you can possibly imagine because I had to) and then into my mouth, but because I prefer to display fine mannerisms at most times, even when I'm by myself. I use a knife and a fork for everything (unless I'm using chopsticks or my fingers - I use chopsticks better than most people will ever be able to use a knife or fork.. or tongs for that matter) the European way. The fork in my left hand, inverted, the knife in my right. I just think its classy; and when eating with others, very respectful. I've never liked it when people shoveled foor into their gaping maws like using a shovel to load coal into a boiler on a steamship.

A lot of the things I do are to demonstrate respect towards others when we're together. Consequently, in person, I'm one of the most polite people you'll ever meet; even when discussing potentially disturbing or offensive topics. I make to excuses or apologies for my beliefs or opinions, but I state them as honestly and politely as can be done. A Gentleman always does; and though I was not born into a noble house, and Congress never saw fit to declare me one (Officers when receiving their comission are declared, by authority of the Congress, the receiver to be an Officer and a Gentleman), I am, in every way possible, a gentleman when it counts.

5. Grits. I'll eat them any way, but my favorite is with peanut butter and maple syrup. Fast grits are pretty good, too. Don't let anyone look down on you for eating them, neither. They may not have the same flavor or texture as traditional grits, but just as quick oats or pressed oats differ from steel cut, Irish, or Scottish in texture and flavor, they're still good. Better them than none at all.

In fact, I think I'll go get a box tonight (just finished making traditional "Dirty Rice," Livers, gizzards, hearts, sausage (boudan - homemade), chicken skin, onions, garlic, peppers, celery).

6. Bathroom tissue. Over, when I bother to put it on the holder. Since I wrecked my shoulder (right) I find it hard to reach over to get it, so I like to leave a roll off the holder to I can get to it easier. I'm also able to control the unspooling of the paper much better, so I never have a runaway roll.

7. Green onions or scallions. I prefer chives, personally (a grass). But if I had to choose.. I'd prefer shallots. I mean garlic greens.. I mean scallions. It just sounds more.. exotic.

I highly recommend trying chives if you're never had them; garlic chives are especially good. They grow well in a very small container, and are perennial, so they come back every year; even after the harshest winters. They also grow very well in the house, in with appropriate feeding, grow many inches during season; I've had to throw away more chive cuttings that I ever could eat because the two little plants I had grew as fast as alfalfa.

I also recommend trying garlic greens; they're very mild and utterly delicious. The immature bulb is also fantastic sliced thin and grilled; no need to peel the cloves. Slice through the bulb and put a round on the grill or ungreased pan; all of it is tender and flavorful; taking months to dry up and become flaky after harvest.

8. Pecan. I like to call it "Pee Can" because it makes people laugh or get spitting mad. Just like saying "I need to do the warsh." or my ex-wife's favorite "Breakfrist." It was that second "r" that drove me mad.

[LDS Church leaders restate opposition to Gay Marriage]

Im going to stand out here a little.

I couldn't care less what government has to say about marriage in any way. Marriage is a contract between two consenting adults (in some cultures between families, such an in arrainged marriages). Government has no moral or constitutional authority, by virtue of statute, section, or inference, to allow or prevent the willing private contract of performance. It is completely moral and legal to contract one's self into indentured servitude (such as in Military service - in which penalties up to and including death may be ajudicated for violations of the contract) and things of that nature (such as pornographic activities and prostitution which are unregulated under federal and constitutional authority).

I have no problem with two consenting adults of the same sex entering into a marriage contract. Lets remember what a marriage contract actually entails. While it may vary dramatically from contract to contract, and cultures and societies, a marriage contract details the rights and responsibilities of the contracted individuals; responsibilities such as maintenance and care being provided, obedience to lawful requirements (for women in many coutries) of intimacy, et cetera.

What authority or constitutional right is there for the government to forbid this legal activity from taking place?

I personally do not think that health care is a right for anyone. Mandating employer supported health maintenance payments (insurance is a misnomer - insurance is indemnification against a possible unforseen activity or happening. Health maintenance contract describes, legally and factually, what is being required to be provided) is an absolute abomination. But if its legall to do this for varied sex contracts of marriage, why would it not be legal and morall to require it for same sex private contracts of performance?

People whine about all these 'government' employees who have same sex benefits; that the public should have the same 'right.'

I say, "Why the &*$% are there so many employees of the government, the largest employer in the NATION (that's onlt the Federal government, including States, counties, municipalities and all of their offshoots and comissions, the number approaches almost 60% of the workforce! That's right, 4 of us work our butts off to provide the sustinance for 6 of you! How fair is that???)??? Employees of the government should be extremely few because morally and constitutionally there is few responsibilities or rights of the government! Get back to the law and foundations of this country, and you'll see affordable health maintenance; we'll be back to an economy where a physician will be able to make a living solo and could support his family quite well in isolated areas (a chicken for a house visit type life).

Anyway, my point is that the government has no moral or legal authority to prevent homosexuals from entering into other kinds of contracts; that's known as DISCRIMINATION, which is an ABOMINATION.

That is my legal and MORAL opinion.

I simply choose not to participate in a homosexual relationship; that is my right. I do not believe that homosexuality is.. right. But I do not believe that homosexuals are condemned as sinners solely because of sexual orientiation that may or may not be controlable to them. I do honesty believe that some people are born gay, and that God the Father and Jesus Christ love them as much as the rest of us. I have homosexual friends, many of them, and I'd have most of them in my corner any day of the week over many people in my ward.

I think we'll find that The Father will be far more forgiving than any of us could even possibly hope to imagine; if the Atonement applies to everyone, even to Adolph Hitler or Jerry Lewis (his 'comedy' is almost as bad as The Holocaust), and I assure you it certainly does; it applies to men who lie with men and women who lie with women.

I don't choose to practice homosexuality, and I don't think that its.. 'right,' religiously speaking; but I do not think it to be immoral legally or consitutionally speaking.

Be kind and unconditionally loving to everyone you meet; they are all fighting a terrible battle, the depths of which and the causes of which you have no ability to even begin to understand. What is easy for you to overcome is nearly impossible and devastating for another. I know this from personal experience.

[Spousal permission for baptism]

Having been in a relationship with an abusive drunk, well maybe not abusive but surely neglectful (thereby abusing the family by being absent - myself) I say this is good advice.

I also advise her to get away from him as soon as possible; I'm sad that I lost my family (my drinking problem wasn't the only issue, or the biggest), but if she hadn't skipped out, I'm sure I'd never have stopped drinking and come back to the church.

If she leaves him one of two things will happen. 1. He'll stay the same. 2. He'll re-evaluate his life and have to decide which is more important, the booze or his woman.

[Trying a Mens Group]

Wait, $600 for what??? Two days of sitting in a seminar? I don't care if they call it "New Warrior Training" or "Next Stupid Sucker Looses His Money;" I pay for service, not to '...stand shoulder to shoulder with a diverse masculine crowd that's as diverse as masculinity...'

You want to be a warrior? Join the Army, Marines. Want to spend 2 years staring at something doing nothing for 12 hours a day? Join the navy and end up a machinists mate watching a shaft for lubrication failures. Want to ride a bike a lot? Join the Air Force and you can haul mail or parcels onto the flightline.

Join an adventure club. Join a fraternity. Heck, join AA or AAA.

But don't give some grifter POS $600 so you can feel like you're a man afterwards... I'd feel like a sucker instead.

[Trying a Mens Group]

I eat quiche regularly. What's wrong with eating a pie made from egg, cheese, BACON, sometimes vegetables or mushrooms? If it was called Manly Egg Pie, would it somehow be manly to eat, rather than when its called Quiche? The first time I heard anyone make fun of Quiche eating men was Jim Varney as Ernest P. Warrel in his movie Ernest goes to camp, when he spoke about "Men of iron...Men who had never tasted Quiche."

I'd rather have quiche before going on a patrol; besides being really tasty and full of nutrition, protien, calories, and immediately convertable starches; its low.. gas creating, which is good when you're humping the boonies. Crashing through the jungle in big rubber-soled boots with a hundred kilo's of gear and "the Pig" makes enough noise without adding the sound (and smell) of gaseous emanations caused by a lunch of frijoles negros y masa tortilla.

[Utah mother pregnant with two babies who aren't twins]

From Goshen University: Genitourinary structures

Uterus - The fetal pig uterus is of a type called bicornate, compared to the simplex human uterus. This means that the pig uterus has two large horns in addition to the body. These horns are sometimes confused with the much smaller Fallopian tubes. It is the presence of these horns which allows pigs to have a litter of 8 or 10 pigs. (See p. 57 of the FPDG.) Untitled Document

[Avatar]

I don't think that was part of the story or idea being portrayed by the creator of the movie; but I imagine there's nothing wrong with seeing parallels that might exist, even if they were not intentionally written in or placed there. Many people love to make a philisophical comparison between Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and the rise of Nazi Germany and the second world war; even though Tolkien very adimantly and planely stated it was an origional work of fiction having no basis in any factual event and was in no way a parable.

I found the movie to be droll and preachy. The special effects were not spectacular to me, but seemed to be nothing more than flashy window dressing on a tired used up story. You can put lipstick on a pig, or a loose woman for that matter, but it'll still be a pig or a loose woman.

I enjoyed Cameron's early work; Terminator, Aliens (although it was in no way a good story - it was just well put together and presented. Much of the dialog is non-sequiters, double-negatives, carelessly worded, factually impossible, irrelevant, rediculous, or otherwise inappropriate when viewed in context.. Yes, I watch it once or twice a month. Cameron ruined the look of Geiger's Necronomican-Alien, changed the behaviour, intent, and purpose of the creature, and used special effects to mask defeciencies of the story and to crete suspense instead of having a good script; in stark contrast to Ridley Scott who well adapted Dan O'Bannon's screenplay and invented the special effects that are now standard industry practices), The Abyss.

I did not care for Titanic as a story; the visuals were incredible and very well rendered, the script was engaging, the cinematography was groundbreaking; as was the realism of the sets (the engine room scenes and those of underdecks and machinery spaces were actually filmed in one of the two remaining seaworthy Liberty Ships built during the Second World War). The emotional impact was carefully designed, and I believe that Cameron either consulted with psychoterapists in order to maximize sentiment, or is almost inhumanly 'gifted' with the ability to tell a story that'll make you feel like crap.

His more recent work has been, in my never to be humble opinion, nothing more than special effects pieces; instead of telling a new story, a revolutionary one; with good dialogue, premise, and well researched 'science,' he's gone in the direction of putting lipstick on loose women, sticking them in a white dress, and marching them down the isle towards the audience who he treats as though they're blushing virgin bridegrooms.

I don't like 3D film; I like a film because of the story, because of how it makes me feel. The best movies ever made were black and white with no special effects; lighting, music, diaglogue, and excellent premises made the movie funny, suspensful, frightening, heartwarming, invigorating, angering, or just plain fun. Take "The Philadelphia Story" with Jimmy Stewart for example. Or the original "The Haunting."

Oh well, talk about being really off topic. Please, go back to your comparison of Avatar to Mortal life.. I'll get out of your hair... :) "Scotty, this place sucks! Beam me up."

[Trying a Mens Group]

Need support? Join a gym. Take up bowhunting. Try fishing with your hands. Eat a live chicken. Walk up to your best friend and punch him in the shoulder - then if he whines about it punch him in the face. Drink a cocktail of toilet bowl cleaner and dish soap...

Then you'll be a man.

Seriously, I have no experience with those kind of support groups, but I went to a few whiny crybaby one's put on by some veterans groups. "I feel so bad...I wanna cry...My best friends intestines got blown all over my face and lap in Fallujah...I saw little kids shoes fly up in the air when we bombed than mud hut... waa waa waa."

No, I didn't get any benefit from them. I felt those guys should just do like the rest of us; suck it up, literally and from the bottle, kick the wife, slap the cat, throw the kids outside until they stop whining... Eat a box of potato buds (dry), and when you're feeling really bad, strap on all your old armor, helmet, gear, grab a rifle and squat down in the back yard until dawn comes or the sprinkler runs you off.

I went to a divorce support group for awhile after my ex-wife left me. A group called "Divorce Care," sponsored by another church because the LDS faith doesn't have anything like that. Anyway, besides having their obvious religious theology pushed in all aspects of the program, from the organization to the video's and topics for discussion, which is in no way a bad thing; there was nothing offensive about it. It was very lovingly done and designed to help people by giving them the knowledge that God is love and Jesus does truly love them.

People shared things about their week; all the petty nasty things their STBX's were doing, how hard it was to make ends meet, what new drugs their doctor put them on. I just found it impossible to be honest with them. Funtamentally I don't feel I've ever been completely honest with anyone, ever, my whole life. I've always had to reserve parts of myself, bits of information, or reasons for doing things; I don't know why, but I think I learned that as a defense mechanism because of very traumatic events as a young child, teenager, and young man in the Army.

Because I wasn't able to be completely honest with them I don't think I got a lot out of the program. Someone who could be maybe would.

Anyway, I'm not sure what my point was, other than to say perhaps you'll be benefited by the experience; but I'm very suspicious and skeptical of any 'support group' or meeting that's nothing more than a weekend long. Issues of a deem emotional or spiritual nature aren't formed or solved in two days, but over long periods of time after deep introspection, reflection, study, prayer, consultation, and reasoning. But I also see nothing harmful in the idea if it gives you a solid base from where to work towards those things you need help with.

Beware if they want a lot of money; I'm OK if they charge a small fee for meals or materials, but if there's no 'scholarships' or 'grants' for people without the budget for it, I'd probably steer clear as its likely to be a business designed to make money rather than a service to help and care for people.

[Fighting Gravity-AGT live]

I was impressed. By the title, I was expecting to see a montage of skaters bashing their faces, heads, and nether regions because of failed attempts to defy the laws of gravity; not a well designed and performed piece of performance.

[Utah mother pregnant with two babies who aren't twins]

Pigs have seperate 'spurs' of uterus and are able to be pregnant with seperate litters several weeks apart from eachother. Its hard on the sow, but its a common practice to pmpregnate them that way in many developing countries. Farrowing time is quite exciting when they give birth. Sow's aren't too good to their offspring; often eating them shortly after birth. Hence they're placed in a 'farrowing crate' that prevents them from turning around for quite some time during and after birth.

Of course, seeing how some children behave throughout their lives, I sometimes think that swine might have the right idea.

Yeah for me, I resisted uttering the terrible joke that maybe this woman has some pig in her.. or has had 2 pigs recently..

[There is no end to human stupidity]

Maybe the Croc isn't a fan of beer infused Aussie, a wine soaked Frenchman probably wouldn't have fared nearly as well.

Have you ever smelled a wine soaked Frenchman???

I had the unfortunate experience as a late teenager to be stationed in France for awhile. Lemme tell you, the "stereotype" of Frenchmen drinking wine a lot isn't a stereotype, its the truth. And it isn't good wine, but cheap $1.00 a bottle type stuff that smells, and tastes, like turpentine and antifreeze.

Frenchmen, by and large, are drunk by 2 in the afternoon on most days, which is why they have the cuisine that they do.. True "country" French cooking is based on fresh vegetables.. because they're TOO DRUNK to use the stove safely...

No, I do not like France very much. I do like the cooking education I got while I was there though.

[There is no end to human stupidity]

Yeah, stupid stuff like dressing their cat up in hats and sweaters...

j/k

Localfarms: You need a hug. I need one two. You get all pouty and dramatic when you need one, I simply put on my jackboots and goosestep down the Champ Ulysses. Both are acceptable forms of grief, I guess. I simply prefer invading a neighboring country where you prefer to get a tissue.

[There is no end to human stupidity]

Darwin was very correct in his Origin of Specis; Anyone who doesn't believe that people, plants, and animals evolve is an idiot and probably should bathe their prosthetic limb in flammable liquids before pole vaulting over a bonfire... We can see evolution everyday in organisms as small as prions and virus'; to those as large as apex predators. But even more important than Darwins theory of evolution was his theories of adaptation and specialization; landmark pieces of thought that completely revolutionized the way people perceived their environment.

Whether his theories are completely correct is, well, impossible to prove. But it is an absolute certainty that the Earth is much older than 6,000 years, that entire specis have lived for millions of years before becoming extinct, and that man as he is today is fundamentally different than Adam, or even homosapien of just a few hundred years ago.

Genetic lines that were incapable of adapting to their environment, whether natural or engineered ceased to flourish and were replaced by those who could; Man has adapted himself to living in the most extreme of environments.

And except for the occasional "Forrest Gump" who sets himself on fire as part of a bet, man will continue to evolve as the environment its self evolves.

Just think of this bloke in the same way you would the Dodo bird.. too stupid to survive on its own. Well, that's not true. The Dodo was hunted to extenction by Europeans, but that's because they were too stupid to evolve a defense mechanism in time. Something like, I dunno, a feathered George Washington or Thomas Jefferson.

Wow, way off track now.

So far I've covered Darwin, Bill Grahm, The Founding Fathers, Heavenly Father, Eskimos, Equatorial Aboriginies, and extinct foul.

Tomorrow I will make a trietise on the spermatazoa of fungal colonies and tubeworms. Plus a little note on sea snakes, conch, and urchins.

[Morning chat with coworker... 2 different Gods?]

Well, to be accurate, there are two Gods. There is God the Father, and God, aka, Jesus Christ. We, as members of the church, have a greater understanding of the actual foundations of the Earth because of the revalations given to Joseph Smith and the correct translations of Genesis as presented in the Pearl of Great Price and is revealed during the sacred Temple ordinances.

It may seem confusing to some, and I don't think that many members really dwell on the notion all that often. But the fact of the matter is that God the Father, Elohim, did not create this earth; that was done by Jesus Christ with the assistance of Michael, the Archangel; who also had another role to play in the foundation of humanity...

[There is no end to human stupidity]

I'm sorry but my G_d doesn't laugh at other peoples misfortune.

Neither do I. But I do laugh at people who do really stupid things to themselves. Misfortune isn't intentionally brought upon One's self; it is suffered because, well, it just your turn in the cosmic lottery of life.

Do you know why we laugh? Not because its funny, but because it hurts so much that's the only way we can express it. Look at all "humor," what out there is really humorous that doesn't relate in some way to someone doing something dumb or stupid? Nothing. Laughs are our way of dealing with incomprehensible pain or confusion.

Or maybe setting our prosetetic legs on fire are.

Either way, its a completely normal and natural reaction and emotion. Imagine how droll life would be if nothing were so sad that we had to laugh about it or we'd cry all the time.

[Morning chat with coworker... 2 different Gods?]

Jesus is God. He is just not God the Father. The saviour created this earth at the command of The Father. He instituted the Plan of Happiness at His command, and was born, suffered, and died a mortal death to pay justices price for sin so that all may be forgiven if they repent and dwell with Him in His kingdom in the next life.

[There is no end to human stupidity]

Okay I'll put it this way. Do you think Christ would laugh at your jokes or be angry?

I think Yahweh would probably crack a joke or two himself. Especially when talking about a guy who let his prostetic leg be set afire because he lost a drinking contest. Remember, the big guy loved a party; the whole water into wine story from that wedding he attended.

Religious never meant humorless; even God himself loves a good joke. Just look at the Duckbilled Platipus for a perfect example. And 8-track cassettes,

[There is no end to human stupidity]

You're absolutely right. I've been utterly heartless about this tragedy. I'm sure his pants had done nothing to warrant being set ablaze; they are the true victim here.

And for that I also blame George Bush. And to bolster my claim, Jimmy Buffet will be singing in a Gulf Coast benefit concert this week where he too will say that the oil spill tragedy, along with this mans hot pants, were the result of George Bush's legacy of lenient governmental regulation of the petrolium industry.

Viva La Revoluccion, Comrades!

[Prometrium during pregnancy?]

Miscarriages are more common than most people would ever guess. Quite often a 'late' period of menstration is nothing more than an early term miscarriage. Having been intimately involved with a triple board certified specialist physician who dealt in these types of issues, I sent a lot of time in discussion on this topic; especially since she was almost fanatically investigating what she believed to be her own infertilitly.

I have heard of the hormone suppliment you're being administered. Its relatively new but the data seems to support the conclusion that its beneficial.

[Morning chat with coworker... 2 different Gods?]

Two Gods huh? Well, he's right. There's that other guy, and then there's me. Get it straight for next time, OK?

[Question]

I have no advice to offer, good or bad. I only suggest you speak to your Bishop and the local Mission President. I'm sure it has a lot to do with maintaining even the appearance of propriety, so that there's never any question in anyone's mind, yourself included, that your thoughts and actions are pure.

I personally make it a habit of never hugging anyone, ever. It maybe part of the reason I'm in my mid-30's and single...

[Question]

You know maybe Im not from the old school way of thinking like you. Heck maybe we just plain think differently period. But I asked a question for some good reasoning of why things are so I can learn. Some people dont know eveything and have some questions so I see no harm in asking. I mean if I never ask how can I know. But thank you for your "advice" sir. But can anyone help me out so I can learn what the reasoning is behind this. So I can "learn".

You do realize I've been teasing you, right? I hope you got that I was funning you, not trying to be nasty.

Just shake your head north and south and say "yessir," and we'll get along nice...

Don't make me start my "You listen here, son. I was humping 200 pounds of gear through a stinking jungle while I carried a machinegun and shot people for a living at the same time your poop looked like mustard, so you can show me some respect, or I'll pummel your buttox until you do" speech...

Again - I mean this humorously. What fun would the internet be if you could actually ask a serious question and get a serious answer without some wiseacre making fun of you??? Do you really want to live in a world like that???