mordorbund

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  1. 3 lines of 5 syllables each. That is a thing of beauty.
  2. Probably should have read this thread before serving my charcuterie.
  3. Double posted so I better add something of interest here. Previous discussion:
  4. I think the seed for that has already been planted.
  5. It would be the first musical based on a movie to win an award. And it would win all the awards. I think the reason Dear Evan Hansen beat out Come From Away was because everyone assumed the central suicide was a gay kid.
  6. I think Tom Cruise is the reason why it turned out so good. Face. Smoosh.
  7. No rush. Go ahead and finish your Taylor Swift jukebox musical first.
  8. For a week or two (after reading a Brigham Young quote about how we'll still build houses, etc.) I got to thinking about what sort of businesses would still be needed in the Millennium. Long story short I concluded that I would be in the same line of work but very likely under new management. At that time I also got to thinking about whether the entertainment I enjoyed would still be a part of the culture. Specifically, I had the movie The Hunt for Red October* in mind. I got penny-wise on it and figured this that and the other could easily be cleaned up and then the pound-fools weighed in with the realization that the film wouldn't be relatable after a generation. The tension of "a war with no battles" and the duplicity of national leaders trying to cover their motives would be alien to the new culture. I still might be able to enjoy a VidAngel version, and my kids may humor my love of it, but my grandkids would find it foreign. * I'm still waiting for that to be converted into an opera. Naval battle ballets; patriotic blues and red; and the bass parts go to the government bureaucrats.
  9. Not quite the same, but How many Lowe's would Rob Lowe rob if Rob Lowe would rob Lowe's?
  10. Back in their day (Joesph F Smith) I think most men wore a beard. @Just_A_Guy, you were around back then. Any truth to that? 😜 Joseph Smith dies under clean-shaven #10 John Tyler. We've got pictures of chin-bald Brigham in his early tenure. The bearded Young dies between #18-19 tenure of bearded Grand and Hayes (note trend-setting Lincoln also a decade earlier). John Taylor is prophet while the mustachioed Arthur and Cleveland serve (perhaps the chin curtain was counter-culture?). Beards haven't fully gone out of vogue in Woodruff's time, as Harrison attests firmly sandwiched between Cleveland. Joseph F. Smith looks to be bearded in a time of transition, when the mustache was deemed a sufficient water-strainer (#26-#28, see Roosevelt and Taft). After Wilson facial hair looks to have fallen out of favor so only Heber J. Grant and George Albert Smith are men-out-of-time and you can see their mouth coifs are vastly different from previous prophets (except maybe Woodruff).
  11. Yeah, could you you imagine how liberals would act if there was another Kennedy running for public office?
  12. Alternate title for Trib article: Bay Area Relief Society Finally Deemed Reverent Enough to Rejoin Congregation
  13. For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is something of a harvest festival made into a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln (yes, THAT Lincoln). Every time someone sets up Christmas decorations too early a turkey dies. After seeing how difficult it is to change American culture, Lincoln stopped fighting it and declared an annual holiday for eating dead turkey.
  14. I don’t know if it was officially sponsored by the Church, but Joy School used to be a coop curriculum in the 80s. https://www.deseret.com/2011/7/28/20206386/mormon-parenting-childhood-comes-before-school
  15. For a satirical take on password woes, create a new password using the Password Game! https://neal.fun/password-game/
  16. Well of course. Just because it's remote, doesn't mean the ward members should give up all their sacrament customs.
  17. Study pattern: Purpose Each study session has a purpose. Often it is an extension of the previous study's purpose. Begin with prayer and state the purpose. "Investigate the different creation accounts, see how they differ, and discover what the similarities and differences teach" "Learn my responsibilities and privileges as a deacon" "Select a person from my reading that I most relate to" "Find something of interest in this week's reading assignment" "Memorize 3 verses I learned about yesterday" "Cross reference my patriarchal blessing with the scriptures" Prework These don't necessarily happen in the study session (unless you make that your purpose of study that day) but these are "helps" or resources you rely on in your more general studies. This might include such things as surveying the Gospel Library App to see what's available for your subject (if studying the D&C it's helpful to have some Church history resources), learning historic timelines and facts (such as where the saints were gathered and when (for D&C), or the rise and fall of ancient empires (for OT), geography (OT, NT, BM), revelation names (D&C)), or even memorizing scripture/official declarations for when phrases come up later. Oh yeah, I did an exercise during my first NT seminary class where we searched through the NT footnotes for references to the JST and marked them with a highlighter. I went back and did that for the OT as well. You should definitely do that. Study This is where you do what you typically think of as "studying" -- sit on your keister and read until it sinks in. But don't just do that, apply some principles. Be curious - you may come across curiosities as you're reading, feel free to explore them a little bit. If they're taking too long or are distracting then make a note for a future study topic and return to the current topic (assuming the Spirit isn't driving you to the curiosity). "I wonder what it means by 'the cause of Zion'? Huh, it's come up a few times... and the Church hasn't even been organized yet....". Mosiah 19:4 "wait, was there a ceremony that I missed?" Use other resources -- student manuals and other entries (in the Gospel Library app) can provide Catch 22 context -- if you already know about it you probably don't need to look at it again, but if you don't already know then you don't know you need to look it up. This is also where you refer to previous notes, timelines, maps, from prework. Ponder -- Just because you "finished studying" doesn't mean you've finished studying. Throughout the day as you have time to reflect, ponder what you studied. This helps solidify in your memory what you studied, provides opportunities for feedback loops, and provides opportunities for personal revelation. Feedback loops -- sometimes you may come across connections from your other studies or observations (listened to some sort of counselor list out principles for building meaningful relationships and realized those are the same things God asks of us -- almost like prophets know a thing or two). These then return back to your study for additional insights Make notes for yourself -- sometimes it's helpful to diagram to get a better understanding of what's going on. This can turn into a bit of a prework tangent by creating maps, timelines, family trees and such, but mostly it's an exercise of physically organizing your thoughts. Make notes for future you -- that's a great insight you got from your study session. It'd be a real shame if you ever forgot it. Four years from now when your read the same passage again you won't remember that you thought anything of it. You don't necessarily need anything major but it should be enough to jog your memory (it may just be a new footnote referencing one of the study helps discussed earlier, then you can check the reference if you want to learn more) Share As with ponder and purpose, share helps solidify your memory. You probably remember scriptures you quoted in talks or lessons better than other scriptures because you made sure you understood them well enough that you could present them and (if teaching) could answer questions about them. Have a "good news" buddy you can share with (a "good news" buddy is someone you can share good news with and feel even better about yourself because of how well they rejoice with you). You don't have to share every time but you should be preparing to present every time you study. Case study: Purpose: Pray to "Find personal meaning from Psalm 24" Prework: 1) Psalms is the Old Testament Hymnal. It was meant to be sung probably by a choir. 2) When I read through Song of Solomon I recognized 3 character parts in it (man, woman, group). I took the time to label these and it made my reading easier (I was very pleased when I saw the NIV also did the same, labeling the group "chorus"). Study: Start reading the Psalm. "... Who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath..." curious -- is that a call and response? <continue reading> "... Who is the King of glory? the Lord strong and mighty..." curious What is this? catechism? call and response? prework Let's break this down like Song of Solomon and see if I can make sense of it. Focusing on the questions, assign Caller, Responder, chorus(?) - something like Work on some variations: Ch doesn't have to be a chorus, maybe that's like the King's messenger. Then C is asking the important questions. Then R can be Ch informing them how to prepare for the King. Only 2 parts required. C in the second part could be the gates themselves singing. notes Some thoughts on the Second Coming share Pretend like I have a friend who enjoys poetry and defend my partitioning ponder Later in the day imagine the following vignette: notes: Some better thoughts
  18. I agree that very rarely does a person participating in a debate changer their mind from the debate, but it does happen. Dave Rubin went full derp-face while interviewing Larry Elder and subsequently changed his views on black victimhood narratives. @NeuroTypicalhas more experience with online debates than I do, but I’m sure he’ll agree that the person you’re trying to convince is not the die-hard staring at you but the silent lurker sitting on the fence observing the proceedings. These individuals change their minds all the time because they’re coming to the debate wanting to be persuaded.
  19. This reminds me of some of the examples President Kimball gave in The False Gods We Worship.
  20. Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn has entered the chat