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Escalators are COOL!

Aw heck, Iggy, I wasn't yelling at you, I used this as an excuse to vent

I stopped listening to non-lds podcasts because if it didn't get my blood boiling, it got me to hyped up. So here is a list of podcasts I do listen to: - Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture - BYU-Idaho Devotionals - CES Devotionals for Young Adults - The Cricket and Seagull Fireside - The Cultural Hall - Dialogue - A Journal of Mormon Thought - Engaging Gospel Doctrine - The Good Word Podcast - Interview with LDS Authors and Writers - LDS Talks - BYU Education Week (no longer updated but some good stuff nevertheless) - LDSBC Devotionals (Also no longer updated) - The Mormon Book Review - Mormon Discussion: Latter-Day Dialogue - Mormon FAIR-Cast - Mormon Matters - New BYU Speeches - Sunday School Bonanza And websites: BYU - Provo Devotionals BYU - Hawaii Devotionals BYU - Idaho Devotionals BYU Speeches CES Devotionals Southern Virginia University Speeches Maxwell Institute Multimedia FAIR Publications Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture The Maxwell Institute Blog There may be one or two in there that you might like.

Well, doesn't that just sum up what I just posted

As an obese person, I shall chime in... Yes, I've been judged for my size but I'm obnoxious enough to tell anyone who come up to me to tell me I need to lose weight to shove off. You don't think I don't know that? Besides, please take a wild guess as to why I'm the size that I am... I bet most would think it's because of lack of control or that I'm too dumb to have any sense otherwise. So let me tell you my little story as to why and see if this changes anything. 1) When my life began to fall apart, it was discovered that I have a chemical brain imbalance that wouldn't let me focus, fed my addictions, made me angry and terrifyingly so at times, and wouldn't let me make wise choices. This needed correcting so they had to start experimenting to see which drug would do the job. Unfortunately, one of them that did a great job at allowing me to control my temper ramped up my appetite to ungodly levels. There were times I'd be sitting in bed crying my eyes out because I just ate the equivalent of food for three people but I was still painfully hungry, like I've not eaten for two days. So the choice became sanity or my girlish figure? 2) After some time, I didn't care anymore. I was big, I couldn't lose the weight, my life is destroyed and I couldn't figure out why I am still on this earth since there was no decent future for me (the jury is still out on that one). One time my friend, who could safely talk to me about anything because I trusted him, asked me about my weight? I flat out told him I didn't care. I wouldn't mind having a heart attack sooner than latter so can exit this futureless existence. It wasn't until I had a couple of blessing that told me that I needed to take my physical body seriously that I decided that it was time to do something about it but I was so far gone that it took over 3700 calories just to maintain. It wasn't until I came to a mental and emotional much better place that I could go on a diet. It took a while to figure out how I needed to change how I eat, restrict my calories and not feel like going postal on anyone. Thus far, I'm down 19# but I have another 131# to go to hit my goal weight. I'm restricting myself to 2000 cal/day but I've been averaging 1500 to 1600 cal/day. My back finally is not in constant agony so I started walking up and down the parking lot out back until my back flairs up in pain. So to those who look in another persons cart and wonder why there is soo much junk food, have you ever thought that there may be an emotional issue that the person is having a real difficult time getting through? That you may have caught them on a bad day? That they already know they're obese and grown to not care because nobody else does? That they saw your looks of disgust? That they knew if they went through the line with Weight Watcher or Lean Cuisine frozen food that you would look at them and say "it figures"? And at worst, there is a life trauma that hasn't been dealt with that is holding them back? I suggest before questioning the reason why a person is obese, extend some charity. I will always appreciate what my friends do with me; they accept me as I am because, for some odd reason, they like the person that I've become. That acceptance has done more miraculous things for me than a discussion on how I need to lose weight.

Those of us who work with computers don't trust them. Main reason: when they fail, they fail spectacularly.

No effect on me, but my kids hate you They LOVE Studio C

Yea, meh, just throwing it out there to try to sound intelligent I guess it didn't work.

Laud? And what godly proclamation were the speakers proclaiming? Sorry... Having worked as a sound-guy for decades, I have worked next to those loud, loud speakers so now my hearing is starting to fade, there is a permanent ringing in my ears that can sometimes be so loud it wakes me up. I also saw this article on Fox News a few days ago that might be of interest.

I/he/we/they got SLAMMED by the Spirit!

Satellites and radio covers the whole earth so it may "technically" already have come to pass.

My .02, because I can... Both are incorrect. Christ has already paid the price. His atonement opens the door for not only to be able to be forgiven, but it has already paid the price of sin so in reality, we're not here to rid ourselves of sin (that already has been done), we're here to learn to become obedient to the commandments of God and to learn to listen to and act on His spiritual promptings. In short, to put our will on the alter of God so that we can more fully do His will. But the atonement also opens up the way for God to interact with us. It answers the cry's of justice so that God, who cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, can still be connected to us imperfect beings. So that when we pray, it goes directly to God's ears and he can be involved in our lives. With out the atonement, this could not be the case. Yes, we need to read and study our scriptures, always be prayerful and attend and be active in church, but these are the ways we open ourselves up spiritually so that we can feel and hear the movements of the Spirit of God. In my experience, God is a whole lot more involved and meddling in our lives than we realize. The question is will we accept his involvement? His involvement does not negate our freedom to choose His guidance, or the other person's. So forget about us being put on this earth and told to "survive" because that is just not true. Forget about the "we do our best and God will do the rest" because he already has done it all. And in the context of marriage, well, it's not a 50%/50% between husband and wife, it's 100%/100%. So why would it be any different with God? He will put forth 100% to us if we put forth 100% of what we are capable of to him. And that capability is different for each person and will not be reached in this life. So long as we have our hearts and minds pointed towards God and do our best to be obedient and to find out and do His will, then we will make it. The price has been paid. The only question is to what degree are we willing to grab hold of the Atonement, make it personal and receive more of what God is so easily, ready, readily and in copious amounts waiting to give to us?

Quite possibly the result of my LAUSD education, but I had to look up Otiose. I never heard that word before but you can bet it's going into my vocabulary

DAHLIA CAKE! Happy Birthday!

So I gave my talk and recorded it... BUT... I may not have pressed the right buttons because there was no recording to be had. Either I was way to nervous to operate the app, or Deity intervened and kept me from me doing something bad. So I posted the text of my talk. Next time, I won't tempt fate.

Transcript? I'm to narcissistic to accept that, I want to post my voice for all to hear!

I am shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED that Pam would think I would ever dis the royal poop-generator for I was married to a British subject! Anyhow...

I didn't think there was a prohibition to recording talks but I'm concerned the appropriateness of posting them online. But, ask the Bishop it is. Thanks.

I'm giving a talk in Sacrament Meeting this Sunday and I want to record it ("secretly" with my phone) and post it on my blog. Are there any rules against doing such a thing?

And more subordinates for you to bludgeon

I can imagine looking back into my empty coffin and wondering "why in heavens name did they bury me with that? Like it's going to do me any good now!"

I will unfriend or not even friend for: - Too many political post's. - Vulgar post's. - People from my past. - People I choose not to correspond with. - As a general rule albeit with some exceptions, married women unless their husbands know we're facebook friends. - Teenagers unless their parents know me AND I know them. Thus, why I have so few facebook friends. But I'm also very careful with what I post because I don't want to cause someone else to regret friending me.

Did someone say "Mormon Zombies???"