john doe

What I read from the manual didn't really say much about anything, didn't even say anything about importing books from sources other than B&N, like either I can't or they don't want me to know that I can. Sorry, I like to read, but I don't believe in paying more for an electronic book than I can find it for on sale at the actual store. Maybe I should take it to their store and ask the people there if it will do anything more than collect dust. So far I'm unimpressed with my Nook experience.

So if the Nook is so great, how come B&N doesn't want me to know about it? I played with it for 2 says and saw nothing to indicate that I could do anything more than buy a book from them and then read it. And it seemed very clunky to do that. Or do I need to buy the high-end version to do that stuff? I got the Simple Touch with glow light version. Maybe it's just too cheap to do what you guys claim it can do.

It was Obama. He ordered all the dollar coins be delivered to the Oval Office so he could sand God off of them. That's why he hasn't has time to send an acceptable budget to Congress. He's busy, leave him alone.

So my wife gave me a Nook for my birthday last week. I have not expressed an interest in one, so it kind of threw me off. But I messed with it a bit and have almost decided I am not impressed with it and its limited capabilities. It seems to me that all you really can do with it is buy books from Barnes and Noble and read them and not really much more than that. So she says I can return it if I want, she doesn't want to have given me something that I won't use. So I'm looking at possibly taking it back and spending a little more to get a Kindle Fire. So my questions are, does anyone have any experience with either product? Am I missing something on the Nook, that makes it really better than the lame reader that it seems to be? What would be the advantages to a Kindle over the Nook? Help me LDS.net, you're my only hope.

One of the best ways to answer Word of Wisdom questions is to explain that many religions have dietary restrictions. Just as Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Seventh-day Adventists and other religions have dietary restrictions, so do we. We abstain from coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco for religious reasons, not for health reasons.

I would call the school ask them if they would expect a Muslim child to sell bacon, and then explain that coffee is against your religious beliefs. I would then ask them if there might be something else your son could do to raise the funds.

Tell your mom to tone it down or we'll have to ask her to leave the restaurant.

I have the iphone app. It's cool, but I haven't done a lot with it yet.

Since some of the participants can't play well together, I'm closing the thread. Please remember the site rules in the future, or you will be reminded of them formally by a moderator.

I didn't know you were from Chicago.

Just a reminder, mentioning US political candidates during election season is still against site rules. That means you.

So this is about your wife. And this sort of abuse has been going on for years, right? I've read numerous threads started by you talking about how bad your wife treats you. And yet you stick around and take it. At the risk of sounding like I'm repeating myself, let me quote a post from someone whom I admire very much:

Yes, naivete could play a role. However, most people who receive unwanted advances at work and then come home and brag about it to their spouse instead of being disgusted and reporting the incident to their employer (it's called sexual harassment) are likely in some way inviting such advances, unconsciously or not. They like it, and they like that it makes their spouse feel like dirt when they tell him/her about it.

Your bishop isn't your therapist. He's your spiritual guide. If LDS Social Services has an office near you, ask if you might be able to talk to one of their professional counselors. If not, he may be able to recommend a good counselor who is familiar with LDS values and give advice accordingly.

I can't think of a more idiotic reason to avoid a relationship with an attractive person than the fear that someone else may find them attractive too. Reminds me of that stupid song by the Coasters. They couldn't be more wrong. But if a spouse were to accept (yes, that's the correct spelling) a condom as a gift from a client, patient or coworker, you better believe that said spouse has lost all respect for their husband/wife. A person finding him/herself in this kind of situation has to ask him/herself how long they will put up with this behavior from someone who once proclaimed their love for him/her. I am of the opinion that someone who tolerates kind of thing for longer than a month should consider him/herself to be some kind of doormat whose spouse clearly does not love or care for, and that if he/she doesn't take immediate steps to fix or end the relationship, then he/she needs to stop complaining about it and accept the fact that they are living in a loveless marriage in which the dominant spouse is allowed to do whatever they want whenever they want to whomever they want with no consequences attached. Things will not change until the dominated spouse fundamentally changes the relationship. The dominant spouse has no incentive to change, they are getting exactly what they want out of the relationship-- a doormat who will be there no matter how much they abuse them.

I disagree. In my experience, those who live in the 'mission field' seem overall to take their covenants and commitment to the gospel and the church more seriously than many of those who live in the Mountain West corridor. Perhaps it's because they have to work harder at it than the rest of us do, but they seem to have an ability to take the things of God more seriously and integrate it into their lives better than those who comfortably live within an hour of 8 temples yet rarely enter in. I would expect this sort of thing to happen more along the Wasatch Front than in Vernal or Lubbock or Columbia, SC.

If they were directly involved, I would imagine that that may be a consideration. However, if they were not involved, then I would view it more on the lines of the sacrament. Just because a priesthood holder may be unworthily taking part in the ordinance does not automatically dissolve the effectiveness of it for all participants. But those perpetrating the fraud would surely be bringing condemnation upon themselves for their parts in the fraud. God will not be mocked in His house, and those who participated in this will be held accountable, either in this life or the next. It says a lot to me about their belief and faith that they think this thing would be no big deal.

Lots of people these days are getting student loans and jobs to pay for school. I did it. My kids are doing it. You're 25 and living at home. Time to start spreading your wings and learning how high you can fly. You're an adult, it's okay to start acting like one. That may sound harsh, but eventually you have to do it. I doubt your parents want you to stay at home with them for the rest of their lives either.

I tend to agree. They should wait until mid-November and if no one comes forward and paints them in a Christmas theme they could put an ad in the paper asking for the 'vandals' to come back and do it again. Or, just ask the public for volunteers to paint if the trust buys the paint and supervises. They may be surprised by the artistic talent they see if they just give kids an outlet to express themselves.

I confess I normally don't feed the missionaries. The main reason? They have requested to eat at 5 and I don't normally get home until 6:30 or 7. When the list comes around it never goes unfilled though, so it's not like they go hungry just because of our differing schedules. If there were a need, I am sure that either they or I could make adjustments to our schedules to make sure they got fed on a certain night.

It means my son needs to work harder now to earn money to go rather than waiting until he's out of school and getting a full-time job to pay for it. He will be 18 1/2 when he graduates.

Looks like someone has been hanging out in the rumor mills. Don't believe them until you see an official announcement from the Church. Most of those rumors are started by people who think the Church should change its policies to accomodate their whims.

Good for you. Everyone should take advantage of the right to defend themselves. However, I suggest a firearm since it would present less bulk under your jacket while walking the streets. Besides which, the time it would take to remove a battle axe from a protective sheath (you don't carry it openly unsheathed, do you? That seems a bit unsafe.) could possibly be time-consuming in a street robbery. Unless you live in a country where obtaining a concealed-carry firearms permit is nearly impossible, in which case it would make sense to openly carry your axe.

How often has someone attacked you while carrying that battle axe? It would be interesting to know how many potential crimes were averted merely because someone saw you packing that axe around.

To prove it to ourselves.