the Ogre

Ummm. Not much to tell other than I was a member of this forum before the 2007 date shown above and before LDS.net, but that is from the long dirty days of the internet no one wants to remember. I was quite active on this forum and then I got a warning from Pam and stopped posting--dumb: I was going through a rough patch back then.

I live in Orem, but would rather live in Provo. I drink Coke Zero and wish it were sacrament approved in place of all that nasty water. I am a single fifty-something not looking. I have two grandchildren and three adult children. I am going to UVU again and hope to finally graduate this time: English with a minor in religious studies. This time next year (I write this on New Year's Eve 2017), I hope to be applying to grad schools hither and yon. I have had activity problems for the last few years, but only because I have gotten too fat for my church clothing, hate shaving, like my long-ish hair, know neck-ties (and their accompanying fake smiles) are for boobs and con-artists, call out too many preaching false doctrine or politics in Sunday School and EQ, and create too many stupid excuses (I'm working on it). I do believe the church is true, but I'm not at all sure of the members. Except God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost: I believe the Godhead is true. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve? The GAs? Yes, yes, but!!! the rest of the general membership? nah, they are no more true than I am, but the whole idea of truth is convoluted, stupid, vapid, and not worth my time, though I write about it a bunch.