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In my experience the primary culprits when meetings run long are: Visiting/Non-business chatterPoorly organized reportingTangent chasing

I can't access it from my phone either. I used to be able to, but not anymore.

No, it doesn't. It wasn't intended to do so though, so its failure to explain such is unsurprising.

It likely they don't understand. Unless one has experienced a psychological issue themselves (or has been close to someone who has) at some point or received some sort of training or education it's generally hard to understand beyond a nebulous intellectual level. They simply lack the frame of reference to accurately put themselves in your position.

I thought Sith Lords killed people with absolutes?

Lemon Squares (a variation on a recipe I got elsewhere): Crust: 2 cups AP flour1 cup powdered sugar1 cup melted butter2 lemons' zestSalt to preference Combine the flour, powdered sugar, lemon zest, and salt in a large bowl. Introduce the melted butter and stir to combine. Press the crust into a 13x9 inch pan making sure to work it up the sides. Blind bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven. Filling: 4 large eggs2 cups white sugar1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 cup AP flour5/8 cup lemon juice (I juice the lemons I zest for the crust and top off with bottled juice if necessary)Salt to preference Beat eggs in a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients and stir into the eggs. Lastly add the lemon juice, stir to mix, and pour into the blind baked crust. Bake for approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees or until the bars are set. Allow to cool completely before cutting (else they have a tendency to ooze) and if desired dust with powered sugar to make it all pretty. Note: As the baking powder reacts with the lemon juice you want to make sure to introduce the lemon juice into the filling mixture immediately prior to pouring it into the blind baked crust and baking the complete desert or you'll end up with a denser filling due to gasses escaping while it sits around waiting for the crust.

I've started watching TNG with Beefche, and it's funny the things they did that mesh with the reality of today. Of course sometimes I force things to fit, for instance whenever Data does his searching his own records thing where he cocks his head and is silent for a few moments I pretend he's doing a Google search via his built in WIFI.

Unless he did a stealth edit, he said potentially correct, not politically correct.

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. One would hope one's spouse doesn't think they're ugly. If one's spouse does think they are ugly, I daresay that does suck.

I don't seeing how a wife desiring to be sexually appealing to her husband is anymore, of necessity, rooted in vanity than a wife desiring to be a good mother to he husband's children is rooted in vanity.Or a husband desiring to be a good provider or spiritual leader to his wife*. Could these things be sourced in vanity if they're being desired so one can suffuse themselves with pride over them? Sure, but of a necessity being rooted in excessive pride or admiration of one's achievements? No. *Even more so being these things.

It would be more accurate to say, "Modest is more desirable to men with LDS (or similar) values towards modesty." but it'd be a horrible soundbite, and thus accuracy falls prey to being catchy (as happens with a lot of nice little snappy phrases).

My point was not to call you out as having any particular issues, just pointing out that there is a distinction between these things and that introverted works just fine in the Church. As far as the general topic of changing to conform or at least being comfortable with LDS culture. It's a gospel of change. While there is variety, and some aspects of culture aren't important in a gospel sense, at some level the response to, "I'm not..." or "I don't like..." is, "You need to become...". Obviously that is much easier said than done, but I think it does to a degree confirm your thought, at some level one does need to change to be an invested Mormon and if one can't or won't change they can't or won't really be Mormon (to borrow your phrasing). Now just what that level is a sticky issue, and I've intentionally not addressed it because the line between necessary changes and over-conforming is a field for lively debate and I'm trying not to get bogged down in those specifics.

Introverted works in the Church. Social anxiety or being antisocial doesn't work so well, but they aren't the same thing as being introverts. Even though being antisocial or having social anxiety is almost always paired with being introverted, the reverse isn't necessarily the case. There are plenty of introverted people who aren't antisocial or have social anxiety.

That's nice to hear, I had an ancestor who was at the Haun's Mill.

It's like clockwork, if someone says you should marry in the faith someone comes along and argues you shouldn't marry someone just because they are in the faith. Of course the statement that argument is attempting to rebut isn't, "You should marry in the faith." yet it pops up anyway.

And you missed my point, no message will help you if you're dead. You see, the purpose of the message is not to help you if you're dead. If the entirety of your point really is, "Voice mail messages don't help dead people." I can only think, "Duh."

I daresay that ranks up there with one of the more ignorant things you've posted on the board. If Americans exist as a people then they have a culture.

One thing that is nice is when people give you time and understanding to readjust. There are a lot of ingrained habits and limitations by this point and while one can intellectually push them to the side, it may be a little bit before doing so doesn't carry with it a sense of discomfort. I guess the point being, while some missionaries like it when friends and family plan a, "Do everything you couldn't do for the past 2 years the day you get home!" event, others are just going to feel really awkward participating in such. Which finally takes me to my recommendation, be conservative in your plans until or unless you know he's past the awkward stage.

Godzilla... ugh.

I daresay that on my Mission I never encountered anyone who responded with, "The spirit has born witness to me." when responding to inquires about how they knew the Bible was the word of God. I'm not sure how much of that was simpley a case of a vocabulary gap or a case of a conceptual gap. The overwhelming response to praying about the Bible (or the Book of Mormon) was that it was tempting God and tantamount to doubting his word. I kinda got that viewpoint where the Book of Mormon was concerned because they were operating from the premise that the Book of Mormon and the Bible where at odds, but that response with respect to the Bible was one I always felt kinda curious. Obviously it's not like I had said conservations in a systematic manner with every Christian I encountered so I can't say how representative it was, but I do have to say I find Pastor Lutzer's comment to be kinda surprising given my personal experiences.

I tend to take any "based on true events" stories with a heap of salt as a matter of course, they're entertainment not documentaries. Not that some of the seemingly pointless changes don't bug me as much as the next man, I just don't feel so cheated when a fiction movie turns out to be more fiction than true events.

Dark roasted barely yields dark bitter roasted flavors akin to coffee. If you don't want to make your own you can just get your hands on some Pero or other similar product.

Are you accidentally clicking on "MultiQuote" instead of "Quote"?

I just shot them an email asking. The mocha syrups sold online don't contain coffee but it is possible the stuff behind the counter is formulated differently.

An example of something that isn't venomous?