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The Supreme Court should be expanded to 13 justices, because having some 6-7 decisions is an easy way to get kids interested in how the federal government works

O Remember, Remember “O remember, remember,” Book of Mormon prophets often implored.1 My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness.

This one is also very good.

Lately most of my recordkeeping is about books I've read and movies I've watched.

Not sure that's best, as it were.

Remember and Perish Not Remembering in the way God intends is a fundamental and saving principle of the gospel.

Big fan of Latter-day Saints' principle of recording.

Incidentally, I know the movie has a reputation as a notorious flop and an utter disaster, but I like it. Spice up your holiday movie selection with this little weirdo.

Nazi Bishops and Criminal Saints Matt Whitaker’s Truth & Treason

Stop worrying about the distributor and start worrying about how you'll see the movie. Because the movie matter.

Money well spent.

YouTube video by Caliggiasound1992 Robin Williams - Battle introduction (1992)

If you're never heard it it is literally one of my favorite albums.

a car is driving down a grassy hill next to a large white object . ALT: a car is driving down a grassy hill next to a large white object .

I'm listening to the Toys soundtrack. Have I broken the Christmas-music embargo?

From a new cover letter:

"Herein find a mix of poems I love but, rejection after rejection, can't find a home and poems that have not yet been rejected enough for me to be sure just how much I truly love them."

"Why don't you keep your hands off other people's refrigerators!"

It's true because there's no humanly qualitative difference between having 10 billion dollars and having a 100 billion.

A couple thoughts on Thornton Wilder now that I've hit his big four

High school but Thornton Wilder

If Orson Scott Card had stuck with theater instead of getting pulled into science fiction do you think his politics would be different today?

modeling and passive aggression aren't always easy to tell apart

Spirit of Elijah in Sinners

This is a good tweet for the upcoming Bicentennial.

Seeking a New Associate Editor As part of regular term rotation, Wayfare Magazine is seeking a new associate editor.

Wayfare has an editorial opening.

I admit to a bias in that I assume every Sikh in the world is a stellar person.

(It's only because every Sikh I've met [only a few dozen] has been a stellar person.)

why you hitting yourself why you hitting yourself

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Is it 7/11 day in Britain right now?

Oki's Dog - Los Angeles, CA

Next time I'm in L.A.

Drunk crows, dystopian Jews, elderly werewolves, and brooding kaiju No, I'm not referring to Shylock, though I'm willing to argue that his Venice is a dystopia FOR Jews, if you need that done

You can't even IMAGINE the value

YouTube video by X5 Podcast - POP CULTURE UNPACKED Why I Almost Turned Down the Role of Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite

No one remembers Alamo.

Paying close attention to Bride of Frankenstein led me to FINALLY identifying this song which I have known well (but not the name of) since circa 1990.

Watch Win or Lose | Full episodes | Disney+ As a championship game looms, eight characters are thrown a curveball in their off-the-field lives.

In our last month of Disney+ I finally watched Pixar's WIN OR LOSE. I hadn't even heard of it until a Pixar employee told me many of them think it's the best thing they've ever done. I don't know about that, but it's ambitious visually and in its writing. An easy recommendation.

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Imagine an advent calendar with ME inside!

YouTube video by Rick Beato I Fried ChatGPT With ONE Simple Question

I did not anticipate where Rick was headed with this but he is dead-on.

Young Ravens Literary Review YRLR Farewell

Bummed to learn Young Ravens is closing it's doors next month. They were an excellent rag!

The fact that only about 5% of German Latter-day Saints became Nazi Party members, roughly half the rate of the general population, speaks to the Saints’ reluctance to embrace Nazi ideology, even under intense pressure to conform.

The bigger reminder here is that only 10% of GERMANS became Nazis and yet look at all the damage they wrought.

NEVER BACK DOWN.

The report concluded that due to the faith’s international orientation and “pacifist tendencies,” its belief in modern prophets and revelation, and because of its “glorification of Judaism” and Jewish scripture (the Old Testament), “the doctrine of the Mormons is incompatible with the National Socialist worldview.”

International orientation?
Admirers of Judaism?
Free-will boosters?

My friends, allow me to present the Mormons.