Recent Links » July 2008
- I didn’t see any BCC commenters mentioned in here, but a few former ones.
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- Car windows up or down?
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- Your food storage is lame.
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- Garfield, lost in translation.
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- Is this a violation of the Word of Wisdom?
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- Previously unreleased footage of this year’s Bushman seminars.
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- Robert Kirby liveblogging a handcart trek.
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Yes, SatPhones in a handcart. #
- Monsters now washing ashore.
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- The sad tale of what really happened to Winnie the Pooh and the hunny jar.
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- Undecided? Use your browser’s URL history to estimate gender.
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- Send the Texas FLDS bill to Rozita Swinton.
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- Perhaps, “Mormints”…or “another testamint”?
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- Frieberg vs. Beefcake.
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- Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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- Children of God
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- The interrogations of Mr. Hamdan have caused him to sometimes think the trial is just another method of interrogation, a psychiatrist who interviewed him here testified. “He doesn’t know if this court is real,” the psychiatrist said.
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- Is it moral to even watch the Olympics this year?
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- Alas, the ‘Extreme Makeover’ was only for the house.
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- “Wal-Mart is evil, so I took off my clothes”
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- Photos from the Tour de France.
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- Teaching. “What better way than by turning them into beasts of burden?”
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- An outrageous crime… for me to poupon.
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- 2008 Bushman seminar overview.
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Sure wish I could be there. #
- Food Storage 2.0. Also known as “cheating.”
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- Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets
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- Bush or Batman?
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- Fasting One Day a Month Causes Significant Reduction in Clogged Arteries
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pseudoscience? #
- Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 gallon, 128 fl oz.
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- My man likes something unexpected now and then. That’s why I serve him rice.
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- l33t haxx0rs sabotage Hockey Night in Canada.
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- Waffle House Wedding. Extraordinary slide show.
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- In the grim future of toy manufacturing, there is only war.
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- Preemptive pardons for offenses not yet shouted from rooftops.
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But can he pardon them without exposing their crimes in the process? #
- How to Catch a Mormon Husband
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Full text linked at bottom of page. #
- How much you need to retire. Cough, sputter, gasp.
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- The photo that shames Italy.
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- Good for bruises, sick cattle, cancer. Wait, what?
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- You were a believer, yes, but…
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- Michael Savage: “I’ll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out. That’s what autism is.”
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- College, without purse or scrip
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- Intellect v. Faith at Harvard
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- Redefining marriage.
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- Katherine Heigl, not ready to be righteous.
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- Pre-order the JSP volumes!
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I think they meant 2009, for the 2nd and 3rd volumes. #
- My hobby: sitting down with grad students and timing how long it takes them to figure out I’m not an expert in their field.
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- What’s your News IQ?
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- Latest poll shows a majority against Prop 8.
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- The latest threat to the family.
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Positively insidious… #
- Here is what I deserved: hepatitis C, federal prison time, H.I.V., a cold park bench, an early, addled death.
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- “Their clean image elicits good feelings,” Ma said, adding that he admires the Mormons’ pioneering efforts to “promote energy conservation by using bicycles as their main mode of transport.”
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- The gatekeeper.
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“Are you the keymaster?” #
- Most superheroes appear to be Republicans. A few independents. Occasionally a Dem, including Buffy and Batman.
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- Oh merciful heavens!! DON’T CLICK HERE– SCARY
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- What happens when gender roles aren’t properly enculturated…
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Don’t you dare close your eyes. #
- Sen. Hatch’s ballad for Ted.
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- World’s oldest church? Excavators puzzled as to why there was a basketball hoop in the back.
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- Come for the good exegesis; stay for the Biblical All-Star Team
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Unwaveringly good. #
- New blogregator judges who is faithful and who is unfaithful. BCC condemned.
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- Ever see The Constant Gardener ?
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- Losing Private Dwyer
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- How to be an antiracist parent
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- A Handy Reminder.
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- Obama vs. McCain: abortion.
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- Official LDS Church polygamy website?
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- Your guide to the WALL-E controversy.
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- The Scientific American writes a Batman post, years after BCC.
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- GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
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- JSP volumes, up $10 to $49 a piece.
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- “How to talk about gay marriage without being a complete tool.”
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You need to read this. Yes, you do. #
- The true names of God, Jesus, and the angels.
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- The best post ever by Mr. Greenwood.
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- WALL-E is a tool of the devil. In other news, the church returns its award from the abortionist Sierra Club.
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Also, Mormons are not loons. #
- Prayers for FMH Artemis.
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- Either this proves the UN works, or that it doesn’t work.
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- If you sit on the fence on this one, don’t expect the priesthood in the next life.
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Meridian is a stain on Mormonism. #
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism now in full text format.
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HT: LDS Media Talk #
- More Mormon news out of Ypsilanti Michigan.
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- Missionaries no longer called to Russia (Google Cache - story pulled from BYU).
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HT: JI #
- Satanism Fail.
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- Daily Universe’s take on LDS blogging, including BCC
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- Your E.R., courtesy of Ferrari and McLaren F1 racing.
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- Crazy stories from the E.R. (warning: offensive and incredibly distressing misplaced objects, including car keys)
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and potatoes!!!!!! #
- “freak accident”
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now THAT’S what I call a gag reflex. #
- 20 healthiest foods under $1. I see no mention of missionary rice hud.
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- C is for cookie. That’s good enough for me.
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- Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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- How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours.
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- Southern Baptist Convention has been playing with the numbers.
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- Seems pretty straightforward… [involuntarily spits beverage all over monitor]
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- OK, now the evil-ness is just getting ridiculous.
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- “In 1890, St. Louis was the fourth largest city in America. Today it’s ranked 48th.”
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- “Never marry a man who has no friends”
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Whom Not to Marry #
- Children make you miserable
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- U.S. Gas Price Temperature Map
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- The 10 healthiest beverages. Ignore nos. 2 and 9 pls thx.
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- Secretary Benson preaching in Moscow, 1959.
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- “I Am an American.”
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- Also creepy…
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- Creepy…
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- Funniest commercial EVER.
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- Ever watched a YouTube video? Congrats, now Viacom gets to know when, where and what you watched.
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- Enjoy your bottled water.
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- News the bloggernacle can use: “How to be marginally less dorky.”
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- FLDS women to begin selling modest clothing.
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Ankle-length Shorts dot com? #
- It’s time for nation-building.
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- Chris Hitchens, after subjecting himself to the experience, now believes waterboarding is torture.
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- Nelson Mandela no longer a terrorist.
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- The most powerful man you’ve never heard of shows his love for Congress.
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- Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman’s hat
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