Comments on: Sunday in Outer Blogness: New Year Edition!

By: Therese

Therese — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:55:16 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout! Although my actual resolution was a wee bit more modest …

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By: Mister Curie

Mister Curie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:05:34 +0000

Thanks for the link to my blog post on coming out. I don’t really have 100 blog posts already written – but I do have a lengthy list of ideas I’m thinking of exploring on Madam Curie’s blog.

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By: Madam Curie

Madam Curie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:20:36 +0000

Just a heads up, but there is an interesting video on Utah’s state liquor laws, and the impact of the LDS church on those laws, at CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/01/03/sotu.alcohol.in.mormon.cnn

Thought you all might be interested!!

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By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:42:16 +0000

Also, the current installment of the Carnival of the Godless is over at my blog.

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By: chanson

chanson — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:28:23 +0000

Wow, that’s cool that your husband has written so much, and it’s great that you both are in this together.

And, naturally, we’d be happy to see more posts from you here!

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By: Madam Curie

Madam Curie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:22:18 +0000

My husband’s (Mister Curie’s) decision to out himself on my blog was a difficult one, since we have friends who read it, as do his brothers. So, in a sense he has come out to family. We haven’t heard anything yet, though, so I think they don’t know how to approach it. He told me he thinks his mom won’t be surprised, however, so that will be a plus.

He has also sort of co-opted my blog, since he has about 100 posts in queue to publish. Guess he opened his mental and emotional floodgates when he decided to come out. I may need to start doing some of my own religious posts on here, just so I have a place to write!

Thanks for doing these Weeks in Review, Chanson. Greatly appreciated.

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By: chanson

chanson — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:55:54 +0000

Haha! That’s great!

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By: Chino Blanco

Chino Blanco — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:46:47 +0000

Well, as it turns out, I’d just read your brother’s post, noted the Hindenburg graphic, and happened to pop over to read this shortly after:

2000s: The First Decade — Mormon Church influence soars

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705355618/LDS-Church-influence-soars.html

Fans of Stephen Colbert might remember his 2006 speech at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner (jump in around 4:26 for the Hindenburg reference):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOYZF3It848

Soaring!

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By: chanson

chanson — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:15:52 +0000

Thanks Chino!

Of course I should have included the “Mormon of the Year” vote! I’ve been on the road (reading blogs on different computers) so it was a little more difficult than usual for me to keep track of all the links.

I also wanted to highlight my brother’s hilarious Noah’s-Ark-Lesson post, but it didn’t fit the year end theme…

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By: Chino Blanco

Chino Blanco — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:00:14 +0000

I’ve just realized why I enjoy this weekly installment as much as I do … it’s about as close to the Review as one could expect to find after twenty years. And note to self: make sure SiOB gets tweeted and posted at http://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/ just as regularly. Good grief, the links were especially impressive this week. One link I would’ve liked to have seen:

Vote for Mormon of the Year at:

http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2010/01/vote-for-mormon-of-the-year/

I’ll leave it to others to make sense of the ALLCAPS fine print over at the T&S post that includes the poll:

THE WINNER OF THE ONLINE VOTE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE MORMON OF THE YEAR!!!

BECAUSE OF THIS, PLEASE VOTE!

Ah, well, in any case, I’ve already cast my vote for Reed Cowan and would like to invite others to join me … Otherwise, thanks for the memories, MSP. “Does/did anyone enjoy attending their meetings?” Not touching that one … but have enjoyed the lurking.

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