Mormons Amok!!!

The Smackdown in Utah, or as The Ironic Priesthood has Moronititled it, A couple of weeks of civil bloggernacle discourse.

Here are some snippets, but for true theological scholars, nothing but the original text will suffice, of course. Pity it’s not written in Moroni‘s language.

John W. Redelfs wrote: How dare you malign Midgley? Don’t you understand that he is seeking to restore faith in the Lord’s one true church? What are you, apostate or, even worse, a Sunstone subscriber? I’m telling!

Louis Midgley wrote: You are right, Roasted. I messed up with some of the Pry stuff. Also, I think that you display an unfortunate credulity when addressing Palmer’s Pry explanation. More importantly, you are obviously an apostate.

SerenityValley wrote: Hey, I know apostates, I’ve worked with apostates, and my husband, sir, is no apostate.

Daniel Peterson wrote: Hi, I’m the Zodiac Killer. Why won’t people ever listen to my arguments, instead always focusing on the blood on my hands? WWWWHHHHHYYYY?

Clark Goble wrote: I think maybe we’re painting with too broad a brush. Ad Hominem isn’t always inappropriate. Humor and Satire can also be appropriate. That said, both can be abused. What do you think we could do to make sure our discourse is uplifting?

DKL wrote: You suck!

Strangers in Paradox

John Fowles wrote: Are you all mad? Don’t you know that Nibley entered this life fully formed, emerging from a blooming lotus blossom on a still pool? Don’t you know John Gee descended to earth directly from heaven? Don’t you know that Richard Anderson didn’t die, but rather rode a chariot of fire into the sky? that Jack Welch is my father-in-law? that Daniel Peterson is Bel-Shamharoth, the Soul Eater? (Seriously, don’t cross that guy) They would never, ever, ever, ever, eva, sink to the level of anti-Mormons in terms of writing hateful prose and snarky asides, nuh uh. Matt Elggren, apologetics isn’t what you say it is.

Word!

Ethel Mormon Choir

dumb crime daily: have you seen this man?

Camera ThiefStupido here is possibly the world’s dumbest crook. Along with a gang of pals, he posed as a member of a Portugese camera crew, and helped out a team filming in Hong Kong. They worked steadily, and apparently professionally, as a camera crew for two full days before pulling a disappearing act with all the gear that belonged to the independent television company they’d been assisting.

From BoingBoing:

“We’re a small, independent television production company in Hong Kong… last week, a group of con men ripped off a load of very expensive professional tv gear from us… cameras, tripods, a recording deck, wireless microphones… lots of stuff. They were posing as a Portuguese production company… very professional-seeming. They even shot footage of Hong Kong with our crew for two days before they did a runner with the gear! At any rate, we got a photograph of one of them, who for some reason thought it would be okay to pose for a tourist snapshot CARRYING THE CAMERA HE WAS ABOUT TO STEAL.”

UPDATE: they seem to be Brazilian rather than Portugese, and there is VIDEO of them here.

Quiz Fun: Which Muppet are You?

You Are Miss Piggy
A total princess and diva, you’re totally in charge – even if people don’t know it.
You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won’t settle for anything less.
You’re going to be a total star, and you won’t let any of the “little people” get in your way.
Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift!

The Muppet Personality Test

Heh, no surprises there! And I wuv me some Kermit, too.

Operation Global Media Domination: The Hard Numbers

TIAOkay, they may well be soft numbers, but I like them soft OR hard. I love them for what’s on the inside.

The twelve thousand additional readers the statcounter has given me since yesterday.

Okay, I know there’s a bug. I know twelve thousand readers is a big jump, a big change, a big responsibility. All I want to know now is, can I keep them?

I’ll feed them and water them and take them for walks…pretty please, WordPress, can I keep them?

MiniMichael

From Gawker: apparently the buskers in Grand Central Station are much more interesting than the ones in Waterfront, especially since Jill Hennessy made it big.