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- Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:20 am
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Rant of the Day
- Replies: 630
- Views: 1197404
Re: Rant of the Day
So there are 18 babies due in my ward right now. This might be normal for a provo ward. Not sure? But I live it Texas, so this is not even close to normal for us. Anyways, the RS presidency I think got a little too excited about this. So, in their monthly email announcements, my Relief Society anno...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:24 am
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Family relationships
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11716
Re: Family relationships
Hmm. Well, if he was your full uncle, his baby would be your (first) cousin, he would be your kid's great uncle, and your kid and his kid would be first cousins once removed. "Half uncle" isn't a very common term, to say nothing of terms like "half cousin," "half great uncle...
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Baby gift for coworker + wife?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15304
Re: Baby gift for coworker + wife?
Flowers? The thing is, it doesn't sound like she needs stuff so much as she needs emotional support. So, I think that anything that reminds her that you're thinking about her would be fine, even if it is something she could buy for herself. (Or could you bake something with strawberries/blueberries ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:33 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #85685 - conservative parents
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10312
#85685 - conservative parents
https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/85685/
This is a really tough situation and my heart goes out to this person.
This is a really tough situation and my heart goes out to this person.
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4951094
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
having an existential crisis about childcare. Am I saying caring for my child isn't worthwhile because I pay less than minimum wage? Or am I enabling my friend to make a little money on the side while she does the SAHM thing? :| Maybe you're saying that your childcare needs are such that this type ...
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:58 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
FTWPortia wrote:Internecine disputes about the appointment of the next Supreme Court justice erupted before Antonin Scalia's body was even on its catafalque.
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:29 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
internecine - destructive to both sides in a conflict
The protracted internecine conflict rendered both leaders diaphoretic.
The protracted internecine conflict rendered both leaders diaphoretic.
- Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:23 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: The Board Survey
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12174
Re: The Board Survey
For better or for worse, the Board Board hasn't been attracting new active users at all for the past year or two. Also, for better or for worse, the Board Board's target audience has become very different from the Board's target audience. It is substantially older and substantially less Mormon. I h...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:53 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
tontine: an annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income (I had come across this word before—on a Simpsons episode, no less!—but I'd never seen it written out and I thought it was spelled differently....
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:08 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1580875
Re: Answers I liked
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/85046/
Good answers, all around, but I especially liked Ardilla's plug for The Chronicles of Chrestomanci and Rubik's plug for The Black Cauldron. Those are both great books.
Good answers, all around, but I especially liked Ardilla's plug for The Chronicles of Chrestomanci and Rubik's plug for The Black Cauldron. Those are both great books.
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:06 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 1138525
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
I hate that. I hate it when they kill off characters, anyway, but if they're planning to do it from the start, at least they tend to set it up better.Whistler wrote:I heard it was because the actor didn't want to do anymore seasons
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:19 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
epicine - having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex.
The debate over nonbinary pronouns (such as "epicine") escalated until it was a regular donnybrook.
The debate over nonbinary pronouns (such as "epicine") escalated until it was a regular donnybrook.
- Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:29 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: I Dreamed a Dream
- Replies: 290
- Views: 224615
Re: I Dreamed a Dream
Tally M. wrote:Nothing like waking up from a dream of your crush holding your hand up remind you how single you are.
I once had a dream where a guy who'd dumped me a few months previously . . . dumped me again. Thanks, subconscious!
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1580875
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:38 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
donnybrook - a scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument etymology: Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. Source: The Wilderness, by McKay Coppins The panjandrum was powerless to restore order to the donnybrook.
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 453505
Re: Word of the Day
panjandrum - a person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority or influence
Source: A book on lexicography
I was skeptical of the panjandrum's speech, but I'll give him points for the solid peroration.
Source: A book on lexicography
I was skeptical of the panjandrum's speech, but I'll give him points for the solid peroration.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:41 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Board Question #84674 - male student's self-worth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3176
Board Question #84674 - male student's self-worth
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/84674/ The article " Men Must Be Needed Because We Can't Be Wanted " has given me a lot of insight into certain types of male insecurity. The gist of it is that society tells men they're not good enough unless their wife/family is completely dependent on t...
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:37 am
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Incoming Mail
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25383
Re: Incoming Mail
My husband doesn't even register when I put mail in prominent places that are his unless it's a package. This is an interesting view into the darker corners of cohabitation. I already feel so overwhelmed by household tasks. Bringing a man into it is making me silently scream. :-P If postal absentmi...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:06 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: I Dreamed a Dream
- Replies: 290
- Views: 224615
Re: I Dreamed a Dream
I dreamed I had Hamilton tickets but no way to get to New York.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:27 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1580875
Re: Answers I liked
In regards to BQ #84584 about light sensitivity, I sneeze when I first see a really bright light. For example, I used to sneeze nearly every day at lunch in elementary because I would walk outside and the sun would usually be high and bright enough that it would cause me to sneeze, but only just af...