Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

That Ngram is amazing! I didn't know anything like that existed. And those clothes like look they're straight out of the delia's catalog, Or my senior yearbook... So is there anyone who doesn't know who he is? I wondered if there'd be an older group of people who knew the Vida Loca song, and a young...

and still know who Ricky Martin is? Thatonedad and I were trying to figure out when he fell out of cultural common knowledge. (Sometime post-William Hung, I'd assume)

Anyway, the bb is the most easily accessible group of people younger than we are. (31) Thoughts?

I love cello music, especially to fall asleep to. I made the mistake of watching The Piano Guys, though. And now when I hear their music all I can imagine the pained musician face the cello player tends to sport while he plays. It's less relaxing now. But still pretty music.

LJ, good thing you don't have to go to Relief Society. ;) I love the trunk or treat! But that's because I honestly love passing out candy. We got a lot the same kids from the trunk or treat at our house again on Halloween, but I was fine with it. (totally not a deal breaker) Maybe it helps that I'm ...

I've read it. I think there are things about it you would enjoy. And there's foreshadowing aplenty so I don't think the plot would catch your (or anyone else) off guard.

That's a good point, Tally. I know a lot of women who work in YW and Primary feel out of the loop or disconnected with the women in Relief Society. So it's nice that we'll all get to meet together. Not that we couldn't have in the General RS meeting, but it's nice to share a meeting with the girls &...

Marduk wrote:Beef is Mormon?

If Sunday dinners in the cafeteria are any indication, then yes. So much beef/meat.

They are! Once again, this comes from some pretty weird, ingrained assumptions. Once you get out of this mindset, it's hard to imagine thinking otherwise. Clearly, I never was steeped in it to begin with, so I guess my family had more of an influence on me than the Church. I'm confused by what you ...

I have so many thoughts, but I will try to avoid being jumbled and nonsensical. I feel like I agree in parts with everyone, but kind of disagree with everyone, too. Here's where I wish things were presented differently in "the church" I wish women were presented in a way that made them mor...

I was just thinking about vinyl letters! My husband would love to get some for our house that say "All because two people made love" but I think it would give people the wrong idea about why we got married. :) Anything that could fall under the category of "Enrichment activity," ...

Sunday after Halloween + time change + first snowfall + little boy who is on the spectrum coming to class today = longest Sunbeam's class ever. Glad that's over.

Although I'm ambivalent about John Green, I enjoyed his latest vlog about perspective.

Stego, I'm struggling with the PMs for some reason. But! I'll be in Provo Friday afternoon around 4:30. Does that work? Just message me where I can drop them off.

I think I'll just drop everything off with Stego Lily and then she can pass along whatever she doesn't want. Now I wish there were a ton more clothes for everybody.

Stego, done. Chillygator, if Provo works you are welcome to all the skirts.

I'm in Spanish Fork but I can bring them up to Provo. I need to take some other stuff to the DI anyway.

I just signed up to do NaNoWriMo this year. I'm all kinds of excited right now but we'll see how I feel in a month.

A girl in my neighborhood gave me a couple trash bags full of clothes that she doesn't want. And people in my neighborhood don't believe in hand-me-downs, apparently. Anyway, it's a lot of button-down and wrap shirts, some dress pants, skirts, jeans, etc. Most things are a medium. The pants are all ...

Random keeps trying to find the best costume theme for me, her, and Marduk. She keeps coming up with trios that are two guys and a girl, necessitating one of us to play a guy. We will eventually do at least Nightmare Before Christmas, though: I'll be Sally, Marduk Oogie Boogie, and Random will be J...

I've never done this, but I've seen it done. So I guess take any ideas that work and toss the rest. :) It probably helps to know exactly how much room you'll have to move things and how much you're willing to spend to ship the rest. Then I'd probably go for limits. Give yourself X number of jeans or...