Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Same-sex marriage *ban* in Utah ruled unconstitutional.
I think I'll be staying off Facebook for awhile with this news.

ETA: ban, because it makes no sense without it.

Saw this today: Two brothers get a picture with Santa every year, for 30 years.

This has solved my board life-long mystery of what you guys call each other in real life. Like, at board parties and such. Nyms it is, apparently.

Yikes to the whole thing. I've seen this kind of thinking before from people who are just realizing that things they assumed were services because they were "free" are actually businesses. Of course credit card companies have to make money. That's why they exist. But just because they are ...

My in-laws (who live in a pretty small town) really wanted to try out the whole black Friday thing this year, so we went. Well, we went on Thursday night. We had a decent time at the Target in Orem. It was crowded, but people were nice. We probably waited an hour to check out so that kind of stunk. ...

This question about What Would I Say? So funny. I got gems like "I'll eat them on Friday" and "Guess he knows he's seriously the best game of tantrums today."

I think I've basically always looked my age, but I have more of a high pitched voice. It's just kind of funny when people see me and I obviously look like I'm about 30 but I sound like I'm 12. :) My sister (who's nearly 33) is the same. She answered her phone the other day and they asked her if her ...

I haven't even begun to think about this, but if TEN ever visits the board board, I have those cookie cutters. They are the best.
I also found myself in possession of adult footie pjs but I'm giving them away for white elephant this year.

My husband liked My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which is older but pretty funny. He liked The Host, too. At least, he said it was better than he was expecting.

Eirene, having taught Primary and YW, I find myself often confronted that. My lesson topic is on Eternal Families and I know several of the students are not currently sealed as a family. How would you suggest approaching a situation like that? I try to be conscious of what I say, but I also don't w...

16 People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved Here

It's long, but so interesting.

I stand corrected from thatonedad. He tells me he was not there for the actual sealing of his parents, just when he and his sister were sealed to his parents after they had already been sealed. So, there you go. I have no idea how that would all play out in Portia's specific circumstance. Anyway, I'...

Dragon Lady, that's not untrue, but isn't quite the whole truth, either. I have anecdotal stories of unendowed, baptized members being present for sealings. My husband and his older sister were there when his parents were sealed (and he was 17 or 18). But he and his sister were each sealed to his pa...

It's like when people talk about butterflies in their stomach, or being so nervous they could throw up. (ok, not really. It's a lot more serious than that) But it's pretty common for anxiety and the gut to be coupled together.

I'd recommend running those questions past your bishop. He'll have access to all the particulars on what the policy is. I don't know that anyone on the bb knows. Also, (because I feel like it hasn't been bluntly stated for anyone else reading who might be curious), sealing a husband and wife togethe...

I find these teenagers to be too clever and their dialogue to be too scripted. It's like Juno . I certainly didn't talk like that as a teenager. Maybe young people are more worldly now in a digital universe. I remember thinking that, too. I can't remember if I thought it got better or I just got us...

I don't think you can cancel a sealing of child to parents. New Family Search has a lot of information about who can/needs to be sealed, and under what circumstances. And I can't find anything that would suggest the sealing of a child to parents would be canceled.

I'm grateful for modern medicine. Me too. I'm grateful for top 8-free foods for my youngest, who has all kinds of food sensitivities. He drinks "medical food." I'm happy it exists. I'm grateful for books, and libraries full of books. The Provo Library really is has everything. And it's be...

Interesting, vorpal! I feel like I've heard of most singers/pop culture people, regardless of whether I'm familiar with their work. Kind of like how I know the Kardashians are famous, but couldn't tell you what they do. Thank you, internet. I wonder if the age range of people aware of any given curr...

That's really tough, Portia. I have a couple of thoughts, just in general. It might be easier to focus more on your dad than this mysterious new woman. My parents are divorced, and it was painfully awkward trying to negotiate the boundaries of what I wanted to know about their dating lives. (which w...