Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

The Simpsons marathon has really lifted my spirits this week.

Hamilton mixtape gets its full release tomorrow!

Portia wrote:Hamilton mixtape gets its full release tomorrow!

And it's awesome.

Cognoscente wrote:

Portia wrote:Hamilton mixtape gets its full release tomorrow!

And it's awesome.

Favorite tracks?

right now, like, all of them. I need some time to digest it.

Early standouts:
Bangers: My Shot, Immigrants
Ballads: Theodosia #2, Burn

And of course all the demos are fantastic.

Oh man, and History Has Its Eyes On You is just the best kind of pure old school gospel.

Cognoscente wrote:Oh man, and History Has Its Eyes On You is just the best kind of pure old school gospel.

Is this a bonus track? Wasn't part of my Amazon Music lineup. :-S

Theodosia #1 and My Shot and It's Quiet Uptown are early standouts for me.

Enjoying the Moana soundtrack, too! Still need to see it.

Moana songs have been in my head for DAYS. (Except "Shiny," which I guess lots of people love? Maybe if you're a Bowie fan, or Flight of the Conchords fan. I'm unfamiliar with both, so there you go.)

The Dakota Access Pipeline is going to be rerouted!
(Assuming they get a jump on it before Trump is installed. Please, please get a jump on it, govt. people!)

This one's for you, yayfulness: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016 ... gions-map/

That is excellent. Thank you!

Read an amusing fan fiction theory today. In Star Wars, when the movies always start with "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." That's not a long time before us in a galaxy far from the Milky Way, it's being spoken very far, far in the future by someone who was here but is now telling the story to aliens in a distant galaxy about events that happened in this galaxy in the future as compared to us, which would explain why there are humans in the stories.

The teller of the story is one who was there, who was pretty much always shown as smart, competent, and virtuous. The one telling the story is R2D2.

If I went to an LDS service this Sunday, what would expect? A choral program, right? Am I crazy?

I think most wards did the choral program last week and this week stakes are doing sacrament meeting only.

Zedability wrote:I think most wards did the choral program last week and this week stakes are doing sacrament meeting only.

... Mormons are weird. So, just random talks, then?

Christmas themed talks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My mom told me they are having mostly music this Sunday; it's a ward in Texas.

The last time Christmas was on Sunday, for the bulk of the meeting, I think we had someone share a thought or two about Jesus, maybe read from Luke, then we'd sing a song or two. Rinse and repeat until the end of the meting.

Portia wrote:If I went to an LDS service this Sunday, what would expect? A choral program, right? Am I crazy?

If you're looking for a good mostly-choral program, look for an Episcopal service. It'll have communion (which you can take if you want or not take if you don't), but probably mostly really good music.

My parents' ward is doing all music as far as I know. It probably depends on whatever the bishop thought was best.