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Here is a good post on comparing Mike to his father Rex, and how different they are
https://wheatandtares.org/2025/06/20/co ... -the-tree/

Nibbler, the last episode shows the behind the scenes on how they pulled it off, with the reveal to the "mark". He took it all with good humor and had a good laugh.

Wife and I watched a funny satire on TV last night. It is called “Jury Duty”. It is on FreeVee, a free streaming channel from Amazon that has a subset of Prime shows, with commercials. The premise of the show is that they got special permission to film a trial from the Jury’s perspective for a docum ...

I never remember really "enjoying" any of the callings I had while actively believing attender; I can't imagine bishop-ing in your situation. When I was bishop, now 20 years ago, I really enjoyed the one on one meetings with people, just listening to them, helping them as I could, but mostly just ...

The Ensign Peak hiding has come home to roost.
They did not file the yearly paperwork required by trying to hide the money in shell companies
read about it here

We had the Aloha guy, he was NOT Hawaiian or anything like unto it. My kids actually called him "Brother Aloha"

Hulu is having their annual Black Friday sale right now until Monday. It is $1.99/month, and you can cancel anytime. So if you have been wanting to watch "Under the Banner of Heaven" or "Mormon no More", this is your chance. I do this every other year. I cancel when the year is up and price goes to ...

Wow, what a good show: "The Wire" on HBO. It is a VERY NSFW show, with more F and N words per hour that any show on TV. But very good acting, and great story lines. TLDW (Too Long Didn't Watch): Police, politicians and Drug gangs battle for the streets of Baltimore.

Saying the quite part out loud!

I believe the church is a "corporate sole", where the CEO/Prophet has sole authority as far as the business of the church goes. Rusty could theoretically decide to turn all the chapels into homeless shelters and there is nothing the Q15 could do.

CES does not think there is any value to clergy/penitent privilege. They now require all new BYU employees to sign away those rights, allowing the bishop to tell BYU anything he is told during confession as part of his/her yearly evaluation.

I called Swig the "Mormon Starbucks" https://wheatandtares.org/2017/12/10/mormon-starbucks/ in this review on my blog

My dyslexia kicked in and I thought you were talking about de-magnetizing therapy. I thought it was some crazy magnet therapy with the magnet on a wristband!

Said in my best Saturday Night Live "Emily" voice: "Never mind!"

Here is my Hulu hack. Every year during Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) Hulu has a sale. Last year it was $0.99/month for an entire year. The year before it was $1.99/month. I subscribe for a year at the discount, then when it's going up to 5-6/month, I unsubscribe for a year, then get the ...

My take on the temple building frenzy is detailed in my blog post at Weat&Tares.

Tokyo Vice on HBO MAX is really good, and has a Mormon angle! I’ll keep is vague so as not to spoil anything, but one of the characters was a Mormon missionary that didn’t go home, and just stayed in Japan. Hints are made in Episode 4, with the background coming out in 5. Not a major theme in the sho ...

I made out with my girlfriend in the Primary room when we were teenagers. I have sweet memories every time I pass the Primary room in my local church building. #tendermercies

REM: Losing My Religion Oh, life is bigger It's bigger than you, and you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said too much I set it up [Pre-Chorus] That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't ...

Try asking this on reddit/r/mormon. You'll get a much larger audience.

Could Pascal's wager help you? Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas if God does exist, he stands to receive infinite gains (as ...