High School Reading Assignment

It's a gag centered around the works of Steinbeck and Hemingway--the scourge of high school English students everywhere! Of course, The Old Man and the Sea is more of a novella than a novel.

Much thanks to faithful reader Klinton for suggesting the coupling of Ammon and A Farewell to Arms--the genesis of this little exercise and, by far, the funniest of the book titles. I'm sure there are other worthy combinations of important book and scripture hero. I'm hoping my cultured readership can supply me with more.

Free Gift

This happened to my several times on my mission. I also found that some people were suspicious of something free. My companions and I often wondered if we wouldn't have had more success placing copies of the Book of Mormon if we would have sold them for a low, low price instead of offering to give them away.

Tabernacle Choir Mustaches

Wasn't General Conference wonderful? There was so much to take from it. Although I couldn't help but wonder, what was up with all the mustaches in the Tabernacle Choir? Was this just me, or did anyone else think there was something to this?

The End is Nigh

Poor Elder Blank, he can hear the Jaws theme playing in his head now.

The Trial of Sisyphus

Sisyphus, as you likely already know, was a character in Greek mythology cursed to forever push a bolder up a hill, only to have the bolder roll back down at the last moment, forcing him to do it again and again. Kind of like setting up and taking down chairs in the cultural hall.

Hey, I was recently interviewed for the official podcast of my new publisher! If you've got 22 minutes to spare, check it out here (you can also find it on most of your favorite podcast providers, just look under Cedar Fort Publishing and Media: Behind the Scenes). It was fun.

Role of Faith

This kind of logic doesn't hold up to much scrutiny.

Sacrament Inventory

I've recently taken to doing this very thing. And, yes, I figure I won't run out of things to work on for quite some time.