Wait, seriously? So my HS health class had us manhandle a set of prosthetic balls in search of fake cysts?

Wow, what a sad story— both for Quinn and the trajectory his life has taken, and for the dominant strand in Mormonism that wouldn't take scholarship of it's history seriously. (I should note I'm not qualified to comment based on anything other than interest in history and family in Utah.) But a good read nonetheless,…

Best part is, no one has to answer to you mindset anymore, as it's been thoroughly repudiated all across the country.

This 30 yr old who only read it a few months ago sees pulsing, static gray.

I have not! Do you have a link by any chance?

Maybe in aesthetics, but precious little else. And, Provo is effectively the Mecca of Mormonism, since SLC has plenty of Gentiles and heathens. People tend to toe the line pretty closely.

No. There are not. It is called the most republican county in the most republican state in the country, and is home to Provo.

"We pay more federal taxes per capita than anyone in the country." Fixed it for you.

This is extremely true. The region loses it's collective shit before (buying EVERYTHING at the store) and during (worse driving than usual). And all that for maybe a quarter-inch of ice.

"What do you mean, they found the Room?! Sheeeeiiiit..."

I'm sorry, not to be creepy as fuck, but... what was the eyeball like inside?

As a kid, I remember a scene where Mandarin summons Fin Fang Foom, and one Chinese soldier survives. Mandarin zaps him and "turns his bones to glass." That was a profoundly disturbing thing to imagine as a kid and something I never really forgot. This would have been the perfect counterpoint to high technology-…

Yea, I saw Thrashers/Canadiens in their last season, and it was maybe half-full. It was a passionate bunch, you could tell they loved their hockey, but sad as hell because the relocation writing was on the wall.

Haha, there it is indeed! Yeah, this is exactly how I feel. It's leaving an imprint on me, but I sure don't like it in the process! I can't stay away for long...

I've been locking horns with 'Dhalgren' for about a year now. I hate it but I can't stop thinking about it. I put it down for a month, then pick it up again. I read a few chapters, get enthralled, then confused, then bored... the cycle doesn't stop. I'll finish it someday.

Even teams like the old Thrashers had there multiple-thousand diehards... just not NEARLY enough to fill Philips Arena.

In a country of 300+ million people, perhaps one shouldn't generalize or judge lifestyles, life choices, and quality thereof. Not only do you reduce an incredibly complex country that is home to myriad ways of life, you also fetishize a tiny slice of a continent that is home to myriad ways of life.

Well, you're certainly going to use if you're eaten by worms. Just as much as if eaten by fish!

Because dogs are not wild animals. Dogs have been bred and specialized and care for by humans for tens of thousands of years. They exist BECAUSE we made them the way they are. They are reliant on us, and we are responsible for them.

I've only read 'Anthem' as well. It's at best a bumper-sticker exposition on her political views, and delving deeper into them will (hopefully) show you how repellent they are.