Mitt and Bushman cannot be spoken of in the media without someone in the Bloggernacle commenting upon it at length about it. And, yet, the entire Bloggernacle has apparently missed this one! Wow, Bushman commenting on Mitt, that is a double dose of Bloggernacly goodness just begging for a post, and everyone is asleep at the wheel. What gives people?

Girls, girls, really. I am flattered that you talk about me so much and so often, but, really, there are better ways to spend your time. How about you do your old Mother in Heaven a favor and actually help your sisters there in mortality out? Trying to be all politically uppity is the world's way of doing things. "Well-behaved women seldom make history"? Sorry, Laurel, that just isn't my way. Call me discreet, and call me old fashioned, but actually serving and sacrificing for others is my way of doing things. If you want to honor me, enough with the lip service. How about some real service? The hours you spend blogging about me could be spent actually doing something to help someone, which would really make me happy and lighten the load on all of us up here. And, it will be a lot more fulfilling for you than blogging. Seriously, what can you say about me that someone has not already said, right there on your very blog? Nothing. You are done. Thanks. Now go out and do something. Want to be an activist? How about going down to the local shelter and getting involved in a someone's life? That is the kind of activism I like.

Love,

Mom

Did I mention how well read I am? No? Oh, yes, well, I do read a lot, and therefore have a huge pile of books with very snotty titles by very prominent authors. Yes, yes, I really am that erudite and scholarly. Do feel free to bask in my glow and be intimidated by the very aura of my eminent brilliance the next time I comment on your blog, and do feel unworthy to contradict or even question anything I say since you are so ignorant compared to me.

OK, if you have time to write up lists of all the books you own and post it online, you obviously aren't reading books, you are just collecting them to show off to your Home Teachers to lead them to believe you have actually read them, which you probably haven't. Time for a garage sale, packrat.

One year ago, on May 27, 2006, Adam Greenwood threw T&S into utter contention by comparing himself to Abinadi. And he apparently got himself suspended for it. How do we know this? One year and one day later, almost to the very millisecond, on May 28, 2007, Adam Greenwood takes to blogging again at T&S by quoting the Gettysburg Address, then again on May 29 he posts again, on something that would more typically be a sidebar "Notes from All Over". Coincidence? Unlikely. Adam has been active over the past year in the comments and Notes from All Over, but has not posted anything new as a permablogger (he did get greenlighted for one repost).

While the Millennial Black Hole sighs in relief (yes, it actually is still breathing) to be free of Adam, no doubt T&S will shortly be roiling in debates about abortion, traditional American Mormon values and Mitt Romney. Lucky them. And, more lucky are all of us, to once again be blessed with these pearls of wisdom.

Eric just cannot understand why people in the Bloggernacle think he is a self-righteous jerk. Gee, maybe it is because he considers himself a nice guy in "a place like this". Or maybe it is because he considers himself and the way he does things "orthodox":

I think that what we rely on at the end of the day is important in determining how orthodox we are. If we are honestly basing our beliefs and actions on the scriptures and on modern day prophets as a whole then we can consider ourselves orthodox within the church. If we are basing our beliefs on something else and ignoring the scriptures we are not.

Nah, couldn't be that he is accusing others of being dishonest and of not following the scriptures or modern day prophets. Or, what about the way he passive-aggressively paint himself as the innocent victim when he compares the bloggernacle in general (or at the very least those who call you "self-righteous") to teenage bullies who try to get him to swear or his drunken golf buddies who try to get him to drink beer? Yeah, Eric is the hapless, innocent who is beset by angry meanies who hate him for no other reason than he is doing his best at being a nice, righteous guy.

OK, Mr. Goody Two Shoes, stop your whining. There is nothing goody-goody about going around voicing opinions in public about who is good (yourself) and who is bad (the bloggernacle). Hey, guess what, there are going to be people who disagree with you. And they are entitled to. Because you are just some opinionated blogger, just like all the other opinionated bloggers. That is what a public forum is about. And disagreeing with you doesn't make people bad.

You might be, as you say, "a schmuck", but engaging in self-deprecation like this does not change the fact that you are acting in an obnoxious and offensive manner and are getting what you asked for. Self-made martydom does not necessarily mean you are righteous. Jesus and the apostles were persecuted for their righteousness, but that doesnt mean all those persecuted are righteous. Going around slapping people in the face is going to get you slapped back, and that is what you are getting right now. What comes around, goes around.

Should the bloggernacle turn the other cheek? Yes. But, well, it looks like we are no better than you when it comes to actually doing what Jesus taught.

Here are all of the rejected submissions* from BCC's lolnacle thread:


































*I don't know why Steve wouldn't accept Team SN's submissions.

FMH is featured in this month's issue of Bust magazine, which self-describes as follows:

BUST is a groundbreaking women's lifestyle magazine that is unique in its ability to connect with bright, cutting-edge young women. With an attitude that is fierce, funny, and proud to be female, BUST's revolutionary editorial mix addresses a refreshing variety of women's interests, including pop culture, music, crafting, fashion, sex, news, and celebrity interviews. Hip, humorous, and honest, BUST is a cheeky celebration of all things female and a trusted authority on up-and-coming trends among young women.

They have been cutting edge hawt grrl trendy in a stereotype smashing way since 1993. So stereotype smashing that the only "feminist" who has heard of them before now is John "FMHLisa swoons for me" Remy, and he...errr...ahhh...ummmm...reads it for the articles. In other words, it is not a feminist mag, at all, it is pop culture effluvia for grrrls (and Suicide Girls oglers), and John goes into Borders and reads it all the time, but does not usually buy it, except this time, because it features FMH (if he bought it monthly, why wouldn't he save the money and time and subscribe and help them stay in business?)

OK, so FMH is a trend-breaker because it is "Mormon and Feminist", and is therefore a square peg, a walking contradiction. Well, there you have it. And that means they can eschew wisdom and cozy up to the world. Congratulations, grrrls, when Jesus tells the woman caught in adultery to "go and sin no more", you are keeping company with people who say "adultery is no more sin". Maybe you can get Chloe "Brown Bunny" Sevigny to autograph your courtesy copy.