Let’s face it. We’re the best.
The Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series continues, and Al is overblown with joy.
We also have some pointed criticism for “The Mormon Bachelorette” – not the woman herself – she is a sweetheart – but of the overall production.
Enjoy the refresh of lds.org. We discuss its pros and cons, but overall, do not approve of the redesign.
It’s time once again for the naughty “Men on a Mission” piece of crap calendar. It’s wrong that we are even giving the mind behind it any press, but come on, people. Don’t buy this stuff.
“The Book of Mormon” on Broadway gets a release date, and the story apparently has absolutely nothing to do with the Book of Mormon other than vague allusions to Joseph Smith.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks – Apostle. Statesman. Judge. Secret Tea Partier?
Former bishop in prison because of an elaborate ponzi scheme. Congrats, sir.
KSL aims to control its blogosphere. Tempering the message or veiled censorship?
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Emily Hatch says:
Get us some sponsorship and we'll do the show however you want..in the meantime, we're just a group of friends having FUN.
Administrator says:
And we are some friends also having FUN. However, it's flattering that our menial commentary regarding the Bachelorette endeavour (which we actually love), gets so much flack.
Also, sponsorship has very little to do with our criticisms of the show's production. Perhaps Al is a big more picky about videography and the like – and for that you really would need more of a budget and time – but I merely refer to the organizational aspects of the production, which, while entertaining and great, could surely be improved upon.
Anmaree says:
Another great show….and I love the music. I wish I could Beetlejuice both of you here. You'd be fun to hang out with.
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Rich says:
I meant to say this a while ago, but the KSL comment boards thing may not be so objectionable. You may know that the Deseret News and KSL are basically going through a merger under the newly created Deseret Media Companies umbrella. This helps them compete in the failing newspaper market by cutting costs. Their new strategy will also emphasize online presence and Mormon content. A lot is changing in these website updates.
That said, have you ever read the comments in Deseret News articles (or any Utah based news outlets)? It's pretty bad. People say some shameful things there. I heard they will be comment monitoring to clean the place up. If you go to an article now, they encourage you to play nice. It says:
"DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. We welcome your thoughtful comments."
They're trying to change the tide. Personally, I just think Utahns are just too confident in their monolithic conservatism. Also we Mormons sometimes take disagreements as attacks and get defensive over criticism.
National discourse has been pretty shameful too. Hence all the calls to political civility recently. I would include here Jon Stewart's rally for moderates.
/rambling