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This is from J. H. Martineau in 1897 , but it should be read in the voice of Terryl Givens . Not long after the settlement of Parowan, Walker came with his band one Sunday about meeting time and was invited with Ammon to the stand. He spoke a while in Utah dialect which Ammon, his brother, interpret...

One of the biggest problems is that it involves false dichotomies. I swing between F-T and P-J depending on when I take the test. And really, there's no reason you can't be both a thinker and a feeler, a judger and a perceiver. Even introverted-extroverted is a bit false, because I am a fairly popul...

Wow, Water Dog. Disturbing about the surveillance; fascinating about how your wife has reacted to the policy change. Thanks for sharing your interesting story. It seems to me that there's some weird conservative retrenchment happening right now in Salt Lake.

Grindael, the discussion was about modern leaders. And I didn't argue that we're all culpable of leaders crimes. Just that the same Church institution that turns them into liars does the same to people lower in the ranks. Many of us lied by omission in the mission field (with varying degrees of inte...

To be honest, I was mostly just trolling both sides in this debate. I wanted to see if I'd get more comments if I wrote something a little more wrongheaded. (And the answer is yes, by the way. Suddenly I understand the secret to Dan Peterson's success.) I do think people are basically products of bi...

Sure, it makes little sense to be angry at a faceless corporation. On the other hand, corporations themselves can be the real villains when they have systems and cultures that push people to engage in bad behavior. I would go so far as to say that the LDS Church has a "culture of lying," ...

Interesting. First I'm hearing of this. Seven volumes seems like a lot, though. Brevity is a sign of a strong writer.

Oh! I thought you'd already heard it, and that's why you kept mentioning eye contact! Ha! I'll PM you a link to the audio soon as I'm in front of a real computer.

I was like, "What the heck is Ceboo talking about?" Then I re-read my post. Touché, sir.

Glad to hear he didn't abuse you. Interesting about Harris and eye contact. That's of course something I discussed in my Sunstone presentation and am really interested in, but I wasn't aware Harris had picked up on this too. I've experimented a bit with prolonged eye contact as well, but find it rea...