Hans Castorp!?!?! Come on down....

[_hans castorp]

Welcome Hans!!

From the sounds of it you are bringing a rather unique perspective to the board.

Depends on what you mean by unique!

hc

[_Fence Sitter]

Welcome Hans!!

From the sounds of it you are bringing a rather unique perspective to the board.

Depends on what you mean by unique!

hc

Most on this board have rather strong ties to Mormonism outside of the board, though there are a few exceptions. I am not sure we have any posters with a Jewish background. Your lack of extensive direct contact with faithful LDS along with a Jewish background seems unique when compared to others here.

I look forward to what you have to say.

[_hans castorp]

Most on this board have rather strong ties to Mormonism outside of the board, though there are a few exceptions. I am not sure we have any posters with a Jewish background. Your lack of extensive direct contact with faithful LDS along with a Jewish background seems unique when compared to others here.

I look forward to what you have to say.

Thanks, Fence Sitter. Sometimes "unique" can mean "eccentric"--and I am that, too.

hc

[_Blixa]

My only Mormon-related professional experience was copyediting Harold Bloom's The American Religion (yes, I left in all those weird capitalizations).

Man I love this board sometimes.

Me too! This is the first real belly laugh I've had in ages!

[_MrStakhanovite]

What I gleaned from your blog Hans is that you are Catholic, is that correct?

[_Fence Sitter]

Most on this board have rather strong ties to Mormonism outside of the board, though there are a few exceptions. I am not sure we have any posters with a Jewish background. Your lack of extensive direct contact with faithful LDS along with a Jewish background seems unique when compared to others here.

I look forward to what you have to say.

Thanks, Fence Sitter. Sometimes "unique" can mean "eccentric"--and I am that, too.

hc

Well we do have some posters that would fit that definition of unique too, whether or not you will fall into that category remains to be seen and would not necessarily be a bad thing.Some of our unique posters offer a radically different and refreshing perspective. Perhaps you have read some of Nightlion's posts?

I also offer you my wish of energy and long life. You are going to need both with a ten year old and seven year old.

[_hans castorp]

What I gleaned from your blog Hans is that you are Catholic, is that correct?

Indeed.

hc

[_hans castorp]

Well we do have some posters that would fit that definition of unique too, whether or not you will fall into that category remains to be seen and would not necessarily be a bad thing.Some of our unique posters offer a radically different and refreshing perspective. Perhaps you have read some of Nightlion's posts?

I also offer you my wish of energy and long life. You are going to need both with a ten year old and seven year old.

Thanks for the wish. My youngest turned eight a couple of weeks ago. There are five in all. The oldest is seventeen.

hc

[Guest]

Welcome, Hans.

Did you post here previously under another name? Somehow I found a link to your blog a while ago and read it. I was impressed.

Thanks, Morley.

No, I've never posted here before. Perhaps you came across my blog in real life? Though it's so obscure, I don't see how.

hc

Argh. This was driving me crazy.

I checked my browser history. It looks like you browsed a few threads on 20 December (Postmodernism Rears Its Ugly Head Again). I saw your username under 'browsing this forum,' checked to find out where it came from (Thomas Mann), followed the link from your profile to your blog, and read it. Mystery solved.

Sorry for the derail.



edited to add: Not stalking. Really.

[_Morley]

My only Mormon-related professional experience was copyediting Harold Bloom's The American Religion (yes, I left in all those weird capitalizations).

Man I love this board sometimes.

Yes.

Bloom, Harold, ed. (1986) The Magic Mountain: Modern Critical Interpretations, Chelsea House, ISBN 0-87754-902-8.