More Travel and Dining Expenses for "Bowdlerizing Brigham"?

[I Have Questions]

I think some credit is due here: the Afore has really helped to educate all interested parties on just how donations to Interpreter are spent. We knew, of course, that the money was paying for him to travel, stay in motels, and eat for free, but I admit that I'm a bit torn on how to feel about details. He has wanted to frame our criticisms of him as being some sort of thing about him enjoying all this "luxury," though I don't think anyone said that, exactly. But I'm happy to declare, very clearly, that it is beyond obvious that the food options (at least) are not in any way "luxurious." "Trashy" is more how I'd describe them. Even if the option for "more luxurious" was on the table, these recent reports suggest that it wouldn't matter: he would still gravitate towards the deep-fried junk and sugar-loaded foods on the menu. Dr. Robbers is correct: the Afore seems to have the tastes of a 5-year-old.

The fact of the matter, in any case, is that people are paying money to Interpreter so that he can wolf down junk--including stale cinnamon rolls, Philadelphia cheesesteaks, onions rings, and donuts with maple syrup on them. It just feels "off" somehow. Would this be better if the money was being spent, say, on a prime aged New York strip, or if he was upgrading to the caviar and truffle supplement? Or if he was staying in the finest hotel room in all of St. George? It's honestly hard to say. Regardless, the main point--that he is getting to do his hobbies for free, thanks to donor money--is still true.

One additional issue, he has stated that when his fellow executive producer Deborah Peterson traveled for film-related events with him, her expenses were not covered, while his were. Is this another way of hogging the donations for his hobbies?

That little nugget suggests to me that the Afore is not being benefited-in-kind for his unqualified and self appointed Producer status (a bit like self nominating for a Nobel peace award) but rather, Redbrick Filmworks are ensuring the Interpreter President has his hand in the till along with them. He can’t, now or at some future point, claim he had no knowledge that Redbrick Filmworks were having a jolly good time on expenses paid for, ultimately, by Interpreter donors. He’s complicit.

I do find it interesting that he feels so accountable to this board that he would vomit his food shame all over his blog just to try and take a side swipe at people who, by doing so, he’s ratifying their suggested accusations. Does he think he’s being clever by listing all the free crap he’s gobbling down?

[Everybody Wang Chung]

Under no circumstances would I trust the Afore around my daughter. The red flags are everywhere, from his online habits when he thinks no one is watching (enthusiastically liking a video of Pitbull with a boner) to his public support of Will Schryver’s verbal assaults on MsJack. The Afore has even gone as far as describing young women as "savory pieces of meat on a grill." In all honesty, I’m also starting to worry about the actor who played Brigham Young, a concern that even AI seems to share.

Prompt to Gemini: "Create a picture of Mormon apologist, Daniel C. Peterson, in a Filmore, UT diner, eating a maple donut with the actor who played Brigham Young in the critical and financial box office bomb, Six Days in August:

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

The Afore has even gone as far as describing young women as "savory pieces of meat on a grill."

[Gadianton]

As the place where we were staying in Escalante didn’t offer a complimentary breakfast, four of us headed out in one of our vehicles to find some food for the morning. We settled on Escalante Mercantile & Natural Grocery, where I had a spinach/blueberry/strawberry/banana smoothie. I liked it, partially because it wasn’t overly sweet.

We headed out of Escalante, through Bryce National Park and Panguitch, to the southbound I-15. Nearing Parowan, we noticed a sign alerting us to “the best cinnamon rolls in the West.” The passengers in the car voted to exit into Parowan and try them. Alas, though, they didn’t live up to their billing — though, conceivably, had we been able to eat them perhaps five or six days earlier, they might have.

Eventually arriving in St. George but too early to get into our motel, we scouted the St. George Tabernacle for a possible future shoot there (and were given some very helpful information by Elder Hansen in response to a question that I posed to him for this evening’s filming) and visited Brigham Young’s winter home, where we were scheduled to film in the evening after the site closed to the general public.

After a few minutes in our motel — the famously luxurious St. George Inn and Suites (which, unlike last night’s lodgings, features actual en suite showers and and toilets!) — we went for a late lunch or early dinner at the Rib & Chop House, where I enjoyed a Diet Dr. Pepper, a bowl of bison chili, and a carrot soufflé. I thought it my best meal of this entire epicurean gastronomy tour.

A revealing post in so many ways. I see that Doctor Scratch's wise and tempered counsel has harrowed up the Afore into a bright knowledge of his guilt. "I liked it because it wasn't overly sweet" -- this suggests growing self-awareness of the problem. I'm not sure I believe that he appreciated a food because it was less sweet than it could have been, but he seems to understand that there is something "wrong" with "sweet obsession" at the very least. A smoothie is an improvement, although one day he may discover the Lord's fruits and vegetables are more healthy the way he created them and don't require "processing". A whole banana can safely be peeled and consumed without any alterations, and will be healthier in that form. I have to say, of the fruits, bananas have quite a high sugar content. About even with chocolate.

But things really go south from here. I assume given the "passengers in the car" decided to go for cinnamon rolls right after smoothies that he wasn't driving. That the rolls ultimately weren't satisfying is just the nature of over-satiation, and I see it is recognized that had they eaten the rolls a day or so prior to Doctor Scratch's raising of the issue that they would have tasted better. True. As I think Cinnabon has a strong foothold in those Utah freeway stops down south, no doubt these were not small rolls as they would need to compete.

And it's lunchtime. The emphasis on the need for a "toilet" is noted. And of course it's time for a diet Dr. Pepper although something tells me there may have been canned drinks consumed during the car ride also. I guess there's nothing more "American" than killing a magnificent bison and eating it with chili. Nutrition wise it seems okay. But then, vegetables can be consumed just as vegetables and they are healthiest that way. Does the Afore have an issue with vegetables? They were, after all, designed by the Lord himself. I had to look up carrot souffle. "3/4 cup white sugar" is the main ingredient next to carrots -- sounds about right.

[Everybody Wang Chung]

Good grief. I think I developed a case of type 2 diabetes just by reading about the Afore’s daily caloric intake. It's a nutritional holocaust.

I hope the Afore notices the deafening silence from his claque of crazies over at Sic et Non. While these enablers look the other way, only Dr. Scratch and the Dean have had the backbone to attempt to stage a dietary intervention. It turns out they’re the only ones that actually care about the Afore’s health by offering nutritional guidance that would lead the Afore to a healthy, vibrant and happy life, rather than a sugary metabolic death.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Afore, you’re definitely a carbohydrate addict. The Lord’s anointed have lots to say about food addiction, in fact. They are very clear: food addiction is real. It wrecks your self-worth. Addiction enslaves both your body and your spirit. And just because something isn’t spelled out in the Word of Wisdom it doesn’t give you a pass. Overeating can cross into straight-up self-abuse that damages you physically and spiritually. Food is running the show, and you know you’re obsessed and submissive to your addiction. Stop pretending it’s a harmless and fun pastime. It’s a problem. Fix it.