Comments on: Failed metaphors of failure

By: Jonathan Langford

Jonathan Langford — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:07:47 +0000

William, it’s a great list, but I’m afraid Katherine Morris’s addition takes the cake.

Though I’d add that blogs like this one are like that after-the-meeting conversation you can’t leave just because it’s so interesting, even though (a) you really should be going home and doing something that might actually pay some bills, and (b) you’re afraid that each time you open your mouth you’re only proving to everyone else just how ignorant you really are.

And of William’s original list, the one about Mormon poetry (#2) is both cruel and true. And funny.

By: William Morris

William Morris — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:53:22 +0000

I do consider every single item on the list to be kin and, yeah, some are even siblings.

By: Katherine Morris

Katherine Morris — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:54:58 +0000

Mormon culture is like the sibling you can’t help making fun of but if any one else does, you kind of want to wallop them.

This is probably why I’m having a hard time with this list.

Although the one about Mormon bloggers made me laugh out loud.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:33 +0000

Congratulations, Theric. You managed to make me swallow my tongue.

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:04:18 +0000

Official Mormon publications have sweet spirits.

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:38:43 +0000

Nice one, ET. ---- I don't know if that comment is directed at me Palm Springs LDS, but no, I don't have a hard time making it through the Ensign every month. It's true that sometimes the art direction makes me cringe. But I have also complimented and applauded recent choices made by the Ensign editors.

By: ET

ET — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:49:46 +0000

Mormon cinema is that guy on the ward basketball team who shows up to games with goggles and $200 sneakers, but because he has the muscle tone of a tension ball, he ends up sweating gravy like it’s a personal challenge (but not a personal challenge like home teaching, let’s make that distinction right now). He does a half hour of stretching and power-breathing such that by the time play starts, he’s taking the whole thing so seriously that everyone is kind of uncomfortable at the idea of playing with him, particularly his own teammates, because they know that if they don’t box out or fail to thread the needle through all five defenders when he’s “open” under the bucket, his righteous indignation will be sharper than a two-edged sword, even — like his defense or hustle plays — to the dividing asunder of both the joints and marrow, not because he’s necessarily a bad guy, but because he just doesn’t seem to value safeguarding the priesthood as much as he values jeopardizing it.

By: Palm Springs LDS

Palm Springs LDS — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:14:16 +0000

Sounds like you might have a hard time making it through the Ensign every month?

By: stew

stew — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:59:13 +0000

Love it. As the evangelical linux user you’re totally right. I would add this though:

Mormon themed plays and musicals like Saturday’s Warrior and Abinadi the Opera are like a bad car wreck, as bad as you feel about staring at it while you drive by, you can’t look away.

By: Tyler Chadwick

Tyler Chadwick — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:22:59 +0000

Great ending MoJo. I got stuck myself, so I just left it there, but I like your ending better.