Month: May 2014

Inmy recent X-Men continuity problems post, I promised more info the next day, and that additional info didn't come. That's because I adapted that post into my latest Deseret News column, which addresses the subject.However, the size limitations of that column didn't allow me to cover the issue completely. So I will repost the ... Read more

I'ma big fan of comedian Jim Gaffigan, whose penchant for sloth and junk food is consistent with my own. In one condiment-themed comedy bit, he highlights the absurdity of individual ketchup packets that bear a label stating "not for resale."He then sagely observes that, "If you're in a position where you have to sell ketchup ... Read more

Hello.I am Creaver. Stallion is lazy, and he wanted someone else to post so he wouldn't have to. So I am posting today. Resign yourself to it.So I suppose you want to know about me. (Actually, no supposing is necessary.) I was born circa 1913, when records were spotty and English had not yet been ... Read more

Igrew up in Calabasas, California, now known to the world as the home of the Kardashians. It was, and still is, a town rife with wealth and privilege. I went to high school with the children of sports legends and movie/TV stars, and my peers without fame still seemed blessed with a fortune well beyond ... Read more

So I saw "X-Men: Days of Future Past" with my twin boys last night.We had a good time. It was a good movie, probably the best of the X-films, with the possible exception of "First Class." If you like this sort of thing, rest assured you will enjoy yourself during the watching process.I am not ... Read more

NOTE:The first six hundred or so words of this post deal with a tedious, somewhat tendentious issue in Mormon apologetics, which I felt compelled to describe in detail to illustrate my larger point. But if you want to just skip to that larger point, I highlight where it begins in  BOLD ORANGE TEXT below.____________I ... Read more

Asan LDS missionary way back when, I remember a conversation with a man in Thurso, Scotland, who had participated in a discussion that introduced the basic elements of the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the end of this conversation, we invited him to read The Book of Mormon and ... Read more

Yearsago, I read two novels by author Ben Bova, "Mars" and "Return to Mars," which described scenarios by which mankind would explore the surface of the Red Planet. I vaguely remember enjoying them.While wandering through Barnes & Noble, I stumbled upon a third Mars book by Bova, entitled "Mars Life." It was a paperback priced ... Read more

Noneof these subjects deserve a full-fledged rant of their own, and/or some of them are the subject of previous rants, so I've edited down these additions to four bite-sized chunks.Mini-Rant #1 - The Earth Isn't Getting BiggerI could write - and have written - dozens of global warming-themed rants, because global warming alarmism ... Read more

I'ma big fan of Fairmormon.org, an LDS apologetics website that confronts some of the thornier issues in Mormon history and theology. So I joined their official Facebook group in the hopes of having some interesting conversations.Be careful what you wish for.One of the threads focused on controversy surrounding past Mormon racism.  One member asked ... Read more