I have a dilemma. Perhaps you can help me.<\/p>\n
This blog is getting more traffic than ever before, and all my newfound power is going to my head. As of now, I am a very big, important, influential person – the Soul of the Age, if you will – and soon, my mighty words will shape your every thought, mold your every whim, fashion your every – well, whatever. You get the idea. Point is that I’m a big deal. People know me.<\/p>\n
This also comes on the heels of my massive success as a professional musician. My track “I Am a Cow” from the financial-failure-but-critical-triumph Stallion Cornell debut CD <\/a>Stalker Tunes<\/a> has now been sold not once, but twice. I have netted over $1.50 for my efforts. It just keeps getting better, because, in the words of John Lennon, “it can’t get no worse.”<\/p>\n So, keeping in mind the majesty of myself, how would you respond to the following email, which I received early on Monday afternoon:<\/p>\n Dear Brother Cornell:<\/p>\n A friend sent me your excellent blog article on Mitt Romney as “Stake President of the United States”.\u00a0It really expresses the “inside view” we see as members of the Church but is so hard to convey to\u00a0others!<\/p>\n I am a “convert” of 34 years and still enthusiastic about the gospel! I find it difficult to express the\u00a0“inside view” to my friends who do have biases against the church. Sometimes, I just share “gospel\u00a0principles” without naming them as such, just so, when the appropriate moment arises, I will have\u00a0prepared them to open their hearts\/minds more fully.<\/p>\n Would you\u00a0please tell me\u00a0the context meaning of your blog’s title “Stallion Cornell’s Moist Blog”?<\/p>\n I may be missing a more current meaning, but the nuance of “moist” has a somewhat racy innuendo.\u00a0(Unless you are referring to downing a “root beer”, physically spitting out opinions, or the sweat on a \u00a0wild stallion. I am talking about the\u00a0worldly “connotation” in the title, not the views you express. (I love what you write!)<\/p>\n I know if I share the blog article that some of my friends will click on your link. Unfortunately, some of\u00a0my friends are very “worldly<\/p>\n Thank you so much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n _________<\/p>\n Donna’s concerns are not new. More than once, I’ve gotten into trouble with people who don’t realize that a Mormon guy could record spiritual thoughts on a site titled “Stallion Cornell’s Moist Blog.” I once interviewed for a job down at BYU and they asked me for a writing sample. I gave them a link to one of my more brilliant articles, and the guy called back and said, “The link you sent me is wrong. It pulls up a page on something called ‘Stallion Cornell’s Moist Blog.'”\u00a0I explained that that was me, and, I’m sure for completely unrelated reasons, I didn’t get the job.<\/p>\n The name “Stallion Cornell” raises issues, since, to many, it sounds like a porn star name a la George Costanza calling himself “Buck Naked.” (You can see it at :25.)<\/p>\n