Random Thoughts Thread

[Uncle Ted]

I was just on the UVU Alumni website updating some address info in the alumni database. I clicked over to the "Spouse and Family Information" tab and saw that in the "Marital Status" section, these are the options:

• Divorced
• Domestic Partners
• Gay
• Married
• Separated
• Single
• Widowed

Um...... what?

I wonder how long it will be until the BYU alumni website will have all these options.

[Tim]

I wonder how long it will be until the BYU alumni website will have all these options.

I should point out that in sharing this list, I wasn't trying to suggest that there's something wrong with having alternate items in a marital status list like you appear to be lamenting. I was hoping that someone else would notice the painfully obvious error, which is that "gay" is not a "marital status." There's already a "domestic partners" option on the list. If gay marriage is legalized, there won't be a place for "gay married," either. "Married" or "domestic partners" will be enough to encapsulate everyone, so I'm not sure what "gay" has to do on a list of marital statuses.

[Clark Addison]

I haven't given much thought as to what will cause my eventual death, but I hope it is not due to driving off a cliff because I was tweeting about my dog.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/cele....html?hpt=Sbin

I was happy to see that the dog survived with head, eye, and paw injuries.

[Donuthole]

If Lucas Glover fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down (including the large-facial-mole branch) he'd look like a mini Ben Rothlisberger.

[il Padrino Ute]

I was just on the UVU Alumni website updating some address info in the alumni database. I clicked over to the "Spouse and Family Information" tab and saw that in the "Marital Status" section, these are the options:

• Divorced
• Domestic Partners
• Gay
• Married
• Separated
• Single
• Widowed

Um...... what?

It sounds like the school was infected by whatever Michael Moore left behind in his trail of slime on the way out.

[pellegrino]

painting bookcases sucks.

[wuapinmon]

painting bookcases sucks.

I bought a Wagner power sprayer just for painting furniture. It made painting my shed go from an all-day project to a 25 minute project. I painted a bookshelf last month in under five minutes. It cost less than $80 at Wal-Mart.

[RobinFinderson]

If I had to venture a guess, I'd probably rate my studliness at 6.5 muffins (out of ten).

[PaloAltoCougar]

The country club adjacent to our development is hosting an outdoor concert tonight featuring Starship, the sad remnants of Jefferson Airplane. If I hear "We Built This City" I'll.., I'll..., I'll get really really mad.

[Clark Addison]

Do I really have to choose between Glen Beck and Al Sharpton?

[Clark Addison]

When I was on my mission, we used to try extra hard to get investigators to Stake Conference, since we were sure that hearing all the powerful talks there would allow them to be converted on the spot.

I look back on that and wonder what I was thinking.

(posted from the foyer during SC with my 5 year old)

[Parrot Head]

When I was on my mission, we used to try extra hard to get investigators to Stake Conference, since we were sure that hearing all the powerful talks there would allow them to be converted on the spot.

I look back on that and wonder what I was thinking.

(posted from the foyer during SC with my 5 year old)

I saw the timestamp and thought it was funny. Though I do remember seeing Clark in the hall about this time, but there was no child in sight.

[Katy Lied]

I should point out that in sharing this list, I wasn't trying to suggest that there's something wrong with having alternate items in a marital status list like you appear to be lamenting. I was hoping that someone else would notice the painfully obvious error, which is that "gay" is not a "marital status." There's already a "domestic partners" option on the list. If gay marriage is legalized, there won't be a place for "gay married," either. "Married" or "domestic partners" will be enough to encapsulate everyone, so I'm not sure what "gay" has to do on a list of marital statuses.

Domestic Partners is also a term for hetero couples.

[Clark Addison]

I saw the timestamp and thought it was funny. Though I do remember seeing Clark in the hall about this time, but there was no child in sight.

I posted this about 5 minutes before I ran into you. As I told you at the time (when you also didn't believe me), my daughter ran into the gym in front of me.

And all should know that Parrot Head is more righteous than me. He also had his daughter out in the hallway, but he was hanging out at the door, listening to the Stake President speak, whereas I took my daughter for a walk outside.

Having said that, I didn't feel too guilty, as during my stroll I had a 3 minute chat with the Stake Clerk, and a 10 minute chat with the Stake Executive Secretary, and the Exec Sec'y doesn't have a kid younger than 14.

[happyone]

There was a B-2 doing touch and goes at HAFB yesterday afternoon - It really does look like a bat, big ariplane too