Brother Larry Richman is the director of the Internet Coordination Group for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has started a blog called ldsWebguy. While not officially sponsored by the church, if you want some insight into how the church is using the Internet, and even more importantly, if you want to learn about what you can do to use the Internet to help build the kingdom, go check it out.
Propaganda: Sifting the Truth from the Lies
I am not going to editorialize much here, but I did want to draw your attention to some disturbing material concerning manipulation of information coming out of the Middle East in the mainstream media. Of course every side in a conflict tries to spin the story in their own favor. But there is a point when spin crosses the line into outright lies. And often both sides lie as much as they think they can get away with.
All of us have probably relatively innocently propagated falsehoods from the side we are more likely to trust. The larger problem, as I see it, is when the mainstream media is complicit in propagating information that they know is either incomplete, exaggerated, or outright false.
My Uncle Jams with Governor Huntsman
My uncle, Brent Brown, who owns several car dealerships throughout Utah, is an amazing guitarist. I always enjoyed gawking at his guitar signed by Van Halen when we would visit him as kids. Every once in a while he would pull out his own guitar and play a song or two, but I never remember getting the chance to hear him play with a full band.
So I was pleasantly surprised when I went to check out a news story on Governor Huntsman playing rock music in the basement of the governor’s mansion and found my uncle Brent wailing on his guitar and singing with the governor accompanying on piano.
Annoyed by Bad Grammar
Before I get into this subject, I readily recognize that I make grammar mistakes all the time. In fact I am notorious for bad spelling. Grammar mistakes in common conversation or blog posts or blog comments don’t bother me much. And even though I did major in English in college, I have never approved of those who feel the constant need to correct the grammar of others, especially when the meaning of their words is perfectly clear even with the incorrect grammar.
However, I am annoyed under certain circumstances by obvious grammar mistakes. Three recent bad grammar sightings that annoyed me:
New York Dolls: Dance Like a Monkey
Some of you may have seen independent film New York Doll1 , about Arthur “Killer” Kane2 who was the bassist for the short lived but influential 70s glam-rock, proto-punk band The New York Dolls3 . Kane eventually joined the LDS Church. I enjoyed the film quite a lot. If you haven’t seen it, go check it out on video.
Well, The New York Dolls, without Kane who passed away in 2004, have released a new song and music video: Dance Like a Monkey.
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Category: fun
Tagged: evolution, intelligent design, music, video
Category: fun
Tagged: evolution, intelligent design, music, video
