Comments on: Should I subscribe to Sunstone again?

By: annegb

annegb — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:35:59 +0000

Kaimi, you have a beautiful name. I’m sorry, but I’m busting a gut over this. Maybe we should call ourselves Brother or Sister or something.

How do you pronounce that anyway?

By: Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:20:00 +0000

As far as my heart going out to the bloggernacle bachelors, Kaimi, it has to. The only alternative was is to start talking SSM.

By: Sheri Lynn

Sheri Lynn — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:11:07 +0000

Oh, and annegb, http://www.lordofthepeeps.com/ is absolutely the BEST way to get to know the Lord of the Ring series. Forget the books and that noisy long trilogy of films. :-D

(Gosh, I love that website so!)

By: Sheri Lynn

Sheri Lynn — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:08:44 +0000

This is terrible. Terrible. And I’m so sorry! Kaimi, I can’t have any more kids, but I found myself thinking that if I COULD have another daughter, Kaimi would be such a lovely name.

(My youngest daughter’s middle name is Dallin for Dallin Oakes, so…..)

(nevermind, I think maybe I ought to go to bed.)

I’m so sorry!!!!

(but not sorry I won’t have THREE girls sharing one bedroom….oy!)

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:59:44 +0000

Sheri,

Yes, I’m a he. Also, my first name (the shortened version I use in general) gets a tri-syllabic pronunciation, as discussed here: http://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php?p=1495 . (This pronuciation despite the best attempts of many, including one Nate Oman, to redefine the pronunciation rules of the Hawaiian language.)

We have four female permabloggers. They are Kristine, Melissa, Rosalynde, and Julie. (But even that list overstates the possibilities for those bloggernacle bachelors about whom Arturo is concerned, since all but Melissa are currently married with children). We also have eleven male permabloggers, including myself; bloggernacle bachelorettes will want to focus any attention on our token unmarried male blogger, Ben H.

Annegb,

Arwyn a guy? You’re clearly not a Tolkein geek. Back to Fellowship of the Ring for you! Don’t come back until you have a doormat that says “Speak Friend and Enter” and you work “my preciouss, my preciousss” and “you shall not pass” into conversations at random points.

By: annegb

annegb — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:46:30 +0000

I thought Arwyn was a man, but somebody told me Kaimi was a guy. Maybe I read the thing about him. LOL We could all be mixed up. You made me laugh.

By: Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:43:58 +0000

Yes. It’s true. Kaimi’s a he. Check it out his intro. Eat your heart out, bloggernacle bachelors.

By: Sheri Lynn

Sheri Lynn — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:35:05 +0000

Kaimi is a he?

–SISTER Sheri Lynn (maybe we all need to clarify a few things….!)

By: Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:34:07 +0000

annegb, he doesn’t. I think he’s serious.

By: annegb

annegb — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:29:04 +0000

Kaimi, who knew you had a sense of humor?

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 04:43:41 +0000

Flirting with apostasy isn’t so bad, as long as you’re not making out on the first date.

“You know, apostasy, have I ever told you how pretty your eyes are?” . . .

By: Sheri Lynn

Sheri Lynn — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:22:36 +0000

The issue I saw did not strike me as helping to improve the Saints, proclaim the Gospel, or save our dead. Help me here. I do a lot of stuff that doesn’t promote those goals but I try to stay away from stuff that is counterproductive, and I sure don’t want to pay good MONEY to flirt with apostasy. Apostacy? No, Apostasy.

By: annegb

annegb — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:31:58 +0000

welcome, Vanel.

By: Vanel

Vanel — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:39:36 +0000

I love sunstone. It’s “liberal” but not apostate. When I read Sunstone and Dialogue, I don’t feel bad being Mormon and French at the same time.

By: Rob Briggs

Rob Briggs — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:48:40 +0000

Since this thread mentioned “polarization,” maybe this is the place to note the mini-firestorm over Grant Palmer’s disciplinary council & his disfellowshipping. Signature Books released a press release which was picked up by AP. The LA Times carried stories both before and after the DC, as I’m sure many other media outlets did. Palmer’s “Insider’s View of Mormon Origins,” which had been around #450 or so on the Amazon chart, climbed as high as about #175 and has now settled back at around #325, all courtesy of the free (and ill-advised?) publicity.

Some Mormon forums have had particularly divisive exchanges over “the Palmer Affair.”