Author: Sheldon G.

  • Spooky action at a distance

    Sheldon G.

    I am a total NPR dork. I would LOVE to have Carl Kasell’s voice on my answering machine; when I was in middle school, I felt betrayed when I learned that Lake Woebegone wasn’t a real place; and I admit that I joined Ira Flatow’s Science Friday Facebook group (“for those who love Science Friday.…

  • HUAC

    HUAC

    Sheldon G.

    After nearly 40 years in the wilderness, HUAC is back in style!

  • “Twenty-Mark Note” Experiences

    Sheldon G.

    There is a certain category of life-experiences that I refer to as “Twenty-Mark Note” stories. The name for these experiences comes from a talk by the same name, given by President Packer at BYU-Idaho in 2002 (excerpted below).  I suspect that once you read President Packer’s remarks, you’ll immediately recall your own Twenty-Mark experiences:

  • The Road to the Temple

    The Road to the Temple

    Sheldon G.

     NPR recently did a story about a group of reporters’ visit to the newly constructed Draper Temple. The Draper Temple, by all appearances, is characteristically beautiful. I am as intrigued by the process of building a new temple, as I am by the end product itself. Some of the most marvelous stories from church history involve…