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WFB and Milton Friedman on skiing Alta, and efficiencies of early Mormon polygamy

GST — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:16:37 +0000

It doesn’t really mention what Friedman’s argument was, other than that he believed polygamy was efficient. Does anyone know?

I told the elders in my ward…

GST — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:41:51 +0000

… that having a missionary companion is good practice for later in life when you get married. To a dude.

The Festival

GST — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:04:28 +0000

Christmastime approaches! You might profitably spend an evening home with your family staging a dramatic reading of my favorite Christmas story.

General Conference Closed Thread

GST — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:16:11 +0000

Don’t worry, just as soon as I’m interested in reading your comments about Conference I’ll let you know.

More from the correspondence of A. Greenwood and GST

GST — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:14:29 +0000

Via Google Chat:

GST:
“But most of us turn slow to see
The figure hanging on a tree
And stumble on and blindly grope
Upheld by intermittent hope,
God grant before we die we all
May see the light as did St. Paul.”

If I were any good, I might have written that.

Greenwood: In more than one sense of good. Me too. Who did write it? Curious.

GST: An Anglican, of all people! Betjeman.

Greenwood: Oh. I’ve read some stuff of his I liked. Not enough, it appears. Post the poem, or twitter it, or put it up on Facebook, whatever it is you do these days. It has the right stuff.

Anti-Social Media

GST — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:08:15 +0000

Scott B. at BCC once asked me if Adam Greenwood had a Facebook account. I said, “No. Of course not. What do you take him for?”

Notwithstanding the official position of the Junior Ganymede on social media, I signed up for a Twitter account. But there is a catch: like Ozzy refusing to go on stage until he gets his one thousand brown M&Ms in a brandy glass, I’m not posting anything on Twitter until 100 of you become my followers or acolytes or whatever the term is.

If you do so, here is my pledge to you: I promise not to bother you with items about chess like I do here, nor pictures of my kids, like I do on Facebook. It will be nothing but jokes, pure jokes, of the finest quality. So follow me @K6GST.

Fischer and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

GST — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:03:34 +0000

I do try to note here for your edification on any links, however tenuous, between Mormonism and chess. This past weekend reading Frank Brady’s new book on Fischer I was pleased to find that the teenager, living alone in his Brooklyn apartment while his mother traipsed around the world, liked to listen to religious programming on the radio. (Page 119.) This included Music and the Spoken Word, featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He preferred, however, the radio show of Herbert W. Armstrong and subsequently became engaged with his Worldwide Church of God.

I’m not aware of evidence that he exhibited any further interest in Mormonism.

WFB at the South Pole

GST — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:05:10 +0000

Senator Goldwater K7UGA (SK) at the South Pole, patching through a phone call from WFB to Mrs. B in Connecticut. Bertie makes an appearance. Here. (.pdf download. Skip to “Buckley on the Party Line.”)

If Church history were Dune

GST — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 03:39:26 +0000

Muad’dib would have at first relied on the weirding module for translating the plates, but later would have outgrown it.

“Gazelom” would be a killing word.

Gurney Halleck would be on the run from Missouri authorities after taking a shot at Governor Boggs.

Joseph would have commissioned a hymnal from Emma and the other Bene Gesserit witches.

The Fremen wouldn’t receive the priesthood until 12178.

Irrigation projects would eventually make Arrakis bloom like the rose.

Stick pulling would be done with a thumper.

Joseph’s arhythmic limp would have the advantage of not attracting the worm.

President Obama on gay marriage

GST — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:28:45 +0000

Those of us that voted for him because of his stated opposition to gay marriage are now sorely disappointed by the direction his Justice Department is taking on DOMA.