And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

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Hurricane Sandy is wending her way towards the U.S.’s Atlantic coast. Storms have knocked out power to my house and most of those in my county for multiple days twice in the last couple years, so we look at these things coming with a bit of aprehension. I expect the predicted Monday night/Tuesday morning landfall is going to be disruptive, but I regret it is arriving a week early. Not quite an answer to prayer, I guess.

Four years ago I started paying attention to a rock band from my home state fronted by someone who shares my religion. One of my favorite things I’ve written came out of that, “Nevada and the Killers.” Back then Brother Flowers was open about being a Mormon, but not a good one. (more…)