Who Says We Mormons Can't Laugh At Ourselves?

When I'm procrastinating writing psych evals or doing my billing (in my office at the computer) I like to keep up with the Bloggernacle, which is the loosely connected system of blogs and websites of Mormons, for Mormons, and about Mormons.  You can find and follow a site in any point along the intersecting orthodoxy, political, and gender spectra.  My favorites are feminist Mormon housewives, by Common Consent, and Times and Seasons, with occasional forays into Exponent, Segullah, and Zelophehad's Daughters.

Even though I often don't agree with posters' specific politics or religious ideas, the fact that we share a common ideological background as Mormons makes what they say innately more interesting to me than your random New York Times opinion column or Daily Kos post and comments.  Every once in a while there will be a thread that makes me laugh out loud.  Here are the most recent giggle-and-snort-until-I-wake-up-John-in-the-next-room posts.

From by Common Consent--another Daily Universe Police Beat post.  Previous posts are linked--if you have a couple of hours and want to end up a giggly endorphin-flooded puddle on the floor, read them all.

From Zelophehad's Daughters, a list of the Bloggernacle's funniest comments from 2010.  The poster also links previous offerings, so you can enjoy them as well.  These items may be more funny if you're familiar with the ongoing discussion topics on the Bloggernacle.

And last, Matsby's Religious Blog, which is just Mormon-themed silliness, but a lot of fun (sort of in the Deep Thoughts vein).  Here are some of my favorite visuals:

and here's my favorite Matsby quote [sigh]:

Some people think the best meeting block is from 9:00 – 12:00 because they like to take a nap after church.

Other people think the best meeting block is from 11:00 – 2:00 because they like to sleep in on Sunday morning.

But I think the ideal meeting time would be 11:30 – 12:00 because seriously… 

The Pernicious Effects of Pop Culture on the Young

When Chris was little I wondered why he kept falling off the backyard swingset - until I looked out one day and saw him standing on the cross-bar, arms outstretched. "To infinity, and beyond!"

Our Current (and Former) Political Climate

I first saw this on Times and Seasons, one of my favorite Mormon blogs:

Another Explanation of Our Current Economy

So here's the latest info on the relationship between congress and the financial sector.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

For Sound of Music Fans...

...a promotional event in Antwerp.

Brief Psychotherapy

I was going to post this on my professional blog, but thought better of it. It is pretty funny! Mary S. (another therapist) and I saw it at a marital therapy conference the day before Valentine's. She reminded me of it at our writers group last night.

Accomplishments of the Current Administration

Blogger Jon Smith makes a gratuitously snarky summary of the achievements of the Bush years:

In the three years and a half years since Hurricane Katrina not a single American city has been destroyed or partially destroyed....

Although the excesses of the Clinton administration's failed economic policies finally caught up with us in October 2008, in the seven years before this economic downturn the economy was doing really well. Not every President can boast of seven years of prosperity. What's more, even since October there have been no Great Depressions, which means President Bush has given us eight completely depressionless years....

Meanwhile, because of easy credit during the Bush years, more people had the opportunity to buy the homes of their dreams and live in them for a few years before they had to give them back....

Although some presidents can claim that they did not lose a war during their administrations, not many presidents can claim that they did not lose two wars.... Quibblers might say that he didn't actually win either conflict outright or that Afghanistan would be in better shape if we had kept more troops there and not invaded Iraq or offer all sorts of other coulda shoulda woulda arguments but the fact is that we didn't lose any wars and Bush deserves credit for that.

And more. Of all the "Bush Legacy" columns out there this last little while, I think this is the best.

Northern Face of the G.O.P.

Boyd and Mary Ann's (from Anchorage) Christmas presents to us: