"Twilight: Honeymoon Over" spoof

My buddy Lance Caselman made this:

Articles about Homosexuality

1) "The Hypocrites of Homosexuality," by Orson Scott Card: http://www.nauvoo.com/library/card-hypocrites.html

2) "Homosexuality and the Natural Law," by Professor Harry V. Jaffa: http://inclusion.semitagui.gov.co/Subjects/SexualImmorality/Homosexuality/HomoAndNaturalLaw.htm

3) http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2008/11/homosexuality.html

The Beatles in India

Check this out.

George Brooks (1845-1930): web sites about him

View buildings he helped build in St. George, Utah: http://wchsutah.org/index.htm

Specifically, read about his participation in building the Dixie Academy Building: http://wchsutah.org/buildings/dixie-academy-building.htm

See historic pictures of the St. George Tabernacle he helped build (scroll to the bottom for the full list): http://wchsutah.org/churches/st-george-tabernacle.htm

Even more pictures of the St. George Tabernacle: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0100/ut0146/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=St.%20George%20Tabernacle,%20Main%20Street%20and%20Tabernacle%20Streets,%20Saint%20George,%20Washington%20County,%20UT&displayType=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field%28NUMBER+@%28ut0146%29%29

Read about the ship he sailed on in 1856 in order to migrate from Wales to Utah after his family joined the Mormon Church: http://www.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/voyage.php?id=327

Download/read a very rare book Juanita Brooks wrote about him: http://www.autobahnsoftware.net/Autobahn/MS2.htm (scroll down to Brooks)

See where he's buried at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=brooks&GSiman=1&GScid=109372&GRid=111286&

See/download a picture taken of him late in life with his wife and extended family in front of the St. George Tabernacle: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2010/07/george-brooks.html

More pictures on the Dixie Academy Building he helped build: http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/BS/BS-SGU.html

Read about his participation in the construction of the St. George Temple and Tabernacle: http://library.dixie.edu/info/collections/temple/temple.htm

Edward Lloyd Parry (1818-1906): web sites about him

St. George Temple quarry, which (as master stone mason) he would have accessed frequently during the construction: http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.info/hs/a11-templequarrytrail.html

Historic sites of St. George, many of which he helped to build: http://www.dostgeorge.com/historic-sites.html


My blog entries:

* His patriarchal blessings: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2009/12/patriarchal-blessings-of-edward-lloyd.html

* The Edward Lloyd Parry Papers: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2010/08/edward-lloyd-parry-papers.html

The U of U Library info for the "Edward Lloyd Parry papers": http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/UU_EAD&CISOPTR=1910


Search this site for newspaper articles about him, particularly in the Manti newspapers: http://digitalnewspapers.org/

Allen Hackworth wrote a book about his family line, which you can purchase or peruse on line: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1163840

Download an article Hackworth wrote about him: http://www.autobahnsoftware.net/Autobahn/MS2.htm (scroll down to Parry)
or
Read it on-line: http://allenhackworth.com/prose/parry.htm

Read about his grave site, as well as other biographical information at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Parry&GSfn=Edward&GSmn=Lloyd&GSby=1818&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1906&GSdyrel=in&GSst=47&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=34630527&df=all&

Read about his participation in the building of the St. George Temple and Tabernacle: http://library.dixie.edu/info/collections/temple/temple.htm

Read about his participation in the burial site for Martin Harris: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcache/clarkston/harris/index.htm

Order pictures of him from the photo department of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers: http://www.dupinternational.org/

See historic photos the St. George Tabernacle he helped build: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0100/ut0146/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=St.%20George%20Tabernacle,%20Main%20Street%20and%20Tabernacle%20Streets,%20Saint%20George,%20Washington%20County,%20UT&displayType=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field%28NUMBER+@%28ut0146%29%29

Read about his trek across the plains with the Joseph W. Young Company of 1853: http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-14326,00.html

See photos of buildings he helped build in St. George: http://wchsutah.org/index.htm

See historic pictures of the Manti Temple he helped build: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0000/ut0065/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Manti%20Temple,%20Main%20Street%20%28U.S.%20Route%2089%29,%20Manti,%20Sanpete,%20UT&displayType=1

Finally, read his autobiography on-line: http://www.welshmormonhistory.org/index.php?/resources/view/2397

Finally, if you are a member of Facebook, search for the group "Descendants of Edward Lloyd Parry" and join!

Dad Life - the video

This is hilarious, clean, clever, and creative:

Do you know of a baby in need of adoption?

If you do, or know of someone who does, please refer them to this web site: https://www.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/24857992/ourMessage.jsf

Thank you!

The Edward Lloyd Parry papers

(Edward Lloyd Parry (1818-1906), master mason of both the St. George and Manti Temples)


Recently I came across some fascinating documents of my ancestor, Edward Lloyd Parry (1818-1906), at the University of Utah Library. They detail the construction and dedication of the Manti Temple, as well as the construction of the St. George Temple. They were compiled by his son, Edward Thomas Parry (1859-1938) in the 1930s. If you are interested in obtaining a transcript of them, and are a descendant of these men, please email me at elephantnavel@gmail.com.



(Edward Thomas Parry (1859-1938), son of Edward Lloyd Parry, who also worked on the stonework of the Manti Temple)

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Sometimes I don't think enough.



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I'm a Believer

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Though the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is frequently slammed in the media, particularly here in the Salt Lake Valley, I believe the Church is true. The more I study its doctrine, particularly in the scriptures, and the more I listen to the speeches given in General Conferences, and the more I listen to Church music, and the more I learn of Church history, and the more I sit and think about it, and the more I sit and mull over a particular passage of scripture, and when I learn about temples .... the more I believe, the more I know it is true. Its doctrines are profound, touching, and comforting.

The Church offers so much of goodness, and light, and hope. And in this world spiraling out of control in every aspect, I need that.

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George Brooks (1845-1930) & Emily Cornelia Branch (1855-1929) family photo

This picture was taken in front of the St. George Tabernacle, probably in the 1920s. Click on it for a better, more detailed resolution.

Peterasaurus vs. Weeterasaurus

One of my former students, the brilliant Adam Hawker, has made a three-part movie that you just might find entertaining:

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I tire of inhibition.




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President Eyring, "Act in All Diligence," April 2010 General Conference

"I close now with this counsel to the Lord’s priesthood servants. Ponder deeply and diligently in the scriptures and in the words of living prophets. Persist in prayer for the Holy Ghost to reveal to you the nature of God the Father and His Beloved Son. Plead that the Spirit will show you what the Lord wants you to do. Plan to do it. Promise Him to obey. Act with determination until you have done what He asked. And then pray to give thanks for the opportunity to serve and to know what you might do next."

1830 Book of Mormon

Recently I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hold an 1830 first-edition of The Book of Mormon. This one was owned by a woman named Vienna Jaques ((see DC 90:28) one of only three women mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants -- the other two being Emma Smith and Eve), who in 1832 received it from the Prophet Joseph Smith himself.

Underneath her name and the date it reads: "The writing above is Joseph Smith own handwriting which he wrote the day he gave the book to me Vienna Jaques on the 22nd of November 1832."

While I am fascinated with a book that collectors value at $250,000, for me it was a holy, faith-promoting privilege to hold the book in my own hands, because I knew that it had been held by the Prophet of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That made it priceless.

I went to the Paul McCartney concert in Sandy 7-13-2010

The concert was splendid. Here is the t-shirt I decorated and wore to the concert.








Here is what his "Live and Let Die" song was like (this version was recorded in New York City):

Commune-icate

We reach out, to know that we are not alone.

'Trololo Man' Eduard Khil online now! Skype song session with fans

This... needs no explanation:

Youth

Visit from President Thomas S. Monson, our prophet

Cool stuff:

http://crazycluffcrew.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-thank-thee-oh-god-for-prophet.html

I love his inspired spontaneity.