Broken by Seether, featuring Amy LeeI think it’s the melancholy. I wasn’t going to share a song today. I’ve had a gnawing melancholy that’s making me devote energy to just the essentials. I don’t know how much of it is the early inklings of seasonal depression, how much is the tone of the national dialogue right now, […]
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White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane FEED YOUR HEAD. Here’s a fun one. I’ve loved this song from the first time I heard it. As a song from the ‘60s, and sharing that era’s same psychedelic vibe, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the whole song is about being on an acid trip, using references to […]
Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio
Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio Music can give deep insights into the way other people see the world. I recently had a touching conversation with a good friend about how Linkin Park struck a chord deep in their soul that resonated with their authentic self, especially when they were a teenager struggling to make sense of […]
Change the Election System
The 2016 South Carolina Republican primary highlights two very large issues I have with our election system. First past the post voting is “just about the worst possible system.” Take a look at this Stanford News article on ranked choice voting. “One advantage of the system we use in our national elections, the ‘first past […]
Rejoicing in Our Gifts
The following is the talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday, 19 July 2015. I am Lynn Taylor. There have been a lot of new families that have moved in after Donna and I arrived, so I’ll give a little introduction. We have four boys. Devon finishes his mission in Japan this November. Joshua […]
On Writing by Stephen King
Do you want to be a writer? I’m not asking “do you want to write?” It’s not the same question. Rather “do you want to be a writer?” If so, you could do worse than reading On Writing by Stephen King. On Writing is part memoir that provides context for the evolution of an author […]
Effective Online Dialogue – Part 1
“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.” ~John Adams In English class we learn that an author writes to inform, persuade, or entertain. With the ascendancy of social media, and its ability to turn anyone with an Internet connection into an “author,” I […]
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher
Dost thou love Shakespeare? Are you Star Wars fan? If you answered “yes,” once, then William Shakespeare’s Star Wars is recommended reading. If you answered “yes” twice, this is a must read! Ian Doescher masterfully retells Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in iambic pentameter. However, this is far from being a simple script […]
Recognizing Spiritual Promptings
Flying a jet aircraft in close formation is an exhilarating, sometimes terrifying experience. Hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour, mere feet from another jet doing the same, takes a great deal of faith in your flight lead. In close formation, your entire world centers on the other aircraft. It is all […]