Broken by Seether, feat. Amy Lee
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…
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White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit by Jefferson AirplaneFEED 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…
Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio
Gangsta’s Paradise by CoolioMusic 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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…