Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Book of Mormon

Today when the UPS guy delivered Carlos Fuentes book, Espejo Enterrado (I already have the DVD and the workbook), I also found a wet package on the porch--The Book of Mormon, the one by the people who created South Park, -which I plan to write about in a few days.  Right now I have a bloody right eye--not just the run-of-the-mill blood-shot eye, but a bloody eye, and it doesn't seem to be healing itself naturally with  tears.  So that may mean a trip to Kaiser, and my days are already too packed--mostly with fun.  Tomorrow after four hours of back-to-back classes, Shehla, Beth, and Nicole are coming over to watch Moneyball on my Netflix DVD, and we're having a theme:  ball-shaped food plus all the items (items, not food:  twinkies, french fries, ice cream and sorbet) he eats in the movie. Beth and I may nap to Bonfire of the Vanities before the others arrive.   The next morning Jonathan and I have our monthly meeting of the Jo-Mama Book Club, which segues immediately into lunch with Arturo and Mary, whose birthday we're celebrating.  After that I think I'll work in Kaiser for my eye.  Then we're taking Jeanne and Ken to Lavash.  In the meantime, Jennie has sent me her papers, which I really want to read, and Mariya Korotko has asked me for a letter of recommendation for USC.

Now, the reason I "came in" just now is that I keep coming across something my friend Linda gave me on the Articles of Faith of the Mormon Church.  There are two articles, #12 and #13 I'm going to quote here.

12  We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rules, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring and sustaining the law.


13  We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.  If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.  Joseph Smith.




Coming soon:  The Book of Mormon, the Musical

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