Category Archives: Funny Stuff

Read This Book: A Review of Theric Jepson’s Byuck

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Scott Hales

How do you review a book that can’t hold still? This has been my dilemma this morning. I’ve already tried four or five times to write this review, and each time I’ve written about two hundred words before the inkwells … Continue reading →

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What Does Louis CK Have to Teach the Mormon Humorist?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Stephen Carter

I’ve been writing Mormon humor off and on for more than ten years now. In 2002, some friends and I started The Sugar Beet, a Mormon humor website, and my first article was titled “Provo Temple Liftoff Successful.” (The Sugar … Continue reading →

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The Language of Our Fathers (or You Should See What I Hear)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Scott Parkin

In an increasingly visual and auditory media environment it’s to our advantage to keep tabs on the written word as a precise and clear set of symbol for the underlying concepts. Continue reading →

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Napolean’s infant(ile) son

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Eric R Samuelsen

I have long been a huge fan of what Jared Hess accomplished with Napolean Dynamite. It’s a Mormon film, I think, without overtly advertising itself as such; I see its Mormon-ness in the small details: the Ricks College tee shirt … Continue reading →

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Soundtrack to our lives

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Eric R Samuelsen

I’ve had a piece I’ve been working on for weeks and until recently made no progress on at all, because I couldn’t find the right music to listen to while writing it.  Weird quirk: I really can’t write at all … Continue reading →

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YA Corner: Something to read during Spring Break

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Marilee Clark

Ah, Spring Break.  I miss it.  I really do.  I no longer go to school, or teach, and therefore I get no scheduled week off.  Sad, I know, but reality for most of us.  Still, some of you (or more … Continue reading →

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So You’re a Writer, Huh?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Lisa Torcasso Downing

They say: The stereotypical writer hangs out at Starbucks during the week, speaking to no one but the barista while there. At night, he drinks heavily, alone and in his one room flat. As a general rule, he only bathes … Continue reading →

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Literary Banter

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Margaret Blair Young

Bruce and I started our courtship by reading Shakespeare to each other.  (Could there be anything quite that romantic?)  Of course, our literary companionship had its down side.  In the early years of our marriage, I once accused him of … Continue reading →

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Funny Stuff: Benjamin Franklin and post-mortal sociality

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Eric R Samuelsen

As Mormons, we tend to clap our hands with delight when we discover new texts by old authors that seem compatible with our theology.  Such was my reaction when I found Benjamin Franklin’s charming piece of epistolary fiction, The Elysian … Continue reading →

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Electronic Age: The interwhatsis, and the future of literature

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Eric R Samuelsen

Let’s face it: the internet has us all freaked out.  It’s 1439 all over again–maybe more like 1450–and this Gutenberg dude has just revolutionized the way information is disseminated and all we know for sure is that those monks who … Continue reading →

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