A blog by Tom Sheepandgoats (aka Tom Harley)
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The New Cool Mormons Get Even Cooler
Careful readers of this blog, and even sloppy ones, know that I have a thing for Mormons. Don't ask me why….I just do. Maybe it's because their guy founded American Motors, manufacturer of the cars I drove as a kid. Maybe it's that Mormons get to be elders at 19 or 20, and can wear nametags to that effect, whereas we can't touch the word…
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Dancing on the Edge
Sunday, July 24, 2011 If you stumble and just barely avert falling over the precipice, ought you thereafter assume it's okay to dance upon the spot? Yet that exactly what leaders are doing right now with the world's economic system. The precipice was just two and a half years ago. Lest anyone think I exaggerate, here's the cover of the Economist that week*: *not…
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The New Songbook
That last note of Make the Truth Your Own is one high, towering triumphant blast of a note….you climb as you approach it, and then reach way back in your lungs for every ounce of power to, not just belt it out, but sustain it. Each verse ends just that way, and then reverts into the chorus. On a recent rendition, Tom Whitepebble is ready.…
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Michael
Whitepebble's son asked me to go with him on a return visit, so we took a few minutes to get our ducks lined up. You want to do that before a call. You don't script every word, of course, but you want to get some general idea of where discussion may lead, and how you will respond if it goes here and how you will respond if it goes…
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Income, Religion, and Jehovah’s Witnesses
Pew Foundation recently studied the correlation between religion and average income. They published their results. Anyone religious dropped whatever they were doing to check just where they stood on the list. I know I did. Toward the top, hopefully. That's where I wanted to be. I mean, nobody wants to be in one of those loser religions at the bottom. If you're not making a…
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How to Predict the End of the World
From our readers: Dear Tom Sheepandgoats: How can I figure when the world will end? Sincere Person Dear Sincere Person: The only thing you’re sincere about is saving your skin! Nevertheless, here’s how you do it. You start with the well-known verse in Mathew: Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. …
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Bob Dylan Riles a Journalist
Bob Dylan took his tour to Beijing, but the authorities wanted to look over his play list first. Maybe there would be some songs they didn't like. So Bob figured he could live with that. He submitted his songs, and the authorities crossed out a few. He couldn't sing Desolation Row, for instance. But so what?…..Dylan's written hundreds of songs, and he mixes them up…
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What the #@%! is Next?
Can you really put a smiley face on the world, with but a little tweaking, or even none at all? I wouldn't think so, but there are plenty who disagree. Sometimes, trying to make me mad, they scour Watchtower publications for pictures of Armeggedon, and post them on their websites. Jehovah's Witnesses are mean, they charge. Look how they print such pictures, traumatizing the little…
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San Diego
Just north of San Diego, they built a children's beach. It was for the children. The kids needed a beach, don't you see. They didn't get one, though. They were evicted. By sea lions! Now, I can think of scores of examples where animals are displaced by people, but how often is it the other way around? It's sort of refreshing, isn't it? The children and seals…