Tuesdays with Muerte

Why is Luke Such a Dweeb? There are many factors that led to Luke's Dweebism.  But ultimately, his point-of-no-return came during 5th movie, Empire Strikes Back .  Throughout the entire movie no matter what Luke is doing he is getting his butt kicked. He is beat up by that snow monster, crash lands a snowspeeder, gets freaked out by some weird creatures on Degaba, gets his hand cut off by Darth Vader, and for a finale he cries like a little girl. The only fight he wins is versus himself in that tripped-out cave and even then at least one Luke Skywalker loses. I am confident it was this movie that ruined Mark Hammel's career. He needs to take a page from Jason Stathum, never get beat up no matter what and always look tough . Sure he rebounds in the Return of the Jedi, but the damage is done. No actor has ever had a successful career after crying when finding out his father is Darth Vader.* *Note: There is a very small sample size for this. Why can't I be as cool as ...

I just came home from the welcome meeting to a Federally funded university exchange program between USU and two universities in Brazil. I will be given $4500 for travel and living expenses for three months from May-end of July. In that time, I will be collaborating with Brazilian university students on developing educational materials for elementary and middle school students in both nations. The questions I have to decide are: 1. Do I want to go to Forteleza or a suburb of Sao Paulo ? 2. Do I want to stay with a family or rent my own place? 3. Do I want to stay and travel a little on my student visa? If so, where? I'd appreciate any suggestions you have. Thanks

Preface: The following do not reflect the views of the Church, nor are my ideas probably correct. I recognize that I have no business meddling with the trivial mysteries of God, but sometimes, I just like to meddle for fun. Hypothesis: While studying at Brigham Young University, I developed the hypothesis that God and Jesus, unlike many popular artistic depictions and historical testimonies, do not sport facial hair. I developed this hypothesis by observing the BYU Honor Code and the hairless examples of our contemporary church leaders. Primarily, my hypothesis had its genesis in viewing the example of the Prophet Joseph Smith.  Now follow me closely.  Latter Day Saints know that the boy prophet Joseph did experience a face-to-face vision with both the Father and the Son.  It is curious to think that Joseph Smith, after seeing God the Father, never rocked the full beard except when he was in prison or traveling and unable to shave.  Why was it that Joseph,...