October 2005

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Judge Samuel Alito worked under Rex E. Lee when he was Solcitor General. And Lee’s son, Mike (now Governor Hunstman’s General Counsel), clerked for Alito.
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What I want for Christmas: a “Pedro Lacks Political Experience” t-shirt. (Thanks kottke)
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Delight in phatness

Delight in phatness. Get a Mormon Archipelago t-shirt.
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Another reason why we don’t revere the crucifix. (Thanks TUAW)
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High-resolution photo of San Diego Temple, complete with downloadable wallpaper (Thanks San Diego Blog).


Due to visa problems, the Church is reassigning U.S. missionaries to other countries. A probable result of increasing political tensions between the two countries.
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Hot Blava shares some notes on David McCullough address at BYU. I especially liked his contrast between Jefferson and Adams.
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The history of the razor blade from Rome’s near-religious rites to next year’s five-bladed Fusion from Gilette.
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slcspin

Mayor Anderson is truly one of the great intellectual pretzel makers of our time.” I’m not sure what Ethan’s politics are but he’s dead on about Mayor Rocky Anderson. His coverage of local Salt Lake politics makes me jealous that I’m just in the the D.C. area.


Nice pictures of some of the chain-saw brigades down in Mississippi. President Hinckley mentioned some of their efforts in the Priesthood session of General Conference.
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