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Just listened to the Susanna Hoffs/Matthew Sweet of the Tom Petty song “Free Fallin’” and had a legit “spiritual” experience.

If you’re looking for a hymn for this Second Saturday, you could do a lot worse than this song.

The Petty version might be even better.

Based on a recipe I found online. I’ve made a few changes.

I usually do a double recipe, divide into two pans, cover one pan with Saran Wrap and freeze it for later. Thawed out and baked, it’s just as good! (If you’re going to freeze for later, don’t put the ritz crackers on until just before baking.)

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen hash browns

1 cup sour cream

1 cup cream cheese

1 can cream of celery soup

1 soup can of milk

4 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I prefer sharp or extra sharp)

1 cup bacon crumbles

1/8 cup dehydrated onions

1 tsp pepper

1 stick butter (butter, not margarine), melted

Topping:

1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1 sleeve ritz crackers

1 stick butter

Prep:

Here's something else from Quinn's memoirs that should come in handy next time some braindead ProgMo claims the mormon "church" has never been anti-LGBTQ+. The really relevant stuff starts about 7 paragraphs down, but the whole section is a chilling read.

Late 1976—Reparative Therapy of Homosexuality

Eighteen months after I confided to him my decades of struggle, longtime friend Jim McConkie said that he would pay my airfare to New York City, my housing there, and all fees for me to spend next summer in a special clinic’s program for treating homosexuality. I didn’t tell Jan or him that I had already read Lawrence Hatterer’s Changing Homosexuality in the Male, and was very uncertain abo

Reading Quinn's posthumous memoir, "Chosen Path" last night, and I came across this:

7 November 1974—My Long View of the New Mormon History

From my journal: “At his [Chuck Hamaker’s] asking me to what extent I really thought the ‘broader’ and more open understanding of Church history can be part of general Latter-day Saint awareness, I told him that I looked forward to its total accomplishment in 50 [years]."

Well, that was written almost exactly 50 years ago. And massive amounts of true history hidden from the world in 1974 is now just a mouse click away, thanks to the efforts of Arrington, Quinn, and their compatriots and successors. And, of course, Google.

And it seems to me that

Well, it sounds like October 2021 General Conference was another letdown. All sizzle but no steak.

Did I miss anything of substance?

Of course, they will completely ignore the contact was 800 years after the end of the BoM.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/native-americans-polynesians-shared-dna-800-years-ago/

https://www.joemygod.com/2019/07/secretive-catholic-group-operates-rapid-response-team-to-shelter-and-defend-pedophile-priests-video/

TL;DR: Shadowy Catholic “charity” provides services and money to protect pedophile priests.

Anyone have any news on why the Left Fork is permanently closed?

If you haven’t seen it, you can stream it for $5. It’s an amazing documentary.

Or just come over my place and watch with us.