When was the last time you were clumsy?

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Okay...I’m upset enough to write about a current event. There’s a story gone viral that characterizes so many of my concerns about the larger world that I want to dissect it a bit.

It’s the one about the Women in Math club at BYU. My concerns are simple. Why did this become a publicly humiliating situation for the individuals involved? Why did it have to escalate from an awkward, unfortunate mistake by one person to a big deal? The attention this story has focused on the math club and the BYU math department in general has, I’m sure, caused much more harm than good. What is the value in that? Why is this okay? I truly don’t understand.

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Book Review: The Pillars of the Earth

Whoa! I went to do that thing I've done nearly every day for weeks and...it..was...finished! I feel a little bit of that sensation of "Now what?"

Yes, I just finished listening to just over 40 hours of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and I'm a little bereft. It's a lifestyle. And yes, I had a lot of pauses because Goodreads says I started it in November, but I actually started in earnest around Christmas. I chose this book on the recommendation of a trusted friend and the fact that I love cathedrals and their stories.

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