Rodcast 85: Beards

Neither of us had Sunday school and our second topic was beards. Still think we can talk for 45 minutes?

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Send in the needed poll questions.

Also, remember next week we're talking about Christmas on Sunday. The week after that is resolutions and the week after that will be our big evolution conversation (in which we will have no idea what we're talking about). If you have anything to say on any of that stuff, drop a line.

Rodcast 84: Jon's Big Day

My grand re-entrance into activity all happened on Sunday!

Also: hot Revelation action!

Also: to pray or not to pray... too much?

Also: poll results!

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Next week: hot beard action!

Rodcast 83: Divine Beloved Eagle

Art by Matt Page

Matt Page joined us for a wonderful discussion.

First of all, we talked about some of Matt's visual contributions to a couple of (awesome sounding) Mormony anthologies. Click on them to buy them!

Monsters and Mormons (that's the fiction collection)

Between Pulpit and Pew (the one with Mormon folklore (so lots of it might be true!))

ALSO! We talked about the beginning of the Book of Revelation (the boring part without the harlots and dragons and destruction and stuff)!

ALSO! We had another ignorant conversation about what to think about during the sacrament. This one was action packed!

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Next week! When are we supposed to say opening prayers?

Rodcast 82: 316

We got Peter in repeats (and some Matthew) and John live (but not regular John).

Also, an extremely ignorant discussion of illegal immigrants and church callings.

Be there!

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Rodcast 81: Vanilla

We pretty much talked about everything. We were all over the place. The only subjects we didn't cover well were Sunday school and second topic.

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Next week we're gonna try to tackle illegal immigration and Mormonism. We could use some help on this, so send us your thoughts as well as any information and other links. Send to ironrodcast@gmail.com.

Rodcast 80: Home Teaching

Photo apparently courtesy of 9thwardcartoons.com.

Stake conference is expendable!

We also spoke of home teaching.

Wow! Check out the Wikipedia article on Home Teaching here.

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Rodcast 79: Timothy

Also included: Titus (the Robin to Timothy's Batman (or perhaps the Moneypenny to Timothy's 007)).

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You'll have to listen to the whole thing to find out what the second topic is next week!

... okay, whatever. The second topic next week is home teaching or something.

Rodcast 78: Philemon

Philemon.

Remember kids: send in your second topic request (now more important than ever!) and assign a beatitude to yourself (and tell us which one!).

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Rodcast 77: Ephesians

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procrastinating the day...

There will be no Rodcast this week. Neither Jon nor Peter attended Sunday school this week and Rhett no longer attends Jon or Peter.

Sorry.

If you'd like us to discuss ANYTHING at all next week, please comment or email or vote in the poll.

Rodcast 76: Mormon

What's in a name? Would a Coriantumr by any other name smell as sweet?

Please send us MormonAd ideas.

Vote in the poll!

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Rodcast 75: Annual

Time stamp at 2:00.

This is our second annual General Conference summary (but the third one we've done so far).

We have a few comments that we'll probably get into next week. In the meantime, if you have any bits from Conference you'd like to discuss or whatever, send a comment or a line.

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Rodcast 74: Romans

We covered Romans, but it bled into James quite a bit. I can't remember. I don't work very hard at the notes for the Rodcast -- I just have faith.

Also worth noting, we made a few General Conference hopes and predictions.

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Oh yeah, also, here's that picture from the program in Rhett's ward that I forgot to post like 5 weeks ago:

Rodcast 73: Rich

Pete added Elder's Quorum to the list of stuff he hates.

I think we're still talking about Corinthians.

For the second topic, Mark asked us if it's alright to be rich and righteous. Thanks Mark! Your check's in the mail!

Notice the new poll. Also, if anybody has a list of all the dispensation heads please send it in.

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Oh, this is last week's Rodcast. Expect another one soon.

Rodcast 72: Meet Me on the Dark Side of the Moon

I'm not gonna lie to you. I spent a really long time on the picture for this week. I'm gonna miss Photoshop when I turn off the computer.

We spent some time in Corinth, plus mused slightly on the very devilish topic of secret combinations. Thanks to Mark for submitting the idea.

Hey! We need another poll idea. Submit some ideas. The winning idea gets an extra vote.

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Fasting

There will be no Rodcast this week because we don't know where Rhett is. Also Jon had to work again on Sunday. Also Pete got a church headache. Plan on next week. Sorry folks!

Rodcast 71: Crispus/Gaius

Rhett and Alexis were actually in studio for once so we talked longer than usual. About, what I really have no idea. Well, there were some Corinthians, and body temple stuff, and Diana, and Diane, and mission age and Mormon celebrities. The usual.

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Rodcast 70: Volunteers

Before I forget, the movie with Geordi LaForge is obviously not a documentary, but an actual feature. I think it was a made for TV movie. Ned Beatty was in it too, I believe.

So Paul's still at it in Acts! Good for him. He's a big fat dynamo.

Second topic is regarding the importance and difference between an assignment and volunteering.

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Oh, and here's my ancestral fan chart if anyone's interested:

Rodcast 69

Sighting of one of the three Nephites, Genealogy report, s'more Acts, rundown of potential second topics. Sounds boringer than it actually was.

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Rodcast 68: Psaul

Neither of us went to all of Sunday school so we kind of had to "wing" it. Get it? Wings?

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And this is bugging me. Yes, the name of the Rodcast is Psaul. It's a play on Psaltery and Saul and Paul. It's sort of genius, but it mostly looks like a major typo.

Rodcast 67: Silly Rhett, Ricks is for Kids!

Someone did not want this week's Rodcast to be published. We were busy at the beginning of the week and waited for the middle of the week (also so Rhett could call in). The recording recorded slow for some reason, meaning I had to do all sorts of audio trickery to get it up to speed (literally). Also, there was an audio filter on the recording that made us sound like we're in a cathedral. You'll here some heavy duty spacey echoes. Aaaand... for some reason the audio recording stops a few minutes before we actually finished (although I don't recall what we spoke of at the end there). So it does abruptly end. Sorry. Keep that in mind when you listen.

Plenty of pluses though. Rhett eventually called in. The lovely Keira was able to join us and weigh in on all the topics including the first few acts of the original apostles, some freaky weird stuff involving gift of the tongues, some further insight on Peter as denier, Rhett's rant on genealogy and especially Rhett's rant on Rick's College. I tell ya, if Rhett's ever been good at anything, it's making good girls angry.

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Please remember also to vote in the new poll regarding what your least favorite anti-Mormon mass marketed production (dang it, I should have also put Big Love on the list).

If you're curious, click here to buy Snow Crash at O.co!

Rodcast 66: Seth

So we talked a little resurrection stuff. Also we had a special call in regarding "perfection."

As promised, we talked about pioneers. We hate them.

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Rodcast 65: Pores

A little bit about Gethsemane. A little bit about the next day. I guess that about covers everything doesn't it?

Next week! Pioneers! Overrated?

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(one day left to vote in the Rolling Stones poll, btw!)

Rodcast 64: Woodrow

There really wasn't a Sunday School discussion this week. Pete and Jon are pretty much less active now. And has anyone seen Rhett?

We also had a mild discussion of The Book of Mormon Musical and planets and such. Here's the video of the song "I Believe" from the Tony Awards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggtPHDmrR8

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Rodcast 63: Freedom

((Sometimes I'm terrified to realize how many options other people have.))

Attribution for the picture, of course, goes to xkcd.

This week we spent five seconds talking about John 14 and 15. Or was it 16 and 17? Actually it was a five second discussion, and then a ten second discussion about which chapters it actually was.

In celebration of flag day (last month) we also discussed a little bit about freedom, liberty, independence, redundancy and redundancy.

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Sorry Folks!

Due to an unforeseen single click of the mouse, the audio for the most recent Rodcast was lost. The moose out front should of told you.

Here's the summary. We brought another Scott on as a new voice and Laura convinced me that Girls Camp is actually the greatest thing ever.

Rodcast 62: Service

We lost a good chunk of this one. Plus we were tired. We rambled. It's short. At least.

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Rodcast 61: Oil

Special guest Stephanie brought treats and awesome input. Sunday school went over Matthew 25. We also discussed Rice Chex for sacrament and the recent immigration news. Oh, and Rhett called in from "the mission field."

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Rodcast 60: Jagger

Hey, sorry! We totally missed a week. First time ever. Hopefully we make up for it by... not knowing really what to talk about again.

Pete and Jon discuss Judas the thief a little. Also we get a little feedback.

Hey, if nothing else comes of that whole Gene R. Cook/Mick Jagger story, at least we got a cool pop art rendering out of it, eh?

Hey, here's another theory to the story. It wasn't Mick Jagger, but it was a drunk weirdo claiming to be Mick Jagger while flying coach.

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The bonus outtake may be worth your time (it better be, it took freaking long enough to find).

Rodcast 59: R.I.P. Second Topic (2010-2011)

This time it was more of a late night ice cream party. We do those sometimes. That's a thing. Alexis and Laura were kind enough to lend some semblance of a female perspective (about stuff like mummies and microphones). We're also continuing our discussion from last week.

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If you're confused by the outtake, Pete silently raised his hand shortly after Rhett said that he and Jon were the only two people who didn't buy the CD.

Rodcast 58: Sorry! (again)

We need another intern.

I forgot to switch microphones again. You can still hear everything, it just sounds like you're eavesdropping from the next room over.

Anyway, Rhett and Alexis stopped by on their way to an eternity together. Pete finagled his way into Mormon exclusivity and Jon apparently brought a "heated" element to the conversation.

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Rodcast 57: Ignorance

Just so you're aware, sometimes, when I need to occupy myself during sacrament meeting, I don't doodle. Rather, I see how much of a piece of paper I can completely cover in black ink. Fortunately, there's a app for that (see above).

We had Laura filling in for Rhett this week. Remember, we need a third host for most of this summer so get your submissions in (let us know and we'll plan around you if you'd like to join us for the recording)!

Oh yeah, we recorded something. Download here!

Rodcast 56: Scattering

This week we were very fortunate to have Keira and Jenniferpeck join us. They had no idea what they were in for when they walked into the house when they did. Welcome ladies!

We spent 40 minutes complaining about family wards.

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Rodcast 55: Eastest

Pete and Jon for this one. Join us for the continuing saga of the disintegration of student wards.

Also, the most holy day and the fertilest rabbit.

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Rodcast 54: Peter Nash

The end of the Rodcast... the end of the ward. Could our lives be much further behind?

Also we talked (sorta) about ward choir.

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Next week: The return of the Rodcast!

Rodcast 53: Running on Water

With faith we can walk on water. But why would we unless we were in quite a hurry?

Our youthful end is nigh!

Who is responsible for baptizing the Buggers?

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ALSO: contact Pete ASAP and tell him what to prepare for his last lesson.

Rodcast 52: Revelation

Rodcast 52. We've gone from Genesis to Revelation. No man knows if this book will be added unto. No doubt, plagues will occur.

Oh, and also, it was General Conference. Funny how the title worked out for this one, huh?

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(Btw, now that we've done 52 of these, I no longer feel obligated to limit the titles to one word. I do, however still possess the same amount of laziness that it takes to only think of one-word titles.)

Rodcast 51: Parable

So we talked about a couple of parables. Then we got distracted and talked about something else. Don't really remember what that other thing is, but I remember it was pretty interesting.

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Rodcast 50: Yoke

Just Pete and Jon again. We talk about Christ's yoke (superficially). We talk about St. Patrick's Day (ignorantly).

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Btw, here is the image of Richard Scarry's lowly worm:
Oh, and I hate having to do this, but I'm afraid I have to just to make sure. Yes, the yellow part of the egg is actually spelled Y-O-L-K.

Rodcast 49: Lent

Finished up the sermon on the mount and had an incredibly ignorant mention of Lent. Rhett's back. Be sure to vote in the poll.

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Rodcast 48: Bullets

Just Pete and Jon this time. We discussed the beginning of the sermon on the mount and the official ward "mate attractiveness checklist" (be sure to follow along with the lists below!).

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Very very VERY obnoxiously, my scanner decided to stop working (or at least stop working with my current OS (one more thing that doesn't work by upgrading!)), so the Rodcast is a day late because I gotta type out the whole "what guys want/what girls want" lists. Enjoy:

WHAT GUYS WANT:

• HONESTY
• SENSE OF HUMOR
• ATTRACTIVE/CLEAN/NICE SMILE/GOOD HAIR/NICE LEGS/ CUTE!!/HOT!!
• ABILITY TO MAKE ME BETTER
• FAITHFUL/GROUNDED SPIRITUALLY
• CHILL/COOL/VIBRANT PERSONALITY
• TESTIMONY!!!/STRONG FAITH
• COVENANT KEEPER/ATTENDS TEMPLE OFTEN
• GREAT FAMILY
• MAKES ME LAUGH
• KIND/LOVING
• CAN COOK (APPLE PIES)
• FEMALE
• INTEGRITY
• HEALTHY, (Physically, Mentally & Spiritually)
• ADVENTUROUS
• LOVES CHILDREN
• VERY POSITIVE & OPTIMISTIC
• FUN/ TO BE AROUND
• FORWARD
• CONFIDENT/HAS AN OPINION/STRONG WILLED
• FRUGAL/WISE WITH $$$$
• HARD WORKER
• WANTS TO BE A MOTHER/GOOD MOTHER
• SECURE OF HERSELF/ POSITIVE
• EASY TO TALK TO/GOOD COMMUNICATOR/LIKES CONVERSATION
• SMART/EDUCATED/LOVES TO LEARN
• HAS ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
• LOVES THE SAVIOR & ME
• Doesn't have to be perfect all the time
• OBEDIENT TO THE GOSPEL
• Is your taxilight on or off?

WHAT GIRLS WANT

• RESPECT WOMEN/CHURCH
• SELF CONFIDENCE/STRONG
• COMPASSION/LOVES KIDS
• PATIENCE
• WORTHY PRIESTHOOD HOLDER
• STRONG TESTIMONY/SPIRITUALLY CENTERED
• LOVE FOR GOD/OBEDIENT
• GOSPEL STRENGTH/GOOD LEADER
• FUNNY/SENSE OF HUMOR
• INTELLIGENT/SMART
• COMMITTED TO GOSPEL
• KIND/ A GENTLEMAN
• HONEST/INTEGRITY
• HAPPY/POSITIVE
• TEMPLE WORTHY
• PEACE & SECURITY/GROUNDED
• CONSISTENT/HAS VALUES
• GIVING/SERVES OTHERS
• GOOD TO HIS FAMILY
• HARD WORKER/GOOD WORK ETHICS
• STRONG PROVIDER/ $$$$
• UNDERSTANDING
• GOOD COMMUNICATOR
• SMILES/LAUGHS A LOT
• INDEPENDENT
• HUMBLE/ TENDER HEART
• LOVING
• SEXY/ATTRACTIVE
• AMBITIOUS/GOAL ORIENTED
• ACTIVE IN LIFE/CARES ABOUT HEALTH/LOVES TO DANCE
• ENJOYS CUDDLING
• HAS A "BEARD"
• WILLINGNESS
• OUTDOORSMAN
• MUTUAL INTERESTS/LIKES
• ATHLETIC
  

Rodcast 47: Issues

Many apologies for this week's rodcast. First of all, I forgot to switch the microphone input (again), which means it wasn't the table microphone that was used, but the computer one. Most of you know that THAT means it recorded from the next room. Also, a bit closer to the microphone, Dre and Alexis were having a conversation of their own. All in all, it's a bit hard to hear. Also, it cut off at the end right in the middle of one of my sentences, so I set something up and I was just about to take it in another direction but... alas. Miracles!

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Rodcast 46: Artsy

Finally! Elusive listener and local spiritual celebrity Matsby makes his first appearance! Listen as we discuss the Sunday school lesson we didn't pay attention in. Also Matt responds to his story in the Trib. Also we ate cake.

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Listeners! What do you think of this link?

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/music/2011/02/09

Rodcast 45: ?

So we had this weird stake conference where there was this sort of town hall Q&A. The stake president did his best to answer all the questions, but we give the proper answers in this week's Rodcast (it's all in how you define proper answers, I suppose).

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Rodcast 44: Remission

Fast forward to 2:10 to get to the place where we ACTUALLY start.

Art, Twitter, Pizza, opinions, Jimmer, missions, baptism, fire, remission.

The last minute of the rodcast got suddenly cut off for some reason. It's probably Garageband's fault.

Remember to vote in this week's poll!

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Rodcast 43: Engaged

We're Peteless, but not Scottless! We still managed 55 minutes though.

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Rodcast 42: ;)

Just the three of us. Oldschool!

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Rodcast 41: Mommies

Illustration by John Lang

Laura joins us and Stephanie finally joins us. Prepare for no comments this time around because all our commenters were with us.

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