A Fun Weekend in Eastern Idaho

As a Mormon town, you notice when the streets become empty.  You wonder what's going on, and you know it's probably an LDS thing.

And that's exactly what's going on this weekend.  The first weekend in October is their General Conference, where all the Mormons watch TV and see what's new.  They get direction from their living prophets and find out what's going on in the LDS corporation church.

And I know, I know, controversy there, but any church that spends so much on political donations cause my eyebrow to raise.  For a religion that claims to be christ-like, they have no problem spending millions of dollars to make sure they can uphold their beliefs in your life, no matter what you believe.

In fact, I was able to hack into the Live Feed for the General Conference 2011 for your entertainment.  Here's a clip:

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Also happening on Saturday was a Jehovah's Witnesses conference at the local Civic Auditorium.  Cars were lined up for blocks, so much so that this had to be a multi-city event.

All those Jehovah's Witnesses in a mormon town?  I smell a rumble a-la-Jets-v-Sharks about to happen.

Watch out for spontaneous dance numbers.

For us sinners, the town held a small Oktoberfest event near the river, with food and beer vendors as well as live music.  The gf and I went to visit this event, laughed at how small and poorly-attended it was, and went about our day.

I guess when you take the Mormons out of the equation, parties just aren't the same?

Oh well.  Happy October.  My mormon readers, I hope GC was informative and educational for you.  Maybe the church should teach some real-life lessons as well?

Like explaining what a Farrier is, instead of having one of your people with a 'Dr.' in front of his name think it's a homosexual term?

"You know, it's like when two gay guys are together, and one of them is farrier than the other?"

To the rest of you, happy Sunday.