Polygamy letters to the editor

With the British Columbia (BC) decision to charge two men from Bountiful BC with polygamy under the Criminal code of Canada there has been an interesting batch of letters to the editor making the rounds.  I will try and post some of the for and against here:

North Pole and new job

It feels like the North Pole came a little south in December.  After having a very non Edmonton like fall Winter came in full force so far this month.  As we have averaged about -20 degrees celsius on the old thermometer.  (about -4 for you in the USA) 

Elf Yourself

A little Merry Christmas from five of my six.  A fun little tool from Office Max.

more about “Elf Yourself “, posted with vodpod

A need to feel some heat

After it snowed all day for the fourth day in a row, I am in the mood for a little change in the weather.

I found some video editing software, so this is my first attempt.

Utah in the Sugar Bowl

So Utah made it to the big dance against the former number one Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

I think the Utes could be in serious trouble as I expect the Crimson Tide to be absolutely furious after the way they lost yesterday.  Should be a good match-up.  If the Utes win it might put to bed the idea that the Mountain West is somehow an inferior division not really worthy of BCS consideration.

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Utah vs. Alabama

New Orleans Superdome
Jan. 2, 2009, 6 p.m. Mountain Time
FOX

From me to you

Just to let everyone know.  Today, this blog has surpassed the monthly mark for pages read.  I thank each one of you who read this blog.  You have given me plenty to think about and discuss over the past year.  It is amazing.

I was looking on Alexa.com the other day and I noted something.  I wanted to list this for each of you to look at because you might want to compare your own sites or you are just interested in playing around.

According to Alexa, Banner Sword and Shield ranks as the 8,583,051busiest website.

By Contrast I have put a list of some of the bigger Mormon sites (blogs) out there so you get a comparison:

LDS.org - 2,965

Mormon Times (Deseret News) 86,742

By Common Consent 321,798

Times and Seasons 406,767

Feminist Mormon Housewives 453,287

Mormon Matters 498,611

Mormon Mentality 668,495

Juvenile Instructor 3,193,386

So yes a ways to go yet but interesting nonetheless.

Welcoming a new contributor

It gives me great pleasure to introduce a new contributor to Banner, Sword, and Shield.  David Strong, from southern Alberta Canada.  David comes to our site with a background researching and participating in the Mormon movie industry.

Welcome aboard David.  Great to have you blogging along and I think we all are looking forward to your posts.