2019 FairMormon Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t kidding when I said that I was sitting in the back of the room only half listening (if that) to what I assumed was a fairly routine business announcement. \u00a0And then, gradually, I became aware of what was going on. \u00a0(I\u2019m glad that I did. \u00a0Otherwise, I would have looked even more blitheringly stupid than I soon did, blinking like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights.)<\/p>\n
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The only notice that I\u2019ve seen elsewhere of this award came at the Peterson Obsession Board, where they follow my various crimes, misdemeanors, lies, cruelties, humiliations, and defeats with far more meticulous attention than I myself give to the subject. \u00a0(It was only from the Obsession Board that I learned about the link above.) \u00a0Even they said almost nothing, though; such things that might tend to put me in a positive light are better passed over in silence, with eyes averted. \u00a0One commenter, however, did observe that, based on our body language, John Lynch and Scott Gordon and I seem to dislike each other very much. \u00a0(If that\u2019s so, of course, John and Scott could simply have not given me the award. \u00a0Nobody expected it. \u00a0Least of all yours truly.)<\/p>\n
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That commenter\u2019s speculation is, of course, wrong. \u00a0I\u2019ve known and liked Scott and John for a couple of decades now. \u00a0The awkwardness \u2014 and there was some, most definitely \u2014 came from the fact that I was caught totally by surprise and that I was somewhat embarrassed both by the award and by the surprising emotion that hit me upon receiving it. \u00a0I didn\u2019t know what to say.<\/p>\n
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Incidentally, speaking of public displays of, well, me<\/em>, I watched the new two-hour HLN documentary about the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping \u2014 HLN is CNN\u2019s \u201cHeadline News\u201d component \u2014 when it had its debut on Sunday night. \u00a0I thought it pretty interesting. \u00a0And, yes, I did show up in it a few times, in both hours. \u00a0I was just a tad disappointed, I\u2019ll admit, that it went over the pretty familiar ground of Elizabeth\u2019s abduction, the search for her, and her rather unexpected recovery, which has has been described before in several books and television movies, but devoted only about ten minutes (or less) to the police interrogation of Brian David Mitchell and to his trial. \u00a0That story is interesting in itself, and has been far less frequently told. \u00a0(It also happens to be the part of the tale with which I myself was personally involved. \u00a0Someday, I guess, I\u2019ll need to briefly write down my own recollections and reflections on it.)<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cFools\u2019 names and fools\u2019 faces,\u201d my mother would sometimes remind me, \u201care often seen in public places.\u201d \u00a0 I haven\u2019t mentioned this here (or anywhere else) before but, now that I discover that it has already been publicly announced, I suppose that I should say something. \u00a0Certainly I should express my gratitude to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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