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Posts for September 9, 2009

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Excluding Sundays and Mondays, what is the average daily worldwide temple attendance?

—Damasta

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ANamaste Damasta,

The answer is...the Church doesn't publish temple attendance statistics. There are some guesses, usually on anti-Mormon websites and websites dedicated to showing that the growth of the Church is not as great as it seems, but I am not going to publish them.

The answer is, not enough.

Dr. Smeed, off hiatus and ready to ROCK!

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I've just recently graduated from BYU. I moved into a new neighborhood because I heard that the demographic was a bit "older." I've only attended one week's worth of church & FHE so far (I'm going to give it a few more weeks before deciding anything) but I have a sneaking suspicion that there may be a reason most of these people are older and still single....
I'd like to try out the local family ward and YSA ward. Do you have any experience with those types of wards in Provo for a relatively young single gal? What's your opinion on them?

- trying to keep an open mind

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ADear Trying,

"... but I have a sneaking suspicion that there may be a reason they are older and still single..."

Maybe a slight attitude adjustment will help your ability to enjoy and appreciate your ward? I understand what you mean, and perhaps now that it has been a week you can really say you know some of the people in your ward, but I have a sneaking suspicion that these people are more complex than you give them credit for. Everyone has reasons they are single. Some really have issues that you probably do not want to get involved with, but many others are single by no fault of their own, or (GASP WHAT?) by choice. Anyway, get to know people, and then decide. There are probably other girls in your ward who doubt the possibilities, and people who are sure they know why you are still there and single.

I have yet to experience Provo area family wards or YSA wards besides student ones, but a YSA ward would be your best bet, unless you feel a real attachment to the Young Men's and Young Women's programs. YSA wards tend to be geared exactly towards what you are looking for. Ask your friends, outside of your current ward of course, about their experiences in different wards, then go to the one you think fits you best.

At some point you will have to stay in a ward and just deal with the people. Keep going to community activities and bigger stake activities. Venture out to other places with your friends. Good luck out there in the scary post-BYU world.

-Mico

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I'm beginning to think that there are zero intelligent, interesting, attractive, committal, single males on or around campus. Am I wrong? If so, where are they all hiding?

- (At a loss)

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ADear lost and found,

Ouch, that kinda hurts. I'd like to think I fit most of those qualities.

And I seem to be hiding out around the MARB and WIDB these days.

But really, there are plenty of us out there, so don't give up.

-Commander Keen

ADear at a loss,

You have obviously never met any of the single males on the Board. We are brilliant, fascinating Adonises with all the commitment of Don Quixote.

No, really, I think a great many—the majority, even—of males at BYU fit your criteria. Granted, some of those criteria are subjective—they may or may not be interesting or attractive to you. But most guys here (or elsewhere) are neither mind-numbingly boring nor look like Quasimodo. (Though that reference makes me pause and point out that appearance isn't everything.)

I think your problem is just that you happen to have exhausted the particular tiny fraction of BYU guys that you happen to know, and you aren't interested in them. Try something else to meet guys. You probably just got a whole bunch of new ones moving into your ward with the beginning of the new semester. New classmates are another potential fount. Maybe try a club or something. I don't know, hang out in the Wilk and look approachable, or even go up to a guy and you be the one to start talking. (This increases your odds of being shot down, of course, but it also means you get to pick only guys who look like they might meet your criteria.)

It can be frustrating—believe me, I've been there—but with around 30,000 students and only 25% of those being married, you have more guys to potentially choose from than you could ever possibly meet. The trick is to find new ones when the ones you currently know aren't cutting it. And with that, I wish you luck.

—Laser Jock

ADear your loss,

Actually, my ward seems to be full of them! Only I didn't really realize that until this past summer when I actually attempted to get to know them. A lot of the guys you're describing are generally pretty busy--they have lives! As such, they generally don't make a show of themselves, but just go about doing their thing. The unintelligent, uninteresting, unattractive or non-committal guys are usually the ones in the back of Sunday School making annoying comments and being disruptive. But there really aren't that many of them, they just make a lot of noise and attract your attention, and make it seem like that's all there are. Sort of how guys think there are no intelligent, interesting, attractive, committal girls--the annoying ones just ruin it for the rest of us.

There are lots of nice guys all around you, you just need to take the time to get to know them, and sift through the other guys who aren't worth your time. Personally, I struggle with getting to know guys in my classes or at work, but much as I hate to admit it, ward activities are a really good place to find what you are seeking. Make an effort to get to know all kinds of people, too. I think a lot of times we're attracted to very surface things, and don't give enough thought to what sort of personality complements our own. And make sure you're intelligent, interesting, etc. to guys, or they won't really be interested in you.

I'd also emphasize what Laser Jock said, that appearance isn't everything. I think this goes both ways: a guy doesn't have to be stunningly attractive to possess those other qualities, and often won't be. On the other hand, I've met some stunningly attractive guys in the recent past who are about the nicest, smartest guys you'll meet. And be willing to look past what your usual preferences are. Don't ask me how, but the last guy I dated was about 6'4". I never even paid him any attention because he was just...so tall, and I am...quite short. He's also very outgoing, another quality that tends to make me immediately eliminate any potential for dating--I'm more of an introvert. We ended up having a great relationship, and I learned a lot from him. He was all of the things you've just listed, but I never would have noticed ordinarily. I'm just grateful he was willing to take a chance on a short, quiet girl--probably outside of his norm, too. So, just be open to all the possibilities. Give someone the chance, and they'll very likely end up being all of the things you're looking for.

-Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory

ADear,

There are tons. Tons and tons and tons. They're hiding in plain sight. They wonder why you don't see them. Keep an open mind. People are intelligent and interesting and attractive in different ways. Don't wait for them to come to you, show some interest before you suspect they're into you. And make sure you're all those things yourself before you demand them.

But sometimes, things just don't work out right away, even when it seems like the time is right and you're ready. No worries. It will work out eventually. Give it time. Don't get snippy and bitter. Otherwise, they really will start hiding from you. Just work on being intelligent, interesting, and attractive, yourself, in the meantime. (As for committal, give that one time, too--no need to get clingy in the early stages.)

Do get to know the guys in your circles. And once you've gotten to know them all (no fair counting out the Trekkies or the jocks without figuring out what the rest of their personality is about), switch up your circles. Move to a new ward, join some clubs, take a class in a subject you don't know much about. Do your part.

I promise, campus and the surrounding areas are chock-full of great guys. If you're not finding them, you're looking wrong.

-songs of inexperience

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I remember seeing a commericial a few years back of Andy Roddick serving at the French Open (I think...anyway it was some clay court). The ball was going so fast that it got stuck in the court surface. Did this really happen, or was it the work of computer animation trickery?

- ALH

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ADear ALH,

Unfortunately, it's a fake. But a good one! Here is the 30-second video of the Powerade commercial you're thinking of. Another thing that added to the credibility of the rumor is this 60-second video which is not in commercial format, shows an instant replay, and has the play immediately before Roddick's serve.

But my goodness is there a lot of discussion about this very question on the internet. It seems plausible considering Roddick's world record 153-mph serve, but it's still impossible under normal tennis clay court conditions. Of all the pages and forums discussing it, this was my favorite response from a forum on a site called Tennis Warehouse written by a commentator named JW10S:

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No, it never happened. Powerade also has commercials of Michael Vick throwing a football nearly out of a stadium and LeBron James making something like 6 consecutive full-court jump shots--none of them really happened either.

Clay courts simply are not that soft underneath the very thin layer of crushed bricks. And a tennis ball is simply not dense enough to get stuck in the court. If it were we'd see this kind of thing happening regularly when players get easy overhead smashes to hit--but we don't. Bottom line there is no official record of a Roddick match where such a thing occured. If it had happened it would have made news around the world. There would be more video, written and cached documentation and it would be shown on every sports highlight or blooper reels there is to this day. Why is it never mentioned on TV when Roddick hits a big serve 'remember that time he hit it so hard it stuck in the ground?' There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Santa Claus, and Roddick never hit a serve that stuck in the ground during a match.

Here are links to the very entertaining, but perhaps more obviously fake commercials of Michael Vick and Lebron James.

- Rating Pending (who, since he's in a linky mood, is providing this entertaining video of Andy Roddick serving to David Letterman)

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I used to love to run. One day several years ago I woke up and decided I wanted to run a marathon and went from NEVER running to running 4-5 miles a day (over a 3-4 month period). However, I stopped due to injury. It's been 2 years and I just cannot get back into it. I don't know how I ever started running in the first place. I am so out of shape now (not overwight, just out of shape) and I'd love to be a runner again but everytime I go it's awful. How can I get back into running without killing myself? I guess I know the answer to my question: just do it until I get used to it. But I'm just wondering if there's any special conditioning, diet, other exercise, etc you know of that might help me become comfortable with running without killing myself everytime I try. If not, that's ok. I'll just keep trying to suck it up and do it.

- Nike spokewoman

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ANike Spokeswoman-

Get a friend to go with you. Seriously, it will make running much, much more enjoyable, and you'll have some incentive to do it every day.

Hope that helps,

- Cuddlefish

ADear Nike,

I would also suggest only doing what you are comfortable with. I know that seems like a copout answer, but seriously, so many people go out and try to run themselves into the ground just because they feel like they need to be running for a certain amount of time for it to "count."

When you start off, you'll probably be walking more often than running. That's okay. If you can only make it for 15 seconds before you feel like dying, walk for a minute and do another 15 seconds. It may seem like it isn't doing much, but it's better than giving up. Eventually, you'll get to the point where you are running more than walking, and then to the point where you don't want to stop to walk.

I think I know how you feel on this one. I let myself fall out of the habit of running regularly, and had an extremely difficult time starting up again. When I finally did decide to go, I think I could run for about a minute before I wanted to quit, and I hated every second of it. It took time, and patience, but I'm back up to my old level, and back to loving running again.

Gotta run (pun intended),

⋯Anomalous

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

What are your feelings on the "Pledge to help Obama" talk the president will be giving schoolchildren on Tuesday the eigth? If you had/ have children who are this age, what would you/ are you going to do about it?

-TK, who thinks this will make for interesting first-day-of-school discussions for her senior class and school in general...

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ADear TK,

I really don't understand why there is any controversy over this. According to the information available at whitehouse.gov ("My Education, My Future"):

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...in this message he’ll urge students to take personal responsibility for their own education, to set goals, and to not only stay in school but make the most of it.

Is there something wrong with the president of a country telling students to value their education?

People are getting upset about the content of a speech that hasn't been given yet. How about everyone calm down and wait for the speech to be given, then you can start ranting about how it's "corrupting the children," and back up your claims with facts from the actual text of the speech. Of course that would be silly. As the recent "Town Hall" meetings have shown, there's no reason to worry about facts or reality when you can just yell, threaten, and make up lies.

-Curious Physics Minor

ADear TK,

I think that most of the controversy over this "issue" stems from the title of the speech. I'll admit it, when I first read "Pledge to Help Obama," I put my guard up. I instinctively started to form defenses against Curious Physics Minor's assertion that people are up in arms over nothing.

When I looked up what the speech is actually supposed to be about, however, I let my guard down. I believe that if people would bother to look into it more, like I did, they would see that they, too, have nothing to worry about. I'll add another quote:

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The speech is about the value of education and the importance of staying in school as part of his effort to dramatically cut the dropout rate. It's not a policy speech.

Although I disagree with people's reactions, I can see why they would have reacted that way. The initial information released about the speech, and the reason for any animosity that has arisen over the speech, is controversial by nature:

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Among the activities the government initially suggested for prekindergarten to sixth-grade students: that they "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." Another task recommended for students immediately after listening to the speech: to engage in a discussion about what "the president wants us to do."

That sounds like furthering a certain political agenda in public schools to me. I don't blame people for getting up in arms about it. However:

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By Wednesday evening, the sentence asking children to think about how they can "help the president" had been replaced. The rewritten line said students should "write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals."

This controversy has stemmed from miscommunication. The White House realized that the original statement had been taken to mean something other than what was meant, so it offered more explanation. People who are still panicking about their children getting brainwashed at school should brush up on current events and realize that the mistake has been rectified.

✭Banana Republican, who is interested in seeing just how long this "controversy" continues.

ADear TK,

He's the friggin' elected president! Of course he can ask children to help him do what he thinks is right, whether or not you agree with it.

I know that some of the right-wing poopfaces believe that this proves Obama is just like Hitler. Just 'cause Hitler asked for children's support doesn't mean anyone who asks for children's support is like Hitler. Try changing the name of the president and see how much you would get up in arms: "Pledge to help Washington," "Pledge to help Lincoln," "Pledge to help Reagan," "Pledge to help Eisenhower," "Pledge to help Bush." And I think you'll realize there's nothing fundamentally wrong with a president asking for the support of the children. The only problem you'd have (hopefully) would be if he's promoting ideas you strongly disagree with. Which he's not.

Move along,
Waldorf and Sauron

ADear TK,

I think the speech was perhaps poorly named, but I think the fervor over it is completely ridiculous and continues to undermine Conservative credibility.

I mostly just wanted to add to Waldorf and Sauron's response ("poopfaces," ha!), who ask you to hypothetically change the name of the speech to "Pledge to help Reagan" or "Pledge to help Bush." Well, there is little need to be too hypothetical, because Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Sr. did give speeches to students when they were in office. President Reagan's speech discussed "the vision of self government," but also specifically talked about the importance of low taxes (how's that for furthering a political agenda in schools). President Bush, Sr. mostly just "encouraged kids to take math and science courses." Of course, the Democratic party criticized those presidents for giving those speeches, so the Conservative outcry, while stupid and ridiculous, isn't historically hypocritical.

- Rating Pending (who is a terrible artist and can't grow a good mustache. JUST LIKE HITLER!!!)

ADear Everyone,

The text of the speech has been released and is available here. I read it. There's almost nothing in there that even borders on party politics. The closest I could find is this: "You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to....develop new energy technologies and protect our environment." Advocating environmentalism! He must be a communist!

Everything in the speech is basically attempting to address the entitlement issues that the rising generation (including my generation) has. The speech is telling students to take responsibility for their education. You can't drop out of high school and then complain when a cushy job isn't dropped in your lap.

Anyone that tries to make a controversy out of it now that the text has been released is either willingly ignorant or intentionally trying to misrepresent the situation. So the next time you hear someone complaining, ask them if they've actually read the speech and ask for specific statements from the speech that they take issue with. I'm really getting tired of everyone in this country that argues about things they don't understand and never bothered to try to understand. If you don't like something, fine, but you darn well better have specific points and reasons to back up your beliefs; otherwise you just look like another ignorant loud-mouth.

-Curious Physics Minor

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Why are the bags in Corn Pops so different from the bags in every other Kelloggs cereal?

-Spoon

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ADear spoon,

Search archives "cereal bag". First result: Board Question #31950. It keeps out moisture better and prevents the cereal from getting all stuck together.

-obstreperous

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I have been best friends with this amazing guy for 4 years now, and for 2 of those years we've been dating. (And we love each other. Lots.) He just got his mission call yesterday and he's leaving in one month! ONE MONTH! I thought I'd have at least a few more months to do everything with him one more time, and now we're hardly going to see each other because he is so busy preparing. What am I supposed to do and how am I going to cope while he leaves me for two years? I'm really struggling.

- miss. girl

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AMiss. Girl-

My honest, most heart-felt opinion (and you're not going to like it much) is that you should break up with him as soon as you can, but do it on good terms. Now, before you get all up in arms, let me explain: for the next two years, he's going to be a missionary, and that means that he's going to need to devote himself completely to the Lord to be effective. If he's moping around thinking of how much he misses you, he's going to be distracted and miserable. Meanwhile, he will grow and change in ways that you can't anticipate. You will be going to school, also growing and changing, and you don't want to spend your time being miserable and mopey either. It will be far better for your emotional growth if you take this time to practice dating other guys. If he's truly the one you should marry, he still will be when he comes back. If he's not, you're better off figuring that out before he comes home. It's way less painful that way.

However, if you're still single and interested when he returns, and he's still interested in dating you, then date. It's not as if you'll have lost any time or any opportunity to be together. It's just that you've given each other space to grow in the ways that you should so you can be balanced, healthy individuals.

- Cuddlefish

ADear miss.girl,

My honest, most heart-felt opinion is that if you decide you want to wait for him, you also need to decide what that consists of. Will you go on dates? Will you tell him about every date, or only if you start dating someone seriously? Cuddlefish is right insomuch as while he is on his mission, you need to be a support and not only a reminder of home.

The first thing I would recommend is not to write him every week, but every couple weeks, or even once a month. You didn't specify where he is going, but it is possible he will go somewhere and letters will not arrive consistently. This will help you cope by giving you a certain time to dedicate to him, something that can be yours and yours alone.

Another thing I would recommend, if you decide not to date, is to find other girls who are in your shoes. In the Provo area there are a few groups of girls who get together and go on friend-dates while their boyfriends are out. Just search Facebook or Google for "Waiting for a missionary", and these sites are bound to come up. Hanging out with them will give you a group of people with whom you can talk about your boyfriend, your concerns, and lovey-dovey things without feeling silly.

Come to think of it, I have a lot of recommendations (I guess experience does teach many things). But I want to keep this short, so this will be my last recommendation for coping. Keep an open heart and an open mind. While he is gone, you need to continue growing and learning. If he comes back and you still want to date him, then it would be very disappointing not to have done anything with yourself. I think one reason so many people think "waiting" for a missionary is a bad idea, is because they feel that the girl (or occasionally, the boy) is not doing anything with themselves. You should definitely support this guy, and be his friend while he is gone, but do not make your life about him. The sooner you find ways to keep yourself busy, the faster the two years will go by. This is the oldest coping mechanism in the book, but it absolutely works.

Good luck, and don't do anything you don't want to. Oh, this is really my last piece of advice: don't listen to what other people say about your situation. If you and the guy feel right about writing, and as long as he does not break mission rules or pine over you instead of doing his work, then you can really strengthen each other spiritually.

-Mico

ADear li'l miss,

MY honest, most heart-felt opinion is TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO UNDOUBTEDLY READ THE BOARD, IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO SERIOUSLY DATE BEFORE YOUR MISSIONS! DON'T DO IT!!!!

Your case, and the bunches of other cases that I have seen from being an RM in a freshman ward back in the day is exactly why. You two are attached to each other, I will not demean your emotions, and you both know what needs to be done. He needs to go on a mission and you need to deal with it. The best way to cope is to not have it constantly brought up. Really, there isn't anything you can do to help him prepare for his mission so you should just not be around him. I'm sure you have friends who joke about "filling the canteen" as a way of coping with the two-year absence but that is malarkey. When a missionary "fill[s]" the "canteen" (that is to say, spends as much time with his girlfriend before his mission, usually making out), he goes into the mission field weighed down and unbalanced.

Since you asked for advice and not a moral beat-down, here is my advice: break up with him. He has one precious month and there is nothing you can do to help him prepare. While he is gone, write to him occasionally but no more than fortnightly. I guarantee he will spend some time lamenting both the breakup and the lack of daily letters (which he can just suck up and deal with himself, my family went seven weeks without writing me) but if he is as amazing as you say he is, he will strengthen himself. You should spend your time reading the scriptures and throwing yourself into work, school, and your calling, whatever it may be. He is not so much "leaving you" as he is "going out to serve the Lord" and you know that. Don't lament it, celebrate it, and take the two years to grow. When he gets back, you should both be better people and if you are better people who are compatible with each other hooray! If you aren't, don't sweat it. Instead, know that you are a better person and use that to propel your life forward. Life seriously does get better than it is when you are eighteen.

"Dr." "Smeed"

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I know that BYU synchronizes all of the clocks on campus for classes, but how many clocks are there on Campus? And who takes care of them all?

- Sprocket

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ADear Sprocket,

"How many" is a large-scale counting question, which we usually don't answer. As for who takes care of them all, that would be the electric shop (from matching up this phone number with the department here).

—Laser Jock

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I just recently got married, and my wife and I were blessed with an exuberant amount of wedding gifts. The Problem is, what do we do with all the boxes? I've grown up in a family that keeps the boxes for electronics for future storage/shipping when moving. Any suggestions?

- Boxy Magoo

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ABoxy-

Collapse them and keep them in a storage closet. You'll want every single one of them when you move.

- Cuddlefish

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

I was just wondering how orange coloration (you know, from eating too much carrots) would look on a person with brown skin. I'm actually thinking about myself. If you ask me, it would look weird, but I want to get your opinions. It's like one of those Ghirardelli chocolates with an orange filling...gross.

- Bugs

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ADear Bugs,

Your mental image of a chocolate with orange filling wouldn't really happen. The over consumption of beta carotene (which is found in more foods that just carrots) beyond your body's ability to process and excrete it normally results in the beta carotene being deposited into the skin. This condition is called "carotenoderma" or "carotenosis." The actual area of the skin where the beta carotene ends up is the outermost layer of skin (the stratum corneum).

Normal human skin pigmentation is the result of melanin production. Even suntans are causes by melanin: the UV rays of the sun oxidize the melanin and turn it a darker color and eventually signal the increased production of melanin. Melanocytes (which are the cells that actually make the melanin) are located in the bottom-most layer of skin, the stratum basale. The melanocytes secrete melanin molecules into the adjacent cells of the lower layers of skin.

Virtually every area of skin in your body secretes melanin at the same rate (with some exceptions), and excess beta carotene is deposited at least fairly uniformly everywhere. A person with brown or dark brown skin likely wouldn't show any different coloration of their skin. If anything, it might give the skin a light bronze look that wouldn't change their natural skin color. So instead of a chocolate with orange filling, imagine thoroughly blending a cup of orange juice into brownie mix. Pretty unnoticeable. Since you are thinking about this happening to you, you might benefit from reading this advice from a dietitian to a person who lost a hundred pounds by eating a pound of carrots a day.

- Rating Pending (who liked this picture of a cute kid with carotenoderma)

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QDear 100 Hour Board,

Is there any restaurant here in Provo or at least in Utah that looks like something that could be featured in a show in Food Network or Travel Channel?

- Foodie

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ADear Foodie,

What about Spark Restaurant Lounge in downtown Provo? They even have a Facebook page.

-Mico

ADear Foodie,

The following Utah restaurants were filmed in 2008 as part of the Food Network's series Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives hosted by Guy Fieri:
- Ruth's Diner
- Moochie's Meatballs
- Lone Star Taqueria
- Blue Plate Diner
- Red Iguana
- Pat's Barbecue
- The Burger Bar
(All of the above restaurants are in Salt Lake except for The Burger Bar, which is in Roy, UT.)

Rachael Ray came to Park City for her show $40 a Day (about how to enjoy eating in a city for $40 or less a day). The show featured the following:
- The Morning Ray Cafe
- Windy Ridge
- Zoom
- Butcher's Chophouse and Bar

I couldn't find anything about Provo restaurants, but these all look like good options.

- Rating Pending (who thinks that the majority of Provoites prefer their exotic cuisine in the form of Los Hermanos or Olive Garden)

ADear,

I may hate myself for letting you in on this, because it's my new favorite, and I don't want it to get so busy I can't get in.

But man, oh man is Pizzeria 712 in Orem good. I could go on all day. Maybe a little pricey, but honestly, it's worth it. Great music and decor, friendly helpful staff, locally grown/made seasonal ingredients, a changing menu, and stunningly good food. Try some of the stranger sounding pizzas. You won't regret it. I'm still raving about the caramelized onion and prosciutto and bleu cheese and fig pizza I had a few months back. So so good. My boyfriend and I go about as often as we can justify it, and daydream about going there the rest of the time. We're trying to learn to cook gourmet pizzas in the meantime, to satisfy our need for unusual and delicious pizza, but it'll take a lot of practice before we can even come close. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

The same people are opening up another restaurant where the Crazzy Canuck used to be on University Avenue. It's called Communal. There are only rumors, at this point, of what kind of restaurant it is, but I'm so excited to have a place by the same guys within walking distance of me. (Though if the rumors I hear are true, that's not as convenient as it sounds.) Still, I go out of my way to pass it and check on the progress. And when it opens, I'll be there. Early and often.

-Uffish Thought

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QDear 100 Hour Board,
You know how if you live in Holladay, UT you can put "Salt Lake City, UT" on your mailing address? Why is that so? How do you find out if you can do that? If I live in Shoreline, WA I know I can put Seattle, WA, but if I live in Everett, WA can I still put Seattle, WA?

-

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ADear Hyphen,

Yeah, I know how that is. When I lived in Everett (coincidence, no?) my great-aunt sent me a letter that said "Seattle, WA 98201" (98201 is the zip code for downtown Everett) and that got to me okay. I find it weird because Seattle is in King County and Everett is in Snohomish County, but I guess the postmen go by zip code over city on the envelope.

As additional proof, I am talking to my friend online, and when I was on my mission I sent him letters with the name of my hometown misspelled as "pooptowne" and they got to him, yet once when I put the wrong last name on his envelope, it got returned to me. Mail is a fickle mistress indeed.

Dr. Smeed

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CDear 100 Hour Board (and Watashi),

Regarding Board Question #53395: At BYU it is common for floor maps to be framed and hung near elevators and stairs, so if you find yourself lost in a building, just find a stairwell or elevator and look around for the floor-map. Also in the HFAC there is a 3d map on the "4th" floor north end overlooking the lower floor right by the stairwell.

Nay, Contrary (I don't hope that you get lost.)

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