Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

The Poet Laureate of the New York Times Newsroom

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Power breeds contention

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    And it came to pass in the forty and second year of the reign of the judges, after Moronihah had established again peace between the Ne...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Kishkumen

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    Now when those people who were desirous that he should be their governor saw that he was condemned unto death, therefore they were angr...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Freeloader

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Part of their strategy is to let shoppers try out thousands of shading, sparkling, contouring and highlighting products—including Urban Dec...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Sticky Rice

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I made myself some sticky rice tonight. It was a mistake. The smell and the texture and the taste, it all reminded me of Joom. And I b...

Falling food prices

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The U.S. is on track this year to post the longest stretch of falling food prices in more than 50 years, a streak that is cheering U.S. sho...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Air Ambulances

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While ground ambulances can be regulated, Guy Dansie, emergency medical services program manager for the Utah Department of Health, points ...

The Earlobe

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An earlobe no purpose does serve; to life it contributes no verve. It might be cheering for hanging an earring; to me it's a facial ...

I've lost the knack of wonder

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A prophet of God once offered me counsel that gives me peace. I was worried that the choices of others might make it impossible for our fam...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Observations on Stake Conference

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The longer the meeting the longer my appetite. In the Celestial Kingdom, nobody will have to deal with folding chairs. The front pews ar...

Arrow in Flight

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"We launch our children like arrows; let us make sure our aim is straight and true!"  Jeffrey R. Holland. My children launched ...
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I am convinced that if God meant man to laugh, he would have made more Democrats.
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