Satiric Publicity is Good Publicity

I am continually intrigued by the kind of publicity the church gets. Whether it is because of a Tony award winning musical, presidential elections, or a really crappy book series, Mormons and the news are going to be spending a lot of time together in the next little while.

I would like to share my favorite piece of publicity that the church has recieved:

Yaweh or No Way?

I hope you all learned something. Tigers can be Catholic.

Google is Worse than America

Google and it's various products (Gmail, Blogger) are officially more complex that the U.S. Government. Getting a new Social Security card was much easier that getting a new e-mail address. I have spent HOURS trying to delete previous, out of date emails, transfer contacts, and allowing my self to become an administrator on my own blog. I was very tempted to just wipe the slate clean and start all over again, but I persevered. Now, I am successfully posting on my blog as phillips.claire89@gmail.com! The fight isn't over yet, however. Lisa, if you want me to read/comment on your blog, please invite my new e-mail address.

I am toying with the idea of re-designing and re-naming my blog. Does anyone have any suggestions??

Google Yourself.

I googled myself today. Here is what I found:

about 17,600,000 results.

Claire Phillips aka Dorothy Fuentes aka "High Pockets"-- a singer/dancer/housewife turned spy in the Philippines during WWII. She opened a club for Japanese officers and collected intelligence from them for the American troops hiding out nearby. She also raised money to alleviate the suffering of POWs. Phillips got the nickname "High Pockets" because she hid money and valuables in her lingerie.

PBS.ORG

Claire Phillips-- author of the novella "Black Market Babies" and soon to be novel "Ever Chemical" award winning poet and currently teaching at the Southern California Institute for Architecture and the Art Center College of Design.

KQEDARTS.ORG

Claire Louise Phillips-- post doctoral researcher in the field of plant soil and Ecophysiology.

clairelousephillips

Claire Phillips--renown british portrait painter.

clairephillips.com

There is also a singer Claire Phillips on myspace, a producer Claire Phillips on IMDb, and an online obituary for Claire Phillips. She wants her ashes scattered in "the four winds of Nevada." I also found a Claire Elizabeth Yolande Christiana Phillips, but not till page 15. I didn't look through all the results, but I looked through a lot of them. No, I do not think I made it into the top 17 million hits. The question is, of which of these Claire Phillips shall I steal the identity?