MormonSpeak: Notoriously rebellious

I have a confession to make: I Google Mormon.

I Google it a lot.

Its sort of an occupational hazard, I guess. When you do what I do for a living, and youre constantly on the lookout for stories for and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you do a lot of things normal people with real, actual lives wouldnt do.

So you Google Mormon.

A lot.

I run into tons of interesting things while Im a-Googling. You might say that Im occasionally agog when Im a-Googling (on second thought, no, you wouldnt say that and Im sorry that I did). Some of the interesting things that I find are eventually seen here on the Deseret Morning News Onlines LDS Newsline. Some of them arent. Lots of Mitt Romney stuff doesnt make it here (I know, its hard to believe that I dont link to every story ever written about Mitt Romney — but I dont. Not by a long shot). Lots of overwrought these-guys-arent-Christians-and-Joseph-Smith-was-an-Amway-salesman stuff — you know, intolerance posing as information — or misinformation, as the case may be. And a few sports stories from Mormon Trail Junior-Senior High School in Garden Grove, Iowa (go, Saints!).

No, Im not kidding. They are the mighty Mormon Trail Saints.

Google it. Youll see.

Every once in a while I run into a bit of information that Im not really sure how to use. Like the other day I read this story by Ruben V. Nepales of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (what, you dont normally peruse the Philippine Daily Inquirer Web site looking for LDS-oriented news and information? Remember, Im a professional Googler — dont try this at home). Mr. Nepales did an interview with actress Amy Adams, star of the recently released Disney film, Enchanted. Here is the paragraph that caught my eye:

On her short stint as a waitress at Hooters, a restaurant chain known for its sexily-clad servers, Amy, whose family left the Mormon Church, said, I bet theres more than one Mormon girl who has worked in Hooters. Were notoriously rebellious.