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“Up in the Air” rocks, but winning “X-Mormon of the Year” rules.

Chino Blanco, February 5, 2010February 5, 2010

Walter Kirn explains why the William Law X-Mormon of the Year
award means more to him than anything Hollywood has to offer:

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Comments (13)

  1. Hellmut says:
    February 5, 2010 at 9:54 am

    That’s hilarious. I definitely have to read Walter Kirn’s books.

    Reply
  2. chanson says:
    February 5, 2010 at 10:41 am

    That is fabulous!!!

    What a cool guy. OK, I’m moving some of his books up to the top of my to-read pile. 😀

    Reply
  3. Chino Blanco says:
    February 5, 2010 at 10:53 am

    I’m running Firefox 3.6 on a Mac and the masthead is nowhere to be seen. Anybody else not seeing a masthead?

    Reply
  4. wry catcher says:
    February 5, 2010 at 11:18 am

    Masthead=missing, totally.

    Love the video clip.

    Reply
  5. profxm says:
    February 5, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    Sorry about the masthead issue. I was sent a new masthead and tried to get it working, but apparently the file was corrupt. I tested it on Google Chrome, and Chrome rendered it despite it being corrupt. Firefox didn’t. So, until I get a non-corrupted version back, the old masthead is back.

    Reply
  6. Chino Blanco says:
    February 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    Please give me a shout if this doesn’t display properly at the link:

    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/Chino_Blanco/XMO-Masthead.jpg

    Otherwise, grab it! 🙂

    Reply
  7. wayne says:
    February 6, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    His books are on my list now.

    Reply
  8. wry catcher says:
    February 7, 2010 at 2:55 am

    Nice masthead! The younger Mr Kirn looks like Kevin Bacon. I wonder how many degrees that is.

    Reply
  9. wry catcher says:
    February 10, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    Did Walter Kirn abandon us once he was covered in glory from his award? Where’s the acceptance speech?

    Reply
  10. chanson says:
    February 10, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    He’ll probably come back once the newspapers cover this story! 😀

    Reply
  11. Chino Blanco says:
    February 10, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    Seems like he’s pretty busy giving interviews since winning the USC Libraries Scripter Award. If we don’t hear anything soon, I’ll go ahead and write up the press release.

    Reply
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  13. aerin says:
    March 15, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    I am a year late, but I just finished the book and it was great.

    Well written with a fresh perspective- my only beef is with the ending, which is undoubtedly intended as ironic.

    I highly recommend the book to all former mormons, or people who appreciate character development OR, most importantly, anyone who has had to sit through any business motivational speeches or training.

    Reply

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