Left Behind!

If you wonder where all your friendly neighborhood Mormons have gone this weekend, stop wondering. No, they weren't raptured off to heaven (not to mix wacky evangelical Christian concepts with quasi-Christian Mormonism). They've all come Upstate to attend the Hill Cumorah Pageant!

The pageant is a big deal to Mormons, and a major draw Upstate. It recounts stories from the Book of Mormon, alleged to have been unearthed by Joseph Smith outisde Palmyra, New York (on Hill Cumorah), then translated from the original (now conveniently lost) gold tablets with the help of the angel Moroni, a breastplate and some magic spectacles. Really.

Leaving aside, in 'Puter's opinion, the general silliness of some of the Mormons' beliefs, it's a great show and the Mormons there are fantastically nice and welcoming people. So, come on Upstate and celebrate the Hill Cumorah Pageant with 'Puter. He'll be the one kicking back in his lawn chair with a fat stogie, a Thermos full of coffee and a cooler full of Genessee Cream Ale.

Until the Mormon hired goons toss him.