12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Isaiah 22:12–13 . A Call to Sorrow and Mourning
The descriptive terms used here by Isaiah are clearly signs of great sorrow and grief. Baldness (not natural baldness, but the shaving of the hair) was a great shame and signified great calamity (compare Isaiah 3:24 ). The Lord suggests that when Judah saw their impending doom they should have seen it as a call to deep repentance and clothed themselves with sackcloth and baldness. Instead, they acted as though they had been called to a joyous feast, and they were singing the refrain of the world: “let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die” ( Isaiah 22:13 ). As is typical of the wicked in a time of crisis, they would prefer to indulge their passions than to repent (see vv. 17–19 ). LDS Old Testament Student Manual ch 14.

A month or two ago The Blaze.com had an article about strip clubs. The point of the article was that strip clubs are thriving despite the recession; in fact all "vices" thrive during recessions. Gambling, drinking, drugs, you name it. I had just read the above verses in Isaiah and couldn't help draw a major connection between the two. All over the world we are being called to repentance, are we listening?

I saw this video and LOVED it. Danny and I think it would be so cool to live in a small home hand-built by us with natural materials. I'm also infatuated with cob houses, straw bales, adobe, and living roofs.