here i shall chronicle the annoying ridiculous calls, my 4 colleagues and events of my work - the help desk.
10am - another stupid phone call from female client who needs her password reset for the 3rd time in 12 hours.
10.03am - 3rd party calls my extension for colleague 1 as they can't reach him.
10.26am - Client wants to surf the net but can't remember his password. oh dear the business impact is dire.. NOT. Advise client to wait and it will be sent to him in an e-mail. Will send password tomorrow.
Ha ha. This is similar to a written instruction manual for a blind person. :-)
hey everyone.
sorry i havent been around much lately.
i have managed to spend way to much time at the er this week.
I hate sick kids more than anything!
Poor kids. lol :-)
there is much discussion here about the bible.
some might see that after hundreds of years of argument and controversy no two people interpret the damn thing exactly the same, and so they have acquired the wisdom to abandon it.
there is a story which goes like this: .
Truth is unchangeable and immutable. The sad fact of the matter is, however, that none of us can know with certainty what the ultimate truth is. All we have is our perception of truth filtered through our collective unconsious, our culture, and our biases. Therefore, I believe that none of us should get our panites in a twist, so to speak, about ultimate truth. The only truth we'll ever have is our own understanding of truth, which is subject to change with our moods and our surroundings which we all filter because of our incapability of absorbing every fact and observation we come acrss. Even if we did absorb everything available to our senses, our realm of observation is limited in that the univers in much larger than our perception.
Therefore, truth is irrelevant.
i've been having several outbreaks of conspiracy theories lately and a wierd one that came to mind was if anyone has ever met minimus in person before?
think about it....what better way is there to gather intel on a rather large group of ex and current jw's than to ask detailed questions on every facet of your life?
typically, someone that has over a few thousand posts has been to a meetup of some sort, even a small one.
What relevance is someone's authenticity anyway? As a community, we all exist in cyberspace--which isn't real in the physical sense of the word. I've got better things to do that worry about whether someone who posts on the internet is an actual person or not. In the end, isn't the content of the posts the only thing that's relevant?
I'm actually of the opinion that people you meet online are more real than the ones you interact with every day. How many people let their guard down in real life as extensively as they do under the guise of anonymity? But, again I say, it's irrelevant.
I'm reminded of a quote by a Native American chief from a class I took a couple of semesters ago. He recounted his tribe's creation story, and at the end he said, "I don't know if these things really happened or not, but if you think about it, you can see it's true."
That pretty much sums up my feelings regarding the postings I read on these sights. Whether anything physically happened or not, it can have either a ring of truth or falseness. American sas a society are much too caught up with their strict version of truth. The Bible is to be taken literally, word-for-word, while the stories are much more valuable on a mythical level. Something doesn't need to actually occur for us to learn about human nature.
hey has anyone seen this website that has a recording of a jw researcher from watchtower headquarters that calls this baptist pastor?
the baptist pastor records the conversation.
it's really good.
The guy was obviously knowledgeble. His greatest weakness, however, was to assume no one could show him anything; hence his arrogance leading to such statements as "I'm glad I could educate you." One has to wonder what the point of his conversation was. It certainly wasn't to help this guy. At least the priest attempted to listen and understand the Bethelite's position. I absoulutely hate being cut off in midsentence like that--especially when it's to repeat word for word the same phrases half a gazillion times. What an ahole!!
owyergoin?
orright?.
well, it's sure been an 'interesting' weekend!
What is this "library card" you're referring to? I haven't seen anything about this. Guess I haven't looked at much to do with the witnesses in the last 5 years.
Yeah, it's been my experience that most blondes like to use their reputation to their advantage.
I have a true life experience that my sister wouldn't like me to share though. She's been blonde since the day she was borne, and I have a couple exploits I'd like to share with you. She's not unintelligent, I'll say that right off. She was, in fact, salutatorian of her class.
A couple of years ago, she ran across some hair gell in walmart and decided to try it out. I came over when she was trying to use it. She couldn't figure out what she'd done wrong. It was regular hair gell, but I kid you not, she had put it in her freezer before using it. The name of the stuff was "Freezeit." The first line of instructions were "When you Freezeit, your hair. . ." I'm not joking. True life blonde for you. :-)
Another was her understanding of the old country song that went "I'm walking the floor over you." Naturally, she always thought the guy was in the second floor and the girl was in the basement. She's always good for a laugh. She'd kill me if she saw this I bet. :-)
I was in town the other day, and came across a couple of old friends who were with a blonde.
The guys said "Hey, watch this John." One pulled out a nickel and a dime and held them out for the blonde to see.
He told the blonde "You can have one, but only one. Which one do you want?"
The blonde considered for a couple of seconds and then thoughtfully took the nickel.
"Oooohhh, it's bigger and shinier than the dime," she said. The two guys burst out laughing.
I felt bad for the blonde, so later on I pulled her aside and explained to her that the dime was worth more than the nickel, even though it was smaller.
She promptly replied, "How many times do you think they'll pull this trick if I take the dime? Like, duh."
How do you know when a blonde's been using the computer?
There's white-out on the screen.
here's the letter i wrote to the body of elders i served with for decades, when they invited me to a judicial committee meeting two months ago.
i have not heard a word from them since i wrote this.
i posted this monday night (may 30, 2005) to celebrate my 500th post, but it ended up in the "heated debates" section, when i intended it to go in this area.
That was an excellent composition Seeker. I think if you're truly trying to help these guys though, your tone was a bit too condescending. Your emotion revealed itself in the tone the condescension took--suggesting using a dictionary for "emotional dissonance" was a bit much. :-) Did you find writing this letter cathartic? You seemed as if you're upset while attempting to portray an indifference.
What kind of writing do you do? I actually considered getting into writing for a while, but decided sustaining the creative energy required was too draining. I may choose to do some sort of technical writing though--don't know yet. I'm still in college.
