You guys are silly!!!!
Engelbert Humperdinck
Wild_Thing
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Did you exhibit some wierd behaviour ...
by Brummie in...when exiting the watchtower?
i thought i was going absolutely mad.
told lies and invented other stories and scenerios to hide the fact that i was coping with coming out of a cult.
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Wild_Thing
Is feeling suicidal weird or normal? I think considering the circumstances, it was not that weird.
I also use to sit in my car in the parking lot and cry before I went into work in the mornings. I had nightmares too, but it is was the unexplained sobbing fits that came out of nowhere that drove me nuts. I would go to the store to but milk, the cashier would wish me a nice day, and I would go out the store ... waaaahaaahaaa!!!!! Glad I got over that!
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Homeschooling?
by mkr32208 inthis is a pet peeve of mine!
how in the heck can the school board justify turning the education of anyone over to some jacka$$ that dropped out of school to pioneer and makes their living cleaning toilets!
how can any parent that truely loves their kid not take a good long look at themselves and say "i am not the best teacher for this child.
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Wild_Thing
My personal experience tells me that parents who are NOT jdubs that homeschool their kids do it for academic reasons...those children tend to excell. But jdub parents who pull their kids out of school because of association...those kids tend to be slow socially and intelectually. Does this make sense? So I guess it depends on the reasons behind homeschooling. If parents are motivated enough to take on the responsibility and smart enough, it can work very well...if they just want their kids to be super controlled and sheltered, its a huge disadvantage.
Again, I think that is a generalization and perhaps an unfair one. My parents put my sister and I into homeschooling to get us away from "bad association" and they pretty much left us to fend for our own learning.
I definitely excelled more than her academically, but even though my sister did not finish, she is a very intelligent person. She is well read and can carry on an very intelligent conversation about a variety of subects.
With that being said, here is the disclaimer: My sister is still a JW, so I guess she can't be *that* intelligent! Also, while she can carry on a conversation about a lot of different subjects, she tends to turn into a different person ... a stupid person ... when it comes to religion and the witnesses. Sometimes, I just want to shake her!
Karen (a.k.a. Wild_Thing)
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Homeschooling?
by mkr32208 inthis is a pet peeve of mine!
how in the heck can the school board justify turning the education of anyone over to some jacka$$ that dropped out of school to pioneer and makes their living cleaning toilets!
how can any parent that truely loves their kid not take a good long look at themselves and say "i am not the best teacher for this child.
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Wild_Thing
My sister and I were homeschooled. We both had totally different outcomes.
My sister didn't finish. She married some good witness boy when she was 17 and eventually got her GED.
My outcome is the other extreme. I finished as fast as I could. I graduated with a high school diploma from a reputable "home school" course when I was 16. I immediately started going to college, with the intent of getting some kind of vocational training to get a job. (It was '93 ... when the society officially gave the okay to pursue higher education.) Instead, I just kept going and going and now I have my masters degree and am working on a specialist degree.
I don't think it is fair to say that homeschooling is necessarily a failure or success. My sister and I were raised in the same house and homeschooled in the same manner, with two completely different outcomes. My sister and I were not really taught by my mother (or anyone else). It was up to us to study and do the work, etc. Luckily, we were pretty self-disciplined and motivated. I happened to be a little more motivated than my sister. In a homeschooling situation like that, an unmotivated, undisciplined, or learning disabled kid is doomed from the beginning.
By the way, I am not a fan of home schooling now. I do not think it is a good idea because of the anti-social factor. It *is* very isolating, unless the parents make a determined effort to involve the kids in other things. There are many days that I wish I had not been homeschooled for that reason, but on the other hand I am not sure I would have started going to college if I had graduated in the traditional sense.
Karen (a.k.a. Wild_Thing)
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Eddie Izzard is a God!
by Wild_Thing ini can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!
some of his bits: .
"here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.
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Wild_Thing
I love his James Mason impersonation... and his history lessons are a hoot!
He is unique in that he seems to be very intelligent, and yet still very funny!
I also like his impersonation of Sean Connery as Noah.
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Eddie Izzard is a God!
by Wild_Thing ini can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!
some of his bits: .
"here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.
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Wild_Thing
have to be a local one ...
Haven't heard from him before....
No ... not at all!! Run ... don't walk ... to your local video store and check out Dress to Kill. He is freakin' hilarious!
Edited to add ... he is a British comedian, but very popular in the U.S. He may be more popular here in the U.S. than in Britain ... would be interested to know.
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Eddie Izzard is a God!
by Wild_Thing ini can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!
some of his bits: .
"here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.
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Wild_Thing
I happen to be a rabid Eddie Izzard fan, but I only have one DVD of his - a stand up special where he talks about conquering places by the use of flags. I must have played it 100 times and still laugh my ass off each time. Thanks to the friend who introduced me to this guy (?). Where can I find more?
Yes ... that was Dressed to Kill. Here is a transcript, though it is not as funny as seeing him perform it ...http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/d2ktranscription.html#history
He has several other DVDs (5 or 6). They have them all at amazon pretty cheap. I am going to check eBay too, though.
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Eddie Izzard is a God!
by Wild_Thing ini can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!
some of his bits: .
"here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.
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Wild_Thing
I can't be the only Eddie Izzard fan out there! How 'bout it?
Some of his bits:
"Here we go: Don't do bad things, only do good things. Always treat your neighbour like someone who lives near to you. Never put a sock in a toaster. Never put jam on a magnet. Never throw your granny in a bag. Never suck all the juice out of a bag. Never lean over on a Tuesday. *puff* Lots of other things...but I have to go get a Mars Bar....Love...Paul...Brackets: Saint."
"I will send a flood and kill everything! Start again. I think it was the etch-a-sketch end of the world! ... I will kill everything except the floating ones and the swimming ones who will get out due to a loophole."
"So, um, the New Testament. That was the short beard testament, I think"
"It's sort of human, isn't it? Being complete bastards. "
"I don't believe that religions are religions. No! I believe they're philosophies with some good ideas and some f****** weird ones."
"Three major religions, one holy city. Couldn't they have just spread it out a bit? "You have Aqaba, we'll have Moscow, you can have Dover." "
"Anyway, Jesus, this historical figure, he's in Christianity. Christianity is his best film. That's where he was The Son of God. Starring Jesus as the Son of God. Where he said that famous line, "Take your hands off her, you b****." Or was that Aliens? Cos they're very similar, the Christian faith and Aliens. "
"Created the world in six days. Seventh day, rested. Eighth day actually, rested as well. Ninth day, rested. Cos I'd just f****** made a world, ya know? Tenth day, rested. Actually, I rested from then on. 14th day, I decided to smoke all the maijuana I had created...Just to test the first batch. On the 15th day, I decided to smoke all the opium I had created...Just to test the first batch. And on the 309th day, I woke up again and then I decided to create 500 huge monsters I'd seen just the night before."""Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." *dinosaur roar* "Alright, we'll cross that one out. Cos THEY won't mind."
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Hats Off in the House !!!
by prophecor incall me crazy or what, but theres a recurring issue that i have regarding my son's wish to wear his hat in the house.
i've never been certain regarding the reason men were to remove their hats when petitioning the almighty, the issue of headship and being respectful of it and the common custom in the west for a man to remove the hat upon entering one's home or church.
even in the military during basic training, the issue with regard to hats was a predominating theme, to the degree that we were taught that at the instant your head was no longer covered by a building of some sort, your hat was to be immediately placed upon your head, but once open sky no longer covered your head and you walked into a building of any type, that hat was to be removed !!
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Wild_Thing
*disagrees with hillbilly*
Baby, take off your coat...(real slow)
Baby, take off your shoes...(here, I?ll take your shoes)
Baby, take off your dress
Yes, yes, yes
You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on
You can leave your hat on
Go on over there and turn on the light...no, all the lights
Now come back here and stand on this chair...that?s right
Raise your arms up in to the air...shake ?em
You give me a reason to live
You give me a reason to live
You give me a reason to live
Suspicious minds are talking
Trying to tear us apart
They say that my love is wrong
They don?t know what love is
They don?t know what love is
They don?t know what love is
They don?t know what love is
I know what love isI guess raspberry berets are okay, too!
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We had snow in South Texas
by Panda inunbelievable... we had snow starting on the 23rd and ending on the 25th.
out at our place we got 6 inches.
in victoria and goliad they got 1 foot!!!
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Wild_Thing
What is this world coming to?? Snowstorms in Texas and massive earthquakes?? I'm gettin' scared!!