Posts by COMF

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

detective...

I think it's also important to acknowledge your part in the slip up, not just the happy ending.

You read the story. You saw my slip-up.

I wrote the story. I posted it.

How do you figure I'm not acknowledging it?

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ANYONE HERE USE ORACLE?

by Trotafox in

the database has holes in it,.

the server is too slow;.

i'm not authorized to go.. i've chewed off all my fingernails;.

COMF

Poor foxy. I sympathize.

The best decision your president could make, would be to hire a certified Oracle DBA and a couple of software developers to write the reports. Too bad they're so clueless. I feel your pain, having worked for some technological vaporheads before.

COMF

PS. SQL Server (pronounced "Sequel Server") is Microsoft's answer to Oracle. It's their big database product. Although I've never worked with Oracle, I have about seven years experience with SQL Server.

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

Is the lack of dignity the "main point" i'm missing here?

No.

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

I guess I'm the only one who blah blah blah

Uh... yeah, man. That would be you.

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

Have it your way, spender. I'm talking to the folks here with enough life experience to grasp the situation for what it was.

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

don't get too full of yourself...I wouldn't even put myself in a situation like that.

I didn't put myself in the situation. It happened around me. Are you saying you would make sure you're never alone with a woman? The elevator opens and there's a chick on it, so you let the door close and wait for another one? Yeah, buddy. I guess you would have snail-mailed the CD to her. Or, no wait, called some third party to deliver it:

"Hey, man, I need a favor. This lady wants to borrow a CD, and I don't have enough self control to be able to be in her presence long enough to deliver it. Would you do it for me?"

Just because things aren't going to well with your current relationship doesn't allow you to forget about your promises.

Did you even read the post? This was the whole point.

COMF

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Agnostic Apostate Morals Kick In

by COMF in

despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which i supported the idea of polyamory, i am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement.

i was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.. that relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which i described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet.

" her parents have been visiting from out of state since wednesday (it's saturday as i write) and we haven't seen each other since last monday.

COMF

Despite my response in teejay's "taboo" thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=25580&site=3 - in which I supported the idea of polyamory, I am presently in a relationship which is monogamous by mutual agreement. I was fascinated and intrigued by the lady, and attracted to her, enough to make that commitment when she explained that it had to be that way or we'd need to go separate ways.

That relationship is presently at a rough spot, one which I described to somebody recently as "that point you reach, where all the spark is gone but you haven't put it out of its misery yet." Her parents have been visiting from out of state since Wednesday (it's Saturday as I write) and we haven't seen each other since last Monday. Neither of us seems to be suffering much from the absence, to judge by the sparse, detached one-liners we have sent by Instant Messenger.

Last night, a former girlfriend IM'ed me, wanting to borrow a software CD. I said sure, and we arranged for her to pick it up this morning.

I cannot think of words to describe the startling immediacy and intensity of the sexual chemistry as we met at my door. It was just suddenly there, like a thunderbolt, and both of us had trouble making conversation--couldn't think. Our bodies were almost magnetically drawn toward each other; we seemed to stumble toward each other as we walked, and standing, we leaned together. In his book, Almost Adam, Petru Popescu describes that magnetism, that insistent, urgent sexual connection between two people (or animals), as "the desperation of genes". Well, buddy, these genes were DESPERATE!

We sat on the couch and talked, with the pretense of catching up on each other's recent history, but I knew it for what it was: the subconscious was stalling for time, waiting for our brains to give in and let us go ferociously at it. I had a headache, and is my habit, I turned my head with my hands so as to pop the bones in my neck. She said, "Here, let me fix that," and started working knots out of my neck and shoulder muscles. I knew the physical contact would just intensify the situation, but I didn't stop her. My muscles were very tight (stress at work, I guess) and what she was doing hurt, but in a wonderful way. As they began to relax, the relief spread through me and I felt warm and slightly dizzy. "Here," she said, "rest up against me. You're still too tense."

I answered with a teasing tone, "You just want to press your breasts into my back. I know what's going on here." It was the first conscious acknowledgement of the sexual tension between us. She made a noise meant to convey a mix of irritation (at me for acknowledging it, which meant I was resisting it) and agreement, and pulled me back against her. I didn't stop her.

We were rapidly approaching the point of no return: it was either follow the course of events to its intended destination (which we would have reached in a matter of milliseconds, if I'd done anything more than sit there passively like a rag doll), or take action to stop it. With a tremendous effort of will, I got up from the couch and went to change the music I had playing. It gave me a breather, but didn't lessen the "desperation of genes" between us. When I sat back down, I was closer to her than I had intended to be, and she leaned over and kissed me, long and deep, and our hands instinctively started to roam.

Well, this WAS the point of no return. In my mind I could rationalize sitting there letting her massage my shoulder muscles, but now I had crossed over from passive to active.

So... mustering all my willpower... I sat back and said, "Why the hell did you wait to do this until I was in a monogamous relationship?"

Talk about your bucket of cold water...

And so she apologized profusely and I told her there was nothing to apologize for and we verbally fumbled and stumbled our way back from the brink, to the point of being just friends who were sharing a software CD. She got up and picked up her purse and, after a couple of failed attempts at making light conversation, said, "Well... if you're ever freed up again, you know how to find me." And we said goodbye.

Morals. It's got nothing to do with Christianity, y'all. It's all in the individual. I sleep well at night precisely because this is the kind of guy I am.

COMF

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Is death the end?

by kevin221 in

jw
friends

sorry it's been some time since i posted but i was busy rearranging my life.

just wondering what the general consensus is among posters on this board to this question, is death the end of existance, or a portal to a new reality?

my 2 cents, death is only the beginning of a new reality.

COMF

Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring
Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter--and the Bird is on the Wing.

Whether at Nishapur or Babylon,
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter rum,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

Some for the glories of This World; and some
Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go,
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

For some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest.

And we, that now make merry in the Room
They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom,
Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth
Descend--ourselves to make a Couch--for whom?

Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie,
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and--sans End!

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd
Of the Two Worlds so wisely--they are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn
Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt up with Dust.

And fear not lest Existence closing your
Account, and mine, should know the like no more;
The Eternal Saki from the Bowl has pour'd
Millions of Bubbles like us, and will pour.

A Moment's Halt--a momentary taste
Of Being from the Well amid the Waste-
And Lo!--the phantom Caravan has reach'd
The Nothing it set out from--Oh, make haste!

Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit
Of This and That endeavor and dispute;
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain--this Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.

Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who
Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the Road,
Which to discover we must travel too.

Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits--and then
Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

Yon rising Moon that looks for us again-
How oft hereafter will she wax and wane;
How oft hereafter rising look for us
Through this same Garden---and for one in vain!

And when like her, oh Saki, you shall pass
Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass,
And in your joyous errand reach the spot
Where I made One--turn down an empty Glass!

"The Rubaiyat"
- Omar Kayyam

- http://home.attbi.com/~fredsaw/rubaiyat.html

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Is The Governing Body EVIL?

by jst2laws in

i am going to stick my neck out and postulate that the gb is not evil .

nor is the watchtower society as a whole.

i'm sorry this got a little long but please accept the challenge and show me wrong.

COMF

"Everybody's just doing their job. And now Teresa Perrone is dead. Who do I see about that?"

- Paul Newman, in "Absence of Malice".

Is there absence of malice in the GB's lies?

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EEK! They came to my house!

by just_a_girl in

was expecting a girlfriend over this morning - rushed to the door when bell rang.

to my surprise/horror, there were 2 jws ... apparently when my mother was visiting last summer, she had mentioned to these "sisters" to come stop by every once in a while, to encourage me to go to meetings.

they were inviting me to the special talk this sunday ... i politely told them, thanks for the invitation but i already had plans for sunday (sleeping in) ... i don't want to be rude, b/c these 2 particular women are pleasant (it could very well be a farce) but how do i get across to them that i do not wish to be visited in the future?

COMF

I don't want to be rude, b/c these 2 particular women are pleasant (it could very well be a farce)

Probably not a farce. Lots of JWs I knew were pleasant. The issue isn't their pleasantness, however. It's that you don't want JWs coming back. Easily handled... the solution: tell them. Who'da thunk it?

(When they come back)
"Hi! I'm not inviting you ladies in today, and there's a reason for that, which is: I don't want to mislead you into thinking I'm interested when I'm not. I don't want Jehovah's Witnesses coming to talk to me. I don't want to be a Jehovah's Witness. Seriously. I don't want to discuss it, with you now or anyone else later. I've given the matter lots of thought and I know what I'm doing.

"I'm sure you understand that this has nothing to do with either of you. You're both pleasant people, but your religion is not pleasant, and I don't want to be in it.

"Understand? Thanks. Have a nice day!" (Close the door)