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  Stevie Nicks thread

  by littlerockguy in

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  i have always been been a huge stevie nicks fan even when i was a kid when she came out with rhiannon.

  i dont go to many concerts but if there is a way to see her when she tours next year i will be in the audience!

  it's hard for me to pick a favorite song by her but if i had to choose it would be storms.

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  I always kind of listened to Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac out of the corner of my ear since, as a good JW, I heard they were all a bunch of witches.

  Anyway, I enjoyed the hits of Fleetwood Mac on the radio but never bought any albums. (Back when albums were actually made and dinosaurs roamed the earth.)

  A few years ago, a local singer covered "Landslide" and I was very moved. I'd never really listened to the lyrics before then. Small restaurant, special occasion. (It was actually to help raise funds for someone's cancer treatment.) Anyway, like so many songs, the lyrics are somehwat ambiguous and, therefore, universal.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM

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  p.s. Nice to hear from you LRG. Echoing an earlier poster, "how've you been"?
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  My video recorded apostasy trial is now live

  by RayPublisher in

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  part 3 (which is where the actual meeting begins) is finished.

  it took my computer hours and hours to render and upload it!!

  anyway, this is what i just posted on my youtube channel:.

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  marking.
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  Tall Penguin update. Ch1: Heartbreaking Ch2: Ray of Hope Ch3: Heartwarming!!

  by Open mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was perusing some older threads today and stumbled across a post by a former regular poster here: tall penguin.. .

  she's from canada and da'd in 2005. posted here for a couple years and then stopped, but started up a blog of her own.

  i remember reading a couple years ago her heartbreaking story of how close she had gotten to a young girl in her congregation and how she would likely never again have her in her life.. .

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  Bttt.
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  Tall Penguin update. Ch1: Heartbreaking Ch2: Ray of Hope Ch3: Heartwarming!!

  by Open mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was perusing some older threads today and stumbled across a post by a former regular poster here: tall penguin.. .

  she's from canada and da'd in 2005. posted here for a couple years and then stopped, but started up a blog of her own.

  i remember reading a couple years ago her heartbreaking story of how close she had gotten to a young girl in her congregation and how she would likely never again have her in her life.. .

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  Hmmm, looks like I screwed up the third link. Trying again.

  http://www.tallpenguin.com/2012/07/the-return-of-miss-s.html

  Hope it works this time.

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  p.s. Yep! It does.
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  Tall Penguin update. Ch1: Heartbreaking Ch2: Ray of Hope Ch3: Heartwarming!!

  by Open mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was perusing some older threads today and stumbled across a post by a former regular poster here: tall penguin.. .

  she's from canada and da'd in 2005. posted here for a couple years and then stopped, but started up a blog of her own.

  i remember reading a couple years ago her heartbreaking story of how close she had gotten to a young girl in her congregation and how she would likely never again have her in her life.. .

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  I was perusing some older threads today and stumbled across a post by a former regular poster here: Tall Penguin.

  She's from Canada and DA'd in 2005. Posted here for a couple years and then stopped, but started up a blog of her own.

  I remember reading a couple years ago her heartbreaking story of how close she had gotten to a young girl in her congregation and how she would likely never again have her in her life.

  Anyway, without giving away any more, here are three links that tell the full story.

  (Hint: It has a happy ending, but grab your Kleenex just in case.)

  I doubt that Tall Penguin would ever come back here saying "look at me", but these particular chapters of her life are just so compelling I had to post them here and say "HEY EVERYBODY, LOOK AT TALL PENGUIN!!"

  Wishing strength and healing to Tall Penguin and "S".

  http://www.tallpenguin.com/2007/01/missing-children.html

  http://www.tallpenguin.com/2009/12/bit-of-hope.html

  http://www.tallpenguin.com/2012/07/the-return-of-miss-s.html

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  mrsjones

  by rather be in hades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sent ya a message that will almost certainly have you thinking, "what the hades?".

  that or have you crying laughing.

  or both.

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  You guys sharing favorite recipes for Demon Repellant?

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  Need Help, Please!

  by palmtree67 in

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  we got a new dog and he needs a name!

  he was abandoned by his family in their back yard when they moved and then was rescued by animal rescue.

  he's been fostered for the last 4 months and his foster mom called him martin.

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  Good for you Palm & hubby!

  It looks like you've got plenty of name input, so I'll just add a great bumper sticker I saw yesterday:

  "Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are."

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  My fade has hit the fan!

  by SophieG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys!

  well the caca hit the fan!

  a friend asked me why i am leaving the org and i told her.

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  Alternate thread title:

  "How to go from Fade to FLASH BULB! in one conversation."

  Do what's best for you, but remember there's really no taking words back once they're said.

  Best regards,

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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

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  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  *hand squeeze*

  Hang in there Terry.

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  My nephew is awake!

  by redvip2000 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my 17 year old nephew is visiting from florida and to my surprise, last night in conversation, he revealed that for the last 2 years, he has come to realize that the watchtower society " is a bunch of bs" and that he can see how people are brainwashed in the organization.. interestingly, he has come to realize this, without knowing any of the facts and scandals that we all know about - he simply can see things don't add up.

  naturally our conversation progressed to discuss the inconsistencies in the org which he had no idea about, and the flood gates were opened.... he now wants to read the ray franz's books, and get as much information as possible.. he told me that the young people in the hall are beginning to speak to each other about " the issues", while keeping these conversations away from the parent's ears.

  sadly, my sister still expects and somewhat forces the kid to attend the meetings, but i told him that he should be wise and patient in the process of stepping away from the cult, to avoid too much collateral damage.. i often feared that the kid would be pressured into being baptized in the cult, but he seems determined to make sure that will never happen.

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  Priceless!!

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