Posts by Rebirth

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What do you do in your free time?

by zagor in

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just want to get some ideas.

i haven't had much of a free time in last two years particularly last year or so, well till last week anyway.

recently, i've tried taking latin dancing lessons but managed to get only to first session (well i'll go again this week but have already skipped two) this morning i've visited local sport center and tomorrow night i'm restarting my old flame as it were :) martial arts.. why am i saying that?

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I'm a portrait photographer and in my spare time I reconnect with my art by doing various 'studies." I would encourage you to choose a topic, theme, or subject and learn to photograph it in different ways. For example of the top of my head, take a candle. I would photograph it far back, close up, lit, un lit, showing the drippings down the side in natural sidelight or a puddle collecting on a table. What this enables you to do is open the pathways of your mind to different viewpoints. Just like going a different route for work in the morning causes you to create different neural pathways, this exercise will force you to look at life in a different light.

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What TV Show Can You Absolutely NOT Miss???

by mama1119 in

i myself cannot miss project runway.

its great.

and girl next door, they crack me up!!!!

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Highlander, Oh great. That isn't what I wanted to hear. LOL!

He has this way about him that is simply captivating. I am not normally attracted to that type of person, but he is just spell-binding and makes me VERY hot to trot!

Thanks for sharing!

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Can we start a Secret Santa Recieved/Sent Thread?

by restrangled in

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i'm worried because i sent a christmas card plus had a gift sent by ups over the internet about 7 days ago and haven't heard anything.

i would feel really feel bad if my person didin't receive their gift or card.

so i think we need to have an official post place.

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Got mine today, but won't be opening it until Christmas. It is going under the tree along with Santa's gifts for the girls. We watched The Polar Express last night and the girls are so excited now that they see that BELIEVING is all your need for Santa to come (after listing to my husband constantly scrooging on the non-existence of Santa). I've tried to respect him by simply responding that just like daddy believes in Jehovah is real, you can believe that Santa is real.

Thanks SS; I can't wait to open my Santa gift!

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Too tired to argue

by hambeak in

i am just too tired to argue anymore.

my sons funeral was a few days ago and i am the pariah.

i just want to give up.

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I'm so sorry that you are going through this Gary. I can't imagine the pain you must be feeling, can't even begin to imagine.

I'm sitting here listening to some meditative music. I have been in a bad place over the last week, I'm clinging to basic life lines right now, one of which is a really great group of friends. I know you aren't suicidial, but do you have someone you can get together with for sh*ts and giggles? It sounds like you need a release.

((HUGS))

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True Religion "Jennifer"

by sspo in

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true religion "jennifer" ($240)

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There are great deals out there, but you do get what you pay for. I usually spend around $100 on my denim because I'm 6'0 tall and very curvy. Your average jean does nothing for that shape.

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What TV Show Can You Absolutely NOT Miss???

by mama1119 in

i myself cannot miss project runway.

its great.

and girl next door, they crack me up!!!!

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Highlander, oh my, I'm completely jealous. Of course, you weren't drooling, but what was he like off camera?

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After a year of enjoying reading posts I've decided to join!

by Little G in

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i'm just an average guy that been there, done that in the jw domain :) .

i reached my "zenith" lol in such domain at the early age of 20 (i'm now 29) while expanding the work in various foreign language congs as a ms with almost all elder privileges except participating in jc's...the only jc i took part was mine last year :).

by the way, my last wife, a christian, caught me several times reading your posts... she thinks that all of us (including myself) are just a bunch of frustrated individuals...oh well no wonder she left :).

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Welcome Little G!

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'Church members are responsible...', AWAKE!, 8/8/87, pp.10,11

by compound complex in

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if your church fails to act, will you?.

"if, after making an honest investigation, you are less than pleased with what you see, do more than just complain.

a journalist, while commenting on karl barth's statement that a church is its members, logically concluded: 'church members...are responsible for what the church says and does.

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander:

If, after making an honest investigation, you are less than pleased with what you see, do more than just complain. A journalist, while commenting on Karl Barth’s statement that an organization is its members, logically concluded: "Congregation members . . . are responsible for what Jehovah’s Witnesses say and do." So ask yourself: Am I willing to share responsibility for everything Jehovah’s Witnesses say and do? Can I really be proud of having all its members as spiritual brothers?

Now go take a look at all the recent "brothers" who have been caught with their pants down. All the "brothers" who are being exposed as taking advantage, financially, of their brothers. All the "brothers" who tear apart families with their authority. Can you honestly answer the questions in the quote above considering these facts?

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What TV Show Can You Absolutely NOT Miss???

by mama1119 in

i myself cannot miss project runway.

its great.

and girl next door, they crack me up!!!!

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This will most certainly tell you what type of person I am:

1. The Daily Show - Gotta keep up on current events :)

2. Nip/Tuck - Guilty pleasure

3. What Not to Wear - makes me feel better about how I dress, plus I love their sarcasm.

4. Boston Legal (this is my drool show, no laughing - James Spader, does it for me every time)

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Living with family who believe that you deserve to die

by jambon1 in

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i always had a problem with the idea that everyone except jw`s deserves to die at armageddon.

i used to think; "what about all the really nice people?

mrs so and so, my magazine call.

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My husband likes to toss this out when he is feeling especially overwhelmed by my "worldliness." Something about how it saddens him that I'm going to die at Armegeddon. I keep wondering why he is so freaked out about it when I could get in the car and die today. The same result would happen according to JW: I wouldn't be his wife in the new system. So why worry about tomorrow or what "could" happen. Religion in general likes to mitigate their guilt over acting a certain way by talking about some future life. Hey, wake up, what about the here and now?

JWs like to pat themselves on the back for their horrendous treatment of others thinking that they will get a pass into the new system for treating people like they aren't worthy of the oxygen they breath. One word: Dillusional!