Heinlein had great plot ideas, too, and adventurous stories, but he wasn't the best writer, either. However, I can still read his books and enjoy them.
Hortensia
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What are you reading right now??
by DATA-DOG ini am reading "stranger in a strange land" by robert a. heinlein.
i read it over 20 years ago.
now i am reading it from a completely different perspective.
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What are you reading right now??
by DATA-DOG ini am reading "stranger in a strange land" by robert a. heinlein.
i read it over 20 years ago.
now i am reading it from a completely different perspective.
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Hortensia
Heinlein -- I remember discovering his books in the library as a teenager in junior high school. I read them all -- and I reread them every few years. Stranger in a Strange Land isn't my favorite, I think I like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress the best.
I recently reread all the Foundation books (Asimov) and was surprised to think they aren't really that good. Asimov had great plot ideas but was a pedestrian writer.
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Today I Da'd -Twenty-five years ago. Regrets -some.
by Xanthippe inyes twenty-five years ago today we sent in our da letter.
some regrets, not about leaving the cult obviously, but sometimes when i read about people slowly fading and keeping in touch with family and friends i wonder if we should have done that.
of course it was before the internet in 1989 so we didn't know about people fading.. one day we were driving along and we had been talking about moving congregations because we knew something was wrong but of course we thought it was local.
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Hortensia
My only regret is that I didn't wake up earlier. I love reading the stories here of young people who are still teens and making plans to escape the wtbts. I wish I had done that.
I'm sorry you lost your husband. You must miss him. How nice that you had a good marriage and some happy times together.
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Help me Plz (teen issues)
by Demokan ini have bdd, it isn't just the meetings it's everything.
i don't want to go but i feel guilty of not going cause he said everyone is wondering where i am, but i dont want anyone to see my face... and tomorrow they said they'll call me to make sure im going but it's so tough.
also how do i cancel talks thx.. .
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Hortensia
WAIT ONE MORE QUESION WHAT HAPPENS IF I CANCEL THE DAY OF? OMG~! WILL I GET IN TROUBLE? I CANT DEAL
What's the worst they can do? Lecture you, pressure you, apply guilt? I'll tell you a secret from my teen years -- I've never admitted to it before. When I was getting yelled at, given guilt and grief, I stared at the other person's nose and thought about how ugly they look when they are lecturing, and said things to myself like, "lecture all you want, you can't really tell what I'm thinking, you stupid jerk." I couldn't be overtly rebellious at the time, but I could think my own thoughts. Eventually they give up yelling and go do something else, especially if you just keep staring and don't answer.
I'm more concerned about your suicide thoughts and feeling like an alien. Please consider just going to the emergency room if those thoughts get too strong.
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HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MR & MRS SMIDDY
by smiddy in53 years ago we got married in a kh by a bro.
about 20 years ago my wife and i, and two children left the cult , and have never been happier .. wifey was happy with the flowers i gave her and this evening we will go for a quiet dinner at a restuarant with a bottle or two of champers and if i`m lucky i may even get desserts , or not.. smiddy.
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Hortensia
Congratulations on having such a long successful marriage, and on getting out of the wtbts before you lost your minds.
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Human Origins- An Interesting Website
by metatron inhttp://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general-human-origins/what-we-discovered-about-ancient-human-origins-year-and-what-still.
this is an interesting website that features new claims and discoveries about human origins.
i believe it has great value in supporting the view that human descent is not a simple 'adam and eve' situation and that our ancestors may have looked quite different from us.. neanderthals had huge jaws, more powerful arms and a bony browridge that may have made look bestial.
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Hortensia
ugh. creation/evolution controversy. Boring. There is no real controversy, just loads of people who can't look a fact in the face, and who keep arguing in spite of plenty of proof they are wrong.
That said, I love reading about different human groups, and DNA, such interesting stuff and it is definitely evidence of evolution.
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Girls can't do maths
by Laika ina story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).
me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.
secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.
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Hortensia
Oh jesus, just stab me in the eyes and get it over with. What absolute assholes they produce, all those religions that denigrate women.
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Valentine's Day:" At least someone got a chick today!"
by humbled inthat's what my oldest son said when i texted that our little red hen, goldie, against all odds, hatched herself a chick tonight.
nearly midnight now and i checked--there's another one breaking out to join the first one--.
--i put the egg to my ear and heard it cheeping!.
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Hortensia
Chickens make the nicest pets. I used to have 30 hens. Friends called the chicken yard the "chicken ritz" because the hens were so spoiled. I didn't mind, they laid eggs for us all the time, and kept the bugs and flies down and were friendly and sweet. I had two Rhode Island Reds who would follow me around the chicken yard as I killed flies with a swatter. I would hold out the swatter with the dead fly on it to one of the hens and she would nibble it daintily and say "thank you" with a sweet little warble. Ah, sweet memories.
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Consperiacy or am I seeing things?
by dogon inmy wifes family has not really kept in contact with her after we left the cult.
i am the main reason but she never was a strong believer she just went with the flow as to not cause problems.
she has not heard much from her mother since the death of her brother 3 years ago.
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to which I had to reply that I don't have a dog in the hunt but I really don't care if two men or women want to live together, its not my place to tell them how to live.
Good for you!
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It's official too: I will be DF'd... probably next Wednesday
by ILoveTTATT ini will write my story soon... .
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Hortensia
Turn your back on the wtbts and go out and live a great life. Make friends, get an education, make sure you get a chance to travel as much as possible before you settle down. Make a wish list of things you'd like to do and get out there and do them.