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  Some pictures of me.

  by Eric in

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  i can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "post your picture here:" thread.. there aren't that many photos of me that actually exist.

  but last weekend i did a job for the condo where i live, and they documented my small effort.. if some one could post a link to the "post your picture here:" thread, i'll put the link there.. otherwise i'll go all narcissistic and post it here.. .

  eric

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  Nice pics, Eric. I enjoyed them.

  Thanks Tatiana, glad I could give you these. Eric
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  Some pictures of me.

  by Eric in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "post your picture here:" thread.. there aren't that many photos of me that actually exist.

  but last weekend i did a job for the condo where i live, and they documented my small effort.. if some one could post a link to the "post your picture here:" thread, i'll put the link there.. otherwise i'll go all narcissistic and post it here.. .

  eric

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  Xena,

  It's a matter of understanding which parts are under tension, which parts are under compression and relieving the stress understanding the needs of each part.

  Very organic, it becomes second nature once you understand how to carefully release the pressure.

  Eric
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  Some pictures of me.

  by Eric in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "post your picture here:" thread.. there aren't that many photos of me that actually exist.

  but last weekend i did a job for the condo where i live, and they documented my small effort.. if some one could post a link to the "post your picture here:" thread, i'll put the link there.. otherwise i'll go all narcissistic and post it here.. .

  eric

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  Thanks, JH.

  Posted there, too.

  Eric
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  Some pictures of me.

  by Eric in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "post your picture here:" thread.. there aren't that many photos of me that actually exist.

  but last weekend i did a job for the condo where i live, and they documented my small effort.. if some one could post a link to the "post your picture here:" thread, i'll put the link there.. otherwise i'll go all narcissistic and post it here.. .

  eric

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  Fair enough, Sloan.

  Can't deny someone with the handle of a great band, can I?

  http://members.rogers.com/esegec/index.html

  Click above if you care.

  Eric
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  Some pictures of me.

  by Eric in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "post your picture here:" thread.. there aren't that many photos of me that actually exist.

  but last weekend i did a job for the condo where i live, and they documented my small effort.. if some one could post a link to the "post your picture here:" thread, i'll put the link there.. otherwise i'll go all narcissistic and post it here.. .

  eric

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  Eric

  I can't for the life of me get the search feature here to find the "Post your picture here:" thread.

  There aren't that many photos of me that actually exist. But last weekend I did a job for the condo where I live, and they documented my small effort.

  If some one could post a link to the "Post your picture here:" thread, I'll put the link there.

  Otherwise I'll go all narcissistic and post it here.

  Eric
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  Remembrance Day:

  by Englishman in

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  every year, on the nearest sunday to november 11, silence is observed nationally to honour the dead of 2 world wars.

  the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month is how it's recalled.

  i heard this poem on the radio yesterday.

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  Englishman,

  Remembrance Day is always on the eleventh here in Canada.

  Of all the days we could not celebrate as JW's, Remembrance Day is the one I've consistantly kept. There have been some years I could not be bothered with Christmas, was too busy for a big New Year's blowout, Halloween is no big deal for me.

  But the eleventh of November always finds me at a local cenotaph, poppy worn with respect, I stand there to honour the men and women who will be piped in row by row, some with tears on their cheeks as they remember fallen comrades.

  During the minute of silence, I try to pick something specific to think about. I didn't have any relatives directly involved in any action, so I'll read up on something and think about those soldiers. Vimy Ridge, Dieppe, Dunkirk, the North Atlantic.

  Last year I pondered what I'd learned about the crews that flew Lancasters over Germany. Maybe you know where the inspiration for that came from.

  Lest we forget.

  Eric
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  From heavy-handed morality to no morality

  by logansrun in

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  it is an almost knee-jerk reaction for someone coming out of a high-control group like the jws to automatically throw all caution to the wind and act in a self-destructive manner.

  (unless one goes from one hc group to another, that is).

  i'm all too curious...for those that have been out a while, did you go through this anomie?

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  Bradley, logansrun, (I get confused when people have two names...)

  I was raised a JW and got out in my mid-teens. Every potentially enjoyable thing that they'd railed against, everything they'd put up on a high shelf out of my reach, I simply had to climb up, take down, open up and try on. Drugs, all kinds, sex (yeah, even tried homosex, lots of suitors but couldn't get it up for another man), alchohol to the point that it cost me something, partied until I was jaded.

  In all that, I never once felt then, or now, that I had no morality. I made some bad choices, there are a few (very few) things I would change. But I never lost the bearings on my moral compass where it matters: "Do unto others as you would see done unto you."

  I never stole things from others.

  I didn't have to become a liar to persue my pleasures.

  I never hurt anyone for the sake of my desires. Didn't have to.

  Never abandonned a friend in need.

  Actually became more aware of my community, the value of volunteering, charitable works.

  Learned to take responsibilty for events in my life, good and bad, rather than blaming Satan and his wicked sytem of things or praising Allah, Zeus, Jesus Christ, Jehovah God and his Faithful and Discrete Slave.

  So Bradley, I'm asking, with great respect, in what way do you believe my recklessness, or indeed the recklessness of anyone else who left the JW's constitutes a move to "no morality"?

  Eric
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  Welcome to Apostaville--Population: You

  by joannadandy in

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  so eyegirl and i want to move in together.

  (can you imagine the decor?

  sloan wants to move in with us.

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  Lisa, Jim,

  Those are both pretty big pretty houses. Looks like too much dusting to do...

  If either of you have a garage attached, all I need is room for a couple of bikes, my toolchest (wired for sound, as it happens), a workbench, and a well-sprung cot tucked into the corner.

  Oh, and a beer 'fridge!

  If you don't count raucous, I make no noise at all.

  Eric

  P.S. Jim, You may bump your pre-sold counter by one. I wouldn't miss it for all the knee-pucks in Apostaville.
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  A HUGE REVELATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Jesika in

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  i haven't posted in a while.

  there is good reason for it.

  i have been in counseling again.

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  Jes, bikerchic,

  That was a long time ago.

  In between then and now, I was confronted with a situation where a man was abusing a female in public. I stepped in and reacted with some violence of my own.

  The judge gave me a fine or time. I chose the time. 14 days, of which I did 10.

  It let me think about what I'd done, how I should react in the future.

  Like I said to Badger, we grow in strength at different rates.

  I use words and process now. Every man around me knows I don't tolerate the weakness in them that allows abuse of women. They know they have to become a stronger person before they earn my respect.

  Eric
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  good news from Vicki Boer

  by needs_lots in

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  2. friends

  looks like the letter writting campaign has paid off !!!!!!!!!!!!

  the jw's have dropped costs, and there will be no exchange of money.

  (which, yes, means i still will not receive my huge $5000.00 judgement) (thanks judge molloy!?

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  Vicki,

  You took a very tough stand, and I learned something by just being in your presence.

  You are a Rock.

  Thank you for being so strong, and I applaud this news.

  Looks like I can make it for Nov. 15.

  Hope to see you then.

  Eric