i'll give my story again:.
i was raised a believing witness.
i had a normal life and very loving parents who would do anything for me and my brother(who is 21).
He doesnt do any personal study so he's not so stuck on beliefs that he can see anything else. I'm having a close friend of mines at work order CoC and CCMC for me so I can have them in the flesh. (cant find CCMC in pdf format anyhow)
In that case hide it under porn mags under some other stuff that isn't noticeable. There's always a chance they'll just take and confront you about the porn mags, which is the lesser of two evils.
i'll give my story again:.
i was raised a believing witness.
i had a normal life and very loving parents who would do anything for me and my brother(who is 21).
stillstuckcruz: You should think very carefully before doing anything. However, a couple of points... Do you still live with your parents? I'm not sure, but from your comment about PDFs being seen by your family, I assume that you probably live with them... Or that they're too much of Facebook addicts to get off the computer for a couple hours to visit you. If you do live with them, make sure you have an escape plan. Do you have any worldly relatives you could go live with for a while? Maybe some friends? You don't want them to throw you helpless into the street, which is always a possibility.
On the subject of the computer, I'd suggest grabbing a program called TrueCrypt. It's open source. You can install it on a flash drive, and it allows you to encrypt stuff you don't want peope to see on a fake hard drive that looks like a file. Put all your files on there, but make sure to not lose your password, as it's extremely secure and there is no way to break the encryption (with a strong enough password). As long as you don't leave CoC open, or leave the encrypted "hard drive" mounted, there is realistically no way they can find your files.
...and apparently they all wanted to come into my workplace afterwards for ice cream.
don't know why, but when i saw all the convention badges coming at me, i started to feel anxious, light headed, and nauseous.
fortunately, i managed to hide it well enough to finish my shift, but i'm trying to get someone to work for me tomorrow (when they'll probably be back... heard they were also there yesterday).. .
lol @ wearewatchingyouman. If only... I think the managers would notice.
...and apparently they all wanted to come into my workplace afterwards for ice cream.
don't know why, but when i saw all the convention badges coming at me, i started to feel anxious, light headed, and nauseous.
fortunately, i managed to hide it well enough to finish my shift, but i'm trying to get someone to work for me tomorrow (when they'll probably be back... heard they were also there yesterday).. .
...and apparently they all wanted to come into my workplace afterwards for ice cream. Don't know why, but when I saw all the convention badges coming at me, I started to feel anxious, light headed, and nauseous. Fortunately, I managed to hide it well enough to finish my shift, but I'm trying to get someone to work for me tomorrow (when they'll probably be back... heard they were also there yesterday).
Anyone have a similar experience?
the witnesses say that if you leave the religion you will become a very vile person.
you will probably get vd.
you will get into drugs and booze, your life will go to hell.. personally, i've been pretty much the same guy although i would now be viewed as a "fornicator".
I don't know any more... I drink, fornicate, listen to bad music, watch bad movies, play violent video games and occasionally partake in dank green substances. Those are things that I used to consider "Bad", but these days I don't know.
"The second half of the answer is easy. If you have a penis, you're a boy. Sans penis, a girl. Presumably."
I dunno... I know girls with penises and boys without.
i have been feeling very bad for the past few months with my health and i have been looking around for alternatives from what the doctors offer which is surgery or more dangerous drugs.
i came across helminthic therapy, which i had read about before but had not given much consideration to.
interest in it must have grown because there is lot more information available now than a couple of years ago when i last looked.
Any double-blind studies? None of the studies I see referring to this said anything about a control group.
Either way... Interesting concept. Of course, I'd be very careful and look for results specific to my health problem before doing anything... Though you've probably already done that.
i'm having trouble getting behind the idea of making rich people pay more taxes just because they have more.. aside from the obvious: "i'm not rich so lets tax them instead of me.
" the three reasons i hear most often are:.
1: they may have "earned" their wealth but they don't deserve it!.
a couple earning $50,000 total ($25,000 each, about $12 per hour) pays 21% combined federal taxes.
A couple earning $50,000 total is not poor. That is above the median household income and almost twice that poverty level for a family of 4. Not saying I disagree with your statement... Just that your numbers don't quite work...
On the other hand: I have an income of around $9000 a year (which I believe is under the poverty threshold... couldn't find it for a single person. If it's not, it darn well should be... >_<) and, after my refund at the end of the year, I will be paying about 5% in taxes, though only social security and medicare.
EDIT: And on Adam Smith - I don't even know who he is, but neither of you have proved your point. His statement was generic enough to work with either tax system... Though from the wording, I would side with the progressive tax.
i'm having trouble getting behind the idea of making rich people pay more taxes just because they have more.. aside from the obvious: "i'm not rich so lets tax them instead of me.
" the three reasons i hear most often are:.
1: they may have "earned" their wealth but they don't deserve it!.
A progressive tax does the most good for the least amount of harm. From that perspective it is ethical. A 1-2% tax increase on the rich would create the maximum amount of revenue with minimum difference in lifestyle, while decreasing the rate on the poor would hardly matter. However, when you take it much beyond that you might start getting into questionable territory.
We find out who the Alex Kingston character (River Song) is today Mahhhhhhh |
I already found out. Was looking on the Doctor Who Meme Generator to find a picture for my post and there were a lot of spoilers. Not too too many... But enough that I have a guesstimate on the big reveals. Sad day.
!!! I'm not alone in my addiction! I'm going to download it and watch it after work tonight, so don't spoil anything. :-P I HATE that there's going to be a several month cliffhanger, though. How bad is it [the cliffhanger]?
I had to go back and watch the first episode to find out exactly when *spoilers* happened to Amy after last weeks. I'm SOOOOO looking forward to this weeks. OMG.
Okay... Now I'm just rambling.
