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  Phew (#3)

  by La Capra in

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  just finished the last of the midterms...woohoo.

  the properties professor really nailed us bad.

  we all left feeling violated, so we hit the bars.

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  Just finished the last of the midterms...WooHoo. The properties professor really nailed us bad. We all left feeling violated, so we hit the bars. Tomorrow I jet away for two weeks in the sun. I'm all atwitter. I don't know how I will make it through teaching all day tomorrow. I'm too giddy because I survived midterms and I don't think I failed. Happy holidays everyone, I'll see you when I get back. Shoshana
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  I give up, I'm sick

  by La Capra in

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  after a week plus of roller coaster symptoms and complete hoarseness, the fever finally hit me yesterday, and i am officially sick.

  had to call in sick, so the little algebrators and geometers get to annoy a sub all day instead of me.

  and i did all the right things for the last month: flu shot, took lots of vitamins, immunity boosters, liquids and rest.

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  Thanks everyone, lots of Progresso chicken soup (with curry from the spice rack), tea with honey and totties consumed. I still have a slight fever, but it's out of the triple digits. My dog kept me company all day (except for when he was trying to attack the gardner). Still no voice, but my silence may be a good thing. Back to the Rule Against Perpetuities. Shoshana
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  What Ways Did You Rebel Against The Elders & The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  i used to get a kick out of how some people used to push the elder's buttons.

  sisters would wear a dress that was 1 inch above the knee just to get the brothers going.

  or brothers would grow something a little longer than a mustache......what did you do to exert your independence??

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  I wouldn't do this to anyone now, even to the elders in my old congregation, but I used to out think and out maneuver them, and then let them know I had done it. I could see their next four or five steps, even before they did, so I could get them on a wrong tack pretty easily then slam them with an honest denial (with hard evidence, like alibi), or simply the contradiction of their position. It was too easy to trip up the elders in their circular or faulty logic. I realize now it really wasn't their fault they weren't too bright or educated. I never answered questions, only asked 'em, and volunteered information on my own, and never what they wanted to know (you see, even though all their kids made stuff up to turn me in for, I never did anything that I could really get in trouble for). When I was a teenager, a new ready-made elder moved to our congregation with his family. He was very bright probably secretly college-educated by his incredibly wealthy family, and was impossible to trip up. The other elders never talked to me without him after he arrived. He played my same game, so our conversations rarely went anywhere. That's when I decided to go to college to rebel. Shoshana
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  I give up, I'm sick

  by La Capra in

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  after a week plus of roller coaster symptoms and complete hoarseness, the fever finally hit me yesterday, and i am officially sick.

  had to call in sick, so the little algebrators and geometers get to annoy a sub all day instead of me.

  and i did all the right things for the last month: flu shot, took lots of vitamins, immunity boosters, liquids and rest.

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  After a week plus of roller coaster symptoms and complete hoarseness, the fever finally hit me yesterday, and I am officially sick. Had to call in sick, so the little algebrators and geometers get to annoy a sub all day instead of me. And I did all the right things for the LAST MONTH: flu shot, took lots of vitamins, immunity boosters, liquids and rest. So much for nothing. I'm using the day in bed to study for my Properties midterm tomorrow night (the not so hidden blessing, I'm sure). I'm bugged more by the fact that I am supposed to board a flight midnight Friday night for an exotic destination for two weeks of rest, a consistent .05% BAC, and no case books, or papers to grade. Hope I feel better by then. Shoshana
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  Fluffiness: Hiding Christmas gifts?

  by bebu in

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  where to hide those gifts... i've got some ideas, but i'm hoping to find more.. one great place i've found is the large boxes that were originally holding the christmas ornaments.

  they get put back on the garage shelving with lots of things stuffed in.

  my kids would never consider it.

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  The extra freezer in the garage, the trunk of your car, under the clothes in the ironing box, or under "not too dirty" laundry...just don't wash that bottom layer til after Christmas, in the attic rafters, in the neighbor's garage...there is always lots of scuttling around late Christmas eve in my neighborhood, as people with kids collect the stashes from the garages of people without kids.
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  125,725 JW Publishers are MISSING !!!

  by Amazing in

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  blueblades posted the 2003 service year report.

  the watchtower society makes it appear that they grew 2.2% (which is lower than some of their earlier percentages) ... but the way they present the data, does not reveal the truth.

  [note: the chart below is the smallest i could get it ... sorry for the inconvenience.

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  Isn't math fun Jim? I used to do this same calculation as a kid, and just figured the difference was attributable to attrition (firings, quittings and death). I asked a librarian for help in finding the international mortality rate. She looked at me like I was nuts, and helped me look through an almanac. But I did always feel it was necessary to double check the arithmetic of the Bethel Boys. I added a two extra rows, with my numbers, in my tables: deaths and DF/DA. I didn't think I was cynical at all. I figured congregants could tell you, at the drop of a hat, how many of each had occurred in their congregation in a given year, but probably not the average and peak publishers....It was relevant data, so
  I added it. I like a tidy balance sheet. Those missing bodies bothered me too. Shoshana P.S. If you use their death rate (from the drop in partakers), then only about 1000 of their numbers died. These books are cooked. I'm shocked!!!
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  Phew (#2)

  by La Capra in

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  evidence down civil procedure down.

  all that is left is properties.

  aren't law school midterms fun?

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  Evidence down Civil Procedure down. All that is left is Properties. Aren't law school midterms fun? Think I probably did better than on my Evidence. Shoshana
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  Calling all - PLEASE!!! Big Step For Me.

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  now, please remember, jw my entire life.

  therefore, many prejudiced and warped ideas.. the deal is that a very nice co-worker invited me to a 'christmas play' at her baptist church and i accepted.

  the play is tonight, and i have all these messed-up ideas that perhaps it's wrong to step foot into another church; or that perhaps since i've been taught all my life that demons reside in the false religion churches that i'll be bothered by these demons if i attend this event tonight.. please, help me win over these live-long thoughts.

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  DY, I was the same way, but at the first opportunity after I DA'd, I went into other houses of worship-it was a field trip in college to look at some specific architectural styles, and in San Francisco, these structures offer great variety of styles for the professor to prove her point. I wasn't even nervous at the first one, but in a few of them I experienced something I had never experienced in any KH or AH, or even at the Cow Palace for conventions...I physically felt the presence of a higher power, in one place it nearly knocked me to the ground it was so strong. Did I think it was demons? Nope, it was all benevolent light and energy. In the other churches, I felt no fear of demons or the devil. They simply aren't there. Mostly they are just buildings that are used for lots of purposes-like this party. But, you might find something you didn't expect to find there (like Jacob did, eh?) Enjoy the party, no fear, no guilt, just go and enjoy...Shoshana
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  Some advise for a stranger to JWs

  by Llama in

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  yeah, i'm a different thinker, floating between budhist and spiritualist ideas, and jw seems so rigid to me, i was quite shocked to read up on it.

  unfortunately i have a question for you which i am dreading to ask, as i suspect the answer wont be one i wish to hear.. i have recently fallen for a girl, she is, well her parents are strictly jw as far as i understand, she follows this but has not been baptised yet.

  i know she really likes me too, but i am not a witness, and i doubt i ever could be.

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  Llama, If she has not been baptized and she is 22, then she does not have the choices of people to be with that you may think. First of all, since she is unbaptized, she is unsuitable dating material for any of the men in the congregations. They would either know this status or check this status with the congregation before asking her to go out in service with them. Also 22 is pretty old with JWs not to be married yet. Because she is not yet baptized, she probably isn't committed to it-but still heavily conflicted about it- which was why she was so upset telling you about it. She is a BAD JW, driving to see you on weekends, and speaking to you on the phone. She is living a very compartmentalized personal life-very dangerous and unhealthy. You very well may be her only "friend" in or out of the religion, since at her age, unbaptized, she is probably treated as a "sub-member". Perhaps you wish to save her from this cult-a noble thing, for sure-gently making her aware of her sub-status, inner conflict and her real hopes of "finding true love" in the religion would probably go farther than any other thing. But be aware that she may lose her entire family (except her brother) if they are all JWs-but maybe not. It was a person who was Buddhist who was able to get me to see the inconsequentiality of the JWs (or any religion) as far as having true spirituality and faith are concerned. Can't format-still, Shoshana
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  I went to see my mom after 4 years, now I am sadder

  by orangefatcat in

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  last evening i recieved an e-mail from my aunt who is not a jw, and she told me that my mom was taken to the hospital with a serious bowel obstruction.

  my aunt knowing our family sitution felt it would be a good time to see what your mom would do.

  so i called my sister who lives not to far from me.

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  Hey Fat Cat, you were so brave to go see your mother, knowing what reaction you could have gotten. As I read your post, I felt that there is some hope there. Your mother began to talk to you, and started opening up. This must have been the second hardest thing she has ever done (shunning you being the first). If you can bear the discomfort and keep contact with her, she may begin to feel more comfortable exercising "her conscious" and having a relationship with you. It could be uncomfortable for a bit, but it might be worth it to try for just a bit, see if things can change for the better. My mom keeps hers with me, and has no fear of reprisals in the congregation, and doesn't try to hide the fact that she does see me. Your mother would NEVER get the boot for visiting her son. Shoshana