D8TA --- About the review ---
The problem here is that the reviewers are so highly educated that they have no room left in their skulls for any intelligence.
LoneWolf
http://www.detnews.com/2002/entertainment/0205/18/d01-492788.htm .
what the hell?.
i just finished watching mulholland drive (for the third time this weekend) and my head hurts.
D8TA --- About the review ---
The problem here is that the reviewers are so highly educated that they have no room left in their skulls for any intelligence.
LoneWolf
french philosopher blaise pascal once noted, "men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
" a case study for this statement can clearly be evidenced by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. the gb present themselves as lovers of truth and righteousness who are the only persons on this planet who speak for god.
this doctrine is at the very core of the beliefs of jehovahs witnesses and is one of the few that cannot be rationalized away by wts apologists.
Excellent indeed.
I've never had to fish a friend's body out of the river, but once I was asked to give a funeral talk as none of the elders would do it.
The young man shot himself in the head with a high-powered rifle, because he found himself hooked on drugs and felt that he was a disgrace to Jehovah's name. He figured that he would be cured of it in the resurrection.
It astonishes me how completely the Organization ignores the parable of the wheat and the weeds.
LoneWolf
well we did it, 45 people were present for the first candle light vigil for silentlambs around the world.
holly and heather berry were there along with many other victims who told stories, sung songs, and recited poems that were self composed to help them deal with abuse issues.
there were many touching moments where you could feel the heartbreak and pain suffered by the expressions made.
LOL, Bill. Good work.
I'm looking for the elders to start resigning rather than follow through on the Society's instructions.
LoneWolf
all human problems such as starvation, disease, and injustice will be solved at armageddon because god is going to kill everyone living that isn't a witness.
currently, that's 99.9% of the human race.. i'm gonna use this next time i meet a jw who starts to witness to me or calls on me at my new address.... jw: do you believe that all of societies problems like starvation or disease will be solved one day?.
ak: yes, according to your religion those problems will be solved because the people who have the problems will be destroyed at armageddon cos they didn't convert to your religion.. wonder if i can get them to say that jw's aren't the only ones to be saved at armageddon.. from ak
Hmmmm. You forgot to tell us where the quote came from.
LoneWolf
what is infinity doubled?.
what is infinity halved?.
somebody humour me please!
Jan H. is right. If it sounds strange, think of it as being like the opposite extreme: zero.
Zero halved is still zero. Zero doubled is still zero. The way of getting there is a little different, but the results are the same.
LoneWolf
just received this email from my cousin and had a good laugh.
sometimes it don't pay to be too hoity-toity!
lonewolf.
LOL. The thought had occurred to me, but it's a good laugh anyway and the cookies sound real good.
By the way, does anyone like raw cookie dough like I do?
LoneWolf
just received this email from my cousin and had a good laugh.
sometimes it don't pay to be too hoity-toity!
lonewolf.
Just received this email from my cousin and had a good laugh. Sometimes it don't pay to be too hoity-toity!
LoneWolf
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A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them have it!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas, and we decided to have a small dessert.
Because both of us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe, and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can buy the recipe."
Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty-it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf.
As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-$250.00". That was outrageous!
I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money because, according to them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money at this point."
I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statues which govern fraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud.
I was basically told, “Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying to get any of your money back."
I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free.
She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone.
So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny off of this recipe!
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1-8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!! Have fun!!!
there was a thread the other day that stuck in my mind.
i've just spent the last three hours trying to find it and i hope someone can remember its name, as i'm about to give up.. as i recollect, one gal was speaking of her miserable marriage to an elder who kept throwing the scripture about the "marital due" etc., at her and demanding it every day regardless of how she felt or anything else, including her being 8 months along in a difficult pregnancy.
i've known men like this and detest them.. there were other poignant experiences in the same thread.. i mentioned this thread to my wife as being something she ought to read and she showed interest.
Perfect! Thank you very much.
LoneWolf
there was a thread the other day that stuck in my mind.
i've just spent the last three hours trying to find it and i hope someone can remember its name, as i'm about to give up.. as i recollect, one gal was speaking of her miserable marriage to an elder who kept throwing the scripture about the "marital due" etc., at her and demanding it every day regardless of how she felt or anything else, including her being 8 months along in a difficult pregnancy.
i've known men like this and detest them.. there were other poignant experiences in the same thread.. i mentioned this thread to my wife as being something she ought to read and she showed interest.
There was a thread the other day that stuck in my mind. I've just spent the last three hours trying to find it and I hope someone can remember its name, as I'm about to give up.
As I recollect, one gal was speaking of her miserable marriage to an elder who kept throwing the scripture about the "marital due" etc., at her and demanding it every day regardless of how she felt or anything else, including her being 8 months along in a difficult pregnancy. I've known men like this and detest them.
There were other poignant experiences in the same thread.
I mentioned this thread to my wife as being something she ought to read and she showed interest. We are working on our 42nd year together now, and have managed to avoid countless problems by listening to such stories and talking about them.
Does anyone remember this thread?
LoneWolf