Posts by NeonMadman

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Any Stephen King Readers?

by White Dove in

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so far, i like needful things, secret window/hidden garden, and langoliers best.. guy at the bookstore said the stand was the best.. i just bought the shining and pet cemetary (book's in the other room.

can't spell).

what's your favorite?.

NeonMadman

I'm more of a Stephen King listener. I drive a lot for work, so I tend to get his books in audio book format and listen to them.

I think my favorites so far have been "Hearts in Atlantis" and "Gerald's Game." Probably not the average person's picks. I listened to "Gerald's Game" about 15 years ago when I had lost my job and was delivering newspapers late at night, listening as I drove around the route between midnight and 3:00 a.m. It was appropriately spooky (even though it is really just psychological horror and not anything supernatural) that it kept me freaked out over the several nights it took to finish it.

As far as his short story collections go, I especially liked "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" and "Everything's Eventual."

I'll second what dinah said about Dean Koontz; some of his stuff is really good, and "Odd Thomas" tops the list for me. "From the Corner of his Eye" was also excellent and evocative.

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Summer Concerts-Who will you see?

by lonelysheep in

summer is about here, so you know that is prime time for concerts.

i am hoping to get tickets to poison for once.

i will also be seeing george michael :) and yes, i will be buying myself a ticket to new kids on the block for a september show.

NeonMadman

The only thing I have planned is the 3-day Bob Dylan tribute fest over Memorial Day weekend at a nearby winery.

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Roller Skating Parties in Ebensburg Pa?

by Beep,Beep in

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anyone here ever attend one of the roller skating parties in ebensburg pa?

i'm trying to track down people i know from the mid 70's that i met there.. .

NeonMadman

I went to the ones in Agawam, MA in the early 70's...

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Did you start college before or after you left the WT?

by White Dove in

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ok, "leaving" can be mental &/or physical leaving.. what time in your life did you start?.

NeonMadman

I started taking college courses at a community college in 1987 when my employer offered to pay my tuition. I was still a JW at the time, but had severe doubts. It was a long process, I finally got an associates degree in Business Administration in 2003. There were a few years in there where I didn't take any courses, so it was an off-and-on thing. i certainly got no support on it from my JW ex. Basically, any time she saw me trying to study she would go out of her way to start a fight about something so I couldn't get any studying done. I finally finished the degree after we divorced and I remarried.

I continued taking courses after I got the A.S., this time with Moody Bible Institute. I should be on line for my B.S. in Biblical Studies with the class of 2009 at the age of 57.

And they told me I'd never finish college before Armageddon got here...

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A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

by caliber in

a touching heartfelt experience at the atm machine!.

it was a very touching experience that i had this last weekend at the atm machine.

it was about half an hour discussion but what follows is the highlights that i remember most vividly.. it begins with a once a upon a time pioneer partner of my wife (h4o) coming in to the atm.. jw says....how are things going?

NeonMadman

Yes, but is your PIN number still 1914? :P

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Don't understand a WT teaching? It's probably not important anyway:

by easyreader1970 in

from august 1, 1980 wt:.

is some point we have trouble in understanding really important?

does it affect the truly important things we have learned with the help of the "slave" class?

NeonMadman

I had the elders tell me that some of the issues I had doubts about were not important, and why would I let such minor issues spoil my service to Jehovah, yadda yadda...

But if they would disfellowship me for disagreeing with the organization's teachings on these "minor" issues, that makes them matters of life and death, doesn't it?

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Bethel moving from Brooklyn.

by strawberry cake in

an old pioneer friend told me recently that the bethel is moving from brooklyn.

she learned this at pioneer school from the cos who taught the school.

also they warned of many changes to come.

NeonMadman

The signs outside at Wallkill still say "Watchtower Farms" but the one inside the lobby now says, "Welcome to Wallkill Bethel."

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I joined Weight Watchers today!

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i am a bit of a yo yo dieter - i have been dieting ever since i was a teenager, and my role model for this was my mom of course.

in fact one of my very early memories of going shopping with mom and her buying a diet shake mix.

well... i have a little girl who is almost three and i have been thinking about things and i really need to break this cycle of crash diets, losing 5 kgs and picking up 10 once i have lost motivation.

NeonMadman

My wife and I have been members of WW since 2003 (when I was diagnosed as diabetic) and at one point had lost a total of about 180 pounds (I was REALLY big when I joined). My wife had some health issues in 2005 and at that point because of stress etc. I gained back between 30 and 40 pounds which I haven't been able to shed since, but I'm still WAY better off than I was before.

Stick with it; the program works!

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