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  I have to brag about my kid

  by JeffT in

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  alex, our youngest graduated cum laude from the university of washington today with a bachelor's in environmental science and a minor in quantitative analysis.

  he has a job in his field.

  he and his fiance, who also graduated today (biology) are getting married july 1. she's starting a phd program at berkeley in august, so they're moving.

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  AWESOME!!
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  Just "discovered" sweet potatoes and yams

  by compound complex in

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  sweet potato was already an important crop on pacific islands when europeans landed on the islands: easter island (roggeveen, 1722), new zealand (cook, 1769), and the hawaiian islands (cook, 1778).

  sweet potato, known as kumara, was a staple in the diet of the maoris of new zealand; interestingly, the name kumar is used for this plant in peru!

  rongo ma-tane, a maori god, protects this plant; a buried tuber is powerful enough to cause enemy to go mad and run away.. http://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com/2007/11/storing-sweet-potato-vine-tubers.html .

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  I fry them in coconut oil with some ginger and salt. YUM!
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  An idea for an amusing new Sparlock video

  by cedars in

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  i recently came up with an idea for an amusing new sparlock video (yes, another one), but i soon realized that i simply don't have the time to do it justice.. the basic premise of the video is a "what happens next" after sparlock gets dumped in the trash can in the form of a photo slideshow to a well known piece of music.

  if there's anyone out there with a bit of time (and preferably a similar sense of humor to me, god forbid!

  ) then please pm me and i will divulge my idea in full.. the preferred candidate will be good with photoshop (i.e.

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  I think the little bastard should jump out of the trash can and march over to the kindumb hall and obliterate it with his magic sword and by firing bolts of lightning from his arse. Or maybe wait in the bushes til the next meeting, mesmerize the boe and take the platform quickly and apostacize the congregation.
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  Funeral etiquette - Is crying allowed or seen as a lack of faith?

  by usualusername in

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  i have been to a few funerals and recalled that at many the cloest family members did not cry.. .

  ok cultures and a number of factors may explain that, but could crying mean you don't believe in the resurrection?.

  is it social compliance?.

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  I believe that the kh is the most emotionless and most pitiful place on earth. Clapping is the only real outlet allowed and it has to be about some stupid shit the wt is rolling out on the jw's behalf. Like the co visit or a new quick build.

  I never seen anyone cry at a jw funeral except at the grave site but not in the kh.

  When my dad died I cried at home. Nothing or no one at the kh ever gave me the sense of any consideration for true human feelings. In fact, the po of teh congregation approached my brother and extended his hand, not to offer condolences but rather to offer him a book study. Ya, count time you stupidass. Then a few days later he showed up unannounced at my house with a jr elder in training. He told me that since my dad claimed to be annointed, I needed to be sure that I was not supposed to pray to him or to expect any special favors. WTF! I threw them both out of my house and slammed their bookbags into his car. LOL
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  Dear Watchtower?

  by ldrnomo in

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  2. beliefs

  i thought it would be fun to start a question and answer series.

  i'll be the watchtower and you send in questions.. here's an example:.

  dear watchtower,.

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  Dear Watchtower, can i go make poop?
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  My take on the new Be Jehovah's Friend DVD

  by blond-moment in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrx7ej2b8m.

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  I like the way you think, blond-moment!

  WHERE were you when i was growing up in the tower?
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  What do you think?

  by exwhyzee in

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  this is so trivial but it has been a topic at my house lately and i wanted to present it to some of the brightest minds i know of.it's a pet peeve of mine to have someone younger than myself call me hun or honey.

  i know there are bigger issues in the world to worry about but for some reason this gets under my skin like you wouldn't believe.normally i just ignore it when it happens but the other day i was at ikea and the 20 something female cashier said " that'll be $128.95 hun.

  " i ignored the hun part and went ahead and swiped my debit card.

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  It's annoying to be called by a term of endearment by a stranger to me. I tolerate it with waitresses because they are trying for a larger tip and figure MOST guys will tip them bigger if they are a little flirty.
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  Do you have a bucket list?

  by usualusername in

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  i am nearly 40 years old and have started a bucket list of things i would like to do before i die.. .

  one of them being spending 6months away from my mobile and laptop in a tiny village away from the uk.. .

  do you have a bucket list?.

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  Bucket list? A few things I am able to share in polite company are:

  Rafting down the Colorado River

  Visiting Shaolin Monastary

  Debating any topic with George Takei
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  At Last, An Effective Dub Repellant

  by unclebruce in

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  rude door knockers and stoopid signs not working .. as if they would, old pioneers know they're just a challenge one's sticktoitiveness.. well how about spinkling a few aposta gnomes around ya garden?

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  aposta-gnomes servants of sparlock:.

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  LOL!! How about some Punji sticks with dog doo doo on the tips?
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  "You will live where you are told to live!"

  by irondork in

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  one of our most dogmatic, authoritarian elders at the congregation i used to attend made this comment.. .

  the wts has beat the drum of absolute authority so long and hard that the idea of free will, or even the notion of a god who might take in to consideration the wants, likes, and desires of his own people has been strangled out of the jw psychology.. .

  in one of his talks, brother that's final informed the congregation that it is pointless for us to engage in speculation about how our lives will be in the new system.

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  Hmmm I bet elder "that's final" will be doing the telling. Sounds like an asshat to me. Foot his ass for me! LOL