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  If You Are Christian, Please Check In Here :-)

  by snowbird in

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  we've got lots of , , and .

  syl.

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  Robdar

  Lest we forget, Jesus died a Jew.
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  "Why Isn't Wall Street In Jail" Great Rolling Stone Article

  by Justitia Themis in

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  favorite quote: ".

  to understand the significance of this, one has to think carefully about the efficacy of fines as a punishment for a defendant pool that includes the richest people on earth people who simply get their companies to pay their fines for them.

  conversely, one has to consider the powerful deterrent to further wrongdoing that the state is missing by not introducing this particular class of people to the experience of incarceration.

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  It's a fabulous article. Very interesting.
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  Anyone else get stabbed in the back?

  by WontLeave in

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  i was a gung-ho advocate for jws.

  i got on the message boards and would argue down any detractor, apostate, church pastor, disgruntled ex-jw, you name it... i was out in the ministry constantly, practically running from door to door, preaching.

  i started studies left and right.

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  Robdar

  Are the reasons stated above the only reasons this happened to you? I can't put my finger on what you said or maybe how you said it, but it just feels like there is more to this situation than you are able to tell us.

  Oh, and what Curtains said.
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  Who Moved My Cheese?

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?

  ' and i like it.

  i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.

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  Robdar

  ~bigger grin at BP~

  We've got to get together some day.
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  Who Moved My Cheese?

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?

  ' and i like it.

  i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.

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  Robdar

  ~big grin at Jonesey~
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  Who Moved My Cheese?

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i'm reading this book 'who moved my cheese?

  ' and i like it.

  i have friends who are the mice (which i think if funny) and i think i've been hem for too long and now want to be haw.. has anyone read this book and what did you think of it?.

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  Robdar

  I thought it was an insipid piece of crap. I was resentful of the man who told me how good it was and how I just had to read it. The only reason I didn't slip some rat poison into his coffee was because the book was too short to take up much of my time. I found this interesting review:

  http://dontstepinthepoop.com/review-who-moved-my-cheese

  Review of Who Moved my Cheese

  January 19th, 2010 6 tweets retweet

  Disclaimer: This review may contain offensive language for readers who are faint of heart. If so, do not, I repeat, do NOT continue reading this. I am not responsible for your mental anguish, suffering, or any potentially harmful physical reaction that may result from reading this.

  The Good

  The good points of “Who Moved my Cheese” are as follows:

  It’s an easy read—for a first-grader.

  The story is mildly entertaining—for unimaginative children.

  It’s the story of two little people and how they cope with the fact that all their cheese has been moved from their station. It deals with one guy’s revelation that he should accept the fact that the cheese has been moved and go find more cheese. The other guy just sits around waiting for more cheese.

  It’s supposed to be a metaphor for accepting change. That’s a good message in general.

  So, to recap the good points.

  It’s an easy read—for a first-grader.

  The story is mildly entertaining—for unimaginative children.

  The Bad

  I find this book insulting on so many levels. Let me count the ways:

  1. The size issue

  The book is only about 71 pages but that 71 pages is in a huge font, the white space is huge, and then I am treated with an introduction full of inspiroof (proof by inspirational story) at the beginning of the book to fill up more pages.

  Look, I have nothing against a short story. But when you are purposely trying to make your 6-8 page story into a book by over-formatting, it’s dishonest.

  I think this was originally a newsletter article that the author or publisher over-formatted to make into a book.

  It reminds me of those thousand-dollar 300-page “courses” you get from BS gurus that could be condensed into a 40-50-page book.

  2. The intellectual level of this book

  The book is shallow and frankly insulting to anyone possessing even a modicum of intelligence. I thought the book was written for a group of kindergarteners who were told that recess time has been revoked.

  I am NOT kidding. As I noted in the good section, it is an easy read. And maybe that accounts for its popularity.

  3. The message/metaphor of this book

  Accepting change may be good. But change itself is not always good. In fact, change can be disastrous. On a small level, if some corporate executive is tired of the way things are going (even if they are going great), he or she may get it in their head to “change” things. Then when things don’t go well, just tell the employees it’s their fault for not embracing change.

  To put it more bluntly, what do you do when someone moves your cheese, and there’s no more cheese to look for? In reality, it’s called losing a job, having your savings taken away, etc.

  You have a right to not only ask Who Moved Your Cheese, but to say “GIVE ME BACK MY GODDAMNED CHEESE!” “Who Moved My Cheese?” seems to be saying, “Just accept whatever gets thrown at you.”

  Well, that’s like telling a child to “just do what I tell you.”

  Hmmm..maybe that is the message of the book.

  Here’s the worst part of this book…the metaphor itself.

  These little people live in a maze with rats. Now, what does the maze represent? Maybe, your job. And the cheese is, maybe, your position. So, if you get downsized, transferred, or told to mop the floor, you should embrace this change.

  But there’s another option this book doesn’t even get close to approaching.

  LEAVE THE MAZE!

  You don’t need to stick around while someone is messing with you. ”Who Moved My Cheese” was right about one thing: it’s a book concerning “little people”.

  Well, I’m not a little person. I am a big person who can make big big decisions. And I for one would choose to leave the maze. When a game is rigged, your best option, no, your ONLY option is to stop playing the game.

  In the book, one guy sits there and waits, the other goes to other parts of the maze to look for cheese. They’re both idiots.

  The Verdict

  This has got to be one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

  The fact that so many people find this book “life-changing” boggles my mind. “Who Moved My Cheese” is just plain stupid. I found it to be neither inspirational nor uplifting. It did not give me any revelations or even one good idea. It was a complete waste of time—albeit short since it is the size of a newsletter article.

  The fact is I got this book as part of my divorce. I wondered why my ex-wife would give up the book so quickly. Now, I know why.

  My hope is that if I can save just ONE person from reading this inane drivel then my life would be meaningful.

  I recommend some other activities that are a better use of your time than reading this book.

  They include:

  Taking a nap

  Playing Tetris

  Drawing stick figures in a notebook

  Coloring a picture

  Playing with blocks

  Going to the bathroom

  Eating cheese (that is, good cheese, and don’t let anyone take that away from you.)

  Trimming your nails

  Those are just a few suggestions.

  To end this review, I know that when I say don’t read this book, some of you will leave out the “don’t” and just see read this book. Curiosity will get the better of some of you. I understand that.

  So, I let me summarize the book for you:

  Embrace change.

  There you go. That’s it. If you’d like to donate to my blog in lieu of buying the book, I won’t stop you.

  But wait, there’s more….

  For my blog readers, I am offering a free 1o-page cheesed* version of this review. Download it for free and send it to 200 of your closest friends (or you could just share this link).

  Cheesed Review of “Who Moved My Cheese”

  * cheesed (adj): when content is formatted in such a way to make it appear that there are more pages than there actually are, a la “Who Moved my Cheese?”
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  Toxic Relationships

  by serenitynow! in

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  i have had it with my mother.

  i've spoken on the board before about her.

  she is fanatically religious, often keeps me on the phone for hours while she talks endlessly about the bible.

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  Robdar

  I believe that the people who talk over and over about God/religion are really trying to convince themselves but think they are trying to convince you.

  You're in a difficult situation but it should work itself out eventually. Your mother will be gone sooner than you expected.
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  Tonight on Glenn Beck. The anti-Christ is Muslim.

  by villabolo in

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  joel richardson, author of the islamic antichrist: the shocking truth about the real nature of the beast, is going to be appearing on glenn beck's show tonight.

  he believes that the whole book of revelations centers around the muslim world with an anti-christ muslim.

  no wonder glenn likes him.. watch his videos and get a sense of where ultrafundamentalism may be leading us to.

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  OMG! I never suspected.
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  Car inspection woes

  by Terry in

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  i'm sure texas isn't much different from any other state.. we want clean air.

  so, the auto manufacturers came up with a glorified box of charcoal that "filters" out the pollutants (simultaneously making the energy output less efficient requiring yet more fuel) called a catalytic converter.. most cars' converter lasts about 10 years.. .

  i'm driving a honda accord from 1998. the coverter has given up the ghost and i don't pass the nox tests.. so.... i can't renew my registration and have to spend about $1700 to replace that stupid box of charcoal.. .

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  Robdar

  Your car is 13 years old. This is just the beginning of things that will eventually go wrong. Take the $1700 and put it down on a new Toyota. 0% financing is awesome!
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  My Oldest G'daughter ...

  by snowbird in

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  is almost 21 years of age and is a brazen, rebellious, scandalous heifer!.

  she smokes pot, curses, stays out late at night, and is totally licentious.. yet, she has figured out that the jw's are a cult, something my almost 22-year-old daughter has yet to do.. go figure.. syl.

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  Robdar

  She's acting up because she figured out the JWs are a cult. What else can she do?