although i know i'm not the worst writer in the world i feel i could improve tremendously.
anyone know of a good, simple, "only the facts ma'am" book on how to improve one's grammer and style?
any suggestions from the peanut gallery on things you notice which are grammatically incorrect in my growing legion of posts?
You might want to give these a look.
Strunk & White's - The Elements of Style (mentioned by another post)
Zinsser's - On Writing Well
For something completely different, highly recommended
Brewer's - dictionary of Phrase and Fable ( a look at the origins of phrases and idioms)
the church organist .
the church organist was a very talented lady.
her name was miss bea, who was in her 80's, and had never been married.
A Southern Baptist minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis, he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." With even greater emphasis, he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river."Sermon complete, he then sat down. The song leader stood very cautiously and announced with a smile. "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn # 365. Shall we gather at the river...
young, eager writer happy to help dupe masses and promote satanic new world order.
in return, seeks compensation in the form of carnal satisfaction, narcotics, and a concealed carry permit with a license to kill.
also, a pony, magical, red, with gold mane and hooves, named brush, for riding and ribbon-plaiting purposes.
is this anything like castrati?
my mum always says that she is an imperfect person within a perfect organisation.
now, what i do not understand is by her own admission she is imperfect, in fact, we all are.
so, how can imperfect humans create a perfect organisation?
doesn't exist.
why in the hell did the weiner thread get deleted?!
good frickin grief!
i saw nothing bad in that thread.
The weiner thread is still there as far as I can tell standing proud in all its' glory. You may be experiencing the same thing that others of us are. Namely the disappearing threads. I found the weiner under Active Topics.
when you left the jw's did you start smoking cigarettes or had you already started smoking cigarettes before?
and for those who became jw's later on in life, were you smoking cigarettes before joing the organization and was it hard to stop?
and now how many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
Are you kidding? Never touched my lips. We see people everyday in our OR getting cut open like stuck pigs to fix smoking induced health disasters. Not a chance in hell.
i've been on page 240 for several days and can't get it to update to the latest post.
i've seen post with suggestions to refresh the post but can't remember all the sugestions.
anyone having the same problem?
I have the same problems as well. I've posted to the tech site, but what was suggested by some I had already tried. i.e. delete temp files, F5, delete cookies, etc. None of this works. Sent an e-mail to Simon a few days ago, no response. I know this is not a problem with my computer because we have 8 machines and it does the same thing on all of them. Maybe a problem with Simon's new compression system. But it is getting frustrating having to sort through all the Active Topics to retrun to a topic you were following. Patience is a virtue.
were you considered a 'good mate'?.
did you feel like a piece of meat?.
guys/girls' opinions welcome.
what do you mean WERE?
i have a legitimate question.
not knowing where to go, maybe you all could answer me.
are witnesses obsessed with sex?
Momofmany -
You know what is best for your kids. Study with your kids yourself if you can. If they need extra help from others be sure you approve of the person. Just because an elder says something it doesn't mean it's gospel truth. Elders and the WTS do not have to right to dictate anything to you. You had every right to stop the study if you felt things were not going correctly.
Maybe this brother is wacked and likes talking about perversions. It does happen.
i have a legitimate question.
not knowing where to go, maybe you all could answer me.
are witnesses obsessed with sex?
Momofmany -
Keep the door open to communication with your sons. You'll never regret it.
And there is no reason to discuss specific "mechanics" of bestiality with anyone much less a thirteen year old. Someone needs to have a frank talk with that brother to explain the reprehensibility of his words.
