i am collecting guitar musicians.......their music.
i am collecting great perfomances.....rare ones of musicians that would not otherwise be together......
i wold love your input.........and would share music with those interested.
Okay this guy may not qualify to be on this thread because he is not famous (yet) - but it impressed the heck out of me because he is a 16 year old Korean guy that just rocks! Lotsa fun just watching him. He has a real Joe Satriani sound...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
NoDenial
if i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?
have i ever misled you?
i'll answer that--no!
OK... My turn to chime in here....
I have read and studied darn near every post on this thread. Barb... I wanna hug you. You have been a beacon of hope to both CodeBlue and I as we spoke about the future of the borg. I can only imagine what this is about.
But here is the thing we all need to remember: Whatever this change or expose is... I don't believe it is a change in policy within the borg or an announcement from the WTS. Otherwise it would just be 'new light'. So this excludes any new positions from the Society on blood... or politics ("neutrality") ... or bible understandings (doctrine)... or even dates (1914).
This has to be a third party that will make a shocking exposee whereby the borg will lose credibility. (Think of the UN / NGO scandal). The POWER behind the UN scandal is that it was published by a credible and authoritative source: The United Nation's own Website! This is what makes the accusation so difficult for a Dub to argue.
Since this will be MORE POWERFUL than the NGO scandal... I am on the edge of my seat to consider what possible source of this exposee! A class action lawsuit whereby dozens or hundred of sexual abuse victims come forward? How about a compromising alliance with a worldly political or religious organization? How about an internal prostitution ring supported by the borg (LOL!). Or stockpiling armaments in the basement of Patterson... (Oh my gawd.... my mind is racing!...)
It could be so many things - but I just don't see how it could be just a small internal change in policies.
This needs to be from THE OUTSIDE in order to be a Time Magazine cover story.
NODenial....
hey gang!.
sng here, reporting live in japan.
i've just returned from a three-day trip to kyoto, which must surely be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Awesome SNG!
I was wondering how you were doing over there! Looks like you are having a great time!
(Very well deserved after the pace of work you had over the last year.)
Thanks for sharing!
NOdenial...
the first time i can vividly recall feeling jealous was when i was 7.. my dad came home from visiting a client with gifts for me and my sisters.
my younger sisters got a beaufiful handmade doll dressed in pink lace called betty and a handmade cotton cot.
i got the 1982 yearbook of jws.
I want to say that EvilForce is absolutely CORRECT on this one! (Excellent post - EF!!)
Here is what I feel on this matter: your jealousy is all about YOU - not your partner. (unless your partner is intentionally giving you reason to be jealous by flirting and stuff. That would be a different discussion. The only way to handle that is to find someone that demonstrates better character than that. Find someone that is as dedicated to your releationship as you are.) The bottom line is that your partner is with you absolutely voluntarily. You can NEVER stop him from leaving you and having an affair or whatever! He WILL do what he LOVES to do.
Now it's up to YOU to be sure that he loves to be with you more than anyone else. Talking to other women does not necassarily reflect his desire to be with them. He is just being an independant human. --- If you attempt to remove his 'right' to socialize, he will only take that for so long and will find other relationships to be more attractive. (you would do the same thing!)
So - mentally, if I suffered from serious jealousy, here is what I would tell myself: "Our relationship is built on (fill in blank)... I have no reason to question the loyalty of my partner - no matter who seems to be trying to move in on my man (***smiling to yourself because someone else finds your taste in men to be mutual!***)."
From a distance, admire the way your partner will return to you (!!!) even though presented with the opportunity to leave with someone else. Know within yourself that you were more 'worthy' than the other woman was.... and NEVER forget that! He choses YOU!
(and if he ever does leave you in the future - never give him reason to say: "she drove me away!")
A relationship without trust rarely survives.
NOdenial.....
i have a friend that was/is hooked on methamphetamine, not sure what eles,,,,,,,probably a little bit of other street drugs.. we are taking him to a pshc.
doctor on thursday because he suffers from panic attacks as well.
he has suffered with those for all of his life.
How tragic for your friend. I am sorry that you have to watch your loved one on such a self destructive path.
I have never been addicted to an illegal substance, but I was married to a 'deathly alcoholic' who was in and out of many recovery centers for many years before we finally divorced. Then my first girlfriend after my divorce turned out to be a 'deathly crack addict'. (Is there a trend here?)
What I quickly learned is that I was attracted to individuals that had addictive personalities... and what's worse is that many of my attitudes and behaviors enabled them to continue with their addiction. I had to take a pretty good look at myself and change my social circle. Believe me - it was not easy to remove myself from unhealthy people! What surprised me was that many of these unhealthy people were JW's! Figure that one out!
Please remember this: (I learned this the hard way!) As an adult you may love (!!) this friend of yours... but your FIRST priority is to protect your children and yourself from the destructive behavior of the addict. (ie. drinking and driving... druggie homes... unwanted or untrustworthy visitors in your home... your belongings and bank account! ... etc etc) If you can safely love your friend while protecting yourself and your children... then go ahead. But be careful. There is very little that will keep an addict from their drug of choice.
Also: you can make yourself SICK if you allow their problem to become your problem! They are an adult! I personally had to simply... accept their choice... To accept that - hurt me so much! My efforts to 'fix' them cost me years of my life and honestly: hundreds of thousands of dollars! And I have nothing to show for it - exept the words in this message.
If YOU think your friend is the only one with a challenge here (as difficult an addiction that it may be), I assure you: this experience will give you many sleepless and tearful nights for you to handle. Please re read my comments above. They were hard and painful lessons that took me years to figure out. It may sound very heartless - but my 15 year experience has brought me to the point where I wouldn't ever try and save an addict again. My life comes first - and you can't make me feel guilty for admitting it.
NOdenial...
i just did some rough (haha) figuring to determine how many days i spent just sitting at the hall during meetings.
i just rounded to the nearest year to be liberal in take into account missed meetings and the like.
i know the number is higher but i dont feel like getting more exact.. this just counts regular meeting times, not before and after fellowship, not fs, meeting prep, or assemblies.. i came up with 349 days.
I just did the mathematics for my own life:
I rarely - (if ever..) missed a meeting my whole life. I always had a minimum of 10 hours field service a month. I also hit EVERY assembly!
Total hours: 20,240 at these meetings (not including travel to and from these meetings or study in preparation!)
This means 2.31 YEARS of my life were spent within the walls of this religion.
Excuse me... I would like to have a refund... I'm not satisfied. ..... GIVE ME MY 2 AND A HALF YEARS OF MY LIFE BACK!
Sheesh! what a lousy investment!
NOdenial
hey all, wheres the weirdest place you have had pierced if at all.
i have had my belly button done but would love to get my tongue and my nose and my nipple(blush) done nothing big just a little stud on my nose.
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ok... I'm only telling you this because you asked...
My 15 year old son was living with his mother in Canada. (Very little parental leadership there - but that's another story). One day he came to visit me in the United States.
During that visit, my son nervously tells me that he has something to tell me - but he was very nervous. Being the 'approachable father', I assured him that he could "always talk to me about anything..." He nervously tells me that he has a new piercing.
I knew about his eyebrow ring... I knew about his nipple ring... It was obvious to see his 5 ear piercings. (do you see an angry streak in him like I do? Probably pain from my divorce of his mother. Very sad.) My mind is visually trying to picture what else was pierced.
I said "Dude... you pierced your tongue??? Let me see it!"
He says "No... tongue piercings are lame..." (well .... he is allowed to have his opinion)
... long silence...
Nervously I said... "Dude! .... what did you pierce??!!"
He just nervously chuckled and looked at me.
Cringing,... I said "You got a Prince Albert??" (feeling quite proud of myself for even remembering what a Prince Albert was!)
He laughed and said "No... a Prince Albert is too easy. I got the most dangerous piercing that you could get".
Feeling my face go pale I leaned forward and quitely said "What did you pierce?..."
He declared that he got an apadravya. I had never even heard of that before. And he began to describe what it was. The best way to describe it is to show you all a drawing of what it looks like. Please note: this picture is of a male penis. [edited] (these are NOT pictures of my son's penis. Like his father... he is much more well endowed... LOL!) if the link doesn't work - then just search "apadravya" on your web.
He began to tell me what was involved in this type of piercing. First of all - the piercing parlor has never done an apradravya before. Neither has some of the local competition. So, with the competition present, they got out their books started up the still cameras and DVD cameras. 12 people were in the room all watching how this was to be done. (at this point, I would be so nervous to trust them with the task!... but I guess when you are 15 years old - then fear is secondary to the peer pressure). My son says that the danger in this type of peircing is damaging either of the two vessels that fill with blood in an erection. So... to determine where those vessels are, they had to 'get him up' and mark where these vessels are. (Talk about performance pressure!)
Once that is done, my son had to relax and let the person doing the piercing do his job. Now like any parent - I was wondering about the legal implications of a piercing parlor doing something like this on a 15 year old person without parental consent! But what's done is done and it wouldn't have stopped him anyways. I guess it is all part of growing up. (but bothered me nonetheless...)
There is NO FREEZING! And it has to be done slowly and carefully. It took 6 seconds from the time the barbell was inserted into the bottom and exited out the top.
... Try and count that with me... one - one thousand... two - one thousand... three - one thousand... FOUR - one thousand... God!!!
He survived the peircing. He went home and slept for the night.
OK... this is where I jumped out of my chair as he was telling me this story:
The next morning... he awoke refreshed and normal. And of course, as any NORMAL person of 15 years of age... he awoke with 'normal morning "wood". .... But the barbell was too short... and the balls at the end of the barbell disappeared inside the flesh of the penis. The only thing he could do is push the balls through to the outside again, and get the barbell exchanged for a longer one. (God! - I'm feeling queezy just telling you the story!)
He bled for a month before it healed. There were no infections. He can now urinate through 3 holes and is quite a conversation piece at the men's urinals. He recently told me that he got a new stud for his piercing. One end of the barbell is a small watch type battery - and the other end is a vibrator.
.... That's MY BOY!!!.....
(what a great bar room story - huh...)
NOdenial (note: my avitar is a picture of me when my son told me what he did!)
ok... this topic will probably get some people quite upset - but i am going to say it anyways.
the topic of 'con artist types' in the borg reminded me of this issue.. where i come from in western canada and usa, there is a huge issue of dubs getting involved in melaleuca.
there is one brother in the interior of british columbia that is making much more money in a month than most people make in a year.
WP...
I love the comment about JW's actually having some MLM qualities. I never thought about it that way.
Do the CO's benefit from the elder's successes?
Do the elders benefit from the MS's successes?
Do the MS's benefit from the publisher's (in their book study group) successes? (I know I did...)
Do the publisher's benefit from their bible study's successes? (think about the experiences at the assembly)
... Thus - when the DO talked about the ministry statistics within the hall, there was 'con'mendation given to the audience.
I am embarrassed to admit to my history with the borg... sigh...
NOdenial
ok... this topic will probably get some people quite upset - but i am going to say it anyways.
the topic of 'con artist types' in the borg reminded me of this issue.. where i come from in western canada and usa, there is a huge issue of dubs getting involved in melaleuca.
there is one brother in the interior of british columbia that is making much more money in a month than most people make in a year.
BTTT
i am just curious if anyone on this board is from paintsville ky?
anybody have family from that area?
i practically grew up in that area.. .
I know Terry Savage from Pikesville pretty well... I see him every year at one of my trade conventions.
NOdenial
