i work at starbucks, have for almost ten years... i like a lot of coffees -- different drinks, different origins, different blends. but i *have* become a bit of a coffee snob due to the job!
a pot or two worth a day...
Posts by puck
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67What is your Favorite coffee, mocha, latte, cap, etc?
by AK - Jeff ini am a rather old fogey on the matter - just black and hot.
but i like the occasional mocha.. what use of this universal bean is your favorite?
how many do you drink a week?
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I would love to hear from anyone who grew up in the truth and is gay
by Ragnarökkr inhi.. after lurking for a number of months i have decided to join in and hopefully connect with a few people who will know what it has been like to grow up as me.
i left the truth a number of years ago for two reasons, one of which was my sexuality, which i knew to be unacceptable to my brothers and sisters.
since then i have alone in my isolation, hopefully through this site i can rectify that.
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puck
i'm a gay exjw, too -- but i just "ran away" (across the country, in fact) when i fell in love with a friend and it wasn't good for my state of mind. since then, i've recently come out to a group of old friends who are still (nominally, at least) witnesses, and it's been okay for the most part. my siblings know, and love my wife of five years, but my parents haven't been told yet, although i'm certain they're aware. whenever we do talk, pretty much all discussion of my personal life, except for work, is avoided.
i was also a pioneer and engaged to a fine young brother, but broke off the engagement three months before the wedding. i'm glad i did. i feel so much more whole and happy "living in sin" -- monogomously, faithfully -- than i ever did when i was hiding in the congregation.
my wife talks with me about my religious upbringing and it's helpful to see things from a different veiwpoint than what i grew up with my whole life. it was a tough road, but it got me to where i am today, and for that i am grateful.
-- puck
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Roll call time - What KH's have you attended.............
by Check_Your_Premises innaperville, dekalb, joliet......... il.
i tried to bump an old thread on this topic, but i couldn't find it.. anyone?
beuller?.
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puck
blackfoot, id (english)
lewisville park, wa
rock creek, wa
visited rexburg/st. anthony, id during summers
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Would Jehovah recognize you
by darth frosty inhere is another lame a$$ email from a dub (how is it the only use they can think of for the internet is to regurgitate these lame parable's.).
warning have your barf bags ready.. .
this is very thought provoking.
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puck
wait... so if the farmer is jehovah... he's going to shoot me? well, i guess it's better than having my eyes pecked out and trying to survive through all this armaggedon chaos that's supposed to happen. thank goodness for a quick bullet!
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A story that is hard for me to tell
by under_believer inonce upon a time there was a daddy who really, really liked alcohol.
he drank too much all the time and smelled like wine, cheap wine from a box.
) the daddy's boys also grew up.
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puck
(((under_believer))) -- wow. it's so horrible to hear all that, and not to have ever had any inkling when we were growing up around one another. i'm truly sorry to read about it. what a courageous thing to post, and i hope it helps you in some small way to get it out.
-- puck
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Did You Ever "Report" Someone (Or Yourself) To The Elders???
by minimus inever snitch on anyone??
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puck
speaking of which, u_b, you still have yet to tell me your full story... (of course, this may indeed qualify). i know you have a limited amount of time to do so, considering your circumstances, but i'm still interested. also, dunno if you heard (probably, considering the witness grapevine), but my little brother just got df'd.
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Halloween
by Wordly Andre inthis past weekend i decorated my house for halloween, i know its early but i had a free weekend and i love being the first on my block to decorate, i have celebrated halloween for almost 17 years now, i think halloween and christmas are my most favorite holidays.
any one else decorating the house for halloween?
any one planning a halloween party?
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puck
i love halloween. i do a lot of theatre, and any reason to dress in costume...
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What if a religious org. came knocking on active JW's door? Reaction?
by whyizit inwhat if a couple of bible-believing christians were going door-to-door?
and what if they were preaching the kingdom of god?
what if they had biblesalone and were not handing out any other literature?
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puck
this happened to my mom a few years back. she ended up placing literature with the two mormon fellows who came to the door. i thought it was hysterical.
i had a couple of mormons come to my door a year or so ago, and talked to them for a while. it was kind of fun, to discuss "spiritual" things with people. hadn't done it in quite a while. they were somewhat astonished that i knew some things about their faith, as i'd grown up in idaho and montana and it's a predominant religion out there. through the course of the conversation, i told them that i was gay, and their reaction (creepy curiosity) was funny. but i was tired of the discussion by then.
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Confess and you won't be DF'd!!! Puke alert!!!!
by Gill inwell, in nearly forty years of being a dub, i've read some bs but some of it really takes the biscuit.. take for example the watchtower of november 15th 2006!.
always accept jehovah's dicipline.
para 3 .
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puck
my little brother just went to the elders to confess something that he did some time ago, and they told him (after a few meetings with them) that he wasn't "repentant enough", and df'd him. there was no oil involved. you'd think they could at least grease him up to make his exit a bit more smooth...
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Wow
by pgwvp ini had no idea there was such a strong support line for ex jehovah's witnesses.
i was raised from birth as a jw, son of the presiding overseer in my congregation.
i was groomed for "great works" according to the elders, and started giving my own talks at the age of 8. my father died when i was 9, and i think that if he hadn't i would still be a witness today.
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puck
welcome, pgwvp --
i also left because i am gay. i don't post a great deal, but am often lurking. there are a good many of us, more than i would have guessed when i first left. glad you're doing what you need to, and not just what is expected.
-- puck