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The Art of Writing
by Quendi in
1. social
2. entertainment
gore vidal's death tuesday in los angeles got me to thinking about writers.

i am a writer myself and i know there are many other writers on this forum.

i wanted to open a discussion on writing in the twenty-first century and get other thoughts, opinions and experiences on this.
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Christopher Hitchens summed up my chances of ever creating the Great American Novel with these words:

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”

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Who On This Site Would You Like To Meet?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
there are a lot of interesting people that frequent this site.. sometimes, we get an idea of what the posters are really like in "real life".

and i'm sure i could be easily surprised by some that you think might be strong personalities because of their board presence, and in reality, they might be shy in a face to face setting.. i would enjoy meeting simon.

simon used to be terribly annoyed by my posting and now i think he's accepted with tolerance my being here.. farkel seems like a grouchy cantankerous fellow but i think he'd be very interesting company!.
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Very happy to have had a luncheon with Da Farkel and my children a couple years ago.
(We'll have to do it again next time we're in your neck of the woods Doug.)
And since I always want what I cannot have:
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p.s. Oh, and of course, the whole lot of the rest of you.
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Sparlock spotted in Taiwan
by Steve_C in
1. jw
2. friends
no, not 'made in taiwan,' but actually in taiwan.. i thought you might enjoy some photos of yours truly engaging in heathen activities while wearing my new sparlock t-shirt.

i'm not really a taoist/buddhist, but sporting the warrior wizard shirt while burning incense in the temple made me feel like some kind of naughty double-apostate .

the one-hundred+ year-old wu fu ("five fortunes") temple, near my apartment.
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Were you a JW trophy wife? Not necessarily a serious thread.
by FlyingHighNow in
1. social
2. relationships
sal, it's funny but things were much more shallow in the dubs.

i noticed some of the ugliest blokes getting pretty little trophy wives so long as they had a job or were the sons of elders.

my dad (an elder) even went so far as to encourage me to come back to the dubs because i would easily pull a good looking wife .
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Yes, before my surgery.
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Add your favorite JW prayer cliche'
by King Solomon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you know what i'm talking about: the trite, often-repeated phrases that convey the person offering the prayer has drawn a mental blank, and utters these words while their brain desperately searches for the next cliche', so they can conclude the ritual with the required tag, "in jesus' name we pray".... (is that like the postage stamp?).

ok, i'll kick this one off, and take the most obvious:.

"forgive us where we fall short....".
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At large JW food-eating gathering prior to eating:
"Bless this food and bless the hands that prepared it."
I don't hear this one very often, but there's on JW around these parts who is guaranteed to include it in any pre-meal prayer.
How exactly is the "blessing" of the food and the hands supposed to happen?
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Would You Listen To A Prayer From A JW And Say Amen If They Said A Prayer In Your Presence?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
my mom has had visits from various jws and they have asked her if they could say a prayer before they left.

i respectfully listened to the prayers while i was visiting and might silently say amen if i felt the prayer was appropriate for my mom.. i'm just curious, how would you handle this type of situation?.
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My wife and I have both been saying "AYMEN" after all JW prayers for a couple years now.
We just add a "G" before it and see how loud we can say it before anyone notices.
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Can I get a nice big GAYMEN?
(We have gotten one or two double takes: "Gladys, did they just say what I thought they said?"
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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!
by Open mind in
1. jw
2. friends
congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.

i'm rooting for three riders this year.

2 have a very realistic chance.
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It's official.
Bradley Wiggins has become the first Brit to ever win the Tour de France.
(And Mark Cavendish sprinted out to win the last stage.)
Well done gentlemen!!!
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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!
by Open mind in
1. jw
2. friends
congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.

i'm rooting for three riders this year.

2 have a very realistic chance.
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Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the road!
Congratulations (possibly premature) to Bradley Wiggins and all the Brits.
Unless he gets hit by a bus tonight, Bradley will be first Briton EVER to win the Tour de France.
Well done Mr. Wiggins.
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New Article - Birthdays, Why the Watchtower stance is wrong
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.

there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.

please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
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Fantastic job jwfacts!
I think we'll consider your article for "Family Worship" this week.
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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!
by Open mind in
1. jw
2. friends
congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.

i'm rooting for three riders this year.

2 have a very realistic chance.
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Looks like Wiggins is gonna pull this thing off!
18 Km left on the individual time trial and he's about 0:55 ahead of the field on this stage.
Unless he crashes, he'll wear the yellow jersey in Paris tomorrow for the overall win.
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“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”