i finally got my keyboard to communicate with my computer and have recorded my favorite holiday song.
it's in a streaming audio format and should be ok with most modern audio players.
i know it works with winamp.
Farkel (& Heaven):
Farkel, I have been saving this comic since you first threatened to regale us months and months ago! When I read it, I thought you might get a kick out of it, but I've been waiting until you followed through. See how this fluff crap works?
Heaven, through some quirk of co-incidence, your post reply to Farkel set this up perfectly!
And Farkel, we just gotta hear the "chopsticks/house-to-house medley" on this end.
Eric
Edited by - Eric on 11 December 2002 19:1:35
jesus dying for our sins... um, why.. because adam made a mistake?
based upon what?
jehovah's rules?
I've always wondered why Jesus, hanging on the cross or stake (take your pick) would ask his father to take this cup away from him.
After his whip-wielding riot at the temple, the odd and sundry miracle here and there including but not limited to the raising of the dead, how could Jesus doubt his superiority over the human race among whom he was intended to walk?
Jesus' sacrifice cannot recompense for the lives we mortals live, simply because he led a life that is nothing like what we mortals live.
I'd be able to relate to Jesus as my recompense for sin if the best he could have done for Lazarus was to weep.
Eric
it was 22 years ago tonight that john lennon died, gunned down by an insane fan, mark david chapman.
i was making brownies and my first husband was watching monday night football.
he called me to the living room and i heard howard cosell make the announcement.
I was in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Westbound on Jasper Avenue, heading under the 109th street railway underpass in a 1973 Toyota Celica with the radio tuned to AM 630 CHED.
My passenger J. Lemoine took a hit off the joint, stubbed it out in the ashtray, muttered "Aww, shit." and I drove the car as we listened to the radio play, of course, Imagine.
Eric
they just seem to not exist.
in my daily travels, in fact i rarely see any 'hovahs out in service, let alone young ones.
she is a teller at my bank, and a hottie, too!
I saw a father and son team out doing saturday morning door-to-door work last winter. A bright, sunny but cold day here in the 'burbs of Toronto, the well-dressed man with his son of 11 or 12 in his near replica suit and topcoat complete with bookbag lagging a few steps behind, head down, feet dragging in his heavy winter galoshes. A middle aged sister duo were working the opposite side of the street.
As the young boy slogged along behind his Dad, he came up to an easement (a gap between two houses with a sidewalk running through) that provided access to a community park. It was probably the sound of the other children playing that made him stop and look up. From his position on the sidewalk he could look through the easement and see the skating rink, and he stopped to watch the neibourhood boys and girls skating, laughing and having fun. But only for a moment.
"Come along, Timmy." His father had stopped and turned back to call his son away.
As the boy sighed and then pressed on ahead, I do believe I saw that bookbag get a little heavier, the boy's head sag a bit lower and his boots drag just a bit slower.
Eric
bushfires have been raging around sydney for the past 2 days.
high temperatures (30c+) plus blustery hot winds have fanned fires all around my city.
the reason for this is that although the central business district of sydney and neighbouring suburbs are purely metropolitan, the outlying suburbs are surrounded by bushland, and many areas naturally have plenty of vegetation.
Prisca,
When I was working in the forestry industry in British Columbia, Canada, I had to take a training course and hold a certificate in basic forest fire-fighting.
One of the things they stressed was that no matter how dim and red the sun may appear to be through all the smoke, DO NOT look directly at the sun. Even in these conditions, with the smoke choking out much of the visible light, there are still other frequencies of radiation harmful to your eyes beaming straight through.
So be careful as you peer through that camera lens.
Here's hoping that smoke damage is the worst that comes to you.
Eric
my daughter just ogt a tourist brochure from a jw-owned agency in illinois touting pilgrimages to the gb's $50-million retirement valhalla.
it's laughable that they're able to sell this fiasco to the friends as an ``educational center.''.
what sort of graduates is this specious ``education center'' turning out?
Lady Lee,
Regarding images, I have seen these: www.cinternet.net/~rsmith/pages/patterso.htm - 4k
Slow server, sometimes hangs up.
All I have to say about these pictures is that the landscaping is dull, dull, dull.
Eric
many on this site focus on the society's negative aspects.
it's as if many of you are afraid to mention anything positive just in case it might reveal that jehovah's witnesses are humans who keep trying, even after various human failings, to make a positive impact on this world.. don't you agree that it's fair to give them credit when due?
then read on.
Rick,
I wonder if the WT knows that the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, the donors of this really neat-o award, were the co-sponsor of a surgical symposium called Trauma Day 2002? And that the host of Trauma Day 2002 was the Department of Surgery of the Uniformed Services University? That the USU, in their mission statement, declare loyalty to the U.S. Department of Defense? That the USU view themselves as aiding the United Nations under the New World Order?
A very interesting can of associatively related worms to open if the WT is aware of it.
Another assholian blunder for touting this award on their own website if they are not.
Eric
Edited by - Eric on 30 November 2002 9:58:36
yep, it's true, all of this forum reading, answering of posts, etc, etc, is definitely spoiling any wt habits i had left.
myself, well it started with a tattoo almost 3 years ago.
always wanted one, couldn't see the harm in one, etc.
Edited to eliminate an unintended cross-post.
Move along, nothing to see here.
Edited by - Eric on 26 November 2002 18:52:38
who drew this pic?
it was posted by eric on jwd oct 26th...is there a copyright or similar pics anywhere?.
brummie.
Brummie,
If you right click on any of those pics and select properties you'll see they are all from http://explodingdog.com
Yes, it's all copywritten, and the artist will sell you his art on T-shirts and so on. It is however free to browse and enjoy on his website.
I for one find it all quite hauntingly addictive, and some of it quite meaningful (to me).
Eric
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hey get a load of this.
he's only confirming what everyone else knows.... something tells me chretien feels the same way, he just doesn't want to ruffle any feathers.. http://www.cnn.com/2002/allpolitics/11/22/bush.not.moron.reut/index.html
trocul,
Ms. Ducros, spokesperson for the PMO tendered her resignation over this gaffe.
PM Chretien refused it.
I have no idea what that means, other than it's been great fodder for the politicos of all stripes in this country, and the press is having a really good belt at it. We don't have term limits in Canada, but Chretien has stated this is his last term, so what does he care? He's always been arrogant, he's a proven liar (great shock), and it's great to see him leave his imprimature.
Eric
