i picked up bernard cornwell's the pagan lord at the library.
historical fiction set in england after the death of alfred the great.
i'm loving it, especially the between-the-lines wit and sense of timing in cornwell's writing, and the complete badassery of the protagonist.
I get my recommendations from the NYTimes book review podcast.
A wonderful book I just finished is Elizabeth is Missing. The protagonist has Alzheimer's disease and solves a mystery.
Reading FILTH (Failed in London try Hong Kong). and The Vegetarian.
Both books are not your typical books. Which attracts me to these books.
the wts has always included minors and adults in the same categories - publisher and baptized.. i am interested in knowing how many minors, approximately, are included in the publisher count.
and, at what age a person started publishing.
what age was the youngest publisher reported?.
I was 6 when I started turning in time.I was baptized at 14.
with thanksgiving around the corner, i thought it would be interesting to hear how you, your family or other jw's you knew handled/celebrated thanksgiving.
it seems to me that most jw's view it as harmless and unofficially celebrate it the day before or the day after the actual holiday.
growing up, my mother would host a dinner the day after thanksgiving and used the excuse " well the traditional food for the dinner is discounted at this time, might as well have a dinner".
My mother always cooked turkey on Thanksgiving. More than a few times we invited other JWs to join us.
harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.
we should all be committed to his success.
prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....
Trump may be a clown but we chose him and he is our clown for at least the next 4 years, we need to get used to it.
I just checked, I have been around 15 years. Time flies when you are having fun.
Congratulations for a successful decade.
i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.
really, wtf!.
the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.
I am anticipating officially designated "pussy grabbing" cars in the NYC subway. I hope I am wrong, but it appears to be open season on bad behavior.
i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.
really, wtf!.
the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.
please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.
is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.
there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.
No matter what happens in the Trump presidency - the results have nothing (I mean NOTHING) with bible prophesy.
november broadcast is up:.
https://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201611.
we learn interesting things.
I watched the demonstration of the parents rejecting their son. How very sad. To ask people to extract children out of their lives based upon a belief system is criminal.
i voted today in nyc.
a well organized process.
very busy and most of the people voting were african american.
I am not sure why NYC does not call this early voting. The website identifies absentee balloting as an option. Once I arrive, I realized that you could actually cast an early vote at the site.
http://vote.nyc.ny.us/html/voters/absentee.shtml
It would be nice if they called it early voting, as opposed to absentee voting. I was certainly confused.
