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So, I met someone interesting...
by TD in.
from the original 1960's star trek:.
irene kelly.. i didn't recognize her at first, but something was familiar.
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RNWT: Has anybody else noticed this:
by TD in--not a big screaming deal, but the heading at the top right of the page is wrong here:.
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When Real Life Becomes Fiction
by TD inthis is a spin-off from the argo thread.. who here has read the 'little house' books by laura ingalls wilder?
were you disappointed when you realized how much could not possibly have happened the way it was told?.
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Dinosaurs Of Eden
by TD ini saw this at the visiting nurse book sale in february and it was too macabre to pass up.. .
the book is written by ken ham, an australian born, young earth creationist.
briefly, two children go back in time using the bible as their "time machine" and discover that dinosaurs of the entire mesozoic era coexisted with adam and eve:.
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If Sparlock is wrong...
by TD in...then what else should a jw parent forbid under the same rationale?
jehovah hates magic).
i started a mental list and it boggles the mind.
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The Fundamental Mistake
by TD inthere's a funny story that's circulated among engineering types about a young vp at arco.
he saw an inordinate amount of 'boiler operators' on the payroll and noticed that they made an inordinate amount of money.
he decided that he would save the company a bunch of money by out-sourcing the building maintenance.
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Do Movie Ratings Make Any Sense to You?
by TD inmy wife and i have a "movie night" once a week where we watch two movies.
she picks one and i pick one.
here's the two movies we watched tonight and their ratings.. .
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Jobs and Pointy Headed Bosses
by TD ini often wondered what the exact flaw in human society is that propels those with a talent for bare-knuckled, marquess of queensberry be damned office politics over those whose talents lie with the actual "nuts and bolts" of a project.. but i know it's a phenomenon that almost every single person in a technical field has experienced at one time or another.. when i've had the misfortune of working for an executive who really, truly doesn't understand the field well enough to set reasonable goals, i've tried to be philosophical about it.. when the executive ruthlessly drove the employees to go faster and faster and faster and then screamed obscenites when minor mistakes occurred, i've told myself that although it's unpleasent, it makes you stronger.
when the executive fired people who burned out after a couple of years of this, i felt bad, but took it as a lesson.. when the executive fired people when he felt that their creative talent had simply been exhausted, i felt even worse and was just glad it didn't happen to me.. when the executive fired people who simply didn't have a brilliant idea to present him that day, i told myself that they should have known better than to ride with the boss.. maybe human beings need ruthless, egomaniacal ceo's like this.
maybe most human accomplishments worthy of note had such a person behind them.
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1874, 1914 and 1943
by TD ina persistent meme that floats around on jw related internet forums holds that christ's second coming was moved forward 40 years (i.e.
from 1874 to 1914) in the year 1943.
(this appears to be based primarily on a statment in the book god's kingdom of a thousand years has approached on page 209 and to a lesser degree, a footnote at the bottom of page 133 of the publication jehovah's witnesses - proclaimers of god's kingdom.).