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  1. Motto of the Amazing Sea Monkeys!: "Life is short. Swim!! Swim!!" In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  2. haaaa! I am laughing most of my @#$ off! excathedra, it's all good with the Amazing Sea Monkeys! They love Sea Horses! They're all about love, they're little love monkeys! Before Blue Oyster Cult ripped it off, there was a song titled "Don't fear the Amazing Sea Monkeys! GREAT TUNE! In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  3. I don't have any friends when it comes to Amazing Sea Monkeys - that's for sure. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  4. I read in "The Austrian Tuber" that Arnold Scharzenneger dreamed as a child of coming to America...just so that he could have Amazing Sea Monkeys! He credits watching Amazing Sea Monkeys! in action for hours and hours as the reason he went in to weight lifting to begin with. He wanted to be strong and beautiful just like his Amazing Sea Monkeys! In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  5. I read that Tolkien got the idea for the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings after seeing his daughters Amazing Sea Monkeys! and that the ring was patterned after a little hoop they had in the bowl that the Amazing Sea Monkeys!would swim through! COOL! In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  6. Hmmm...speaking of Martians, Mr. P-Mosh-an interesting article that tells me are not...alone... In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  7. Brine Shrimp books! Earthlings good! For our viewing pleasure, the lifecycle of the Sea Monkey. From babe to OLM, in 3 phases... In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor [This message was edited by socks on March 02, 2004 at 1:06.]
  8. The Spirulina ?writings, found under the long lost city of Atlantis? In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  9. The few, the proud, the forgetful... OLM's. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  10. WOW. Bluzeman, you were there in the "good old days"! Before the rules, the regimentation. Cool. That's when a monkey could really be a monkey. There was some good music then, too, not this programmed stuff. "Good Monkeys", "Joyful Monkeys", "Pressed Brine, Shaken Together and Running Over". (PBSTRO) In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  11. AWEsome! You're going to do well. I can see that being a good seller on the west coast. We looked at some bedding at one point last year that seems like it was that label. Niiiiiice sheets. Sounds like you've got a match made in hay-ven. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  12. I'm an OLM!!! :)--> Tom, I've been diggin' the sea monkey's since childhood. On the back cover of the old DC comics, they'd have ads for these cool lookning "Sea Monkeys"! and I of course ordered them at one point. I got a little bottle of what looked like brown dandruff. Brine shrimp!! They turned out to be pretty cool. I too have grown them, off and on, to feed my tropical fish. They're pretty cool. I don't know the shelf life, but my impression is they remain dormant for years. Just add water. VOILA!!! Sea Dawgies! In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  13. Sweet! Sounds good. What kind of business are you in, if you don't mind me asking? If you've mentioned it and I missed it, apologies. Don't know much about any of the area, but sounds like it's a good opportunity for you. Norcal's a nice place, but it's getting more and more expensive to live here. We've got things locked down expense wise as much as we can but man, the real estate has sky rocketed over the last 10 -15 years. Guess it's that way everywhere though. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  14. THIS El Monte? Looks like a nice area. Best wishes from an hour north of San Francisco. :)--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  15. ex10, my wifester wore that outfit. She looks GREAT in plaid, pleated skirts. :D--> Just can't get her to wear them anymore! (she'd whack me for saying that, I'm sure!) Incense, yup. I remember carrying that incense thingie up and down the aisles. Rather medieval, the pomp and ceremony. I don't miss any of it. But the churches are beautiful, if you get rid of the weird statues staring at you. Spooky! In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  16. Dot, this may be why Gibson made the movie- That reaction must have been exactly what His disciples felt at the time. It's all come to this? STOP!!! HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS! Dunno. I keep hearing so many different reactions from people. I don't know if this is how Gibson intended it, but it's causing people to examine what they think about Jesus Christ. People that normally don't talk about going to church or their religion where I work are saying stuff like "but there's more to it than that". Interesting. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  17. Yes, S' ter! :)--> When I read Gibson's a Catholic, it clicked for me. He's a member of a church that refutes the stands taken by Vatican ll, a papal council that met in 1962/63. (I think it spanned the end of 62 and in to 63) You can read some of the documents from it HERE, and click on Vatican II. I was 12 at the time, at the tail end of my Catholic education and was only marginally aware of the stir it caused. In high school, I was taught for two years by Catholic priests and brothers, and they discussed it in "religion" classes. Most of my teachers were pro everything that came of it, of course, it was "the Pope" talkin'. ex10, I do remember all of the years of having it drummed in us to "offer up" this pain, that problem. The nun who'd make us errant stoodents kneel next to her desk and pray the rosary for seemingly hours as penance. Suffering's good for the soul, boy! Pray! Offer it up! The stations of the Cross. I was an active alter boy for a couple years. That ceremony was a long one, moving up and down the aisles and stopping at each "station" depicted in our church along the walls, to recognize a different point of Christ's suffering. You can read an English version HERE. In the 50's and early 60's anyway, they were all in Latin though. I can still remember the church in the afternoon, sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows. Uh oh. Had a "catholic moment" there. :)--> Back to topic. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  18. My daughter and some friends saw it a night ago. It made an impression on her. She said they all went out for coffee after and talked about it. They're late teens, 20 or so, that age. She described the theater audience. She said the movie ends with a scene - Raf, I won't quite spoil it, but we DO know how the story ends.... She said that little piece, after the whole movie, just knocked the whole audience back, like WHOA. She was expecting something, something different, but when it got there, it was still moving, maybe more than a big drawn out scene. She said her little group all had the same reaction. I guess Gibson crafted it in differently than might be expected. But she said "the ending" was almost ethereal by being so matter of fact and understated. -I wanted to add, that ending may be the "genius" of Gibson's movie. Because the resurrection was an event, real people, real stuff and as real as his death. Where is he, where'd you put him??? Looking for him and bang. He's not there and it all starts to come back, joy out of grief, presence out of loss. A transcendent moment if ever there was one. She's and her friends have seen some movies that are slasher types, like the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and it had a nasty effect on her. I actually had to show her on the internet that TCM didn't really happen, that it's a myth that's built up around the whole movie. Although The Passion had a powerful effect on her and her friends, she wasn't freaked out. Hers and the others reaction was much different. That really impressed me. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor [This message was edited by socks on February 29, 2004 at 15:45.] [This message was edited by socks on February 29, 2004 at 15:46.]
  19. Nice looking ride, Chas. I have that same processor speed in 2 Dell's I got around Christmas, one for me, one one my son got, both with 512k memory. He's heavy on gaming and music, runs like a clock for his stuff. I'm running some digital audio programs, Photoshop 6 abd 7, Dreamweaver MX, MSSQL server and SQL and Access database app's. Scanner and digital photo uploads. I'm very happy with the results. (you probably already know this, but if you use Photoshop, I've found it helps a LOT to set Preferences and designate the amount of RAM you want to use. I think it defaults to 50%, which usually works good but when I'm doing a lot of image work, I'll crank it up to 60% and I always start Photoshop first so it can get what it needs.) Flat screens - great space savers. I have one, and it cleaned up the desk immediately. The larger hard drives, non-partitioned, are good. One C drive is perfect. Just remember to run XP's defrag program regularly to keep things in order and it will keep your speed up. I do it weekly. These last two are Dell's and I'm very pleased. I've already added an additional CD burner, and a wireless network and they're very easy to do upgrades to. I got Linksys Wireless 2.4 router and receiver and the setup was fast, and so far have been dependable. Cheap too, after rebates the whole setup for two PC's ran about 125 bucks. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  20. Well, thanks Tom, likewise. And that would be nice. ;)--> The rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun. I walk a road, horizons change The tournament's begun. The purple piper plays his tune, The choir softly sing; Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, For the court of the crimson king. ;)--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  21. :)--> Jesus Christ - The Window Cleaner. :)--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  22. My new login name! I hear ya. He might have been getting tired of kicking my butt, so He just gave it one last good one. :)--> To be perfectly honest what began my planned exit was mistreatment of my wife - a deliberate, prideful and malicious attempt to belittle and hurt her. And she was hurt by the incident, face to face with people we once considered friends - "leaders" in the Way. You could say I got a little peeved. Words were exchanged. And that was that. It was the last time we ever went to New Knoxville. After that I started a full time job with a new company, worked my *** off to get a promotion and in 3 months did, leading to a move. The first step out. We started over in a new community with a twig and I began to decompress my way out of the Way. My wife forgave. I did too, but committed to working my way out of mental and spiritual dependency on the Way for both of us. About 3 years later POP hit the ministry, but it was like a flat tire finally peeling off it's hub. It only showed openly, finally, how destitute the Way was. Between Geer and the Trustees, they all got what they earned. God does make a way when there seems to be no way. They had each other for breakfast. ***Edited to keep it clean*** :D--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor [This message was edited by socks on February 26, 2004 at 1:39.]
  23. I don't know, waterbuffalo. Some things make me think yes, other things no. Check it out: Romans 7: 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body…: or, this body of death} 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. There's a lot of stuff before and after this section. There's a contrast here being drawn - the law of sin which is in my members/flesh "fighting" the inward man delighting in the law of God and the mind (nous) serving the same. The absence of condemnation is to a person who in Christ walks after the spirit. Who basically "wins" the fight going on. Christ is the Head of the body, and we the members. Interesting comparison here, although it may not be one Paul made, or maybe so. (there's a lot of metaphors in all this, head, members, etc.) The head has the mind and makes the decisions and it's there that God is served. The members of the physical body, the "flesh", are where sin resides and the fight goes on against the law of God. When the head/mind wins the body "walks" after the spirit and there is no condemnation. Now I think about the body of Christ, the Head and the member of that body, us, members in particular made spiritually whole now. There's no "war" or fight going on in the head Christ. He serves God. He was sinless. We had sinful natures but no more when we come to the Head and continue to be directed by the head/mind, Christ. There's a reasonable case to be made here that when we allow the Head of the body to rule the members, sin is/was overcome by both redemption and action and the lack of condemnation in the church rules through grace and mercy. What say ye? Hard wired, perhaps, in the sense that we have the capacity to serve God with our minds and allow Christ to lead. We choose, and we have the "mind of Christ" to do that with. The two, mind and spirit, seem intertwined. Could be? --I'm not explaining myself well, sorry. Basically, it appears there's a similarity between Romans 7 and 8, and Ephesians 2-4. The mind/head and the members/body in both. AS the mind and physical body can be at odds, so Christ and His church can be at odds. But when the mind/Head/Christ lead, God is served. Happy. :)--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor [This message was edited by socks on February 25, 2004 at 23:42.]
  24. Hmmmm, I dunno, ex. What does it say about spoons? ;)--> I try to use a large, heavy baseball bat myself. Gets the job done quickly and then you can go out and play baseball. Okay, not so funny joke. Uh oh! Stalkers! With spoons! :D--> (what's not to like...!) :D--> :D--> In general, I'm not in favor of using implements of wood, leather, steel or brick for discipling children. Adults are big people. Children are little people. Teenagers are big, little people. My son knows who I am, I'm the Dad, the Man, the One. Pop. If I slugged him, it would break his heart and rip his life in two. He'd never expect it and I'd never do it. We're lovers not fighters! :D--> In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
  25. All kids are so different. Our own have been wonderful, I love them both very much, but they're very different. Both are sensitive and thoughtful but my son is more easy going, and he lets go of things easy. My daughter is more sensitive. I've had to learn to deal with them in different ways. I still remember very vividly when my daughter was about 3 or so, and she was a bundle of happy joyful energy, always bright and happy. I never spanked her, ever. Her mom did, lightly at times, very quick attention getter kind of correction. Never "hard" as in THIS IS GONNA HURT ME MORE THAN IT DOES YOU. She was with her all day, and I wasn't. Anyway, one day she was being disobedient about something and I knelt down and took her hand and said "NO!" and she started to take off. I held her hand and gave it a light smack and repeated "No sweetie!" She looked at me and turned 5 shades of red and her eyes got huge and for a second I thought she was going to wail. But she just teared up and the corners of her mouth went down and she said okay and stood there and quietly cried looking at me like..."You...hit me....". I very nearly cried myself. That's all it took and for her it was lot. Kids. Children are like windows of glass, panes of clear clean glass that the light shines through. Handled carefully the glass ages well. Handled roughly, it gets smudged and dirty and even cracked or broken. I so looked forward to the birth of my son first and then my daughter I was very aware of how I wanted to handle them. But, like all parents, I've made my mistakes. Every child deserves the best for no other reason than they just do. We all do. Discipline and correction are necessary things for children of course. They're all little balls of foolish undirected energy. My part would be to say "gently, be gentle with the glass" and learn how that one special piece needs to be handled and do what's best for it. In line, in line, it's all in a line. My ducks are all in a row. They do not change, they do not move. They have nowhere to go. James Taylor
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