J0nny Ling0

tHE CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD BECAUSE HE/SHE WAS STAPLED TO THE PUNK ROCKER'S FACE...

Thanks guys, gals. I've heard over at "G.W.Teals", the neighborhood bar where all the construction workers go for beer after work during the 'happy hour" time, that Mark has had a couple of surgeries so far. First, they relieved the pressure on his skull by taking off part of his skull, some how. Then, they have also hooked him up to some nerve thing that sends an electrical impulse to his arms and legs to see if they respond. So far, only his arms, indicating upper body) have responded, and not his legs. But, his vital signs are strong, and so, maybe he will yet live. I guess it's that bad. Pretty subdued atmosphere at Teals. Damn, a good, nice hard working guy. But I guess in life, making mistakes can bring terrible consequences. Just a slip one way, and no problem. Just a slip in the other direction and wham. Big problems. It's just weird, ya know?

My friend, Mark Reese, a fellow construction worker, and an Iron Worker who is used to heights and working way up, fell off a cliff in Ketchikan, AK last week and is now in critical condition w/a very bad head injury, and may also be paralyzed. He was walking along a road that is fifty to sixty feet above a lower road that runs along the waterfront. Somehow he fell, and was found unconscious sometime in the morning. He is a fine fellow and true blue to his friends, wife and kids. We are praying that he has a full recovery, although it seems that his injuries are terribly grievous. I know this should have gone into the "Prayer" forum, but I thought there'd be more to notice it if posted here. He's a big ol teddy bear of a man, and very kind hearted. Thanks. http://juneauempire.com/stories/080508/reg_313830473.shtml

The fact that the woman who is suing has also had trouble being "attacked in the past" is highly suspect to me also: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/osteen.wi...l.ap/index.html But, the woman does sound like a first class biotch as well, and certainly not very smart or kind. One would think that if one held celebrity status like that, as well as being as rich as that, that she would be kind to people even if she didn't like them. But then again, what color is her hair?

Yeah, watch out for those damned bears! Here is yesterday's most recent Alaska Bear Tale. This one, fortunately ends well. This kid fights a grizzly bear "bearhanded" (haw haw) and wins! http://juneauempire.com/stories/080608/sta_314413956.shtml

Survival of the fittest I guess. Sometimes things are actually the way we don't want them to be....What to do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwswMuAUK8I

I used to have dreams of flying, and it was always the same. I would be walking down my street, Clearbrook Lane, which was a long hill down to the culdesac where I lived. With massive oaks, towering tulip poplars and sycamore trees on the left and right, I would be skipping down the street , and it would always be on a sunny morning. And as I skipped along, I would get my stride right and then leap into the air and be carried light as a feather about fifteen to twenty feet up and for a distance of thirty or forty feet or so! And then I would touch down lightly, get my stride right and do it again and go even higher and farther each time. And always in the dream, I would say; "I knew I could do this! I just knew it! And I am doing it again!" And it seems so real when I have that dream. I have still had that dream into my adulthood, but it seems to be one that occurs less and less. Use to dream it alot when I was a kid.... :)

I know what I know. And no amount of psychiatric jargon will convince me otherwise. You may try to contain the spiritual world in a jar of psycho-babble, but you will fail miserably in trying to do so, and you will be defeated. Satan is real, and so are his fallen angels. Think what you want, but your thoughts will never change the Truth. And I do not care what you think...

I did in fact have problems with devil spirits possessing my mind and body before and just after I got "in". I was tormented at night when in bed and feared the time of sleep when it was dark. I didn't "fear the darkness", but rather feared to sleep when it was dark. It would happen just after I would doze off, and I would become paralyzed with fear and could not scream out. All the while horrible faces would appear before me either in my mind or in a weird vision and tell me that I was now "the devil's property" and that my soul was lost to God and would forever burn in hell. The only thing that gave me any relief was praying to God within my mind when it happened, begging Him to have mercy on my useless soul, and as I prayed constantly until morning, I somehow gained some relief but would be exhausted and in a mass of sweat drenched and twisted sheets. But if I would stop praying my begging prayer and tried to sleep, the torments would begin again and the taunting would continue. It was after the exhausted night of terror that I could finally sleep when it was daylight in my room. That was, of course if I didn't have to go to work that following morning. These events definitely increased after I started going to twig. I was too embarrassed to tell my twig leader about it at first, but as I began to learn in twig that I, as a Child of God had rights as one of His Children, that I felt that it would be okay to ask one of the WOWs about it, and what to do. And so, when I asked, the gal asked if I'd mind telling the twig leader, and I said that I had no problem with it. The TL then told me that I had every right to tell those lousy spirits to leave my head, my body and my bedroom and house in the name of Jesus Christ. That there was absolutely power over the devil and his fallen angels in the Name of Jesus Christ. And that instead of "begging God" in my manner of prayer, that I should claim God's promises that they showed me from the Bible. Claim those promises in the Name Above All Names. They showed me John 14:12 -"the works that I do ye shall do also"....they showed me how Jesus commanded the evil spirits to leave and how he didn't beat around the bush and how they obeyed his authority.....and they showed me that with Christ within me, I had that same right and authority. They said that they'd pray for me. Sometime shortly after that, on a hot summer night, it happened again. I couldn't yell out. The horrible faces came again and taunted me. I couldn't move my body. But in my mind it was like; "Aha! I have the ace up my sleeve now! Ha"! So instead of begging God to help me, I prayed silently to God and asked Him to help me and that on "the count of three" I would sit bolt upright and rebuke those spirits in the name of Jesus Christ. I remembering counting; "One-two-three!" And with all the strength I could muster, I sat straight up in bed, and I remember this as clearly as if it were yesterday; "In the name of Jesus Christ get out of here! I rebuke you spirits in the name of Jesus Christ my Lord who God raised from the dead! You have no power over me because I am a son of the Most High God! Get out and stay out!" And with that, there was a popping sound in my head and then: Instant peace. A peace like I had never known before. Tears streamed down my face as I knew that I never had to fear that torment from the devil ever again. I was so overjoyed it was incredible. And I remember speaking in tongues then and it just bubbled forth from me. I had tried it before with one of the WOWs who had tried to get me to "wait for the class", and I did it some at that time, but nothing like that moment when God delivered me from those evil spirits who had tormented me ever since I had seen the movie The Exorcist during my drug days. I also remember the joy of the realization that the Word of God was really REAL. That I would in fact spend eternity with my Big Brother JC and the rest of the whole Family of God. I remember giggling about it sitting in that bed, intermittently speaking in tongues and just talking to and thanking God for all that He had done for me after I had prayed for him to rescue me that night on that boat when I had fallen to my knees in prayer to Him to "send someone". And what was cool was that when I told the WOWs, they simply rejoiced with me and no one judged me at all for having "been possessed". They were like; "Don't even think about it. He can't touch you anymore". We all just rejoiced over the deliverance. So yeah, I would say that I was at one time possessed, and am forever thankful to God for showing me how to forever overcome the power those demons held over me... "We're brought back from the devil's power, we're set apart by Christ, and we're reconciling men to God serving them the bread of Life......!"

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Cool Chef asked; No way Brother! Those were YOUR MOOSE! Those were Maine moose! That clip was sent to me from a Corps Brother from Madawaska, Maine. My friend from Madawaska is a delightful guy and was always our "comedian and entertainer" when we were in the Corps program. Not all Corps people were bad ya know.... Funny how those little buggers, as ugly as they are are also the epitome of "cute"....

Too cool huh? Once, when DWBH visited Alaska and stayed at my place and we went fishin on the mighty Kenai, we found a cow moose and her calf along the river bank. And DWBH thought they were awful cute and kept calling the little one a "little moosey". I'll always remember that fondly... :)

The German Wirehaired Pointer (GWP) http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/germanwirehairedpointer.htm Drat! Couldn't post the pic itself...

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Uh oh....Looks like I am not long for this site.....

It's worth it to get a Weber if you are going for the non gas charcoal grill. I love my conventional Weber. But as far as a Weber gas grill, you are probably going to pay for the Name more than the quality. No doubt the quality is good, but not necessarily better than other less expensive grills. I have a brand new gas grill made by Charm-Glow. It is awesome, but many times I prefer to use my Weber charcoal grill when it comes to slow barbecue-ing, which is a necessity when it comes to chicken, grilled salmon, and ribs of any kind. With the gas grill, I cannot regulate the airflow by squeezing it off, and that irks me no end. And so, I use that when I want to do some steaks which I will stand by as I grill 'em, and also it's great for hot dogs and hamburgers. Mine also has a burner exterior of the grilling area, and it's great for slowly cooking beans, corn on the cob, etc. In fact, when Juneau's hydro-electric power lines were disrupted when an avalanche brought down three of the towers coming from the power plant and the city had to go to a diesel generator to supply our electricity during this period of high fuel cost, I quit using my oven and cooked almost exclusively with my new gas grill, and it was awesome! We saved lots on electricity by cooking with gas. So now, I still use it for many of our meals. I paid $299.00 for my Charm-Glow, and it is really nice. It is not the biggest Charm-Glow, but plenty big enough for me...

Hi you! How's life in Anchor Town? We are enjoying summer down here, but the daggone Fireweed blooms are halfway up the stalks! I try not to look at 'em, but they are so pretty. It just goes too dang fast, ya know? But the fishing is in full swing, and deer season is only days away! Well you take care up there and have a great rest of the summer. Oh, and by all means, congratulations on your son's marriage! Cool.... JL

Heya Toppie! Happy Birfday to you! Jonny

Combo, Take the time to go out and buy the book "The New Atkins Diet Revolution" By Dr. "So and So" Atkins. It is easy to understand, and it will teach you the difference between carbohydrates and proteins. Basically, the formula is this: Our bodies need "fuel" as a car does need fuel to run. The basic fuel we use is sugar in it's various forms, and it "powers us through out the day" as we do whatever it is we are doing. And so, if we eat lots of sugar (sweets etc), our body which needs that fuel says; "Hey! I'll grab the easiest source of fuel, which is the "sugar in that cheese cake she just pounded down her gullet!" And the body then uses that easily supplied sugar source as "fuel". But what if a person does not like to eat "sweets" but loves pasta, potatoes, white rice, and bread? Is that so wrong? Well, that person may not enjoy sugar in it's purest form (SWEETS), but, guess what? Our bodies take these carbohydrates (pasta, potatoes, white rice, and bread and beer), and turns it into SUGAR for fuel for the purpose of "motating us around". And do you know what the body does with the excess sugar that we do not use because we are almost always overloaded with carbs and sugar? IT TURNS IT ALL IN TO FAT. It stores it as fat. It turns it into the visible fat that we so loathe and detest. But, the Body, in it's "ignorance" is only thinking about "helping us out". Our body is thinking; "Well, I certainly have enough fuel for the moment, so, I will store this excess sugar/carbs as fat, which I just might need some day if my body's owner should ever get poor enough to not be able to buy food for awhile....' So, here's the deal: "YOU STOP FEEDING YOUR BODY SUGAR OR HIGH CARB FOODS THAT TURNS INTO SUGAR WHICH THEN BECOMES STORED AS "FAT FOR A RAINY DAY", AND MAKE YOUR BODY START USING THAT STORED UP FAT FOR "FUEL" WHICH WILL THEN BURN UP AND ULTIMATELY MAKE YOU SKINNIER AND LIGHTER!". In other words, "use the fuel that you have stored up for years or decades (the FAT), and quit adding to it for awhile. Eat proteins in their various forms, and lose a bunch of weight in the meantime! But I do recommend that you read Dr. Atkins book, and get the real and accurate info from him! And in contrast to eating lots of carbs and sugar, experience and enjoy the wonderful world of low carb veggies, salads, high in protein meats such as beef, poultry, and fish, and enjoy the hell out of it as you watch the pounds melt off and your palate ask for "seconds"! Thirds! As the fat melts away...

I am editing this because for some reason, there was only half of my post that you will read further down posted here. And so, the rest of what was here is two or three posts down. Not sure how that happened. Anyway, happy eating!

I lost fifty pounds doing Atkins. Like Sudo said, I too ate like a hog. I was working on a ship in the engine room, and did no exercise other than the stressful six hours on six hours off round the clock engine room watches. I had the 12 to 6 watch and even did that terribly unhealthy thing of eating breakfast and then going straight to bed when I got off watch. My shipmates watched the pounds melt off me, and soon began to tell the crew messman (kind of like the crew's waiter); "I'll have what Jonny's havin"! But I would explain to them that they needed to read up on the diet, learn the details, and take it seriously if they wanted results. And yes! As Sudo said; By George, I hadn't eaten that healthily in years! Plus, during the induction diet, I did in fact eat steaks, cheese burgers (hold the bun!), chicken, lots of salmon and halibut. And man oh man, the salads I used to put together at the ship's salad bar! And all healthy and good. Plus, I experienced another awesome side effect that the good Dr. Atkins said would be a likely occurrence. My allergies went completely and totally away! Here in Southeast Alaska, home to the Tongass National (rain) Forest, there are skillions of Sitka Spruce and Northern Hemlock trees. And every spring, when the pollen comes forth, it can be see blowing in yellow billows in the sky. Just rivers of yellow pollen flowing down. And the sea here gets coated with it and it looks like sulfur floating on the surface. And I mean to tell you, that pollen would just take my head off every springtime! I dreaded it man, really. A couple of times the effect was so bad that the white of my eye actually swelled and closed over my pupil. Weird and painful, and gross! But, I started the Atkins diet in February, and by May had gone from a porky 265 down to a svelte and muscled 215. And the dreaded allergies did not show an ounce of it's previous presence. Not one dang sneeze compared to the sneezing fits that would go on and on until I could run my face under a cold water faucet or take a cool shower. And those allergies have never returned, and I have only gained ten pounds back since 1998 when I did that. And, I haven't been that careful about carbs either, as of late... And so, the only thing negative I have seen with Atkins dieting is that it doesn't seem to be fair to women, and they don't seem to lose the weight in the manner that I have seen the men lose it. And so Good Dr. Sudo, what about that? Why doesn't it work quite so good for women?

By the way, what happened to the "Where's The Beef?" thread?

Great opening post Abigail. So good of you to seek to help others to see how much "friendlier" it is to live on the high ground, above the pettiness. But as this thread has already turned into what it has, I don't see the change coming here... Vaya con Dios! JL

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I liked the class. It helped me immensely. Thankful for it. Did me good. Know the books of the Bible. Know to whom it is written. Know that punctuation is devoid of authority, know that I am righteous now. Know that I have Christ in me the hope of glory. Know that Jesus was tempted in all points like as we are, yet he sinned not. Know that I can look to him as my Savior who never succumbed to those same temptations and conquered same. Know that he is my Brother. My supreme and way badass Brother who conquered the temptation of sin for me, so that I can do it too. I know that I am loved by my Heavenly Father, and no one can take that away from me....I learned it in PFAL, and I am thankful... Could I have learned it elsewhere? Probably. But I didn't. I learned it in PFAL, and for that I am forever thankful...