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The real sad part about it is they will probably find some "volunteers".

"Work-study"- another euphemism for "slavery". The last I remember, what that means is to go to the event, pay almost full admission price for the "blessing" of being able to "study"(?) and work your rear off for the week to put on the event. And you had better be "blessed" about it. Sounds to me like a recipe for insanity.

I wonder if they still consider Uncle Loy's publications on the same par as scripture, part of their "outhouse" of resources in the bookstore. Wouldn't suprise me.

From Harv-aroo: "Our teachers did a great job of debunking the myth that you need to be an "intellectual" to do good Biblical research. They really showed us that the keys are already ours and that we have the materials in our ministry storehouse to each be very successful at working God’s Word." Typical. "No brains required. Just study (and you better sure as he** obey) our material". Obvious to them that no intellect is required- they have been close to succeeding chasing off all the intellectuals. Ministry "storehouse" smells more like an outhouse to me.. somebody please flush..

I wonder if they still do a theme for the decade. They could call 2000-2009 the "decade of prevailing lawsuits".

Quite true. Instead of "obnoxious", I think what a lot of it really is dealing with frustration. Trying to work with a neighbor that has some real problems, and refuses your help, or anybody else's help for that matter. Some people simply choose to be miserable, and try to spread a little more miserable around. Sometimes its just hard to understand. You can only do so much..

Sorry, but have one more dog story.. one other neighbor, otherwise was a nice guy.. left the dog chained up in back yard. This dog would bark if he could hear a pin drop in a snowstorm. My ex had a perfect solution, she was very smart. No police, no reports, no begging or pleading.. she started feeding the dog. Hot dogs.. no kidding. After about a week, she and the dog were the best of friends. The dog still barked, but far less frequently. One day, the owner came out his house, shook his finger at the dog and yelled at it for some reason.. the dog bit the owner, and that was the end of that.

I think my most obnoxious neighbor was the one that let their dog run, almost for the whole weekend. And it barked, almost continuously. Of course, by the time the animal control people came, it was tied up all proper with ribbons on it.

Just wondering.. has anybody considered making a complaint about HIS "dogs"? May be interesting to see how he explains to the animal people how that it was not really dogs barking, but just he and his wife were heard cursing and screaming in the street.. heh heh.

If I was a teacher doing the same thing, they would run me out of town on a rail. "Now students, we are here to study engineering, but you are "encouraged" to only read the second grade primer for math. After all, this is our "proven" publication. Simply ignore all of the other "ungodly" text books.." Somehow, logical people will not tolerate this kind of nonsense in any other profession. I guess "religion" is exempt..

"we work the research that has already been proven in our ministry publications" interesting.. same stuff. Outside sources verboten. Cripe, they are setting their own flock up for stupidity.

Oh, by the way, thanks for the update House..

Here we go again.. sure would be a nice mission statement if it was coming from almost anybody else. And of course it HAS to be "prevailing". Trouble is, da word sure is not prevailing there anymore, probably never has, at least among some of the higer ups. What application does Mr. D have in mind? More shuffling of papers, more mind numbing "activities" for supposed God's people. More classes. A more godly application would involve seeking forgiveness from those that have been hurt, but I am not holding my breath. And, what kind of biblical understanding is it that they seek? "We still let our people read their bibles, when they are not busy going to "twig", planning for our wonderful events, and in general not kissing our rear ends, and for damn sure as long as it does not disagree with what we teach". That would at least be a little more honest. Poor ole harve wants to build "fruit" in his life. Probably hasn't seen "fruit" for over a decade. No fruit? Replace it with activity, mind numbing activity.

Heh heh.. but I think even that is over-rating him..

I thought nuns were tough already, but whew!

Can't win sometimes I suppose.. you know, ole Phil was one of the big reasons they lifted prohibition. Threatened to bring sixty more weeks of winter unless he got a drink.

The local pizza place here is a one of a kind. Best pizza I have had anywhere. Sauce on it is fantastic. Only thing, I used to see empty cans of banana puree behind the place- may have been the secret ingredient in the sauce? Who knows..

Spring is on the way, ha! Not for me, at least until the groudhog weighs in.

Hey, must have been a real mix up at the hospital. Poor ma, first one comes out, "Doc, are you sure we can't do any better?"

I am a descendant of Daniel Boone. I used to tell my kids I "kilt a bar" with my trusty pen knife when I was only two.

Paw may need a new category for this one: "Just plain weird".

I think that's it. Have to let it "breath" heh heh.. but the fresh stuff can kill even weeds.

There was another circus, forget the name. They found a novel way to get rid of the stuff- sell it for fertilizer. The poor people that bought the stuff found it was the quickest route to the death of a garden..

Holy cow! There may be hope for Rosie after all.

Well, not too much of that yet. Only a couple of gray rascals in my beard.. but eyebrow hairs- seems a couple of them go kind of wild by themselves. I think they sneak out when I am not paying attention..