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Another good thread, gone to the dogs.

It would be nuts NOT to.

Yeah. One of the first things I do is ask the dog's name. The dog likes that I know his/her name and the owner is tickled I've taken an interest in their dog.

I encounter them while working, on what is their home turf. I'm the intruder, in their eyes.

I've been attacked by lots of dogs. I had a face-off with a dog that weighed about 20 pounds about 45 years ago. His teeth marks are still quite noticeable on my face. I had an encounter with a Lab (black, not chocolate) and a pit bull about 10 years ago. Apparently, they mistook my leg for a pork chop. Ouch! My most recent painful encounter was with a trained attack dog about a year ago.(German Shepherd) Fortunately, his trainer called him off before he could eat much more than my coat sleeve and a dab of skin. Yesterday I encountered a monster sized Doberman. Luckily, he was constrained behind a fence. The owner boasted that the dog had already bitten five people. What kind of moron would be proud of such a thing? And, so, my basic philosophy regarding dogs is that, no matter how big or small, if they still have their teeth, they can hurt you.

That's all fine and dandy, but, how do we even know for sure that VP actually earned a degree there if the institution won't, at the very least, confirm that fact?

I'm guessing it may have had something to do with the survivalist craze in the mid 1970s. (Self sufficiency and all that stuff)

Shouldn't he be believing for a work schedule that will allow him time for doing ministry work?

Based solely on the anecdotal evidence presented on GSC, it had to have been incredibly high.

Maybe VP should have gotten one of THESE after he wrecked the Twig Hopper.

There must be quite a few people who wonder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_%28ship%29

The opera ain't over 'til the fat dude in leotards sings.

Back to the brain tumor thing. Must have been kept really hush-hush if even the Cafe patrons were unaware.

No. At least, not when I inquired some time ago.

Maybe they should rename the program "Way Core".

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=3564937b0b0b4413&q=wierwille%20motorcycle&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwierwille%2Bmotorcycle%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D578%26tbs%3Disch:1 "In 1970, 14-year-old Kristen Skedgell was swept up in the fervor of a Christian cult known as The Way International. In a moment immortalized in the 1971 Life magazine article "The Groovy Christians of Rye" (featuring a photograph of Skedgell, eyes bright with wonder), The Way's founder, "The Doctor" Victor Wierwille, rode into Skedgell's town on a motorcycle, bringing a message of enlightenment that ensnared the girl with wild hopes and false promises." Source: http://krieger.jhu.edu/magazine/f08/a3.html Does his eye seem "burned out" in that photo, taken 3 or 4 years post-filming of PLAF (The Wonder Class)?

I'm thinking it was something like a year, year and a half. Of course, he actually walked around with two eyes. (It's just that one of them was prosthetic.) He even took the artificial one out and passed it around at a Corps meeting. But, of course, the official company line about his eye was that he burned it out under the bright studio lights while filming PLAF (The Wonder Class). He was fond of saying, "I gave my eye for The Word! What have you given?"

I had been involved with The Way for several years before I ever heard Corps students carrying on about how many crowns they would get and what room they would be in and so forth. It all seemed rather juvenile to me. I mean, you either gave of yourself because it was your desire to do so (misguided as it may have been) or you didn't. Maybe that was partly because I was already an adult when I first got involved. I'm not sure.

In my mind, that makes it even more intriguing they would dodge the issue.

When i was a little tyke, my Grandpa told me you could catch a Sparrow by putting salt on its tail. You see, it makes it too heavy to fly and thus you can snatch it.

Must be frustrating for LCM to find out he's been passed over for this great position.

Wierwille's missing eye: HERE and HERE

Been meaning to post THIS one for erkjohn.