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Some people got kicked out over the paper on how Adultery is bad, also. You may be confusing the two.

I went to ROA 89. I said that either things would get fixed then or not. If they got fixed then, I'd be right there when they were. If not, I'd have a chance to buy from the bookstore one last time, as well as the attendees' tapes and so on. The supposed theme was "Speaking the Truth in Love." We talked about it but it was so absent that even the attempts to get the audience to chant along were delivered with zero conviction on both sides. *flat* "Because we're speaking the truth. In what?" *flat* "Love." When I returned, I said the theme was "Speaking About 'Speaking the Truth in Love'", That's what happened. We spoke about it but nobody, especially lcm, actually DID it. twi has always been good on talking ABOUT stuff while never actually DOING it. vpw started it, and it was pretty much what he did when he wasn't simply plagiarizing or making up imaginary people to use for examples. (Although he could also plagiarize WHILE talking a good game- like Leonard's stuff on divine revelation and so on.)

When there was some sort of finalized vpw VHS version, how many of you were traumatized by that UGLY thing vpw wore instead of a normal suit? Those 70s colours with the NECKERCHIEF or whatever it was? I could never hear his opening remarks over that thing! Or the laughter in the room over it, or whatever. One thing pointed out was he did something clever- when the subject matter got particularly uncomfortable for the room, he'd suddenly focus on TIck the dog and talk to him. Apparently, a number of complaints about how the 1.0 and 1.1 versions went led to him adjusting things. vpw was fond of flying under the radar, and preferred having a chance to fine-tune things so he looked less creepy and more "no, this actually IS for your own good." Sort of how the sexual predator needs to adjust the look of the van and the type of candy offered from the back.

*wild swing* Lucille Ball? I'm not sure she was in this many roles, though....

Sorry. We hustled and finished before the weekend. We're current thru "Crisis on Earth X." (I'm already falling behind after.) Getting ready for Summer, plus end-of-year school bs is really eating up a lot of time.

I was looking for a copy of "the 37-page letter that was sent to the Trustees" "February 26,1987", by JAL. RD, Tom R, Robert B and Mrs JAL (Pat). . I seem to be unable to find a copy. Was it posted here somewhere and I just can't find it now? Was it posted elsewhere? It was the letter that triggered their firings by asking the BOT to actually fix problems of some kind. Anyone know where it is?

That's it, that movie with the famous mule, Donkey Hote.

This relates to the US. Net Neutrality is being voted on again. For those wondering why this matters, I offer this link, http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-portugal-internet-20171127-story.html The internet you know would change. It would suck more. AND it would cost more.

Stars include Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, Brian Blessed, James Coco, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were reciting some sort of important plot point." "I hope so. Otherwise I would've bored half the audience half to death." "You mean half the audience is still alive?" "I'm being held captive by these weirdos!" "Now you know how we've felt for the last forty years." "You give people the greatest gift that can ever be given!" "Children?" "No, the OTHER gift." "Ice cream?" "No, no, after that..." "Laughter?" "YES! The THIRD greatest gift ever!"

"Houston, we have a problem." (Real life line- "Houston, there's been a problem.")

I'm sure if you think about it, you can come up with the rest. (I thought this one was too easy.)

That's him. I was working my way to "Monk", although fans of "Wings" might recognize his role there. I was introduced to him in "Quick Change". where he played a taxi driver who spoke no English whatsoever, and had problems understanding "take me to JFK airport".

Good questions. We never DID find out....

Hi. Here's a quick primer on a few things you missed. 80s- lcm demanded an oath of loyalty from everyone- 4/5 of the current membership responded by getting up and walking out. Most joined their leadership who refused to swear anything. (When asked, he confirmed verbally it was an oath to follow him BLINDLY.) 90s- lcm tried to erase vpw and replace vpw on everything. His Mrs and Rosalie Rivenbark did all the real thinking for him. After a few years of him yelling and cursing, he got caught when some woman he molested went to the cops. twi settled out of court, and Donna and Rosalie took over twi. Messageboards leading to this one were formed when all that happened. 00s- group got INCREDIBLY boring and bleached of all interest. Rfr insists on holding all the power so she can't be pushed out like she pushed out lcm, and she has no personality to speak of. Group continues to hemorrhage members. 10s- rfr finally steps down and names a successor she has in her pocket. BTW, splinter groups exist. Many were from top twiérs who wanted all the money and power. Some are just local meetings that don't include twi anymore. And groups still split off from time to time, with another set of leaders leaving about a year ago. Nearly everyone once involved with twi is not connected with twi now, nor any splinters.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were reciting some sort of important plot point." "I hope so. Otherwise I would've bored half the audience half to death." "You mean half the audience is still alive?" "I'm being held captive by these weirdos!" "Now you know how we've felt for the last forty years."

Everybody ready for "Crisis on Earth X"? It's airing this week everywhere- which days depends on the country.

Enrico Fermi Ben Geisler Jerry Valentine Seth Parker Antonio Scarpacci Dr Chester Ray Banton Manu Habib Alex Thorpe George Sitkowski

It's arguably (I would argue it) his funniest movie. (But, yes, a different tropical fruit exported as a cash crop from Latin America.)

Furious that his weapons are traded as contraband and used by terrorists, this inventor's mind snaps. Desperate to take down the giants who wield his tech, he arms up and assaults windmills to disarm them! (This movie is a musical.)

Ok, the actual answer was BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE!

I think he's triply-qualified.

Slightly behind on Gotham, behind on Supergirl, seriously behind on Marvel in general (I'll catch up on the off-season.) For the curious, I thought I'd toss in the comic canon on Slade Wilson just as a point of interest. Slade Wilson was a US soldier who volunteered for experiments that went awry. (His abilities would crash or escalate unpredictably.) He was offered a desk job when they seemed to normalize out. He had 2 sons, 1 daughter (Grant, Joe, Rose.) He spent a lot of time with big-game hunters and so on. When "Jackal" showed up and insisted "Deathstroke" give up a client's name, Slade came clean to his wife about his work as a mercenary/assassin, and elected to save young Joe rather than give up a name. He killed Jackal in the process, but Joe's throat was permanently damaged. (Grant wanted to be a soldier, Joe was the artist, musician and singer, now mute.) When his wife found out, she took the kids and left-but she tried to kill Slade first. His reflexes saved him-he lost an eye only. Grant later agreed to work for HIVE in exchange for them enhancing his abilities, (becoming "the Ravager") similar to Slade's but even moreso, in exchange for him taking down the Teen Titans. He tried-and Deathstroke showed up to assist, but Grant's enhancements burned him out and he died in combat. (Slade continued to try to fulfill Grant's contract, which was probably the idea the whole time- eventually succeeding in "the Judas Contract.") We learned all of this except the Grant stuff during "The Judas Contract", when Adeline Wilson showed up and explained why the Titans were missing. Dick Grayson, in temporary retirement as Robin, then put on his new "Nightwing" suit to rescue them- alongside Joe Wilson, aka "Jericho." This was all part of the early days of the popular "New Teen TItans", reinvented by that star team that later gave us "Crisis on Infinite Earths". artist George Perez and writer Marv WOLFMAN. (So the alias of "Cain Wolfman" may make more sense now.) We're trying to figure out who the FBI investigator is working for. It's clear there will be a resolution because the story's going to be painted in a corner if she just reveals everything to the FBI. Our current possibilities are: works for a villain (doesn't fit so far), works for herself (possibly wants to blackmail the team into doing things for her), works for another government agency (ARGUS is decimated, so another group might be moving up to replace them, Task Force X or Checkmate or something), or my favorite gonzo idea, works for a retired superhero of the JSA era who's looking to see if he can recruit them to act as his field agents. Statistically, I think she's working for another government agency, but I still prefer the last one.

"All attempts I’ve seen or heard of in splinter and stump groups running clone classes have had relatively minor results. Minor compared to the “good old days.” I could be wrong about this world-wide, but in my sphere of awareness, there has not been a single grad of any clone classes to rise up to the level of a WOW or a Corps candidate or a committed, serving clergy. All the big leaders are old PFAL grads, and the clone grads seem to be not inspired to drop everything and move the Word like Dr inspired HIS grads. If you know of one such hot clone grad, check on him or her in a couple years, and see how they are still cooking." One common fallacy in logic is to confuse CORRELATION with CAUSATION. Example 1: Hot chocolate causes death by freezing. People drink a LOT more hot chocolate certain months of the year, and those months also see an increase in people freezing to death. Coincidence? Obviously not! It's plain that the hot chocolate is causing the freezing. Example 2: Modern pfal attempts don't have the same effect on society as the old one did in the 1970s. In the 1970s, legitimate, rad Christians who were getting things done were recruited into twi, and turned into advertising shills for pfal. They did their thing (were rad Christians) and (falsely but with good intentions) claimed the reason they were so rad was due to twi and pfal, and to be equally rad, one had to take the class. Society has moved on since then. The rad Christians are in completely different forms now, with virtually none connected with splinter groups. But the difference in the results is seen as "the class isn't really the same and that's why the results differ so much." The real answer is that "the class" was more of the "ground" and not the "figure" of the paining. Rad Christians made the difference in twi, and the classes were more window-dressing and artificial benchmarks to measure progress. For those who forgot, "The Joy of Serving" was a commercial for pfal. "You have to serve people something-so serve them the 3 levels of the class, and outside of twi, there's no real answers for people." (The End.)