WordWolf

Is that "Lord of War"?

Vic Fontaine never flubs his songs. That was Rom auditioning FOR Vic Fontaine. Right. "The Siege of AR-558." ("Platoon" in space.) That's the one where Nog GETS the leg injury. Aron Eisenberg thought his character was going to die in this one. Your turn, George!

That's a shame-it was one of Armin Shimmerman's favourite scenes. "I'm sorry captain, but I'm an engineer, not a magician." ""They're not just names, we have to remember that. We have to remember that..." "Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nog. They're a wonderful, friendly people — as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts ... deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers ... put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time ... and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces, look at their eyes..." ""We held." "Those were our orders, sir." ""The communications relay, it was worth it, right?" "I hope to God it was." "..that's why the laaady is a scamp...."

Correct! I've thought about using that one on and off since I posted "the Immigrant Song." Those of you who forgot what song that is should turn your sound on and click to http://www.vikingkittens.com In the tradition of "Who's Line", I'm giving Bluzeman 12 points for the album. Go, Bluzeman!

Someone who saw vpw in his final days/hours saw vpw claim he was trying hard to figure out where he slipped-up so that his believing couldn't save his life. Perhaps he was maintaining the fiction to the end, and knew it was all a lie. Personally, I think he'd bought so completely into his own press that he really thought he could just super-believe and his health would flash back into existence. As vpw himself said, the salesman who sells you the toothbrush with only one bristle on it has got to be real sincere if he's going to sell them.

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're welcome to post it here. We're welcome to disagree. Don't think anyone here's immune to it. Do you think I ever have a day immune to disagreement? Frankly, the freedom to disagree often helps sharpen my ability to communicate. If I can phrase my positions with documentation, clarity, and good manners, I get fewer disagreements. Ever learn something from the people disagreeing with you? I've done that plenty of times, especially here. It's good for personal growth.

Ok, I checked and I'm right. I was going to bring us a lot more current, but the whiplash would be painful, so I'm not making such a big jump. "Friends, did you get a little silver? Did you get a little gold? What did you bring me, my dear friends,"

"SHE'S NOT THERE." The Zombies. (Not to be confused with Rob Zombie.) Is it my imagination, or is this one of those songs with a harmonica in it?

Let's see, how many assumptions can I find in one sentence?A) A course/class/programme/seminar is REQUIRED. Jesus didn't have one, neither did Paul/ B) pfal delivered info/understanding. It also taught a specific mindset/ set of doctrines never to be questioned. C) pfal was time-efficient. As someone pointed out, we could have shaved off at least one segment per night if we just trimmed out all the jokes. vpw padded it with insults to other Christians, and old jokes. I don't compare fish and bicycles, and I don't compare the intents of pfal and the GSC. It would show a lack of understanding to confuse them. "Put it all together". Actually, the early forms were not "put together." They were Leonard's class with vpw's name on them. Adding Bullinger's and Stiles' books to them -without legally-required acknowledgements and honoring of copyright- does not count as "putting it together" to most of us. What all of them taught/wrote ALREADY "made sense." vpw did a cut-and-paste." Further, his later attempts to make them look less like the originals made LESS SENSE. Leonard's definition of "word of knowledge" makes a LOT more sense than the much wordier definition vpw made out of it. "Got it heading somewhere." Leonard was already being recognized in Canada AND the US. vpw stealing his class entirely HOBBLED Leonard's class, since it produced the result of Leonard holding his class more closely rather than risk more thieves calling themselves "Christians" stealing it all and using it to carve their own denominations. That's right-Leonard sent people back to their local groups with enhanced knowledge, but vpw made his own denomination. "Delivered many many people." We have had separate discussions as to whether than can be applied to a class that was stolen from others, and whose end-result was to chain them to a group that told them what to think and do, and demanded 10% of their income. Some say that the legitimate material was the bait on the hook. "About 50,000 others?" Actually, about that many may have finished the class worldwide. For a worldwide group, that's almost nonexistent, divided over a 50-year period. And whether or not they benefitted overall-I already addressed that. My, my, so many misconceptions all squeezed into one paragraph! That's a rather compact style of writing, there!

It may well sound Picard-like, but he's not Picard. "I'm sorry captain, but I'm an engineer, not a magician." ""They're not just names, we have to remember that. We have to remember that..." "Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nog. They're a wonderful, friendly people — as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts ... deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers ... put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time ... and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces, look at their eyes..."

See, that's the catch. A lot of people did very different things, and all thought they were "upholding scripture." And thought that they were "paying the price" to do so.

When posting the names of people, please don't include their FULL name here unmarked. Substitute "*" or numbers or things so that they don't come up under searches. Otherwise, someone doing a websearch, say, on J!m D00p's name will find every time you mentioned his name.

You're way off.

"I'm sorry captain, but I'm an engineer, not a magician." ""They're not just names, we have to remember that. We have to remember that..."

Correct. That particular attempt was him in a housecoat and slippers, up on a hill, testing the wind, then using a hang-glider to try to fly clear. Hawkeye AND Trapper both gave that description of his appearance in that attempt. Go, Ca Dreaming!

I forgot that would make it my turn. "Did you see that?" "What did you see?" "Looked like a big, red bird with fuzzy pink feet."

You're standing in it. This is that thread.

It might have been your area. They were actually using that term in the 80s, but I didn't connect it with Halloween. I think there was a decision among the local leaders not to encourage the term because it was f'ing lame. Then again, in NYC, we had entire territories where 95% or more left when lcm drew his line in the sand, so it's not expected that EVERYTHING he said was blindly followed in the years and months leading up to that. I think Thanksgiving and New Year's were the only holidays they didn't touch. April Fool's Day, of course, was already named FOR lcm....

Here's another thread on Howard...

Here's one of the Howard threads...

It may have been a thread from WayDale or the EZboard version. I've never seen this thread, nor heard of it, myself. And I've reviewed most of the "About the Way" threads, even the ancient ones, at some point. (If it's here, it must be in the Archives.)

Seth, this is when you tell us if I was right, or wrong and then we try to guess again...

Even if you'd never mentioned it before, I thought this was a funny line when it was said. It's from "Friends." Phoebe claimed she'd already seen it. They were commenting on "Three's Company." Lucille Ball once hosted a tetrospective on "Three's Company", and claimed that nobody ever got in as many misunderstandings as that group. "Present company excepted."

It was policy that everyone was expected to carry out. That's de facto "official doctrine" if not de jure. (Legally, that would be considered so, whether or not they said "Well, this isn't official..") I don't think that was ever the focus in twi either.

I thought you meant "did he reserve copping a feel to when he was around corps women?" to which I would have to say "Maybe." That's who seem to report he did it to them. Maybe he figured they were too deep into the group to slug him and press charges. (He was right if that's what he thought.)