Tom Strange

...but then we already knew that didn't we? Amazing!

well... what do you guys think of this season so far? The new characters? the sub-plots? And what about "Deadwood"? I liked it.

Socks! your story is simply Amazing! I received a similar picture also (Bullinger)... only not in the mail. Remember when I mentioned that I had given a ride to some Amazing Sea Monkeys hitch hikers? Well, I was cleaning out the Element the next day and I found this old tattered snapshot of a landscape in the countryside... the rolling hills, the different hues... in the background was a small country church... when I looked at it I thought "what a beautiful picture this would be if there weren't that dang billboard in the foreground! Stupid billboard!"... It was a picture I'd never seen before, I don't know how it got there... it could've been from the wine country of Northern Cali or from somewhere in Kentucky or Tennessee... the only reason I thought it was someplace in the contiguous U.S. was that the letters and writing, though seriously weathered and faded, seemed to be in English... it too had the same cryptic message written along the bottom... It took me a little bit of time before I figured out that the only way it could've come to be in my vehicle was that it was left by one of the hitch hiking Amazing Sea Monkeys! I wondered how I could get it back to them, certainly it must have been important! I only know that they were headed north on I-35, but that doesn't help... were they headed to Minnesota? on to Canadia? were they going to head East or West when they got to I-40? or I-70?... One thing was clear: they were on a mission! One thing puzzles me though... as similar as the photograph I have seems to be to the one you have, the only letters I can make out on the billboard are: ve mp y rel (I'm guessing on the last letter "l"... it could be an exclamation point but it's pretty weathered, I can't tell) Now, I'm fairly certain that one of those Amazing Sea Monkeys left that picture in the car/truck... no one else had been in the back seat! You said the mailman hadn't even been to your house yet! Do you think one of the Amazing Sea Monkey MOWs might have put it there? Is this is all the great mystery unfolding before us!?!? This is so freaking weird... we're (you and I) about two thousand miles apart from each other aren't we? One thing is for certain... there is "something in the air" since they crossed my path...

Bluz... ala is ready for session 2! she's ready to Walk in Amazing Sea Monkey Power! Are you leading that session or is our brother socks?

oh... well that changes everything! please remember, if you attend the reunion, that you're representing OLMs everywhere...

Isn't that "hunting for bambi" place out there near vegas?

Lingo! you sure creep around in them PTs a lot! hmmmmm.... is he planning a takeover of Valeries reunion thread? Is he mad because he can't go because he's not 7th corps but his wife can because she is? hmmmm.... --> and niKa eating peeps and dancing... I think that was in a dream I had last night!

and who was it that taught the corps?

thank you for sharing that story OLM Lingo! I had actually heard it from one of the OLMs that was at the party! It was exactly as you said... I shed many a tear for the love that was shown by that Mama Amazing Sea Monkey... is there ANY DOUBT in anyone's mind what the Amazing Sea Monkeys are all about??? feel the love, be the love, live the love...

did you mean 3/24 kit? either way... happening day dude!

happening day my friend from long ago... happening day to you!

myseestorEx said: I was thinking of some other place...

HopeR, thanks for the info... I knew I should've stayed in longer! I missed so much! sadly though... this info isn't surprising... I think I'm gonna paste that post into Word and save it for a chat with my peeps... (know what I mean?)... thanks again

feelowsheeper... I'm not trying to be negative in any way but it's "you're not supposed to have sex STANDING UP because it might lead to dancing" now, please report to the Sonlight Room...

Hi there MCarrol! I think you already know the answer: and like the others have said, it's about allowing people to be human without feeling the need to correct them, or share with them their apparent "infirmities"...it'll come to you, be patient with yourself... allow YOU to be human without condemnation and you'll find that you will more easily be able to allow others to be human without condemnation... Whether someone is right or wrong, according to your measuring stick, doesn't really mean a whole lot in the greater scheme of life does it? allowing others the freedom to have different beliefs and feelings than you do is one of the biggest steps in making and keeping real friends... they'll appreciate you for it and you'll appreciate them more as well... I know this is easier said than done, it's life ya know? and it looks like you've got a good partner there to help you along with your walk... you WILL make it, just be patient (with your husband, your friends and yourself as well) and keep growing...

I find that even after being "out" for more than 20 years I still can't attend a 'service' without thinking of the ways it differs from what I was taught in TWI... however, one thing I do is try to look beyond that and focus on the love the church (not just the minister or staff, but the congregation) shows... by word AND deed... I also still can't pass some of these monolithic buildings without thinking it's a little bit of overkill, wondering what kind of message they're really trying to send (although that probably doesn't have anything to do with 'way thinking')... I just prefer to look on the value to the community, regardless of building size... that said, I don't attend any church regularly, I go occasionally if a family memeber or friend invites me and I feel like going... I do find myself always wanting to go inside to see "what's up" at the small, one big room, country churches though... ahh simplicity and love...

Goey said: And don't forget string for the chairs so they'll all be perfectly straight. The string must have knots tied in it so that the rows will be uniform. If you don't have string with knots in it stand sideways next to the chair in front, reach out with your arm and fingers extended touching the back of the chair in the next row...If you need to put more people in there (not much of a problem today) use a shorter person so the rows will be closer together. That way the good folks won't be distracted by the uneveness of the chair rows and God may be glorified and the folks edified.

heck... I didn't know they were keeping 3x5 cards on us back then... but I'm keeping one on each of you!!!! :D--> (if they had one on me it probably said "nods off a lot in class and looks f'ing bored.")

well jen-o... I hate to tell you this but that's a waste of God's closet space... now go take them down and fold/roll them...!!!

so... if I've got this right... and I think I understand... if the top of the refrigerator is dusty or dirty we're supposed to clean it with "summer's eve"????

happening day dude! (either Todd's very small or that person holding him has HUGE hands!

naw.... I can't post that!

good work spotting that OLM Lingo! (but if you don't quit posting that pic of the dark monkey I'm gonna come get you!)

oh... and for all of you new Amazing Sea Monkey followers... have you seen any of them hitch hiking around your area? they've been spotted hitch hiking north from Texas, and ourseestorniKa has reported that many are converging upon her area... but we don't know if it's for a gathering together of Amazing Sea Monkey or if they're just passing through... please feel free to share any sightings...

beam me over! i'd love to be assimilated!