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No no no.. just having a bad day here at work today.. it really is nice to be able to get mad about stuff anymore.. I dealt with it here, and things are lots better. Before, I would have let it brew for a whole stinking week.. Thought I'd get moderated for extensive cussing or something.. :D

Crap.. can't even curse like I'd like to here..

Jeeze.. with Smikeol, at least you know where you stand..

And that's all I can say, here. And I don't CARE how much trouble it might get me in.. ptooie. I'd say more, but it would only get me moderated out of existence here..

Abi, if nobody claims it, we'll just have to ship it off to the island of misfit chairs..

Thanks Lorna.. no, I haven't given up on HIM. Today I feel a heck of a lot better.. and I think people's prayers have helped a lot.. a lot of bitter old baggage finally came up..and I just need to make sure I've dealt with it, and not just buried it again. In a lot of ways, socially, my growth has been stunted by years of involvement in the ministry. All of the suggestions, even silly ones have helped. Horseshoes, with a handicap! I guess even a carp can throw horse shoes if it tries hard enough.. I think the group of friends here have helped me more than anything though.. at least to this point in my life.

Nice site Belle! Now.. so many many things to choose from..

Welcome, Just Say No! I think that is quite an apt description.. I met somebody that sported one of those ankle "thingies"- and "they" certainly do NOT let you forget that you are under arrest.. The phone calls.. dealing with prison authorities.. dealing with the same demeaning attitudes- I observed to be the same for the individual as being in the stinking joint.. I think the only reason it is so, is because it is CHEAPER. I think you're right.. for the motivation, follow the money, or lack thereof..

I probably still practice SOMETHING I learned there. hmmm.. give me a few minutes to find it... umm.. I'll get back to you on that.. :D

I thought the big announcement was that due to budget constraints, the annual BOD meeting was going to be in the Cayman Islands, instead of Cancun..

Seems like EVERYTHING he did.. got some kind of "fight"..but why attribute to Satan? Cripe.. just another dodge from reality.. Perhaps reality is too shocking.. remove Satan from the equation, and you just may find that you are your own worst enemy.. Personally, I found that kind of belief rather enticing.. God forbid that I should be wrong about anything.. Other words, well, lets not have lemons, let's have some lemonaide. No sugar, of course.. "I cast aside the benefits of any kind of ministerial association, alienated my congregation and higher ups, but let's look at the positive side.. at least I can do what I want to now.." My translation:"after leaving my calling with reckless abandon, I needed a dozen or so people to support me in my time of crisis. Hmmm, lessee.. twelve incomes, and ten percent or more for each at that.." "Despite constant brow-beating, and appeals for 'love', 'my' people somehow still managed to see my efforts as being the half-baked scheme that it indeed was". Ah, the birth pangs of PFAL.. "I bore you son.. and don't you forget it..""I was in labor for TWELVE STINKING DAYS!!!!!" Jeeze.. I dunno.. "I didn't want to make such a big scene and make myself a large enough embarrassment that I would never be able to recover myself" No pay at that.. except Rhoda maybe.. Even back then he was developing his army of slave labor..

Temple Lady, I dunno.. looks like they need a smaller and smaller boat, all the time..

Well.. rascal looked exactly like I thought she would..

Well.. the secret to their success is the secrecy of their moves.. or something like that.. Just SLOWLY move the dear little mushrooms to market in a nice dark trailer.. don't want to bother them or anything..

Most of them, their on line personalities that I perceived fit their personal personalities.. quite a few fit the mind picture I had of them. Others, well.. Sure can't bat a hundred percent!

All kidding aside.. going to this wienie roast helped me in ways you guys may never know..

It must be because I'm strange, but I liked it! :lol:

Well.. sports, sports... hmmm. From one with the athletic prowess of a carp, I don't know how well that would work out.. both of my kids are atheletes.. no idea where it came from.. Karate is a good idea perhaps.. Rascal, after seeing you in person, I can see you in a dojo wearing the conventional karate dress.. kind of strange in a way, but it somehow would fit..

But in all seriousness, it was very, very wonderful to meet quite a few of the posters here.. Most of them, I had them pegged in every detail before I met them. Others.. were a little bit different.. No par juice this year though. Can't have everything, I guess! :D

They probably have thought about it. Think of it: it could then look like the prison that it indeed is..

Kinda made me wonder a little too.. Probably exhibitionist too, at that.. the white jumpsuit, well.. made some things very apparent..

Well.. Maybe they would actually be embarrassed to provide documentation detailing what the four years of training actually boils down to, academically speaking, anyway.. Catcup, I'm no expert.. but it seems as a provider of secondary "education", they just might be in violation of some federal laws or something by refusing to provide you a nice little transcript..

Stayed Too Long, don't get me wrong in all of this. I'm still deleriously happy. In a way, these are probably the best days of my life.. Kind of a contradiction, ah, but so is life.. :D Thanks for your kind comments.. In practical matters: I work out at least three times a week at the local shop here.. I probably consume a little too much alcohol.. but am working on that.. don't think I'm an alcoholic or anything like that.. No tobacco. Just all the changes in life can be overwhelming sometimes.. I have sought help with a few individuals, I'll see how competent they are! In a way, these are the greatest days of my life. When I was younger, I dreaded the possibility of getting older.. now I wouldn't go back for anything.. I feel like I'm finally on the journey I should have been on long ago.

Well, that's one good suggestion.. Now, if I could afford the Harley, I could probably afford the Psychiatrist.. I'm looking for something on the cheap side, VERY cheap.. :D

Being a newcomer to this "sacred" event: my first evaluation is, It was NOT the Rock of Ages. Camping is only an incidental similarity. If it was at the Rock, they would've had me hog-tied with duct tape or something, laying out by Wienerville Road and highway 29, waiting to gently "place" me on the Greyhound bus.. Moderator, I tried to correct the title to this darn thing.. I wanted it "the OTHER details." Kindly fix, if you would.