waysider

You Bettcha!

I was kinda hopin' somebody would respond with: "No! No! He's outside looking in!" I worked like a slave for years Sweat so hard just to end my fears Not to end my life a poor man But by now, I know I should have run.

I finally got up the courage to watch it. Is the guy off pitch? Yep. Does it make much difference? Nope. I thought the singer at stage left had a fairly pleasant voice. Harmonies seemed appropriately tight. Choreography was horrendous. Costuming was atrocious. They tried to dress it up with a heavy bass line. Didn't work.( At least not for me) Very mechanical, no message conveyed. Reminded me of the Christopher Walken/ Fat Boy Slim video from a couple years ago. Anybody remember that one? (Walken dancing in the hotel) Song was a throw-away.(IMO) What REALLY caught me was how the audience responded so enthusiastically. I didn't expect them to boo, but I didn't think anything beyond a polite applause was appropriate.

Well, first I found myself listed as a member of a trade organization I belong to. No surprise there. Next, I found someone with the same last name (which I had always thought was unique) and a different first name, who had designed a very well known public service campaign character.( It was his obit that I stumbled on.) Related? Don't know. Then I found some with the same last name who are/were involved in scientific research that completely escapes my understanding. Alter egos? No. Interesting? Yes.

Help needed. My 16 year old son has decided he would like to learn acoustic guitar. Dad has a perfectly good Fender dreadnaught Gemini II but he wants an axe he can call his own. He is looking at a Fender D-100(about the same thing as Dad has) He wants to spend about $500 or less. Any thoughts on entry level guitars? I suggested a Martin D-15 but it's a bit out of his price range. Thanks for any suggestions.

Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery--These Arms Of Mine

Timothy Leary's Dead!

Well, you see, NY, you've stumbled on something that is at the core of what is taught in TWI. That is, that the 10 commandments were not written to the church as we know it today, hence the concept of "Freedom in the Word". I think it's what normal people call a LOOPHOLE! So, to answer your question, yes, the subject of adultery is taught, but it is not assigned the same meaning that most people give it. In fact, it has been taught in TWI (don't know if it still is) that adultery refers to "spiritual" adultery and that the physical concept is for the understanding of those not "spiritually mature" enough to grasp it's true meaning. Again, sounds suspiciously like rationalization at best and downright twisting of the scriptures to suit ones own agenda. I hope that wasn't too confusing.

What is "mixed peel"?

Here's the irony The next five days will seem to drag on forever. The next 25 years will fly by like time travel in a sci-fi movie. My best wishes to the both of you Waysider

I probably wouldn't ask questions. I would just listen and take in as much as I could. But, that's just me saying what I would do and not me giving any kind of advice. Above all, enjoy your experience.

I saw them in Columbus, Ohio in the early 1980s. They were on the road doing "public ex.'s"( remember those?) They were MUCH too good to be singing at public ex.'s and I felt like their talent was being exploited. There was a lot of that "trophy mentality" back then. In Cleveland, we used to dog Phil Keaggy(Glass Harp) to take PFAL. The trinity was always the crucial stumbling block. Wouldn't that be a swell trophy for TWI to say that someone of his level of talent was one of us? That was the thinking behind it. None of it was about him as a person, it was about him as a trophy. It's really just another sales technique. " Ya know, Mrs. Jones, your neighbor down the street just bought TWO of these---------------" I hope they are doing well.

Screaming Yellow Zonkers, R. Crumb comics and fringed buckskin jackets. All fond memories from my pre-TWI days. I think a lot of how you view this subject depends on how old you were when you were first introduced to the substance. Perhaps I should have said "where you were in your social developement". I went to a very large high school.(1,000 in our graduating class) Drugs were NOT part of the culture at all unless you count beer. ( Which is technically a drug and a very big part of that culture.) There was one guy I knew who was rumoured to have smoked "weed". One guy out of 1,000? Hmmm. Not a major scene by any stretch. The year after I graduated, all hell broke loose, so to speak. Thus, I was introduced as an adult. I suppose I viewed it all quite differently than someone who didn't have to get up before the crack of dawn and face the work-a-day world. It was really more of a weekend release than a lifestyle for me. Maybe that's why it wasn't too difficult to quit when it was explained to me that I might be inviting in debuhl spirits by partaking of the "pharmacia".

I had a friend who, in the late 70s, asked me to put my finger in her ear. She then proceeded to tell me that it was "just skin touching skin" and no different than---well---you get the idea. No, she wasn't coming on to me. She was trying to justify some recent activity. And yes, she gave it the "freedom in The Word" spin. She is a terrific person but being that she was my best friend's wife at the time, it sure was weird.

What was the question,again? Been over 35 years since my last toke. Don't miss it a bit. That's not meant as a judgement in any way, just a statement of personal experience.

Dandelion wine-----Never tried it I have eaten fried dandelion flowers and also wilted dandelion greens, though. Too bitter for my tastes. Be careful where you harvest them.(Pesticides and herbicides to consider.) Rhubarb---Again, be careful (as the greens are toxic.)

HA! This whole thing sounds so much like Fellowlaborers, it's creepy. Our program was miniscule in comparison. We only graduated about 50 per year. There is only one other FLO that I know of that even posts here.(her hubby was FLO, also) We were supposed to commit ourselves to a total immersion type training program for 2 years and then return to our home areas as twig leaders, etc., even though I had already functioned at that level before becoming FLO. That was all I really wanted when I signed up. (To become a better leader for the people in the area I lived in.) We were promised an in-depth teaching of The Book Of Acts. Riiiight! Instead, we lived in a commune, had very little truly academic training and subjected ourselves to a grueling schedule of mundane chores and meeting after meeting where we were constantly chastised for not living up to our "true potential". On the plus side, I learned to make my own mayo from scratch and sprout mung beans and alfalfa, both being quite useful skills to possess as leaders of God's people. Ouch! I think I just bit my tongue. When the 2 years were finished, our home areas had changed so much we might as well have just moved to Mars. Sorry---Guess I got a bit off topic.

Jaco & Toots

Are You Ready?--PG& E

Hi, doreen Welcome to the Cafe. Some of PDSTRO's stuff can be found on Myspace(Joe Fair or Pressed Down, Shaken Together, Running Over) I have never heard of Farley. Was this something that was perhaps released independently at a local level? Were you maybe thinking of Ted Farrell? Sorry I can't help more. This was some primo music without a doubt.

Jessica!!!---Oh, Yeah!!

HEHEHE! Hey, Mr. Hamm. You can't have a difference BETWEEN three. ( That would call for the word "among".) Awww! chill----------I'm just yankin' yer chain. I think if you understand the person's point well enough to understand the corrected form, as I did in this case, then the act of correcting them is rather pointless. See my point?

By the power vested in me, I hereby pronounce you an official hockey/ soccer/ softball/ T-ball Mom. You may now kiss the trips across town by yourself goodby. (I hope you know I'm just funnin' with ya!) Congrats!

Ditto on the spa concept. It was my understanding that people of financial substance paid big bucks for these treatments. I think it might be somewhat similar to the mudbath, exfoliation, steamroom type treatments that we are familiar with. The pain inflicted there may have been TWI specific.

Here's a little thought that popped into my head. If it's rude to correct someone's Grammer, It it also rude to correct their Grammper? Just wondering.----------