George Aar

Place looks just the same to me, 'cept there's no road in front anymore. Have a Guinness and think of pleasant thoughts about me tonight Dave!

Oh GAWD! The mother of all conspiracy theories! I think the simple truth is that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one - i.e. Oswald did it. He acted alone. There is no conspiracy. Of course that flys in the face of a gazillion cornspiracy books, tapes, interviews, ad infinitum. But look at each of these supposed "real" stories and see if they aren't a WHOLE bunch more complicated than the simple Warren Commission Report conclusions. And then there's the fact that all of the dubious - or outright phony "evidence" is ALL on the conspiracy side of the question. The conspiracy industry has become the bread and butter of so many whackjobs and publishers, et al and they now have a very vested interest in keeping it alive. Hence, don't expect any of them to ever try to REALLY get to the bottom of things. They just won't. For some additional reading you might try this: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm geo. - Former wild-eyed conspiracy fanatic and cult member

I'd like it to be Humphrey Bogart, but in reality, I think it most likely to be Andy Devine... (O.K. you kids will have to run along and figure out who those two are now)

How about learning the Bhagavagita instead? What's wrong with that? Or maybe the Koran? Or the Tibetan Book of the Dead? O maybe the sayings of Bhudda? Or maybe...

And just to round out your knowledge of WayWorld lore a bit, CK (and trust me, that knowledge is sorely lacking) - it was years between Mr. Wierwille having his eye removed and his ultimate death. And he wasn't totally incapitated at that time. He did "Soundout '84" and some other crap during that period, so he still had command of his faculties...

Iodine is a painkiller?

You sure you were at The Way? Sounds kinda like an Amway meeting... But a Security checkin?(!) Oh Gawd, that's rich. More than conquerors indeed! HAH! LOL!

"Are you now, or have you ever been..." Nope, never did, and sure don't now. The whole thing strikes me as just so much sillyness. So I have a superstition that I really, really believe. So now I'm gonna try my best to convince others that stepping on a crack WILL break their mother's back, and this makes me a "minister"? Uh un, whatever blows yer skirt up...

Happy Birthday Kathy, you go girl!

Sudo, I don't know if you're much into architecture and the like, but there's a CLASSIC "Arts and Crafts" style home in Pasadena that's open to the public. The Gamble House (of "Proctor and Gamble") was built by the famous firm of "Greene and Greene" around 1910 or 1920. I've never been there myself - though I've always meant to go - but I've seen photos of the place and it's restoration and it's simply a jewel. If fine homes or woodworking appeal to you at all, I think it would be worth the drive.

Just a rhetorical question, Uh, just how many times do you think one NEEDS to take "The Class"? Just what is it that's going to happen to you if you sleep through yet another running of this, the introductory screed of a shameless conman? I never understood the concept. Even in my most glassy-eyed period of Wierwille worship, I STILL couldn't come up with a reason as to why I should sit through a recording - most of which I could recite by heart. It ISN'T that deep or profound, or so full of meanings that cannot be grasped with just a cursory glance. It just isn't. It's pretty basic bible B.S. and with a bit of new-age philosophy and a twist of anti-establishment rebellliousness and finishes off with a cheap parlor trick - dressed up in religious vestments - for the clincher. All in all, a pretty unremarkable 32 hours. Were it not for our youth and inexperience, I find it doubtful that anyone would get much worked up over it. And if not for the MLM-like support system of "The Waytree", wouldn't even have worked then, IMNSHO.

All things considered, I think I'd rather spend the evening reading the labels off the canned goods in my pantry, or possibly curl up with a copy of the 1978 Congressional Record. Freelady, maybe just a nice hobby would help. Needlepoint or Macrame maybe?

Just what is it about Texas? They get more than their fair share, from what I can tell...

Rascal, Re:"...But something strange has begun to happen...I don`t know if we are growing up or what but in the last year things have turned around." I heard a study quoted on a radio show about how couples who were having troubles and actively tried to resolve their differences, rather than immediately opting for divorce, were interviewed after 5 years. ALL of them said that their marriages were stronger and more satisfying than they had EVER been. Yeah, it's not the easy way. And maybe doesn't appear to be the fun way at the time. It's not dramatic or maybe even not terribly romantic. It just involves effort, and the desire to make it work. And it does seem to be successful. I know I certainly would have liked to have had the opportunity to work things out, but I was never given that opportunity. I wasn't deemed worthy, I guess. And I wasn't as exciting as a new lover, that's fer sure...

I dunno, Sudo. I've done the Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios, Warner Brother's et al. Usually with a girlfriend or whatever, as my kids and my wife never cared to go. All things considered, I prefer the county fair or somesuch. I just don't care for the ultra-mediated environment, the "We know what you like and you WILL enjoy this, or we'll kill you!" sort of culture. It's just so artificial, a little bit goes an awful long ways with me. Much more to my liking is the La Brea Tarpits (out on Wilshire Blvd, real easy to find), the Los Angeles Art Museum, and there used to be a car museum out in Oxnard "The Oxnard Cars of the Stars" that was outstanding (don't know if it's still there, though). If you're still in the mood for touristy stuff, take a trip up to Beverly Hills (real near La Brea), or tour downtown Hollywood (it looked more like Beirut the last time I was there, but the old storefronts were still cool - probably want to stay clear of Sunset Blvd. though, especially if your kids are with), Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the "walk of fame" and all that. Then head out to the beaches, Long Beach, Venice, Pismo. Yeah, it can be tacky, but I enjoy a little bit of that stuff - a helluva lot more than another trip through "The Pirates of the Carribean" - groan...

Uh, it's "Frances" now, but that's another story. I remember my flights on A-1 as being about the worst I ever experienced. The old bird was only pressurized for 5000 feet or so, and I dunno, just beat you up if the flight was more than a few minutes. I didn't much care for it.

Well, currently 56 minutes left and no bidders. Just a thought, but maybe the owner would do better by just charging a nominal fee to, er, relieve oneself on it. Bound to be a few takers for that privilege...

Just a quick question: Is there a magazine ANYWHERE that doesn't currently have Jennifer Anniston on it's cover? (none of these girls holds a candle to Bernadette - Oh my!)

Dot, Re:" always wondered what brings people to the point where they look at the person they love or used to love and decide it is okay to run around" The really fun part is, after they've already started the "running around", is all the faults they find with their spouse in order to minimize what they're doing wrong. It's just a real special experience...

There was a young married couple in our branch and the husband -pleasant if not overly bright doofus that he was- was perennially unemployed. "Boy, does he ever need a job!" was everybody's mantra. So I got him a job. Not a glamorous job, just a hard, dirty, but well paying one (roofing). I thought I had done something good. I'd put my reputation on the line, more or less, with the owner of the company to recommend this guy. And he got hired. Everything's fine, right? Oh, contraire... About 7:30 that evening I get a phone call from the BC (H#w$e B%&d@rm#n from the 6 or 7 corps I think). He was hotter than hell. "Did you get so-and-so a job?" "Uh, yeah, I did." "Well, it's 7:30 now and HE'S MISSED A FELLOWSHIP on account of that job you got him. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? HE MISSED A FELLOWSHP!!!!!!" And on it went for several minutes, berating me for my lack of spiritual understanding and meekness to God, and a gazillion other things I was doing wrong. Yeah, God forbid I should help a family man - with dependants - try to earn a farking living. Much better he should live off his parents or whatever he was doing and make it to FELLOWSHIP on time. And like others have mentioned, I meekly took the verbal abuse and actually THANKED him for his time to chew my foot. Gawd, what I wouldn't give to go back and time and have THAT conversation over again...

I never received a letter demanding loyalty. I WAS in the lunchroom the day LoyBoy went into a tirade and demanded obedience from his minions. He screamed from the head table (as best as I can remember) "Your allegiance is either with me or the man across the sea (a reference to Chris Geer) and don't give me any of your 'God' crap!" That's what he said Oldies. I'm not making it up, and not doctoring it to make it seem like something it's not. That's what he said (within a word or two). It was not a well-reasoned, tempered response to insubordination. It was a temper tantram and a childish rant, demanding to have his way. It was REALLY silly and embarassing, to anyone with the least bit of circumspection. I quit staff the next morning. Hey, THANKS Craig! Gawd, if it wasn't for him and his big mouth, I might still be in WayWorld. Eeeewww...

I'm going to start a new trend too -" Debauchery in the Home", Oh, it's been done already? My bad...

Oh come on guys. you know what the best line is: (lisping) "There's a plane outside that's leaving, and if you're not on it we'll regret it. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of our lives." O.K., that's two lines. But they ARE the best, no? Oooo, I thought of another good one: "How could you do it Joey, to your own brother?"

"...what does the term "Wierwillite" mean to you?" Someone who says "bless you" or "is that available?" Boooo, just thinking about it gives me the creeps...

Cathy, If you like the misheard lyrics thingy, try out this site: http://www.kissthisguy.com/# I particularly like the John Denver one (Country Roads)...