WordWolf

I think it's worth mentioning that you were a "special case" in twi for 2 reasons. 1) vpw tended to leave the military alone and not ride them. (I think it went alone with him sucking up to the rich- he saw both as having a certain "cachet" and he wanted them happy. So, he saw most people as tools and assets to employ, and he saw the rich and the military as more prestigious tools and assets to employ. 2) As a result of you being in the Navy and deploying to different locations, the corps often found it a lot of work to keep track of you and often refused to bother. That's why you had to nag them to get materials to run classes and so on when in their areas- they foisted you off on other people. In responsible Christian organizations, several people would have checked in to make sure you were ok. In twi, the passive-aggressive thing is in effect, so everybody said you were someone else's problem. Sorta makes you feel like Pontius Pilate's reviewing your requests, I suppose. So, the corps were lighter on you than on others. When they could find you. And they saw you as more trouble than you were worth. In short, a freaking good plan to minimize harassment from twi's hierarchy if one insists on dealing with it. I wish you'd done it intentionally, but the results were the same.

The name of this cartoon/title character came from Frank Sinatra's singing.

Neither can I. Don't forget how the last "triple" worked. (Raf mentioned it after I posted the clue.) You did, however, post the correct answer, so the round is technically over. The 3 shows/movies: "Touched By An Angel" "Angel" "Angel Eyes." "Angel" took place in Los Angeles with the title character. Me, I though that was heavy-handed, but whatever.

No, that's what the Pharisees came away with, but they were deliberately obstuse all chapter. Jesus was teaching when they interrupted him and tried to entrap him with sparing that woman's life. They failed, and then they interrupted him directly and repeatedly, generally misunderstanding him while making themselves sound all holy. Jesus kept saying one thing, and the Pharisees kept saying he said something else. As for me, if they claim Jesus said one thing, I'm confident that whatever he said, it was something else. John 8:51-58 (KJV) 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. They said he was possessed. They said he said people would never die instead of asking what he meant. Jesus was either an idiot or meant something else. Jesus was NOT an idiot. I believe Jesus was correct, and that he was smart enough not to mean they wouldn't ever drop dead. (All his disciples dropped dead-I don't think that was a shock to him.) Jesus said Abraham saw Jesus' day. Jesus' day was either when he was speaking, or a time yet to come when he said it. Abraham most assuredly was NOT alive when Jesus was born, let alone preaching. So, Jesus didn't mean Abraham was alive watching him. Few of us would contest that Jesus said that Abraham foresaw Jesus, saw a vision of Jesus or was otherwise informed by God Almighty of Jesus. Of course, they didn't even get that far. Jesus said Abraham (in the past, dead guy) saw Jesus (in the present and future, living guy.) They said Jesus said he, Jesus (present and future) saw Abraham (past.) Did Jesus mean that? He neither said it nor confirmed it, and they had a horrible track record of reporting what he actually said and meant. We can see that right here. Jesus then said what is under much contention. "Before Abraham was, I am." First of all, we're both just addressing what's actually said, which will save a lot of time. Jesus did NOT say "Before Abraham was, I was." That would have been a clear claim of preexisting Abraham, which is odd for him to do- especially after avoiding claiming he preexisted Abraham when he said Abraham saw him/his day. Jesus easily COULD have said something like "When I saw Abraham, I was pleased" or "When I met Abraham, he was glad". Instead, it was both non-interactive and one-sided. Abraham sure sounded like he preexisted Jesus about 2 verses back. But Jesus existed in the present, and seemed to understand that he did. He used the present tense in his verb about himself. He didn't make any claims of himself and the past. Abraham WAS. Past tense. I AM. Present tense. If I WAS, then I preexisted before the present. If I AM, then I exist in the present. So far, all clear. The only thing that isn't fairly straightforward is the word "BEFORE." It's being taken to mean a reference to existing in the past. This becomes peculiar. So, since we're talking of English, we can speak of the two meanings of "before." AFAIK, they should remain consistent with the Greek. The word "before" can refer to either PREEMINENCE, or of the PAST. If Jesus meant preeminence, then he said that his (Jesus) existence in the present was preeminent to Abraham's existence in the past. Compared to Jesus, Abraham is a footnote in human history-and Abraham knew it. IF that's what Jesus meant, then there's no confusion. Jesus came much later, but was much more important. And all the verses agree. If Jesus meant the PAST, then we saw him previously AVOID claiming to exist prior to Abraham. When they claimed he said he saw Abraham, he did anything but say "Yes." Jesus was in God Almighty's plans before Adam arrived. All God's plans, as they unfolded, had Jesus in mind centuries later and were planned with Jesus taken into account. (Maintain the bloodline, keep a remnant faithful, keep humanity alive...) That was true when Abraham was alive. Jesus was still very much a future reality as concerns existence, but in God's plan, he was almost an artifact of the blueprints. Jesus existed in the present, Abraham existed in the past- but Jesus' present existence "predated" Abraham who died long before Jesus was born because Jesus was the big plan. God knew it, and planned accordingly. Pieces were on the board thousands of years earlier than Jesus' birth only to play a bit part of Jesus' life. (Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and other Jews were kidnapped and raised away from Israel- all so they could spread teachings to "wise men" (Magi) who would later appear and play their own small, necessary part in Jesus' early life. Magi: Here's some expensive, easy-to-sell stuff, Joseph! God: Joseph, move your family immediately- Herod wants you dead. Joseph: Good thing I have enough money to move immediately and provide for my family-carpenters aren't rich... Of course, that could even go both ways- Jesus, the preeminent one, "existed" in the plans long before he was born, "existing", so to speak, before he literally existed. Naturally, some people will disagree with me. However, I see this at least as PLAUSIBLE even if I disagreed with it, and it DOES explain how one could be born at time A and be referred to before that yet not be said to have been there. It was an oddly PRECISE phrase which, I think, is commonly read IMprecisely. However one interprets the accounts, one's overall view should account for ALL the verses so that they ALL make sense. No matter one's position, that means SOME verses will be harder to explain than others. Unless one begins with the premise that some verses won't make sense. I reject that premise just as the original poster did- but some do not. I can reiterate my point here, but for now, I don't think I have to. If Jesus was part of God's Plan from before Adam, and was written into the stars, and all the prophets spoke of him, then he assuredly had glory in God before his birth. Why would it be such a jump to think that Jesus would have glory "IN GOD" (who was all that existed before "In The Beginning") when God's plan for thousands of years revolved around him, from times predating 4000 BC to times following 2012 AD?

The most dynamic times and places in twi, when lives where changed for the better, were when people were operating locally and independently, addressing the needs of the people right there and blessing the people right there. As of right now, the local groups seem to receive no actual benefits to belonging, and seem to be repeatedly penalized- both financially and socially.

Here's another triple. This made-for TV movie is about a vampire who wanders about a city in Southern California, helping the desperate and showing compassion and telling them "God loves you." He gets involved with a female police officer (played by Jennifer Lopez) and their relationship helps them both deal with crises from their pasts.

Well, I gave Raf a moment to chime in. This must be "Benson."

Oh! Raf should take this one. I only know anything about it because he watched it. :) (Unless he wants me to get that instead.)

Here's another triple. This made-for TV movie is about a dark immortal who wanders about a city in Southern California, helping the desperate and showing compassion and telling them God loves them. He gets involved with a female police officer and their relationship helps them both deal with crises from their pasts.

Eh, WHERE is the website link?

That last part could apply to a few shows. For the first part, I'm guessing "The Jeffersons." (They spun off of "All in the Family.")

I think I can work this out. I don't know one part, but the other part is obviously "Forever Knight." There's a song known, IIRC, as "John Philip Souza's March" and also as "Stars and Stripes Forever." (Souza was big on marching music and made the souzaphone, IIRC.) So I'm going with "Stars And Stripes Forever Knight."

No. I can only add what little I DO know. Physical addictions have 3 parts, the physical part, the psychological part, and the social part. (Other kinds skip the physical part.) To overcome a physical addiction (usually to a chemical) is harder because the body is accustomed to the substance and will protest its sudden absence. A professional should be consulted on that one. The psychological part is the person's mental dependency- on the behavior and the "reward" of their brain's release of happy chemicals when they indulge their addiction. (For example, a sex addict is addicted as much to the release of endorphins as anything else.) They need to change their thinking. If a person reacted to stress by engaging in a vice or addiction or addictive behavior, they need to rethink and find healthier ways to react. The social aspect means they need to restructure their lives to remove any and all behavior that LED to and FED the addiction. I knew a guy that kicked an alcohol addiction- then later started drinking again. What was he doing in his spare time when he was "dry"? He hung out in the same bars he used to drink in. Surprise, surprise, he resumed drinking eventually. You yourself, I believe, once said that someone who wants to give up gambling doesn't switch from poker to slots- they leave the casino entirely. Whatever solutions are used, if successful, will address at least the psychological and social aspects in one form or another.

Correct, of course.

"DISTINGUISHED"????

The thing is, they can't just cut all the staff loose if they want to maintain the grounds and upkeep. The main reason they can FIND people willing to work for the sub-standard conditions they have, is blind loyalty and fanaticism. If the loyal staff left, the only way to hire normal workers would be to offer what they never will offer their staff. So, either spend more money for the staff, or continue strongarming the foolish and naive to work on staff.

Two singers, best friends Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei's fiancé's disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers. When the detective proves insufficient, he assembles and hires a group of unusual individuals, each special in a different way.

A) Trivia is neither mentioned nor barred in the initial post. A description was given as an example, so it can be argued it suggested trivia was allowed. B) We've had straight trivia clues on a number of rounds, especially mine. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *wild guess* "That Girl"?

"Patch Adams Family."

Robert deNiro Taxi Driver Peter Boyle

And Steve Martin and Timothy Dalton.

I don't know, how would you be getting shorter?

¨Hey, what do ya know? I found Nemo!¨ ¨There's a man there! He's got a woman! She's tied up in a burlap sack and he's taking her to the Eiffel Tower!¨ ¨ Ah, eet eez Spring, eez eet not?¨ "I also work for the Agency. Professional assassin. It's really hard for me to juggle the two sometimes. I don't know what I'm gonna do when I have kids! Do you know how hard it is to find a nanny with advanced weapons training?" "Nice of Wal-Mart to provide these Wal-Mart beverages in return for us saying "Wal-Mart" so many times." "What a fantastic view!" "Unless you're in the audience, in which case you've been staring at an elephant's behind for thirty seconds." " Pointillism. A technique using individual dots of pigment, which, taken together...make an image." "Dynamite? Who has dynamite?" "Welcome to MY world." "Yikes! Illegal aliens!" "Exterminate!" "Tell me about the Blue Monkey." " How do you know about that thing that I've never heard of in my entire life?" "My dad told me." "What is the POINT of making them pinky-swear?" "This security guard thing, that's just what I do for money. I'm a... I'm a stunt double. "Hah! You, a stunt double? Please!" "I am! Did you see those Mummy movies? I'm in them more than Brendan Fraser is." "Eh, f-first they tell me to lose the stutter. Now they tell me I'm not funny! It's a pain in the butt, being p-p-p-politically correct." "You're telling me." "Great nose job Chuck. Good rug Mel, never would have guessed." " So, what do we do? We team you up with a hot female co-star!" "Usually... *I* play the female love interest!" "Okay, about the crossdressing thing - then, funny; now, disturbing." "Lady, if you don't find a rabbit wearin' lipstick amusing, then we ain't got nothin' to say to each other." "That's right, I'm a vicious bird of prey." "Here is you father tied up on the tracks, and here is the train of death right on schedule. You see Mr. Drake, if the train of death doesn't kill your father, then maybe those crates of TNT will, not to mention the two ton anvil hanging over his head, and... Oh, and look there's the pendulum of doom! What's the pendulum of doom doing there? I did not order the pendulum of doom! That's overkill! Get rid of it!" "I'm rich. I'm affluent. My liquidity is assured." "You are going to put him back, right? 'Cause I can't return to LA with duck soup." "We do have the resources to reconstitute the body. The mind, though, will remain a gooey mess." " I told you we should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque." "Now don't start that again." "My God, young man, what am I going to do with you?! You've done nothing but screw up! You've walked off of mesas! You've been smashed by boulders! You've been run over by diesel trucks! And don't blame the equipment! The equipment is good; it's ACME equipment. You're a coyote! Be wily!"

Between previews and commercials showing things, and having "plausible deniability" on the basis of having a kid and being in the same room as it's playing, no you don't. Me, I did see this, at least much of it. One of these days I'll sit through it all willingly.

¨Hey, what do ya know? I found Nemo!¨ ¨There's a man there! He's got a woman! She's tied up in a burlap sack and he's taking her to the Eiffel Tower!¨ ¨ Ah, eet eez Spring, eez eet not?¨ "I also work for the Agency. Professional assassin. It's really hard for me to juggle the two sometimes. I don't know what I'm gonna do when I have kids! Do you know how hard it is to find a nanny with advanced weapons training?" "Nice of Wal-Mart to provide these Wal-Mart beverages in return for us saying "Wal-Mart" so many times." "What a fantastic view!" "Unless you're in the audience, in which case you've been staring at an elephant's behind for thirty seconds." " Pointillism. A technique using individual dots of pigment, which, taken together...make an image." "Dynamite? Who has dynamite?" "Welcome to MY world." "Yikes! Illegal aliens!" "Tell me about the Blue Monkey." " How do you know about that thing that I've never heard of in my entire life?" "My dad told me." "What is the POINT of making them pinky-swear?" "This security guard thing, that's just what I do for money. I'm a... I'm a stunt double. "Hah! You, a stunt double? Please!" "I am! Did you see those Mummy movies? I'm in them more than Brendan Fraser is." "Eh, f-first they tell me to lose the stutter. Now they tell me I'm not funny! It's a pain in the butt, being p-p-p-politically correct." "You're telling me." "Great nose job Chuck. Good rug Mel, never would have guessed." " So, what do we do? We team you up with a hot female co-star!" "Usually... *I* play the female love interest!" "Okay, about the crossdressing thing - then, funny; now, disturbing." "That's right, I'm a vicious bird of prey." "Here is you father tied up on the tracks, and here is the train of death right on schedule. You see Mr. Drake, if the train of death doesn't kill your father, then maybe those crates of TNT will, not to mention the two ton anvil hanging over his head, and... Oh, and look there's the pendulum of doom! What's the pendulum of doom doing there? I did not order the pendulum of doom! That's overkill! Get rid of it!" "I'm rich. I'm affluent. My liquidity is assured."