WordWolf

Yes. If it wasn't for the post above yours, I'd suspect it was too easy. Your turn. You're up.

While we're waiting, I hope people would like a new one. A group of rowdy fratboys are about to be kicked off campus. While they decide what to do, an eccentric millionaire invites them to stay at his house-and whoever can stay in the house overnight will receive $10,000 each. Not an easy task, considering all the spooky happenings there...

If that's not meant to be a description of "Enterprise", it could be. It's a prequel of Star Trek (The Original Series.) It probably didn't run as long as The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, or Voyager. (I don't know how long VOY or ENT ran for sure.)

Funny how some people will protest anything. Like spotting a minority cast member and say the movie is racist automatically.

Ok, I give up. The answer was "Innocent Man." It's the title cut from an album by Billy Joel, the same artist who wrote "New York State of Mind." FREE POST!

I found it in under 30 seconds. I went to YouTube, typed "bonanza theme song" in the search engine, and looked down the results. These were 2 that came up that are relevant. And what about George's "up"? ;)

You may not have seen the movie, but at least you're paying attention! Correct! I saw a Jay Leno "Jaywalking" segment where Leno was talking to a guy who'd never heard the phrase "Competition is Everywhere." It didn't sound familiar. The camera began a slow closeup of the man's t-shirt- which had that written in big letters. Glad that didn't happen here, even with something less obvious. Your turn!

Actually, I left one clue, so you're not completely clueless. I'll add that, IIRC, it's a title cut from an album.

Every once in a while, vpw mixed his signals. He'd set up all the stages to worship him (all the stories setting him above everyone else, stand when he entered to teach, call him The Teacher, etc) and occasionally say directly not to do it. Why? Then people could say "See? One time here, he said he didn't die for us and it was Jesus we are to look to." Meanwhile, if you didn't look to vpw for your answers, you were in trouble if you were on grounds. I wouldn't attend an anything that worshiped anyone. I get uncomfortable with Jesus worship-and if any man deserves worship it would be that Man and no other. Anyone else might earn a snicker.

[Hey, Galen, you changed the subject and pretended you didn't. Was the previous subject too touchy? Let's review what you hid there. We were discussing how vpw (a man with no training nor experience whatsoever with leadership training programs other than sitting in on a class or two that were not designed to train leadership) set up a program, supposedly to train Christians to be better Christians and to be Christian LEADERS, and after a few YEARS of that program, by your own admission and confirmation, those Christians came out WORSE as Christians than Christians who never entered that program. That didn't say anything about MARKETING. That said something about how awful the program was- it consistently achieved results the OPPPOSITE of what was supposedly intended. That said something about how awful twi was- it set up and administered that program and never saw a need to fix its glaring problems. That said something about vpw- he had no background in anything necessary to set up such a program, he set it up, he promoted it, he charged the participants money and had them work, and when complaints came in, he blew them off- including complaints of rapes during LEAD- and he never did any kind of analysis to see if the program was actually HELPING rather than HURTING. On the other hand, nobody makes the same claims about BG Leonard. Leonard made classes specifically for already-trained ministers, to enhance their performance with their congregations. No prestige in that, no money in that, no name recognition in that. Leonard wanted to bless God's people. vpw didn't really care about that. "vpw was a salesman. He built an organization focused on marketing classes." Ok, I'll heartily agree with you there. ] [vpw put HIMSELF on a pedestal. Need me to break down all the steps he took to do that? (Anyone want me to get into that all again?) vpw put HIMSELF on a pedestal. vpw was a salesman. vpw sold people on HIMSELF and convinced them that he was some great one. He built his organization around the image he built of the classes and of himself who taught the classes. People were tricked, people were fooled. People put him on the pedestal that he himself had prepared. vpw convinced THEM he was holy. These people didn't invent that themselves- vpw primed them for it and set the stage and said all kinds of things to lead people there. Some of them got all the way there, some got part of the way there. Some are still there.]

I'm glad Naten's looking at this but there's at least 2 things I think he's missing in that chapter. 1) He sounds like he thinks the Pharisees were in any way LOGICAL. They were actively looking for any excuse to discredit Jesus. They interrupted his teaching and tried to use someone's potential execution to get Jesus to make a mistake, without even caring what happened to that person. Follow them through the chapter. They didn't get ANYTHING Jesus said. That's not specifically because Jesus was speaking illogically. He was speaking on a level they couldn't understand because they heard his words but didn't listen to them. 2) The verb tenses of past and present, I think, tell us a lot, and there's a lot they DON'T say. Jesus never said he predated Abraham. Jesus never said he saw Abraham. Jesus said he existed in the present. Jesus said Abraham existed in the past. Yet Abraham-in the past- looked to see Jesus' day-which was in the present. Abraham saw what hadn't happened in his time. That's because God could show Abraham what was planned long before Abraham came along. Jesus didn't exist yet- and yet, he did, because God's plan concerning Jesus was complete and set. So, when Jesus was finally conceived and born, he literally existed for the first time, but reality had been set with him in mind thousands of years before. He was "there" already. I don't expect everyone to AGREE with me, but if they can't even see my point, they aren't trying very hard and probably don't WISH to. Which is not my problem. :)

I guarantee this is not a country song. I prefer rock to other forms of music. I've never been one to like country OR western music, since I've a tendency for a New York state of mind. "Some people stay far away from the door If there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside And hope that it just passes by. Some people live with the fear of a touch And the anger of having been a fool. They will not listen to anyone So nobody tells them a lie. I know you're only protecting yourself. I know you're thinking of somebody else. Someone who hurt you But I'm not above Making up for the love You've been denying you could ever feel. I'm not above doing anything To restore your faith if I can. Some people see through the eyes of the old Before they ever get a look at the young." "Some people say they will never believe Another promise they hear in the dark, Because they only remember too well They heard somebody tell them before. Some people sleep all alone every night Instead of taking a lover to bed. Some people find that it's easier to hate Than to wait anymore. I know you don't want to hear what I say. I know you're gonna keep turning away. But I've been there and if I can survive I can keep you alive. I'm not above going through it again. I've not above being cool for a while- If you're cruel to me I'll understand. Some people run from a possible fight, Some people figure they can never win. And although this is a fight I can lose..." "You know you only hurt yourself out of spite. I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight. That's your decision- But I'm not below Anybody I know If there's a chance of resurrecting a love. I'm not above going back to the start To find out where the heartache began. Some people hope for a miracle cure, Some people just accept the world as it is. But I'm not willing to lay down and die..."

But, but, this movie, besides having Lewis Black, had JUSTIN LONG and JONAH HILL in it!

"There are a lot of things in my life that I thought were real and ended up being fake. Why can't the opposite be true?" "Rejection. That's what makes a college great. The exclusivity of any university is judged primarily by the amount of students it rejects." "Why, what happened?" "Some political crap. I got a zero on my SAT's." "You do know you get 600 points just for signing your name right?" "Ask me about my wiener!!" "I want to learn how to blow sh* up with my mind." "Nah, I'm not going to answer your question, 'cause you guys have already made up your minds. I'm an expert in rejection, and I can see it on your faces, and it's too bad that you judge us by the way we look and not by who we are, just because you want us to be more like them when the truth is we're not like them, and I am damn proud of that fact! I mean, Harmon College and their - their 100 years of tradition. But tradition of what? Of hazing kids and humiliating anyone who's a bit different? Of putting so much pressure on kids they turn into these - these stress freaks and caffeine addicts." "Your phony school demeans real colleges everywhere!" "Why? Why can't we both exist? Huh? You can have your grades, and your rules and your structure and your ivory towers, and then we'll do things our way. Why do we have to conform to what you want?" "Your curriculum is a joke, and you, sir, are a criminal." "You know what? You're a criminal. 'Cause you rob these kids of their creativity and their passion. That's the real crime! Well, what about you parents? Did -did the system really work out for you? Did it teach you to follow your heart, or to just play it safe, roll over? What about you guys? Did you always want to be school administrators? Dr. Alexander, was that your dream? Or maybe no, maybe you wanted to be a poet. Maybe you wanted to be a magician or an artist. Maybe you just wanted to travel the world." " Hi there! What's your name? My name's Abernathy Darwin Dunlap but you can call me A.D.D. on the account of the fact that I have A.D.D., which is attention deficit disorder. You know - everyone used to think it was just an addiction to sugar when I was 6 and my mom used to cry because she thought I would never be like a fully functioning member of society like my neighbor who has Legionnaires' disease." "I told ya." "It was your idea to put 'acceptance is just one click away.'" "Yeah, you put it as 'one click away! You don't make it... clickable!" "When I got accepted here, it was the first time my parents ever said they were proud of me!" "Hey Shrad, do you know any places up near Harmon we can rent?" "Oh, yeah I do, actually. I carry around a list with me at all times of abandoned buildings for fake colleges." "Okay cut the crap Bartleby. Society has rules and the first rule is: You go to college. You wanna have a happy and successful life, you go to college. If you wanna be somebody, you go to college. If you wanna fit in, you go to college." "Well, you know what? Maybe I didn't get into college!"

Jennifer Garner Elektra Terrence Stamp

No.

"There are a lot of things in my life that I thought were real and ended up being fake. Why can't the opposite be true?" "Rejection. That's what makes a college great. The exclusivity of any university is judged primarily by the amount of students it rejects." "Why, what happened?" "Some political crap. I got a zero on my SAT's." "You do know you get 600 points just for signing your name right?" "Ask me about my wiener!!" "I want to learn how to blow sh* up with my mind." "Nah, I'm not going to answer your question, 'cause you guys have already made up your minds. I'm an expert in rejection, and I can see it on your faces, and it's too bad that you judge us by the way we look and not by who we are, just because you want us to be more like them when the truth is we're not like them, and I am damn proud of that fact! I mean, Harmon College and their - their 100 years of tradition. But tradition of what? Of hazing kids and humiliating anyone who's a bit different? Of putting so much pressure on kids they turn into these - these stress freaks and caffeine addicts." "Your phony school demeans real colleges everywhere!" "Why? Why can't we both exist? Huh? You can have your grades, and your rules and your structure and your ivory towers, and then we'll do things our way. Why do we have to conform to what you want?" "Your curriculum is a joke, and you, sir, are a criminal." "You know what? You're a criminal. 'Cause you rob these kids of their creativity and their passion. That's the real crime! Well, what about you parents? Did -did the system really work out for you? Did it teach you to follow your heart, or to just play it safe, roll over? What about you guys? Did you always want to be school administrators? Dr. Alexander, was that your dream? Or maybe no, maybe you wanted to be a poet. Maybe you wanted to be a magician or an artist. Maybe you just wanted to travel the world." " Hi there! What's your name? My name's Abernathy Darwin Dunlap but you can call me A.D.D. on the account of the fact that I have A.D.D., which is attention deficit disorder. You know - everyone used to think it was just an addiction to sugar when I was 6 and my mom used to cry because she thought I would never be like a fully functioning member of society like my neighbor who has Legionnaires' disease." "I told ya." "It was your idea to put 'acceptance is just one click away.'" "Yeah, you put it as 'one click away! You don't make it... clickable!"

"Some people say they will never believe Another promise they hear in the dark, Because they only remember too well They heard somebody tell them before. Some people sleep all alone every night Instead of taking a lover to bed. Some people find that it's easier to hate Than to wait anymore. I know you don't want to hear what I say. I know you're gonna keep turning away. But I've been there and if I can survive I can keep you alive. I'm not above going through it again. I've not above being cool for a while- If you're cruel to me I'll understand. Some people run from a possible fight, Some people figure they can never win. And although this is a fight I can lose..." "You know you only hurt yourself out of spite. I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight. That's your decision- But I'm not below Anybody I know If there's a chance of resurrecting a love. I'm not above going back to the start To find out where the heartache began. Some people hope for a miracle cure, Some people just accept the world as it is. But I'm not willing to lay down and die..."

18-22 years old. No, seriously, 2006.

"There are a lot of things in my life that I thought were real and ended up being fake. Why can't the opposite be true?" " Rejection. That's what makes a college great. The exclusivity of any university is judged primarily by the amount of students it rejects." "Why, what happened?" "Some political crap. I got a zero on my SAT's." "You do know you get 600 points just for signing your name right?" "Ask me about my wiener!!" "I want to learn how to blow s* up with my mind." "Your curriculum is a joke, and you, sir, are a criminal." "You know what? You're a criminal. 'Cause you rob these kids of their creativity and their passion. That's the real crime! Well, what about you parents? Did -did the system really work out for you? Did it teach you to follow your heart, or to just play it safe, roll over? What about you guys? Did you always want to be school administrators? Dr. Alexander, was that your dream? Or maybe no, maybe you wanted to be a poet. Maybe you wanted to be a magician or an artist. Maybe you just wanted to travel the world." " Hi there! What's your name? My name's Abernathy Darwin Dunlap but you can call me A.D.D. on the account of the fact that I have A.D.D., which is attention deficit disorder. You know - everyone used to think it was just an addiction to sugar when I was 6 and my mom used to cry because she thought I would never be like a fully functioning member of society like my neighbor who has Legionnaires' disease."

"I know you don't want to hear what I say. I know you're gonna keep turning away. But I've been there and if I can survive I can keep you alive. I'm not above going through it again." "You know you only hurt yourself out of spite. I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight. That's your decision- But I'm not below Anybody I know If there's a chance of resurrecting a love. I'm not above going back to the start To find out where the heartache began."

Find some people with a common interest. Become an engaging guest speaker, or something. That last one probably is up your alley. I've heard it said that the best way to have friends is to be one. I don't know if you were skipping that step.

So, in your experience, twi's in-house, 4-year training program, where they spend 4 years of a person's life- at the person's expense, teaching the person doctrine, practice, conduct, and so on, produces practice and conduct WORSE than the people who never entered that program. Doesn't that say something about twi?

"I know you don't want to hear what I say. I know you're gonna keep turning away. But I've been there and if I can survive I can keep you alive. I'm not above going through it again."

"There are a lot of things in my life that I thought were real and ended up being fake. Why can't the opposite be true?" " Rejection. That's what makes a college great. The exclusivity of any university is judged primarily by the amount of students it rejects." "Why, what happened?" "Some political crap. I got a zero on my SAT's." "You do know you get 600 points just for signing your name right?"