TrueTomHarley

NOOO   my Brother !  ONLY  1 pill...  NOT 2 !  Read the  headline again  
Its a fun report....  look by category  HUMOR  

I'll take the red so I can go back and deprive myself of experiences I have learned from.
Then I'll take the blue pill so I will no longer will able to tell who likes me for me.
On second thought, toss them both. A vitamin C will suffice.

Absolutely. Revisionists try to redefine WWI as just "one of those things." The eventual next step will be to redefine the last days. ISIS attacks, North Korea, sexbots programmed to 'rape,' gender-hopping, addictive drug pandemics, and universal FAKE NEWS will all be just "another one of those things."

Absolutely. Revisionists try to redefine WWI as just "one of those things." The eventual next step will be to redefine the last days. ISIS attacks, North Korea, sexbots programmed to 'rape,' gender-hopping, addictive drug pandemics, and universal FAKE NEWS will all be just "another one of those things."

You buy the sector, not just the lead stock of the sector. Anybody here in Rochester who has their Kodak shares proudly framed and hanging on the wall knows that.
The forecasts work until they don't. Some macro-change will take place and then the forecasts will alter, giving the impression they knew it all along.
Though it is conventional wisdom, periodically I hear accusations of fraud regarding ETFs. That is, they have pressured the market to sell more shares than actually exist, much as through the fractional reserve requirement, banks lend out more money than actually exists, and that there will one day be dire consequences on that account.

Is that like 15 minutes of fame?

This is Brian Brexit. I'm in Police Headquarters reporting on efforts to rescue @The Librarian, being held for ransom by TrueTom. Officer O'Maly, I imagine there has been much public outrage and pleadings that she be returned safely.
Well, not really, but you never know when that may start.
What progress have you made in locating her?
Zilch so far. However, a Dunkin Donuts has reported increased orders, 3 extra boxes a day picked up by a man in trench coat and dark glasses. So we planted a very clever electronic GPS listening device in one of the donuts and we expect the case to break wide open momentarily. Ah - we're picking up a signal now. Let's listen in!
CRUNCH!!  What the....There's a pebble in this donut!! Are you trying to kill me, TrueTom? I think I cracked a molar! You'd better pray you have a kidnapping rider on your dental plan. I'll clean you out!
For tomsheepandgoats.com, this is Brian Brexit reporting

Looks like you all could go and watch that again. I saw the old movie also. Not too impressed.

I liked the part when they glimpse in the sideview mirror the Tyranasaurus chasing them. It is close enough that it looks like it may swallow their Jeep, and the mirror caution says: 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.'
My kids gave me a dirty look on this one. The heroes were clambering atop the false ceiling when a mean dinosaur lunged at them. It was so over the top that I burst out laughing at what was supposed to be a very frightening moment.

Absolutely. I have been lately communicating with an oaf who regularly launches vicious attacks at the Governing Body. He tipped his hand recently (IMO) to reveal his core difficulty - he thinks it is all about us. In fact, it is about the vindication of God's purposes and the sanctification of his name. Occasionally we take it on the chin as we yield to these greater things as the focus.
Having said that, I sometimes get discouraged that intellectual work is often misconstrued as  'showing off.' If I were an electrician, I would receive nothing but praise for developing that skill to the full. If I relished a certain electrically challenging project, no one would say I am being full of myself. Nobody would question my motive. Nobody would accuse me of attempting to stand out and achieve recognition to be admired by my peers. I will even concede that @Ann O'Malyhas a point in her carrying on about stifling talent - it is just that she takes a grain of truth and tries to bake it into a seven layer cake that I object to.
In my case, I write because I am not good at anything else. If someone should say - like @The Librarian -  'good writing!' of course I am pleased. But it is no different than a hands-on worker being commended for craftsmanship.
Jehovah's Witnesses are top-heavy with persons who work with their hands. Far from being a negative, this is added proof that Jehovah's Witnesses follow the pattern of first century Christianity. A carpenter is less likely to become too big for his pants than an educated statesman. Working class people came into the truth in droves back then - less so, the upper classes. It is exactly what one should expect. Nonetheless, it is not as though intellectual talent is a pejorative. Leave @JW Insider alone. Or at least, if you criticize him, as can arguably be done, do not do so in a way so as to imply that he is trying to outshine his brothers.
 

Notice how the T-Rex cocked its head like a puppydog.

I liked the part when they glimpse in the sideview mirror the Tyranasaurus chasing them. It is close enough that it looks like it may swallow their Jeep, and the mirror caution says: 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.'
My kids gave me a dirty look on this one. The heroes were clambering atop the false ceiling when a mean dinosaur lunged at them. It was so over the top that I burst out laughing at what was supposed to be a very frightening moment.

Absolutely. I have been lately communicating with an oaf who regularly launches vicious attacks at the Governing Body. He tipped his hand recently (IMO) to reveal his core difficulty - he thinks it is all about us. In fact, it is about the vindication of God's purposes and the sanctification of his name. Occasionally we take it on the chin as we yield to these greater things as the focus.
Having said that, I sometimes get discouraged that intellectual work is often misconstrued as  'showing off.' If I were an electrician, I would receive nothing but praise for developing that skill to the full. If I relished a certain electrically challenging project, no one would say I am being full of myself. Nobody would question my motive. Nobody would accuse me of attempting to stand out and achieve recognition to be admired by my peers. I will even concede that @Ann O'Malyhas a point in her carrying on about stifling talent - it is just that she takes a grain of truth and tries to bake it into a seven layer cake that I object to.
In my case, I write because I am not good at anything else. If someone should say - like @The Librarian -  'good writing!' of course I am pleased. But it is no different than a hands-on worker being commended for craftsmanship.
Jehovah's Witnesses are top-heavy with persons who work with their hands. Far from being a negative, this is added proof that Jehovah's Witnesses follow the pattern of first century Christianity. A carpenter is less likely to become too big for his pants than an educated statesman. Working class people came into the truth in droves back then - less so, the upper classes. It is exactly what one should expect. Nonetheless, it is not as though intellectual talent is a pejorative. Leave @JW Insider alone. Or at least, if you criticize him, as can arguably be done, do not do so in a way so as to imply that he is trying to outshine his brothers.
 

I think it is an appeal that congregational unity is more important than individual opinion about doctrine.
Whenever the Governing Body issues direction on any doctrinal point, it may be that you, as a diligent student, noticed that point some time ago. If this was the world of churches, you would have gone out and started your own religion over it. How do you think there came to be so many sects and divisions among Christianity?
Instead, you essentially 'sit' on your opinion. Maybe the theocratic organization will come around to it someday. Maybe they will even in some way notice your expertise and seek you out on that account. At any rate, the responsibility is theirs, not yours.
It's a little dicey putting such opinion out there publicly because countless persons latch on whose only goal is to thwart Jehovah's Witnesses and what they stand for. Really - do you think the ones hostile would all be placated if the WBTS came around to a new opinion on just this one point? 
Still, as has been pointed out, not everyone with a different view of chronology has ill intent toward Jehovah's Witnesses. Maybe there is something to be said for the fact that we, too, acknowledge different views exist and they are not categorically wrong just because we did not say it first.
None of this is to be harsh to JWI. He is smart regarding these matters of chronology and I am not. It is easy for me to say 'zip it' because I don't know anything. I don't think he is writing here to gain disciples for himself, as some have accused. I think, rather, that he does not want to see theocratic interests take it on the chin because of a wrong understanding. One can hardly say that the organization has never been wrong before. He is just exploring ideas and I like that. But I am not sure it does not stir up more dissension than it is worth, which is not good. Ultimately, publishing doctrinal light is the responsibility of someone else.
I haven't figured this out yet. I probably will not succeed in doing so.
 
 
 

It's a little too soon to tell.

I think it is an appeal that congregational unity is more important than individual opinion about doctrine.
Whenever the Governing Body issues direction on any doctrinal point, it may be that you, as a diligent student, noticed that point some time ago. If this was the world of churches, you would have gone out and started your own religion over it. How do you think there came to be so many sects and divisions among Christianity?
Instead, you essentially 'sit' on your opinion. Maybe the theocratic organization will come around to it someday. Maybe they will even in some way notice your expertise and seek you out on that account. At any rate, the responsibility is theirs, not yours.
It's a little dicey putting such opinion out there publicly because countless persons latch on whose only goal is to thwart Jehovah's Witnesses and what they stand for. Really - do you think the ones hostile would all be placated if the WBTS came around to a new opinion on just this one point? 
Still, as has been pointed out, not everyone with a different view of chronology has ill intent toward Jehovah's Witnesses. Maybe there is something to be said for the fact that we, too, acknowledge different views exist and they are not categorically wrong just because we did not say it first.
None of this is to be harsh to JWI. He is smart regarding these matters of chronology and I am not. It is easy for me to say 'zip it' because I don't know anything. I don't think he is writing here to gain disciples for himself, as some have accused. I think, rather, that he does not want to see theocratic interests take it on the chin because of a wrong understanding. One can hardly say that the organization has never been wrong before. He is just exploring ideas and I like that. But I am not sure it does not stir up more dissension than it is worth, which is not good. Ultimately, publishing doctrinal light is the responsibility of someone else.
I haven't figured this out yet. I probably will not succeed in doing so.
 
 
 

I think it is an appeal that congregational unity is more important than individual opinion about doctrine.
Whenever the Governing Body issues direction on any doctrinal point, it may be that you, as a diligent student, noticed that point some time ago. If this was the world of churches, you would have gone out and started your own religion over it. How do you think there came to be so many sects and divisions among Christianity?
Instead, you essentially 'sit' on your opinion. Maybe the theocratic organization will come around to it someday. Maybe they will even in some way notice your expertise and seek you out on that account. At any rate, the responsibility is theirs, not yours.
It's a little dicey putting such opinion out there publicly because countless persons latch on whose only goal is to thwart Jehovah's Witnesses and what they stand for. Really - do you think the ones hostile would all be placated if the WBTS came around to a new opinion on just this one point? 
Still, as has been pointed out, not everyone with a different view of chronology has ill intent toward Jehovah's Witnesses. Maybe there is something to be said for the fact that we, too, acknowledge different views exist and they are not categorically wrong just because we did not say it first.
None of this is to be harsh to JWI. He is smart regarding these matters of chronology and I am not. It is easy for me to say 'zip it' because I don't know anything. I don't think he is writing here to gain disciples for himself, as some have accused. I think, rather, that he does not want to see theocratic interests take it on the chin because of a wrong understanding. One can hardly say that the organization has never been wrong before. He is just exploring ideas and I like that. But I am not sure it does not stir up more dissension than it is worth, which is not good. Ultimately, publishing doctrinal light is the responsibility of someone else.
I haven't figured this out yet. I probably will not succeed in doing so.
 
 
 

The other way to look at it is that everyone writes about what they know best. I do. You, presumably, would be with your book. It seems silly that only JW writers should not be able to write about their topic of expertise. 
I can and do write of other things but it typically comes down to the same conclusion: 'such-and-such is a mess because we need God's kingdom to straighten things out." 
Write in such a way that you are not in competition - either offer personal accounts, anecdotes, current news items and how they relate - research that they would not likely do.
You said: "and I will not use what I learnt from the organization (even if I have a lot of my own ideas - to make money for myself"
I wrestled with this, too. But I am not Bethel and I have to pay the light bill. it's either write or Mickey D for me. Believe me, book proceeds do not make a significant dent, unless you hit mainstream, which is unlikely. It's just a hobby. A university professor  who has written a tome about Witnesses, as well as other books, tells me he is glad he did not quit the university - they don't exactly fly off the shelf.  Nonetheless, conscience of the moneymaking concern, I am working on a book "Dear Mr. Putin - Jehovah's Witnesses write Russia." It will be free for some months. 
(I tried to put this in a thread b/c I think what's-her-name would want me to do, but I can't figure out where to do it. It seemed obvious at one time)

It's a little too soon to tell.

"As we enter day 3 - or is it 4, 5, or 6? - I mean, who really misses the old hen enough to keep track? - of the disappearance of @The Librarian, there are reports that her kidnapper, TrueTom, has become disheartened because his demand for ransom money has been met with laughter. This may be the least of his woes. The Librarian's personal physician, Dr. Mike 'Ace' Inhibitor, has contacted tomsheepandgoats.com to warn that the woman is a walking pharmacy and cutting her off from the drugs she is on will have dire consequences. Dr Inhibitor:"
"This is the problem you get into when you kidnap wheezing windbags like my patient. Without an adequate cushion, a friendly kidnapping and turn deadly. Even if we only count legal prescription drugs, it takes a dump truck to supply her."
Brexit: "What will happen when the effects of her current medications wear off?"
Dr. Inhibitor: "Let me put it this way: I'd prefer to be downwind of Chernobyl."
Brexit: "Thanks, Ace. A major escalation of the case that has captured everyone's - well, many of us - well, a few - well....oh alright, just my (sometimes) attention. For tomsheepandgoats.com this is Brian Brexit reporting. 

Back when we used to date and she was known as the 'Bombshell from Bethel', she was not known for her brains. But after being booted from Bethel, she landed this gig at the library, a post she had held for many decades.
So I just assumed she was now smart. Nobody said she was. I just assumed it
Sigh - she's still dumb as a plank. Helping her pass the time while she is in my custody awaiting WorldNews readers to pay up a ransom for her release, a course that they have been surprisingly reluctant to embark on, I have offered her reading material, as a purely humanitarian gesture. Since she is @The Librarianat the library, I offered her a choice of brainy reading - writings from learned Greeks like Socrates and Hippocrates. 
"Oh, I hate the Crate brothers! I don't know which one is worse, So or Hippo!" she complained. She said she would rather try some Homer. So I fetched her The Odyssey, only to find that she meant Homer Simpson. I then said I would get her whatever she wanted, and she is binge-watching episodes of Duck Dynasty.
And - I don't know how she did it - she is under lock at key awaiting my ransom demands to be met - and my house is one and a half miles away, but she still managed to clean out my liquor cabinet.

She eats like a horse - that's all I have to say.
"I can't help it; I get hungry when I'm nervous. Pass me two more of those donuts, please," @The Librariansays.
So far I've raised only $2 from admin, who declared it an acceptable risk, since she owes him 20.

"This is Brian Brexit reporting for tomsheepandgoats.com. I am at the world headquarters of TheWorldNewsMedia company to report on the missing report of a strange person - uh, I mean, the strange report of a missing person (sorry). I am speaking with the company president, Allen Admin. Mr. @admin, what do you make of this report?"
Not much, to tell the truth. She's probably just off on another binge. Happens all the time.
But we have credible information that she has been kidnapped by TrueTom and is being held for ransom.
If that idiot thinks anyone's going to pay to get her back, he should change his name to DumbTom. Still, her disappearance is a little hard to fathom.
You mean that she didn't have a enemy in the world?
No, not that -  everyone was her enemy. I mean that, if he kidnapped the woman, he's going to have to put up with her. Even if his ransom demands bring in tens of thousands, it's probably not worth it.
Does this create a hardship for WorldNews replacing someone with her technical expertise on short notice?
Your joking! Look, we were trying to roll out simple thread technology and she managed to get everyone confused. Alright, so TrueTom is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but there were others. Even @Annawas having a hard time, and @b4ucuhear.
Who will replace her?
The janitor always does when she is tanked. I imagine he will do so now. You know, it's strange...
You mean, about @The Librarian?
No, I mean about the janitor. He's a janitor, right? And yet he owns 15 suits. I don't care anything about the corporate agenda of that sect he's with - it's not my business - but it is still strange.
Thank you, Mr. Admin. For tomsheepandgoats.com, this is Brian Brexit reporting.
 
 

The 1914 collection

This is the verse we have not taken into account. I will.
The end will come in the year 2000017 - just around the corner.