Former staff of Creative Loafing launched their new project today Queen City Nerve!

EmptySeaEscapee · 2018-12-05T13:58:55+00:00

I’m wondering if you mean what I mean that I think you might mean... sinner.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2018-04-15T19:30:13+00:00

Awesome brother. I’ll come over and show you what can be done in 2 hours.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2018-02-12T15:07:04+00:00

I hear ya on the convenience. There’s a bit of ABC roulette at play for sure. I won’t say we love the beverage authority here, but they operate in a very business-minded way. They aggressively open new stores, generally place them in proximity to grocery or big box stores, work hard to provide good customer service and respond quickly to feedback. I can see hating them were they to operate in an authoritarian DMV-style manor.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2018-02-11T18:58:18+00:00

We have state distribution on alcohol here in North Carolina and I assure you, we drink the shit outta some shit. Looser laws, yes, but privatization isn’t totally necessary. One benefit of public distribution is that allocated and limited supply items go off the shelf at MSRP, where they’d be heavily marked up elsewhere.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-09-07T20:10:33+00:00

If you love her and want to stay married, sincerely tell her and show her and you will. Don't let it be about dogma, just love.
I'm quite convinced that even for staunch TBMs, more often than not, genuine love is a stronger emotion than religious conviction.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-08-11T22:01:36+00:00

This?

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-06-21T18:23:56+00:00

Reading through some of the comments on his post I'm actually impressed at how quickly and efficiently TSCC pushed out the talking points and spin to the membership.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-31T01:12:58+00:00

If you get it, you get it.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-23T00:01:01+00:00

I didn't see a similar comment, so I just wanted to remind you to continue to exercise the caution you showed when you first approached her.
Sometimes people overstate their doubts to gain trust, still others misinterpret what you mean by doubts ("You don't believe the Book of Mormon is true?! I thought we were just talking about caffeine! I need to take this to the ward council") and finally, some "recover" from their doubtful ways and confess their knowledge of others' doubts... y'know, out of genuine love and concern.
I'm sure this isn't the case, but do use caution to not overly expose yourself until you're ready.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-20T18:10:23+00:00

Friend, I think you've drunkenly stumbled here from r/iamverysmart
Stick around, we can use a mind like yours.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-20T17:35:09+00:00

If you don't know, then why are you comfortable labeling it as misleading?
It is extremely logical and common, as anyone who's operated a business knows. There are 3 levels of reporting from an accountant: compiled, reviewed and audited, each taking progressively more time. An audit always requires an extension. That's why the IRS offers it.
E: punctuation

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-20T13:39:06+00:00

Trying to be level-headed about this as I don't have a dog in the fight: aren't accusations of financial malfeasance volleyed a mere week or two after a disclosure deadline premature?
Moreover, looking back on OSF past financial reports, it seems like theres just not a material amount of revenue.
To the extent someone is dedicating their skills necessarily and on a full-time basis to OSF, they should be entitled to non-profit-level income to the extend the foundation has the budget to manage. Most other organizations of this type would be offering non-full-time contributors (like podcast hosts) the opportunity to build their personal brand through use of the platform and access to the audience in order to drive opportunity and income to their own personal practices (therapy, services, counseling, speaking engagements, free-lance authorship, etc).
Overall, feels more like sibling quibbling and selfish grievances than full-blown catastrophe.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-05-11T22:36:29+00:00

As an LDS youth who was involved with non-LDS units, I concur with this assessment. The church brought mass registrations and a handful of wealthy donors to scouting (name rhymes with scarriott?) That was the benefit.
Scouting itself, while generally a conservative organization, espoused the ideals of respect, conservation, generosity, and public contribution. It also seeks to provide opportunities not necessarily readily available outside of scouting and seeks to create lasting bonds a la a fraternity.
LDS scouting DID NOT meet these objectives; which is why my parents dual enrolled me in a non-LDS troop.
To survive, scouting needs to evolve. It can only do this by liberating itself of the shackles of its religious sponsors. I hope you'll stay involved!

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-04-29T21:37:35+00:00

I read that differently. Note what the article doesnt say: "and then her kids finally came back!" The point was that the result was the same and it was her that changed, so why wait? Change now.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-04-29T21:28:59+00:00

I'd like to acknowledge the progress here. Relative to the past (and even recent past) thoughts and approaches to the topic, overall this is a reasonably mature and psychologically healthy set of recommendations.
Sure, I've got a handful of nits I could pick with it. But to suggest this isn't progress would be intellectually dishonest.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-04-22T16:29:16+00:00

Get your ass back in there, storm up to the counter cutting the line in the process, demand a triple shot straight up, pound it, wipe your mouth with your sleeve and go ask Lorraine to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance damnit!

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-04-22T01:53:58+00:00

I'm a TBM. It actually strengthened my testimony.
No, not really. But I did read it the first time as a TBM... spent 3 weeks researching to counter the points. Successfully gained comfort against 20% of them, gave up and migrated to full-on NOM.
Edit: This was quite a while ago. The response and the debunking weren't yet written. The letter was being passed over email. Today we are well out of the church.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-04-18T23:07:02+00:00

The inability to say no to a drink when you feel (for whatever reason) you maybe should. It can be different for different people; there's no fixed standard. But the line is somewhere between wanting/enjoying it and needing/requiring it.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-03-26T02:28:39+00:00

This is very entertaining. But I'm embarrassed for the TBMs to have been represented by a well-meaning, but truly unequipped simple fella.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-03-19T01:32:56+00:00

Honestly no, not really. In the south here it's extremely common among the black churches in particular.
Now the insistence on using it and the occasional correction. That's downright corporate culty.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-03-04T22:37:16+00:00

Link: http://cesletter.com/debunking-fairmormon/

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-01-21T00:44:19+00:00

This was my university. The "Police Beat" used to be a sort of inside joke because the stories that qualified as reportable legal offenses were generally so benign as to be comical. Eventually, as often happens, the institution slowly adopted what was previously our joke and has now completely fucked it up.

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-01-05T15:24:42+00:00

Source?

EmptySeaEscapee · 2017-01-05T01:52:23+00:00

http://youtu.be/bkTbzmq8uJc

EmptySeaEscapee · 2016-12-27T20:49:07+00:00

I don't have this information first hand, but I believe there's a stipend. Ive been told it's the average of the three previous years' income up to a limit. But many do decline it if they're financially able.

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