"The Shack"...sm
Posted By: blondie_1147 on 2008-10-25
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Has anyone read this book "The Shack?" I have heard rave reviews on this book. It is said to be lifechanging. I bought this and am on the 3rd chapter.
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The Shack
My husband and I have both read The Shack. It is a WONDERFUL book! And yes, I agree, it is lifechanging. Have you finished it? I'd like to hear your thoughts.
The Shack
I'm halfway through it now and am loving it, although parts of it have been painful to read. I bought copies for myself and 6 friends after my pastor suggested our Sunday School class read it and discuss it.
My 12-year-old daughter devoured it last weekend right after I bought it and loved it. I'm looking forward to hearing others' opinions. An eye surgeon I took a friend to saw it when I was reading it in the waiting room and said he had just finished it and was still thinking about what he thought of it, wondered my opinion.
I find it keeps my attention and so far, that's enough to keep me going with it. I don't usually read scary or sad books. I don't watch horror movies.
I find all the controversy interesting. I, too, have noticed that people seem to either really love it or really dislike it, not so much in between on this one.
Have you tried Radio Shack?
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did you try Radio Shack? nm
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Has anyone here read The Shack???
I just finished reading this and all I can say is WOW. I would love to hear from others that have read it. After reading it I just wanted to go out and buy copies for all my relatives and friends. Normally I would gladly give my book to whoever wanted to read it but I could never part with this book!
Candles (try Sugar Shack) s/m
They're out of Edgar, NE. I fell in love with a Plumeria one when visiting a sister up there. Started ordering them, then got a tax ID #, attempted to sell them, but never made any $ on them. The votives are pretty good, but with the regular candles, they're in glass jars, which keep the fragrance really well. You may want to check out their w/s. Not sure how far you are from NE. Obviously I am, being in TX.
"The Gods Must Be Crazy" ! - nm
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or - "The fall alone will probably kill ya!"
Is this Boliva??
"The pope's nose"
No idea where this came from, but it's what my mother always called it.
Or...take notes from Dwight from "The Office" (sm)
Dwight Schrute: Yes, I have decided to shun Andy Bernard for the next three years... which I'm looking forward to. It's an Amish technique; it's like slapping someone with silence.
Dwight Schrute: I was shunned from the age of 4 until my 6th birthday, for not saving the excess oil from a can of tuna.
SHUN THE OFFENDER!
Yeah, but I don't think "the rod" has to be an actual weapon (sm)
I think it means to teach your kids the right way to behave - you are the parent, you be the boss, the teacher, the leader.
Am reading "The Mothman Prophecies" about this
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"The Cleaner" with Benjamin Bratt on A&E and
anything with Benjamin Bratt.
Does anyone remember "The Gathering" with Ed Asner? sm
We used to watch it religiously every year. I can never find it on TV anymore. Then, of course, there is "A Christmas Carol" with George C. Scott - the best Scrooge ever!
Alton Brown's "The Chewy"
I've tried all of the chewy chocolate chip recipes out there, and this is the best by far. The recipe calls for giant cookies, but for Christmas, I make them mini-sized, using about 1 heaping teaspoon of dough per cookie. They bake faster, so watch them carefully. I also add pecans to the recipe. I've made them with bittersweet chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, too, and those were INCREDIBLE.
Be sure, however, to really take your time creaming the butter and sugars. And let the melted butter cool to room temperature before mixing with the sugar. The creamed butter and sugar should be thick and fluffy and smooth, almost but not quite peanut butter consistency. If it's not, the cookies will go flop when they come out of the oven, and they don't look as pretty. They still taste great, but they aren't high and pretty.
I can't get the link to post, so here's the URL: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-chewy-recipe/index.html
Google "The Secret" and you'll see. It's about how to get what you want out of life, bus
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I just hope she and "the dressmaker" get locked up this time.
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I hate the phrase "the patient expired"
I have never liked that phrase...makes me think of spoiled milk or something. We don't come with expirations dates!!
Try googling "The Stewpot" SHould find a link there,
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"The parents", the "older man". The welfare of child
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Love his book "The Stand" - but that was a super flu - sm
that killed you quick. From what I have read most people live through the swine flu, no deaths in the U.S. as yet I believe. Probably like any flu, the very young, and very old have the most to worry about, and those immuno-compromised of course.
She may be asking about it as a form of birth control, too. Time for "the talk." 13 is NOT too
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I think the OP's disgust was aimed mostly at "the system" in general. Picture this...
you awaken at 5:00 a.m. after only having slept 4 hours, get the children off to school, work a grueling 8 hours transcribing for incomprehenisble dictators, while in between getting the house work done and prepping dinner until you remember you have to pick up the kids and take to practice, and you need to make one last stop out of your grueling day to stop at the market and boom. You encounter what she did. Sometimes it makes you wonder why you bust your hump day in and day out, year after year, for the mere pennies this so-called profession provides while others are getting handouts. So she had a 'moment.' That's all. No more, no less. Give her a break.
"The Party" with Peter Sellers. None funnier. Not a well known movie, but hysterical. nm
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Last night Bravo had "The 100 Scariest Movies Of All Time" and number one was ...sm
Jaws!?!?! I didn't find that scary at all! The Exorcist and Audition are the scariest for me.
Nat's "The Christmas Song" and Josh Groban's "O Holy Night." Gives ya chills!
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Please read "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker. It can save your life. NM
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