Lionsbridge requires 40 hours a month. I have been slacking and am working hard to make sure I get all of mine this month! Working from home, for me, equals easily distracted by other fun stuff on the computer, my son, my dogs, and just about anything else around. :lol: I've been doing some transcription too, plus going to school full time. It has not been easy for me to set up and stick to some sort of schedule.

I just started working for them a few weeks ago. The work is basically rating web pages based on how useful it is based on the query and the quality of the web page (not query based). They have a large amount of guidelines and I did a decent amount of studying when I was testing. It's hard to explain, but if you apply and get invited to test, they are very thorough with the training and studying materials.

Yeah, the Gary North thing is definitely not appealing, to put it mildly. Every time I see that curriculum mentioned on a homeschool FB page, I cringe. The RP name really draws people towards it, but I wonder how much he is really involved.

I also wanted to add what really drew me into the ICC. I was 19, had just finished up a year of very hard partying, didn't have very many friends, very unsure of myself and lacked confidence. When my friend invited me to the service, it was vastly different than the Catholic services I grew up with. It was fun! I had instant friends and dating as well! My friend was at college at the time and I think they really preyed, perhaps unintentionally, on those coming into college who lack confidence and don't have any friends. It really was a fun group of people and there were lots of fun activities, like sand volleyball. It was an instant social life.

I think I understand what you're saying. I always found it funny when I was frequenting a cloth diaper forum, how much overlap there is between liberal, crunchy hippies and strict, fundamental Christians. Both groups shared a lot of the same beliefs (for lack of a better word) such as homebirth, cloth diapers, breast feeding, cooking from scratch, etc etc, but for different reasons and often having completely different set of spiritual beliefs. I've never heard of Gothard until this board. But when I was in my late teens (19ish) I did get pulled into the International Church of Christ. https://www.google.com/search?q=international+church+of+christ&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a I feel they are very cult like to a certain degree. They believe they are the only ones who have and know the truth, they push recruiting heavily, everyone has a "disciple" that they report to, dating is only with other church members with approval and no physical nothing ... If there were rules beyond that for married couples, I don't know because I wasn't in that group. I left when they told me I needed to lose weight (15 lbs!),cut my hair, and dress nicer to attract more people to the church. After I left I received phone calls asking why I didn't love God anymore and how could I leave God, etc, etc. Belonging to this group really skewed my views and feelings on faith. I have tried multiple times to have some sort of faith, but I just can't get over the hump that this church left. I was atheist for many years, came back a few times to Christianity, and have been agnostic now for a while.

I've just started reading is. As in, still in the Introduction chapter. :) I was just curious if anyone else was reading it too.

Anyone else reading this?

Here's a pretty cool group I just discovered on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TexasFreedomNetwork

Here is my clown doll. :)

Holy h*ll. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

Wow, just wow. Perhaps (hey, I said perhaps), parents who teach their kids all these awesome things (like you) still have kids that go out and do stupid stuff. Good lord.

Thank you! I was not recalling him name and didn't hit up Google either. :)

"It" the clown from the book "It." Scary in the book, not so scary in the movie even though I love Tim Curry.

Meh

Some people apparently do. ;)

Now I have that song in my head too.

If I ever see a demon (doubtful), I would certainly not consider it a gift.

I don't remember any incest or orgy in Brave New World. It's been a little bit since I've read it last though.

I've read the first two, I don't have the third. If I ever come across it at a thrift store (my favorite place to go book shopping), I will pick it up.

I broke down and read it after listening to so many people rave about it. I will admit that while reading it, I was very much into it. Afterwards, I decided I would never read it again and wondered why I ever read it in the first place. I did find her take on vampires interesting and often defended her decision to portray them in that way. After all, vampires are fictional characters. So, yeah, I didn't get any intellectual boost from that, but I do understand all the comments and memes and what not. :) I never saw the movies either.

It appears you like to go through this thread accusing people of things. Not having ever perused a library or bookstore, not knowing what graphic detail is.... I'm pretty sure the previous poster knows what graphic detail is. You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. I have not read this book. As far as I can tell from your posts, you have not either. Therefore, neither you, nor I, have a leg to stand on regarding discussing or dissing this book. Not in any intellectual way, anyways. Please correct me if I'm wrong and you have read this book, as you alluded to in the post I'm quoting.

I am curious (seriously) what your son found brain bleach worthy in A Brave New World?

I've read many posts by the person I was responding to, that is how it is an educated guess. Nope, I'm not a literary genius despite the amount of books I have read. BTW, you are not in my presence.

If I had to take an educated guess, I would say that I have most likely read more books than you have. I may not be a literary genius, but my love for reading spans many, many years. I'd say I have 400+ books in my own home library. And that is after I pared down some with my recent move. I could be really rude and say that I've most likely given away more books than you've read, but why go there?

So many books cover horrifying and disgusting things. What do you read?