That is good to hear about your brother. I completely understand not wanting to do AA, although I have to tell you that for my BFF's husband, it provides a great social outlet with a bunch of people who don't drink more than something that seems "preachy", if that is what your brother is afraid of. (Your brother might not be in the same position BFF's husband is- an extremely extroverted, social person, married to an introverted geeky person with an introverted geeky family, who has moved away from his home and the friends he grew up with. So this really helped him meet people.)
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 07, 2012 5:28:19 am PDT #17263 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2012 5:32:35 am PDT #17264 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sport is a subset of competency porn, that's all. I figure most people get some kind of that, don't they?
GOOD GOD, TiVo. WHY CAN'T YOU EVER GET THE WHOLE TEEN WOLF EPISODE???
sumi - Aug 07, 2012 5:36:14 am PDT #17265 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
OMG, ita ! - my TIVO DOES THE SAME THING.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 5:37:44 am PDT #17266 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
or my BFF's husband, it provides a great social outlet with a bunch of people who don't drink more than something that seems "preachy", if that is what your brother is afraid of
I know a lot of people who are turned off by the "higher power"stuff, but what that means varies HUGELY by locality. Some meetings are All God All The Time and some just assume that by "higher power" you mean the Flying Spaghetti Monster and that's fine.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 5:37:44 am PDT #17267 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Strix - Aug 07, 2012 5:39:01 am PDT #17268 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Our DVR consistently cuts off the last 30 seconds of every preview for the next Leverage and SPN, and it makes me crazy. But it REALLY makes DH froth at the mouth. It's cute.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 5:41:03 am PDT #17269 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Don't the networks deliberately schedule shows to run over to foil time-shifting? It seems really counter-productive to me - I'm way more likely to go find the last two minutes online than I am to watch it live the next week.
Steph L. - Aug 07, 2012 5:46:47 am PDT #17270 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
or my BFF's husband, it provides a great social outlet with a bunch of people who don't drink more than something that seems "preachy", if that is what your brother is afraid of
I know a lot of people who are turned off by the "higher power"stuff, but what that means varies HUGELY by locality. Some meetings are All God All The Time and some just assume that by "higher power" you mean the Flying Spaghetti Monster and that's fine.
The "higher power" stuff would turn my vaguely Satanist brother into PURE RAGE. Plus, like me, he's not a joiner.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 07, 2012 5:47:53 am PDT #17271 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yeah, if he's not a joiner, I don't think it would be helpful to him in the same way it is to BFF's Husband, who is TOTALLY a super joiner.
Amy - Aug 07, 2012 5:53:13 am PDT #17272 of 30001
Because books.
The "higher power" stuff would turn my vaguely Satanist brother into PURE RAGE.
Ben said one of the kids at school who participates in Young Life asked him if he wanted to come to a meeting, and Ben told him he had plans with Satan that day.