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[miws]

Another thought just occured to me, and it may be a bit of a long shot, but you never know when the Classic Car Gods may be smiling down upon you. ;) I remember running across old license plates, specifically, so likely frames as well, at antique shops.

I seem to recall at least one of the shops up in Snohomish having old plates.

[JoB]

Wes, i suspect you and i have similar beliefs… up to a point. and yes, they frame how we look at things.

i will admit that having been raised in a church, i tend to evaluate political action from a Christian viewpoint… but not from a Christian framework. In other words, i ask myself, “was that a Christian thing to do?” … Not, “does that person frame their argument in Christian terminology”.

When we focus so much on a candidate’s religion we focus on the latter.. how they frame their campaign promises… not whether they will behave in a Christian way.

Answering how i define truth is even more difficult. i don’t believe that anything but personal truth exists where belief is concerned.

and possibly not where “scientific” truth is concerned either… since scientific truth is gained by finding a way to prove what you set out to prove.

i don’t believe you can make any decision about truth without disclosure of all of the assumptions that the truth you are evaluating was based on and finding any circumstance in which you can even discover absolute disclosure is almost impossible.

who was it that said something to the effect that truth was hard to define but that you know it when you see it? works for me. You look at the facts and you make your best guess based on both your source material and your experience… and of course on your estimation of how much the experts you rely on understand their material.

Whew! pretty philosophical, huh. you might want to know how i walk down the street each day trusting the sidewalk to stay put with such a slippery grasp on the truth.. and some days i wonder myself…

But what i know is that i can trust my experience of sidewalk because i have gained it the good old fashioned way: i listened to my elders, i decided they didn’t know everything, i tested the sidewalk’s limits, i tested my own limits and i walked. And of course, i keep testing my own limits because they change and that is life…

I can’t speak for Ken, but the problem i have with evangelicals is that they think they know or can discover by some set of their own rules what my relationship with god is and they judge me based on their assumptions. And what is worse is that they do so without speaking with me and asking questions. They base their assumptions on how i dress, how i speak (ok, i confess, i have been known to swear) and what my politics are. Like most assumptions we make about people based on superficial evidence, they are most often wrong.

i don’t judge others because they choose or don’t choose to worship their god their way. In fact, most of the time i don’t have a clue what their personal religion is… it has often caught me unaware. Just as i am not terribly curious about race. ethnicity.. now that interests me but because of customs, not bloodlines.

speaking of customs, i am off to hear madeleine… an interesting woman, i hope. because my priorities are with thought over appearance, i will go in jeans and a sweater… i wonder what assumptions that will create;)

[JanS]

Liberty Tax was just listed in the top 10 fastest growing franchises….be prepared….one on every corner – lol…

[Wes]

JT, I agree. I do not believe you should be scared into it, although I don’t think there is anything wrong with being fearful of Hell if it is real. Fear helps us stay away from harm everyday.

[TheVelvetBulldog]

To Erik: We could Anti-Freeze our little neighborhood. If you’re interested in a walking buddy, send your email address to the fine WSB-keepers and they’ll pass it along to me.

[Anonymous]

I remember those horrible tracts from 30 years ago. I had no idea they were still published. Talk about anger, hostility, and hatred. Even as a kid I wondered why, if religion was so great, you had to be scared into it.

[squareeyes]

I loved inorganic rubbish pick-up day when I lived in one of those cities two states south of here. As a renter we never got the notices of the actual date, but it was easy to figure out when each driveway was suddenly filled with great mounds of junk, and then the scavengers would drive around in their pick-ups salvaging whatever they could. It was a mess for maybe 24 hours and then, poof, gone. It was a very helpful amenity…sadly one that Seattle doesn’t offer. I haven’t seen city dump coupons and have lived in WS nearly six years. I wonder if I’m recycling them as junk mail…?

[Wes]

Congratulations Ken you have managed to show that christians are not perfect! Although, it’s pretty easy to do.

So I have been wondering why you have so much hostility towards christians? Have you been hurt by a christian?

You mentioned you use to travel with some evangelical christians, so would you say you are a christian now?

I guess I want to know where you are coming from, because your posts seem like you are very agitated.

[Jerald]

I’m fond of Bird on a Wire — usually excellent coffee. In fact, I think I had the best latte of my life there a few weeks ago. Memorable.

[Jerald]

This doesn’t have to do with the RSVP issue, which I agree is very sad.

I noticed that you said only one parent/child “bothered to show up at the rink.” I don’t know of any ice rinks in this area and I would have been surprised, as a parent, to be expected to transport my child to (and from) Renton or Lynnwood for a party. This might be especially difficult for some of the Roxhill families, for various reasons.

[Wes]

DJ you are about a 6months late for me. I was stay at home dad for 3 years until recently. I wish you succeess with this, I know as dad’s we need it! If you are ever feeling like how I imagine most stay at home moms do and you want to chat just email me.

[Anonymous]

Hi Julie! Thanks I am trying!

[Julie]

cinnamon, I can see how frustrating this experience was for you and your daughter.

It is quite possible that at least some of those invitations you so generously delivered did not make it home; elementary school students are notorious for not delivering things to their parents, even if they’re excited about the opportunity!

Keep in mind, too, that several of your child’s classmates’ parents may not read or speak English fluently; they might not have known what to do. Even if they did, they might have been hesitant to try to communicate.

It is also entirely possible that at least some of the lack of response is due to rudeness, or excessively casual manners. The only remedy I can come up with for this one is for you to teach your daughter correct etiquette. I’m sure she’ll be careful in future to RSVP, having experienced first-hand the consequences. It sounds like you’re teaching her kindness (inviting the whole class was teaching her about not leaving people out, a common problem with school-delivered invitations!). I’m sure you’re also teaching tolerance, and to assume the best of people.

[CMP]

LOL about the lattemom comparison to cinnamon! Evite is an electronic invitation website where you can create your own invitation for events and parties…really great. And you can see who actually viewed your invitation so if they never respond, you can give them grief for not RSVP’ing. Which a lot of people don’t bother with. It really is as easy as selecting Yes, No, Maybe, click. No excuses!

[WSMom]

So Cinnamon, do you have an opinion about people cursing in public?

[JenV]

Just got hit again by Liberty Tax. From this point on I will be personally returning every ad left on my car to their office in Jefferson Sq. Funny thing, when I went to return the offending ads, there is a help wanted ad in the window for marketers, so it looks like this kind of in your face, telemarketing style advertising is here to stay. :(

[Anonymous]

Sue, Thank you for posting the info on Lattemom that is just too weird we do sound alike but I can assure you I am not Lattemom! I just joined this blog the 21st. I guess I will have to look at the class list from both schools and see if I can find out who Lattemom really is!

[Sue]

Cinnamon, here’s the link to the post that was discussed about lattemom: https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=104&replies=18

[Anonymous]

Hi JimmyG: I just looked up Lattemom and I couldn’t find any mention of her talking about Little Pilgrims, you have my interest in finding out who she is since yes our kids went to Little Pilgrims, most recently 3 years ago so I wonder if she is one of the non-speaking people I saw before and after school each day?

[Anonymous]

I couldn’t even call the invited guest as the school has a policy of not giving out personal information except the students name. Not even an email address either!

[swimcat]

I have to say, this is one of my big pet peeves as it seems to happen constantly around here. If the host is going to take a bunch of time to plan a party, buy things for it, etc… you can take 30 seconds to RSVP (more like 10 seconds with Evite). It’s not that hard. And Erik, your observation is too funny.

[JimmyG]

Well you should really contact lattemom as you both have kids at Roxhill after having them at another WS elementary school, you’ve both tried to have parties for your kids where nobody (or very few kids) showed up, and you both have used Little Pilgrims daycare.

So look her up…

[ChristinaD]

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[andrea]

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And as for Petco’s grooming dept, we stopped using them because they were always busy, running late, overbooked, and cancelling appt’s. The clincher for me was when they explained that they blowdry the dogs by locking them in those cramped back kennels, turning a hairdryer on them, and leaving them until they were dry . No wonder my dogs came out dehydrated and anxious.

[ChristinaD]

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