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Monday, 6 October 2003

Real People With Real Financial Problems
Mood:

blue
Recently, my wife and I moved into a lovely five-level backsplit on a quiet crescent. The house was over twenty years old and unfortunately, the A/C, the furnace and the shingles had to be replaced at the cost of $6100 Canadian. On top of that, I'm looking at extensive dental work that could cost me thousands more(despite having a so-so dental plan).

Well, welcome to the middle class. In Ontario, parents with university aged children could fork out thousands of dollars in order to qualify their children for student loans(It's a matching loan system that hits the middle class the hardest). Most students are saddled with student loans anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000.

My wife doesn't have a pension plan where she works, so she went back to school at her own expense to get a better job.

Bless her heart, since Irene left school at 13, she has worked hard assisting family members, first helping her father who was disabled at middle age and then practically raising three kids(from her ex)singlehandly. She deserves a break.

If I sell the script, Hotel California, soon, I'll be able to pay off Irene's tuition fees and help create a pension for her.

The Barron Family Website

The Cost Of Higher Education In Ontario

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Updated: Monday, 6 October 2003 11:56 AM EDT

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Sunday, 5 October 2003

Wise Saying Of The Week
An old man, a boy and a donkey were going down to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy riding riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later they passed some people who remarked."What a shame, he makes the little boy walk." They then decided they both would walk. Soon, they passed some people who thought they were stupid to walk they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey. Later, they passed some people who shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and the man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and it fell into the river and drowned. The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you might as well kiss your ass goodbye.
More Inspirational Material

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Updated: Sunday, 5 October 2003 10:46 AM EDT

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Friday, 3 October 2003

The Ontario Election
Mood:

celebratory
This time voters weren't bribed with their own money. Liberals ran on the platform of "no tax cuts" and won handily. In the real world, we know we have to pay for services like hydro, health and education. The results: Liberals 72, Conservatives 24, NDP, 7. The Liberal leader, Dalton McGuinty, ran a clean campaign on the issues rather than cheap shots towards his opponents.
More On The Ontario Election

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Updated: Friday, 3 October 2003 9:00 AM EDT

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Thursday, 2 October 2003

New-Age Christianity
One of my big questions in life was what happened to the early Christians and the first church? Most Christians would just reply to that question with "they all went to heaven". Where's that? "Where Christ is." Where's Christ? "See the first answer." This is a line of questioning that goes nowhere for a human being in the 21st century.

It's assumed that these early Christians have eternal life. In some way, if you're now a Christian, you're still connected with them. You're part of "the vine" and "the mind of Christ". However, the connection with early Christianity for most people was and still is through the 2000- year old history tract called the Bible.

The first church has moved on somewhere to the 21st century, but most Christian were still looking at them in the 1st century. Isn't there something wrong with that? Isn't there a living eternal body of Christ that has survived the destruction of human life through the centuries? Can it be contacted? Can we receive help from them? I believe so. I believe that Christianity is an eternal brotherhood called The Priesthood Of Melchizedek.

Christ collected his lost sheep on earth. They recogized his voice and followed him. He was the Son Of God and he was going to make his disciples sons of God.

A long time ago, many of us(spirits)were in training to be sons Of God but we dropped out of school and used our powers for evil(Something like the Jedi Knights who used the dark side of the Force.)The only one who passed was Jesus Christ. Through the miracle and mystery of the cross, he was able to break down the barriers that separate our consciousnesses.

At the beginning of the universe, we were all united together as Elim(Gods), but things changed as individualities developed. Not only are we different people, but we have different experiences.

Wouldn't it be great if we could share our experiences and our unique viewpoints with each other? By baptizing yourself into the body of Christ, this can be done.

After all of the original witnesses left, Christianity gradually replaced revelation and personal experience with dogma(eg. "The Apostles Creed", "The Nicene Creed")You either believed in dogma stated by one church or some other dogma stated by another church(Thus were created the multible denominations of Christianity).

At some point in the future, I plan to create a series of webpages on "New-Age Christianity" If you wish to contribute your own insight on this subject, please e-mail me at qualteam@lycos.com.

"As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever more shall be, world without end."
More On Melchizedek

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Updated: Friday, 3 October 2003 11:58 AM EDT

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Wednesday, 1 October 2003

Is Earth A Part Of "An Alien Free Zone?"
Mood:

spacey
Here is an alien communication that I discovered on the internet(Re:"The Free Zone") Make of it what you will:

The FREE ZONE DECREE was received on Earth on the 10th of November 1982 at 1030 GMT. It states, (as relayed from Mainship, Sector 9):

Official Decree - Galactic Grand Council

The planet known as Teegeeack - local dialect "Earth" or Terra - Sun 12, Sector 9, is hereby declared a Free Zone.

1. No political interference in its affairs from any other part of the Sector or Galaxy will be tolerated.
2. No economic interference in its affairs will be tolerated from any non-planetary agency or power.
3. All of its inhabitants are hereby declared Free Zone Citizens and free of external political or economic interference.

The regulating agency of this decree is the Galactic Patrol Sector 9, Sector Commander Elron Elray and his designated representatives.

The planet is henceforth under the Sole Auspices of the Galactic Patrol, Sector 9, for coordination with Galactic and Sector Affairs and for compliance with this decree.

The Technical and Ethical experiments in progress on Teegeeack are not affected by this decree and are to continue under the auspices of the Galactic Patrol, Sector 9.

This Decree is issued by unanimous vote of the Grand Council.

GRAND COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
FOR ALL MEMBERS
SECTOR O
GALAXY 1
Alien Encounters, Are They A Reality?

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Updated: Wednesday, 1 October 2003 11:46 AM EDT

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Tuesday, 30 September 2003

Remembering Who We Are And Where We Come From
I have always been fascinated by past life memory. Some traces of this is called "deja vu". Certain believers, especially, in Eastern faiths have full recall of lives lived. Most of us, however, don't have any memory of past lives. One of the reasons for writing Hotel California was the assumption that memory was taken away from souls after death. How that comes about and how it is returned were the main problems that I had to deal with. Perhaps, amnesia was a penalty for misdeeds in the past. If that's the case, How can we reverse this penalty? Simply follow in Clarissa's footsteps.
The Journey To Area 53

Posted by qualteam at 10:31 AM EDT

Updated: Tuesday, 30 September 2003 10:45 AM EDT

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Monday, 29 September 2003

The Top Ten Things To Do After You're Dead
1. Go into "soul sleep" like the Jehovah Witnesses. 2. Try your hand at haunting a house. 3. Make your way to the nearest maternity ward and reincarnate. 3. Try to find some wise spirit with directions to heaven. 4. Hijack an alien spaceship and go on a tour of the universe. 5. Possess a powerful computer like "Big Blue" and challenge a grandmaster to a chess match. 6. Go to guardian angel school and help an earth family. 7. Join a committee of spirits to end weapons of mass destruction on earth. 8. Take training that unleashes your spiritual superpowers against evil. 9. Possess a medium and have fun pretending that you're the dead relatives of his customers. 10. Go to Hotel California for further orientation into the afterlife.
What about your own ideas of the afterlife? Please send them to me.

Posted by qualteam at 5:30 PM EDT

Updated: Monday, 29 September 2003 5:34 PM EDT

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Sunday, 28 September 2003

Joke Of The Week
Mood:

mischievious
A 6-year-old and a 4-year-old are upstairs in their bedroom."You know what?" says the 6-year-old. "I think it's about time we start cussing." The 4-year-old nods his head in approval. The 6-year-old continues. "When we go downstairs for breakfast I'm going to say "hell" and you say"ass.""OK!" The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm. Their mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6-year-old what he wants for breakfast. "Aw hell, Mom, I guess I'll have some Cheerios." WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up, and runs upstairs crying his eyes out, with his mother in hot pursuit,
slapping his rear every step. The mom locks him in his room and shouts : "You can just stay there till I let you out!" She then comes back downstairs, looks at the 4-year-old, and asks with a
stern voice,"And what do YOU want for breakfast young man?
"I don't know," he blubbers, " but you can bet your fat ass it won't be Cheerios."More Crazy Fun Stuff

Posted by qualteam at 12:12 PM EDT

Updated: Sunday, 28 September 2003 12:16 PM EDT

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Saturday, 27 September 2003

Move Review 47: Left Behind Part 2
The end of the world even from a strictly biblical sense should be spectacular, but this certainly isn't. Instead of the triad of evil consisting of "The Antichrist", "Satan" and "The False Prophet", we get one mediocre UN Secretary General bad guy who just isn't scary or deceptive enough. The colossal battle between supernatural good and supernatural evil becomes a revival meeting. One and a half stars.
More Reviews On Left Behind: Tribulation Force

Somewhere down the road, all of us have to come to terms with the evil in ourselves and others. This is probably the biggest challenge that faces us in life and at Hotel California.

Posted by qualteam at 5:20 PM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 27 September 2003 5:52 PM EDT

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Friday, 26 September 2003

The Results Of The CUPW Ratification Vote Are In
Mood: happy
I am happy to report the Tentative Agreement received a "65%, yes vote" from CUPW posties across Canada. The only constituency that Toronto Local president, Steve Killy, won for his "no campaign" was his own turf in Toronto. Thankfully, the rest of country recognized the bankruptcy of his extremely stupid positions:

"The only solution these militants have is uncompromising confrontations which would result in government interference and sink negotiations. For these "union saviors", it's ok to have a contract shoved down our throats because the only thing these clowns are able to do is rant and rave at anyone who disagrees with them."

Killy and his followers are like "pinko" dinosaurs in the 21st century.
More Details On The Lastest News
Steve Killy's Rant Page
It's All Over But The Crying

Posted by qualteam at 10:51 AM EDT

Updated: Friday, 26 September 2003 10:55 AM EDT

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