The Lightning News

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North Coast Gallery - Ian Cameron

Liberty not rooted in God will not endure

Freedom not rooted in God's Will delivers no one

Faith w/out dicipline wanders aimlessly

Love which will not sacrifice bares nothing.

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HOPE, therefore, in what endures

Look, therefore, for what returns

even the suns & starts cannot leave their orbits
w/out God's consent

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Ponder what is there before you

Walk w/the feet of in-coming generations

prepare therefore, as if those very Lives depended on it!
MadmnX

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Having Glimpsed The Deep Well

photo by HoangtheNhiem

Once the stone's been dropped
into the water,
the circles moving out
cannot be stopped,
no matter how nano-imperceptible
until they reach the far reaches of their confinement.

So it is w/ History & Thinking,
the Thought moving out
circular,
until it luffs the confinements
of Eternity................
will not be stopped.

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'On a path lined with trout lilies.'

this morning i awoke to many birds singing
the mourning doves waiting to be fed in the rose vines
i awoke ..., & this gorgeous Orb was still spinning
thank you Father God,
amen.

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After the hack 2/21/10

photo~mickrange

We @ the farm are not yer 'polite' Christians
.....but we love the Lord the way a rescued dog loves its new master.

We would appreciate that our 'Brethren' understand
that not all of us came up in a 'polite' way.
Some of us survived sht that was authored in hell...

it's kinda like the trees on the summit of Mt. Washington...
crippled by the 100mph winds that rip-tear through there
...but beautiful in a 'twisted' way.

We are tired of being judged by many of you....
& would remind you that Jesus came for the broken & defiled
...NOT the choir.

A judgement is something you make about trail conditions
not the condition of another person's soul.

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On the last night of the Conservatory Concert Choir road tour

(It was the White House OUTDOOR Christmas Special…………………
we performed for BillyBlowJob in the freezing-fkng-cold……
actually,
it was so cold that the spit was freezing on the Brass Players instruments
……………& then,……………………………...........................
on to the Rotunda Room.
O, the magnificent sound of Palestrina
the Brass Choir echoing off those walls!!)

On the last night we had our own awards ceremony.

‘The Fairy Queen Award’ went to a handsome, diminutive young man
w/a gorgeous, deep Basso voice. I remember his acceptance speech.
“I would like to thank my dad for making me the way I am,….
I would like to thank my mom
for allowing my dad to make me the way I am,
… & I would like to thank all the boyz in the ‘Fens’
for just plain making me.”

We all cheered & laughed….& we all understood....
it was something in the water.

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I had this Scottish boyfriend in high school......
he was on his way to the Olympics as a gymnast...
his father beat the sht out of him on a regular basis...
he was a full-blown alchie @ the age of 17.....
....is anyone surprized?!

One time he put an 'alka-seltzer' in the biology room fish tank.....
YES!!!...they all died. .......OK!!!......
& SO?!!!.....I asked him...
*one time while we were making-out in the graveyard by the giant crystal rock.....*
"what was the point of that....to watch them die?"

He died in a motorcycle crash on FieldPointRoad,
going 80 mph....he was loaded.......
he never knew what he hit.

*that was in the Season of my oldman's 3rd wife.......
{my Grandmother chased his 1st wife down Cratona Pkwy w/a butcher knife
& then had the marriage annulled}
she tried to run me over w/their car *

right!!...an 'Academy' out in the sticks!!................please
to finish my last yr. of high school.....
because my oldman's 19 yr. old wife didn't care for me
& my oldlady.....ummmmm........didn't care for any of us
.....soooooooooooo..............that's where I was
when I got a letter telling me that 'Benny' was dead....
..........................& I should just...............get over it.

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My oldman died in a hospice, his X-heroine-addict-4th wife
was there beside him, Thank God, dying as well.
The last time i saw him i said to him,
"you did me a grave dis-service,
all that antroposophical-newage crap you taught me...
what if you're wrong!!...."
& he said,
"then I will apologise to God."

My oldlady doesn't remember any of 'those times'.

& the tree
'Benny' hit
is still standing.

There are no neat little Christian 'boxes'
when it comes to the Salvation of the Lord...
only His Mercy.

& a 'judgement'
is something one makes about oncoming traffic
not the condition of another person's soul.

*steps offa soapbox & grabs another vino*

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good health remedy for alcoholics
(something u should know)


it has recently come to my knowledge that caffeine actually helps protect your liver from the damaging effects of alcohol. it's no miracle cure but it DOES make a very noticeable difference.

I have been on this supplement for over a month now and can vouch for it's effectiveness:
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=XA-1099

best part is the caffeine in this product is from all natural extracts, you don't need a prescription AND the stuff is mad cheep.

did I mention the pills smell like chocolate? XD no shit, I fkng love it.

the results I have experienced have been seen in, a reduction of pain by 50% to 90%, an increase of 50% to 90% better food digestion and a higher digestive tolerance of foods that are hard on the liver, such as ice cream and potato chips (those used to predictably give me diarrhea and therefor were off my diet)


some things you need to know.

300mg is what is recommended as your maximum daily dosage. the pills in the product I take are 200mg, so I just brake them in half (yes you can do that). I usually take about 300mg total for the day, each day. that'd be 1 half pill with each of the 3 major meals of the day. in my case it would be 1 half pill with 1 meal and a whole pill with a 2nd meal, since I only eat 2 major meals a day

if you have high blood pressure or a heart condition, you should ask your doctor if taking caffeine is ok, since caffeine can make those conditions worse.

I've heard a lot of bad mouthing against caffeine but upon research, found there to be very few actual health concerns involving caffeine. barring extreme cares of consumption.

if you do not have a heart condition or high blood pressure (like me) then there are no serious adverse side effects to taking caffeine. just make sure you don't go over the 300mg max or you might start getting jittery and sleepless.

it's important to take these caffeine pills WITH FOOD. I always and only take these with a big meal and plenty of drink (no not alcohol).

it is also important to avoid taking these pills late in the day. unless you eat your dinner a good while before you go to bed, I would recommend only taking the pills with breakfast and lunch. I usually have my meals set up so that I take my largest and last dose of the day roughly 9 hours before I will be sleeping for the night.

PLEASE NOTE. this is not some thing to justify or encourage alcohol abuse. if you drink too much now or have in the past, you will have health issues. this caffeine remedy is only to help prevent liver damage for those who still do drink too much and to help support liver function for those who have damage from past alcohol abuse.

If you have/have had a drinking problem and liver damage, I recommend looking into this caffeine remedy. this is of course assuming you already don't get tons of caffeine in your diet from coffee and stuff.

coffee wasn't an option for me since I have an adverse reaction to it.

if you are going to give these pills a try, keep in mind that every one has a different rate at which they can metabolize caffeine. start with a low dose and work your way up to a level that seems to be right for you. I started with 50mg a day and have settled at 200mg to 300mg per day (depending on how shitty I feel).


good luck.

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