Dorian Gray

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  1. Fawzo, ever see the movie interview with a vampire? That is her..well her book that was turned in to a movie anyway.
  2. Really? After 2 movies, basically reviving the vampire in the entertainment arts, and the media storm that occurred when she STOPPED writing vampire books after her reconversion to Catholicism and writing one of the best critically received fiction novels about Jesus’ early life….she didn’t know who Anne Rice was? Please tell me she was no older than 25.
  3. I still do not charge, and frankly still pay out of my own pocket to marry a couple (travel, and copies of filed documents). I do not advertise in anyway. Those that I have joined together are usually military couples who know I am ordained because we know each other from work or friends of my wife and I or even a "friend of a friend."
  4. I have been present in the locker room in the gym on base when someone accidently coin checked the locker room. One guy in the shower did not have a coin within reach. He had a big tab at the base club that night.
  5. That is why I posted the actual source. That way it isnt a my word against your word. On a side note, all you would have had to do to "claim" it is to file as such on your tax return. The next paragarph on page 3 explains why many churches go through getting a determination in advance.
  6. No no, that is an interesting BELIEF you have. Mine is fact and thus not an opinion... It is kinda scary if you are an officer in a church that doesn't have a handle on basic IRS procedures. Source: The IRS of course...http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf page 3
  7. They are just as much as libertarians, socialist, etc. Thus the flaw in your premise.
  8. then why did you put such limited options and miss the most common (liberal, conservative, moderate)?
  9. Religious organizations are automatically tax exempt (federally). It is only during an audit that if they dont meet enough of the 14 point do they get disqualified or if they get a pre-determination done.
  10. Moderate with conservative views on things like military funding and gun control with liberal leanings on things like health care. Btw your missing tons of options.
  11. MD, Is that personal business expenses (like my subscription to the AF Times) or the business's expenses (like rent/ulitities, etc).
  12. You can sell them on eBay but really they only are "valuable" for coin checks...gotten tons of free drinks.
  13. the St Michael one that I carry on a day to day. Atleast once a week I forget to take it out of my ABU pants and it gets washed. The rest stay on my coin rack.
  14. Unions when first formed provided great benefit, they have since outgrown their usefulness and actually hurt the very people they claim to protect.
  15. Big brother man! Why do you think all those stores pay to 1 to 3% of the total bill to accept credit cards....
  16. It's a comm troop organization. Good folks
  17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin
  18. That's cool( the SAR, not the heart attack)
  19. After two weeks of long days and meetings out the wazoo. The event went off flawlessly and I got coined by the Secretary of Defense. It was a good day and a great start to my 3 day weekend.