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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.

La Bene Vita

I am a professional musician

, worship leader

, small business owner

, songwriter

, aspiring author

and freelance nonfiction writer

with a chemical engineering degree

.

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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Aiva Raine

Sep 16, 2025 at 5:57pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

ROLFMAO Cain: “Idk, not my problem.”

Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

Sep 16, 2025 at 2:51pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Right? Kinda makes me want to see the whole musical rewritten in Gen Z. They did it with Hamilton LOL, why not Joseph??

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Jayne

Sep 16, 2025 at 1:34pm
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

GETS DRIP COAT

*dying*

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Amethyst Angel h✟k ♡

Sep 16, 2025 at 8:35am
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Wow, that was actually pretty good! It goes to show how humanity has always been the same and God has His hand in everything... Or something

Thanks for sharing!

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Elycia Lee ☮

Sep 16, 2025 at 7:18am
In response to "I Asked ChatGPT to Rewrite the Bible in Gen Z"

Oh dear God.

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Robert Waltz

Jul 24, 2025 at 9:46am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Elycia Lee ☮

- yeah, maybe it's our turn to bug her to run it through Prep this year

Elycia Lee ☮

Jul 24, 2025 at 9:20am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Robert Waltz

I'll be more impressed if Michelle can walk, chew gum, and whistle without swallowing the gum all at the same time.

Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something.

Hmmm... if I ever finish that story I was writing which was my first attempt to write a novel, I will definitely ask you what you think of it.

Michelle, if you ever write your story, I wanna read it.

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Robert Waltz

Jul 24, 2025 at 8:49am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

It's certainly a thing to write about things you don't believe in. For instance, I reject the idea of the supernatural, but it's interesting enough that I've written fiction featuring it. But the problems with writing about "perfect" places are well-documented; it's tough to introduce conflict into a utopia, but it has been done. The enduring popularity of Star Trek is one example.

To address your specific situation: maybe perfection includes incorporating apparent imperfections in order to make things interesting. Like how Lucifer's fall, and Adam and Eve's for that matter, were actually all part of the Plan. After all, if God could be surprised, He wouldn't be omniscient, would He? And if Heaven's perfect, then doesn't that mean that the residents' supposed free will has been taken away, and isn't that a contradiction?

One superpower we have as humans is to imagine the impossible.

I know I'm saying all this as an outsider, so take it as you will. And you know me well enough, I hope, to know that I'm not saying any of this to be hurtful or obnoxious.

Oh, and Elycia Lee ☮, it's possible to be both a scientist and a musician. Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! can walk and chew gum at the same time.

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Elycia Lee ☮

Jul 24, 2025 at 5:47am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

You are a scientist? I thought you are a musician.

Writing a story that involves God, heaven, hell, and angels are to me one of the most difficult stories to write especially if you want to be factually right.

I tried and fell flat on my face. Good luck. I really do like the idea of angels getting promoted... your arguments are valid too...

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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1!

Jul 24, 2025 at 5:20am
In response to "Story idea and my thoughts on Heaven and Hell"

Kåre เลียม Enga

- I welcome your different point of view once you had some sleep!

(deleted and reposted because I accidentally sent this privately initially probably because I need some sleep also haha@ my eyes don't work before 7:00 a.m.)

December 21, 2009 at 3:51pm

#680627

Monday: Laptop Woes

I took my laptop into a shop for repair. They thought it was a video card failure (so did I), and of course, the video card is integrated into the motherboard. So it looked like I would need a new motherboard, and since I bought the laptop around August of 2008, I was pretty sure the warranty was expired. It figures that the thing would die at fifteen months, just after the twelve-month warranty expires, right? So I asked how much a new motherboard would cost.

Well, according to the shop, it would be almost as expensive to replace the motherboard as the whole computer.

(My laptop was very expensive.)

It turns out it's not that expensive, but he can sell me a laptop for just a little more than the motherboard would cost.

So, I asked a few questions.

Me: What software will be installed on the laptop you want to sell me?
Shop Guy: Windows 7.

Pause.

Me: That's it?
SG: Yeah, most of the business people we get don't want a bunch of stuff on their computers.
Me: Most business people want MICROSOFT OFFICE.
SG: Well, yeah, they can buy that.
Me: But most people want it, so why isn't it installed?
SG: Well, it is, if you buy it.
Me:

Suddenly, it's looking like the laptop and software might be a tad more expensive than a new motherboard. I know what you're thinking: It's a laptop! Who needs software?? (snicker)

Me: No thanks, I'd rather replace the motherboard.
SG: I'm not an authorized Dell dealer, so you need to contact Dell to get the mb. When you receive it, I can install it in a day (for like $120.)
Me: Great, thanks, thumbs-up, see ya.

Then I logged onto to my Dell account to get contact information, so I could get a price on a mb. While I'm online, I casually check my warranty information, just to be sure.

OMG, I bought an extended warranty!?!?!?!

Yeah, I never buy extended warranties. Because who ever actually uses extended warranties? But I seriously bought an extended warranty, somehow, and what the hell do ya know? I need it.

After a long chat with a nice, helpful, English-speaking technical service rep, I have managed to get life out of my laptop again. I am to take two pills and call her in the morning. Pill #1: Back up your entire hard drive right now while you have access. Pill #2: Run hardware diagnostics and note any errors.

Wheeee!! My faith in Dell is restored... for now. We'll see if the problem actually gets resolved.

By the way, it's a good thing I have plenty of time for this stuff.

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