I’m not sure how it started but the other day when I was talking with God, she got off onto something of a tangent about coincidences of the English language.
She explained to me that some of the things that seem to be just accidents of history, of the way the language evolved really have a […]
How is it that Easter has managed to escape the whole U.S. over-commercialize everything ethos. I mean, sure it hasn’t escaped it completely but when it comes down to it, selling a lot of candy, eggs, and flowers is a whole lot less conspicuous consumption than what’s been done to Christmas and Halloween.
I’ve talked […]
Well, it’s Good Friday, the day when all good christians celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ “our Lord and saviour”(tm). When you stop and think about it the crucifix is really a rather gruesome symbol, but with just an edge of titillation. You’ve got this great philosopher, beaten, cut, and laid out to […]
In a few days the annual celebration of Passover begins. Passover commemorates the release of the Israelite slaves by the Egyptian Pharaoh. Mind you, it took ten plagues to convince the Pharaoh that releasing the slaves was a good thing, and Passover is named after the tenth of those plagues. That’s the […]