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Nineteen
So in a way, today’s post is a sequel to yesterday’s. You’d think it would take place right after it. Yesterday’s post was about the year I was eighteen, so you’d think this one would be about when I was nineteen. Well, it sort of is. But most of the action took place long before I…
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Eighteen
The number eighteen, I’m told, is important in Judaism. The reason for this is because words in Hebrew have numerical values, and the Hebrew word for life, “chai”, has a numerical value of eighteen. Looking back on my own life, the number eighteen can easily symbolize “life” for me as well. The year I was eighteen, which spanned my…
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Seventeen
Some of you have been waiting with bated breath for this. This is the post wherein I reveal the reason for the bizarre little survey you took last week. Okay. Here’s the deal. Apparently “17” is the least random number. What the heck does that mean? Well, it means that according to a few websites…
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Sixteen
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is basically a personality test. You answer dozens of questions, and based on your answers, you are fit into one of sixteen categories, which apparently describe your way of relating to the world. There are four axes, and you are rated on where you fall on each of them. The first…
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Fifteen
When I was in tenth grade, my geometry teacher, Mr. 51, used to give everyone nicknames. Whenever he’d call on you, it would be by your nickname. For instance, there was another Mike in my class (there was always another Mike) who had an after-school job at Burger King. His nickname was “BK Broiler.” And…
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Fourteen
The “Stations of the Cross” are a spiritual tool commonly found in Roman Catholic churches. The Stations themselves are stops on a path that one walks. The path is like a pilgrimage of sorts, telling the story of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Each Station on the path represents one part of that story, and…
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Thirteen
When I was a child, all I ever wanted to be was an astronaut. I loved learning about outer space, especially about the planets in our solar system. (Although, I must say, I was not scandalized by Pluto’s “demotion” to dwarf planet status in 2006. Given the discoveries of other objects in the solar system at…
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Twelve
I have this theory about the twelve tribes of Israel. But before I explain it, I ought to start by telling you what I mean when I use the word myth. I am a Christian; I believe in God and in Jesus Christ. I believe that there is an abundance of truth found in both the Hebrew Bible…
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Eleven
I just watched the movie Wonder Woman a few weeks ago. It’s wonderful. I really didn’t know much about it except the hype that it was great, apparently much better than every other DC Extended Universe movie. I didn’t know that it took place at the end of World War I. I hope I’m not spoiling…
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Ten
Who remembers 10–10-220? Or maybe 10–10-321? Or 10–10-987? Anybody who watched television in the late 90’s should have at least a vague memory of that. It was a way of making discounted long-distance calls from a carrier other than the one you had a contract with. Huh? Long-distance call? It’s amazing, absolutely amazing, how phones…
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