The media everywhere is playing with the whole 6-6-6 thing,
as if a calendar date has any correlation to the number of the
beast, as written in The Bible. "Run! The calendar is The Devil!
I knew there was something shifty about that Pope Gregory!
Oh no! Somebody's put a calendar on THAT wall, too! Look away!"
For a numerologically-inclined perfectionist like myself,
today is actually 6-6-8 - because in numerology,
you ADD the numbers of the year together -
to give the year its numerological designation.
...So June 6, 2004 would have been 6-6-6.
Aw, gee.
We missed it.
The people who decided to remake the apocalyptically-tinged
horror movie "The Omen", are opening on a Tuesday night
(instead of a Thursday or Friday, your normal opening nights)
to take advantage of the hype surrounding the date.
If I were to advise anyone - and God knows, no one ever wants
unsolicited advice - I'd say that it's wise to always try to
recognize the difference between good and evil, and that it's
important to celebrate the good, but only recognize the evil.
Much of our society, unfortunately, has somehow fallen upon
celebrating the evil, including a group of thirteen motorcyclists
who are riding today to Hell, Michigan (which is apparently just
outside of Detroit - a surprise to the many who felt Hell was very
much INside Detroit).
The event's organizer - Joe Dowd, from Milwaukee - says there's
nothing satanic about their third motorcycle trek that ends up
in the small town. He says they originally planned on taking the
last ferry of the year across Lake Michigan and calling this year's
event Hell Freezes Over. But when he saw the date on the calendar,
he says plans changed - because it won't come again for another
100 years.
Well, THERE'S a reason to take a trip to Hell, I guess.
The first trip was called To Hell and Back,
the second We Went Through Hell to Get Here,
and this year's trip is called Straight to Hell.
Again - celebrating evil? ...in my book, never a wise thing to do.
As a kid, I was also never a big fan of Hallowe'en for pretty much
the same reason. Mind you, I don't think Hallowe'en started out as
being a celebration of evil. Quite the opposite. However, like so
many things that start out innocently, or with good intentions,
it got altered by those who just can't have fun without taking it
too far.
Not like I'm a stick in the mud or anything.
(Hey, I played in a rock band.)
I've just always felt the 'temptation' part of the equation
was better left alone. "Lead us not into", and all that.
And while mentioning Hallowe'en, I AM looking forward to returning
to the simple innocence of the event with Liam and Morgan. Having
seen so many parents over the last few years here in our neighbourhood
bring their little children around and show off their cuteness in
really cool little costumes - some of them homemade, too -
(the costumes, I mean. I'm pretty sure all of the children were
homemade) it reminds one how it's possible to return to goodness
through children, and help wash away the creepier stuff.
For many people, however, using your powers for good instead of evil
is just downright boring, and not cool.
So I'm boring and not cool. I can live with that.
I've also taken the time to read much of The Bible, including
The Book Of Revelation, and spent the next month or so after
I read it adding up the numerlogical values of every politician's
name in the world (at least the ones I knew how to spell).
Since that adding-up-the-numerological-value-of-everything-you
-think-might-be-evil process can become a little time-consuming,
I no longer bother doing that. Anyway, regardless of anyone's belief
system, one has to still get out there and live their life.
So again, my approach will be to always look carefully at something
to determine its value from a good/evil perspective, and embrace
or avoid it accordingly.
Speaking of embracing - Sermon's over.
Here are two good little things I'm always more than happy to embrace.
Today's Tink fix.
Looks like she's asking, "Please may I have some more?"
"Who needs soothers? We'll just chew on these appendages!"
The boy's big noggin is just out of her reach...
For the life of me -
I never thought he'd be flashin' a peace sign at six months old!
Liam says, "Peace, out!"
p.s. Every single picture of today's lovely photography?
...provided by their Moster (Danish for aunt) Lene
