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3 Cheshvan/21 October, 2009
Oct. 21st, 2009 10:25 pmHappy b-day, Lenya and Lika!
I called Sveta today to wish Lika a happy b-day, and that made me happy. It was good to hear her voice. I haven’t talked to her in a while and I wish I could talk to her more. But the phone rates to birth country are a bit high and the lives are too hectic to coordinate Skype with the time difference. She is my oldest friend, since we met when our mothers were pregnant with us, and no matter how much time passes since we talked last we can just fall right back in. I do miss her.
Late last night I came upon an article about Moses in USAToday. It is about how Moses is the most influential religious figure in America. It was a fun read.
TPTB finally picked the Top 20 dancers on SYTYCD. We will actually get to real dancing now, finally.
Numbers WTF moment of the day: chapters 21 to 25 are about interacting with other nations en route to the promised land. Mostly Israelites promise to pass on the king’s highway and not touch anything and other nations don’t want them coming through and send an army. This did not always work out for the other people. Israelites are actually fighting a lot of battles and taking over land after land. King of Moab tried getting a guy to put a curse on the Israelite army but the guy was talking to God and wouldn’t do it. Although God did tell him at one point to go to the King of Moab. There is the whole story with the donkey that sees the angel of God with the sword drawn and all kinds of fun shenanigans but the whole episode seems silly since God did tell the guy to go and when the guy went, God got angry for some reason and tried to kill him. Anyhow, the guy, Balaam, arrives at Moab and gives oracles. The dialogue before some oracles is amusing. Balaam tells the King that he has to step out to the side to consult with God. He is like, “Just wait here a bit. I’ll be right back with God’s message.” There are three main oracles and at each seven bulls and rams have to be killed. Poor animals. The last part is Moab women seducing Israelites. For that Israelites lost another 24,000 to plague as punishment for not only all kinds of vice but also for worshiping the god Baal of these women. Not the most exciting part of the Bible, although the talking donkey was a little fun.
I called Sveta today to wish Lika a happy b-day, and that made me happy. It was good to hear her voice. I haven’t talked to her in a while and I wish I could talk to her more. But the phone rates to birth country are a bit high and the lives are too hectic to coordinate Skype with the time difference. She is my oldest friend, since we met when our mothers were pregnant with us, and no matter how much time passes since we talked last we can just fall right back in. I do miss her.
Late last night I came upon an article about Moses in USAToday. It is about how Moses is the most influential religious figure in America. It was a fun read.
TPTB finally picked the Top 20 dancers on SYTYCD. We will actually get to real dancing now, finally.
Numbers WTF moment of the day: chapters 21 to 25 are about interacting with other nations en route to the promised land. Mostly Israelites promise to pass on the king’s highway and not touch anything and other nations don’t want them coming through and send an army. This did not always work out for the other people. Israelites are actually fighting a lot of battles and taking over land after land. King of Moab tried getting a guy to put a curse on the Israelite army but the guy was talking to God and wouldn’t do it. Although God did tell him at one point to go to the King of Moab. There is the whole story with the donkey that sees the angel of God with the sword drawn and all kinds of fun shenanigans but the whole episode seems silly since God did tell the guy to go and when the guy went, God got angry for some reason and tried to kill him. Anyhow, the guy, Balaam, arrives at Moab and gives oracles. The dialogue before some oracles is amusing. Balaam tells the King that he has to step out to the side to consult with God. He is like, “Just wait here a bit. I’ll be right back with God’s message.” There are three main oracles and at each seven bulls and rams have to be killed. Poor animals. The last part is Moab women seducing Israelites. For that Israelites lost another 24,000 to plague as punishment for not only all kinds of vice but also for worshiping the god Baal of these women. Not the most exciting part of the Bible, although the talking donkey was a little fun.
