Good Friday, Transformers, and Three Weeks

At the church I go to, we had a Good Friday service. "Good Friday" is the Friday before Easter. Easter is supposed to correspond to when Jesus rose from the dead, so Good Friday is supposed to honor when Jesus died on the cross. I feel we should instead call it "Bad Friday," because when Jesus died, it sounds like everyone who loved him felt really bad.

Anyway, for … that Friday, the church tried something new. They tied loaves of bread to the cross, and for Communion, people had to walk up to the cross and tear off part of the bread. Since the Communion bread is supposed to symbolize Jesus' body, I felt this was a surprisingly appropriate idea. But it sure felt weird (and I didn't even take Communion, since I didn't feel ready).

From Good Friday

After the Friday service, my Bible-study group went out for dinner and drinks.

Those aren't beers, I swear! :-)




A few weeks later, my friends Robert and Stephen Mar came to visit. Rob and I used to hang out all the time when we were kids.

While in LA, Rob and Stephen wanted to visit a place called Frank & Sons. It's basically a warehouse full of collectibles, especially comics, figurines, toys, collectible-card games, and sports cards. Entry is free, and each time there's some special event, like a baseball player signing autographs.

From Transformers

This time, the special event was "Star Cars." They had famous cars from TVs and movies. For example, KIT from "Knight Rider," Herbie, and the DeLorean from "Back to the Future." Those were all nice, but I really liked the car shown, which is Ratchet from "Transformers." Ratchet was the main medic/mechanic for the Autobots; I remember having that toy when I was a kid.

On top of Ratchet is the Decepticon "Ravage." (He's like a wolf, with missiles. And he transforms into a cassette tape.)

Finally, I want to mention that I'll be spreading out my posts more, from every two weeks to every three weeks. Frankly, I don't feel I currently get enough work done every two weeks to warrant a blog post. We'll see how this change goes!