Please do not offer a peanut to my god!

[vovat]

Did I ever mention before how thankful I am (and yes, I know it's Easter, not Thanksgiving) for Dunkin' Donuts serving breakfast all day? I don't know that their sandwiches are necessarily as good as the ones at McDonald's or Burger King (I guess I should arrange a taste test someday {g}), but for a late riser who likes sandwiches with eggs in them, it's pretty awesome. Incidentally, one of the clerks working there today was apparently named Ganesh, which I guess is no weirder than Hispanic people named Jesus. Or, for that matter, people named Joshua, which was probably closer to the Nazarene's actual name than the odd mix of translations that resulted in "Jesus." What was that, Hebrew to Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English (or Spanish, as the case may be)? Maybe not quite THAT many languages, but you get my point. On the other hand, Jesus lived an earthly life, and I'm not sure whether Ganesh did. I know there was something about his losing his head and having it replaced with an elephant's, but I'm not sure about whether that happened in some heavenly realm or what.

Speaking of Dunkin' Donuts, it appears that it really IS They Might Be Giants in that commercial that I thought sounded like someone doing a bad TMBG impression. I guess I should have figured, since John Flansburgh says, "YES!" exactly the same way he does in "For Science."

And getting back to the Hindu theme, this quiz says I'm going to be reincarnated as an elephant. That's pretty cool. Thanks to twobitme for the link.

Finally, this has nothing to do with anything else, but am I the only person who doesn't like filling out timesheets BEFORE I've actually worked the hours? I think it's largely due to my overly literal mind. I figure there's no way to actually KNOW what will happen in the future. Of course, common sense tells me that I DO know, barring a disaster that would probably keep me from filling out my timesheet anyway, but it still bugs me.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm the same with timesheets. I mean, what happens if I have to go home early sick or something? I mean, I guess I could always just fix the timesheet but still.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Or worse, get stuck working overtime and forget to change it and not get paid for it?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I've never totally understood why some people want to rush everybody's timesheets in, anyway. I mean, it's usually two weeks or so before you actually get paid, so why does it need to be finished so quickly?

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, one of the clerks working there today was apparently named Ganesh, which I guess is no weirder than Hispanic people named Jesus. Or, for that matter, people named Joshua, which was probably closer to the Nazarene's actual name than the odd mix of translations that resulted in "Jesus."

Well when you think about it, I've known several people named "Athena" and "Diana" and "Horace" and so forth... I guess "Zeus" might be a stretch. (Actually come to think of it I don't know if I actually ever met anyone named Horace). But it's probably only really weird if you name your child "God" or something.

Incidentally, I have decided that if I ever had a babt boy born on Christmas I AM going to name him Joshua.

No peanuts for the gods

[bec-87rb.livejournal.com]

Why not go ahead and name him "Christmas."

Incidentally, one of the clerks working there today was apparently named Ganesh

That is pretty cool!

Re: No peanuts for the gods

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

If I had a girl on Christmas, actually, her name would be "Natalie."

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, there aren't that many active worshippers of Athena or Diana still around today, so I guess those names don't really carry the same weight as one associated with a deity in a current major world religion. Still, I see your point. I'm sure it's something that varies from one culture to another.

[3x1minus1.livejournal.com]

ahah. i just posted about that commercial.