A Riff on a Day

They say that triple six is the number of the Devil, the damned, and y'know, evil. You never hear much about the number of good, though. I guess evil's more fun, or at least more interesting. And you can be glad you're not them.

But I wonder, really. It's just a number, after all, and these days numbers are everywhere.

But that's not really what I wonder. Today was just a day. Nothing, despite the hype. I wonder, if most people stuck in their quietly desperate lives would notice any difference if the world went to Hell. I might not.

The Revolution is Just a T-Shirt Away

Never believe a revolution that's trying to sell you CDs.

So, what'd you do yesterday?

Let's see what happened when the BBC asked some Satanists..

"Rev. John D Allee is the founder of the First Church of Satan in Salem, America, which split from the original Church of Satan 12 years ago.
"I plan to take Lillee, my High Priestess, to the opening of The Omen movie," says the self-styled Dark Pope. "Then it's out for dinner." "

"The Temple of Set takes a more solemn view. This is another breakaway from the Church of Satan, claiming a history of several thousand years, and "formally incorporated in 1975 CE".
Louise Renard is a priestess and assistant to the executive director in London. "There is nothing significant about that day or that number" she says. "Unless the new Omen movie turns out to be better than expected." "

"Meanwhile, Vexen Crabtree, the Minister of the London Church of Satan, plans to go to one of the alternative clubs that are celebrating 06/06/06. "My official take on it is that 666 is really only a Christian number," he explains. "But any excuse for a party is a good one.""

And I'm amused by the way any subculture seems to have the same kinds of splits over nonsense. Reading some of the details, it's like nerds arguing over Superman v Batman, or Mac v PC, or radicals fighting over the best way to smash the state.

And for more fun, a collection of Numbers of the Beast.

(All the links came from slacktivist's post about yesterday.

He Makes it Look So Easy.

"Divorce is not because 50% of marriages end in gayness." Jon Steward