Yep, I got me an old barrell and I burn trash out at the HM Ranch now. I've got my first pile of ashes. That aerosal can of carpet cleaner didn't explode though. Too bad. That would've been fun.
Listening to the new Chevelle album. I hear it's full of anger. I haven't noticed that yet, though. One of the three Loeffler brothers left the band or was kicked out and he sued for back royalties or some other such drama.
We've got our own drame: we're at chapter 34: Dinah and the Shechemites
Dinah was the daughter of Leah and Jacob. Another guy in the area -- Shechem, son of Hamor -- saw her. He took her and violated her. The next verse says: "His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. And Shechem said to his father Hamor, 'Get me this girl as my wife.'"
It plays out almost like a psychotic movie, doesn't it? Shechem rapes Dinah, and then he's seen talking sweetly to her. What a disconnect! I think that's a perfect example of "cognitive dissonance."
Jacob found out that his daughter was raped. He didn't tell his sons right away, but when they came home they were filled in. "They were filled with grief and fury," it says. Hamor went to talk to Jacob. Hamor asked for her to be married and for all of them to live together and take each other's sons and daughters in marriage. Shechem asked Jacob and the brothers for Dinah, stating that he'd pay any price to marry her. The brothers replied that they would only intermarry like that on one condition: that all the males there would be circumcised.
Shechem, Hamor and all the men of the city agreed. While they were still sore from the, uh, "operation," two of Jacob's sons (Simeon and Levi) killed every male in the unsuspecting city. There were dead bodies everywhere. The rest of Jacob's sons looted the city. Jacob rebuked his sons, stating that now the countryside would exact revenge on their small numbers. The sons replied:
"Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?"
Wow. That's drama.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at February 15, 2007 10:45 AMI just read an interview with [i think it was] Pete the other day about how awkward Thanksgiving dinner was after kicking your brother out of the band.
I'll have to hunt it down for you.
Posted by: Nathan at February 15, 2007 04:53 PM