Not to be confused with The Ten Commandments from The Bible that start somewhere within its second book, Exodus. We are currently going through that book in church, however, we haven’t gotten to the carved tablets part yet….
Ten is a good number. Fingers, toes, you name it, having that many is a goal that is easily reached. If nothing else, it teaches you how to count. Sure, there’s infinite numbers out there, however you can’t get there if you don’t start with the first ten.
For commandments we can substitute the word, “Rules.” Now, everyone once in awhile, you’ll hear me say, “The rules are there are no rules,” which in and of itself, is a rule. Oxymoronic, while at the same time being funny, unless you didn’t laugh.
Another goal here is to get your eye to move down the page instead of back and forth across it. The second part may lead you to click other shiny things that are not necessarily good for you, like advertisements, and then you might not come back here. I would prefer that you read to the end, and leave a comment if you’d like.
Maybe give me a “like” too, if that’s an option. It’s been awhile since I’ve written for this site that I wholly own, and I’m not quite sure how they’ve F’ed it up yet. The only constant in this or any other universe seems to be, “change.”
Oh, forgot. When breaking down a script, we have ten steps. You can choose the order of what they are it turns out. I’ve posted that missive elsewhere, and maybe I can link to it here. Who knows? Attempting to do things that last forever in what I refer to as “The Too Much Information” Age is a tricky thing. Good thing I’m a magician.
However, that’s where the hand is quicker than the eye, unless the eye is quicker than the hand…. Something about you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, however, you may not be able to fool all of the people all of the time.
Had a guy call me out yesterday by saying, “You people.” Another friend of mine told me that when you use that phraseology, you’re being racist. There seems to be a whole list of words and phrases you can’t use anymore out there. As a writer I find this sad. Anyways, this guy effectively ended the conversation when he pulled a knife on me.
Apparently he wasn’t fooled. He needed to be that guy on that day.
You’re not going to be handed two tablets which you have to carve yourself on the top of some mountain near you. However, your rules or commandments may necessarily be similar to those that you already know of, as Biblical principles are all the rage these days.
The way they break down is five for you, and five for us. How to live, and how to act, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Although, you’re probably not thinking too much about them while driving for instance. There’s a whole different bunch of rules for that discipline that add up to more than ten, so no need to go into all of them here.
I made a personal list once, and then I had a friend that felt he should add to it. That original typed piece of paper has long since been lost in a move, however, there’s truly about 20 points that were somewhat relevant to my life at that time, and some still hold today. Maybe when I remember the first ten I’ll post them somewhere, and link to this article.
Somewhere around ten things you need to know when creating a blog post, if that’s indeed what this is. Mostly what I do is write stories about my personal experiences, and hopefully some of them make sense. I wouldn’t say that I follow any formal rules unique to this whole online experience.
Besides, it turns out there’s actually 613 Commandments in Exodus. It’s just that the first ten get all the press. I blame C.B. De Mille.
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