tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 09 05:21:12 1997
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Age of Ascension
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Age of Ascension
- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 08:18:56 -0700
This weekend marks the Bar Mitzvah of my youngest nephew, and so tomorrow morning
(far too early in the morning) my wife and I will be travelling to California for
the festivities.
This of course got me thinking about Klingon parallels (more than one fan has
attempted to suggest that Klingons are the metaphorical jews of Star Trek, but I
don't want to get into any of that) and once again my overactive dream life
rendered up a serving of sureality which I feel only fitting (and therapeutic) to
share.
In my dream it was Saturday and I was at the synagouge. I was called up to the
podium by the rabbi to say the blessing of the torah (as I will be this weekend)
but instead of the Hebrew blessing I began speaking in Klingon, doing the whole
age of ascension monologue (in second person of course, pointing to my nephew),
going on and on about crossing the river of blood and how he had to show us his
heart yakka yakka yakka. Then, reaching into my coat pocket I took out my
fountain pen (yes, I really have one of those in my pocket), walked over and
stabbed the boy with it. He endured the pain honorably and I turned to the
congregation and proclaimed "DaHjaj loD ghaHchoH."
And then I woke up.
Um, okay, that's it for me. See you all when I get back next week. Don't burn
down the KLI while I'm gone.
Lawrence
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