The Travails of the Astounding!

With Christmas less than a fortnight away, I'm alarmed at my lack of holiday spirit. Such a thing usually comes quite easily to me. I like the holidays, for all theyre worth. The winter holidays are great ways to celebrate life during the coldest most lifeless period of the year. Such an irony greatly appeals to my sense of humor and aesthetic. So why do I feel so nonplussed? I think I shall try to do more holiday things... See if I can scare up some Christmas lights and decorations. Perhaps someones doing the Nutcracker in Pittsburgh. Yeah, as a matter of fact, all you Burghers, if theres anything doing that reeks of Holiday cheese, let me know.
Meanwhile, life goes on, as it always has, with no special heed to temperament or lackluster celebration, Chanaka is almost over with Christmas fast approaching....
(5 minutes later)
At this point I had decided to look up the history of Chanukah, as I know very little about it. I learned how to spell it and then 2/3 into the article I noticed something that I find quite curious. The practice of referring to God as G-d baffles me. See, I understand the concept of respectfully avoiding the utterance of the true name of your creator. And assuming for the moment that a glib name as "God' is anything more than our own little way of referring to the impossibly infinite, isnt 'G-d' the same thing? Are you not referring to the same entity? Arent you using the majority of the letters? Hell a dash and an O have nothing in common EXCEPT when you stick them in the middle of a G and a D. Then theres no difference between em. I say Sh!t, I say F#ck. You know what I mean, and for all practical purposes I have just cursed. Sure, I didnt use the precise letter configuration, but words arent about letters, theyre about ideas. If you intentionally convey an idea through the use of language, it really doesnt matter how you chose to get there, youre there. God is G-d, and it makes no sense... of course, it can be said that faith in general isnt about making sense... it's about finding abstractions that have value and devoting yourself to them. I just hate little logical inconsistencies like that, but oh well, at least the trailer for CHARLIE and THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is out!!!!!!
Non sequitur?
Perhaps.
Totally G-d D@mn awesome?
Most definitely.

I WILL eventually get used to Johnny Depp smiling so much.