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Tithing

Yesterday, an insurance check for $25,000 arrived in the mail. This was a settlement for the accident that happened on Saturday, November 16, 2024. (The one where G-d brought me back from the dead.) I’ve promised G-d that I will tithe 15% of my income, moving forward. I calculated this to be $3,800. ($550 to each of the six NY Catholic parishes that have welcomed me over the course of my spiritual odyssey, plus $500 to my homeless friend in Lower Manhattan.) I made a little pilgrimage, starting with the 9am prayer service at Trinity Church. Then, I went across… read more

כל הנשמה

“The Whole Soul” / “All the Soul” (“nephesh” is Hebrew for “soul.”) I’ve been drawn to contemporary Jewish pop music lately. It’s catchy, lotsa horns. The uptempo bangers are a cross between EDM and Big Band. I have NO clue about the lyrics, but I figure they’re not gonna blaspheme. Those folks have a healthy fear of G-d. 🧅 read more

Proof of the Prize

Before designing today’s lil slice of Photoshop Mischief, I had to completely reinstall Windows 11 on my laptop. Various background processes kept spawning, maxing out its i7 CPU (mind you, it worked just fine the day prior) and when I started manually disabling things in Services.msc and Regedit, I broke the wi-fi. Back in January, this woulda gone on GrantFaber.org under “Digital Anomalies.” Now, I think we’ve transitioned from panicked cries for help to gentle ribbing (for your pleasure – anonymous reader of legal, consenting age and intermediate spookiness.) I’ll eventually end up switching to Apple for my main computer,… read more

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

…together with the Parable of the Talents, is celebrated today, Holy Tuesday. As I’ve said before, I need to be certain that you, anonymous reader, are prepared for what lies ahead. Not everyone will receive a firm – but irrefutable – wake up call from G-d in the form of surviving an uncushioned, 30mph blow to the skull against the pavement on Jericho Turnpike. He could’ve easily taken & judged me that day. Let my (relatively limited) suffering and resulting blessings be a beacon for anyone reading this. “Be prepared,” might sound ominous, if you’re afraid of what lies ahead,… read more

Ecclesiastes 3

The other day, I referenced Verse 22, as it relates to knowledge of the future. (Which only G-d can know.) While I was thinking about what to discuss with Todaisy, my mind was drawn to the lyrics for “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by the Byrds. Probably heard that song 100 times on KONO-FM when I was a child, but I never realized it’s lifted almost straight from scripture. Or if someone told me, I forgot. 🤷 Went deeper down the rabbit hole and learned it was “written” by a victim of McCarthyism. Having been “blacklisted” from working in basically all NYC… read more

Scent of a Woman

Over the last 24 hours, I’ve received a total of eight “anonymous” phone calls. The first 3 were received while I was designing my latest masterpiece of Photoshop Mischief. (We know she/they can see my screen/through my eyes. 4th Amendment aside, it’s nbd.) Last night, I was flirting with ThE VoIcEs iN My hEaD bEcAuSe i’M a PaRaNoiD sChIzOpHrEnIc. Out of the blue, I received another 5 phone calls between 1:21-1:38 A.M. During the longest call – at 6 minutes – a robotic voice at the other end said I’m going away to prison for 20 years, and made fun… read more

This is how it all started…

Twenty years ago, in 2002, I fell in love and never fell out. We reconciled in 2004. I broke off contact in 2005, because I was too selfish, afraid, and stupid to maintain a long-distance relationship. We ping’ed in 2019, with a full-blown reconnect in 2023. I was in the midst of a psychiatric/spiritual/existential crisis. She helped me. Seemingly scorned and misreading my mind over the astral plane, she then tried to hurt me for my follies & transgressions in the past, but God intervened. I love you, My Darling Eternal.

Grant Faber

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