It’s Only 21.1 Celsius

Everything changes today.

After having spent my entire life (up to this point) as a Lutheran, today I become a Septuagenarian. This means, apparently, that I will have to start reading the Old Testament in Greek. To begin this process, let me give you Psalm 117, translated from the Greek:

Αλληλουια.
Αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη,
ἐπαινέσατε αὐτόν, πάντες οἱ λαοί,
ὅτι ἐκραταιώθη τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς,
καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ κυρίου μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

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Old joke:

Q – – “Have you been a Lutheran all your life?”

A – – “Not yet.”