Tonight I hung out with Robert, one of my buddies from the GAP (Graduates and Professionals) class from church. We met at Java House (which, in my opinion, blows Starbuck$$ away). It was good. Paul normally joins us as well, but he had a conflict tonight.

Robert is an interesting guy, and a computer guy too, so – naturally – there’s a certain Computer Geek jen ne sais quoi that we share. I recognized it from the first few minutes I knew him; we were in the GAP class and I asked (heh heh) for someone to explain the Trinity to me. The explanation that he offered was that Jesus is an “instantiation” of God. Not a bad metaphor, though imperfect as are all pictures of the Trinity. But my ears perked up. Now, “instantiation” may not mean much to you. But if you began snorting in recognition at that term, and if you are currently staring into space as you ponder the UML diagram for the design of the GodHead base class, then you too are a computer guy. You are part of my tribe, my brothah.

I made the mistake of suggesting a chess game (did I mention I’m kind of a geek?). Robert pretty much kicked my tail. That being said, although on the rare occasions that I play chess I usually get clobbered, I do generally take my opponent to “game seven” and make them earn it. Such was the case tonight.

We had a good talk too. I’m glad I have friends I can hang out with – not all men have that. I’m extremely blessed.