At sixes and sevens and shattered from the Shattergate shenanigans

ALL my life (as far back as I can remember, anyway), I’ve had a theory that we live our lives in seven year cycles.

As each cycle ends and another begins, it’s a time to take stock — and basically to change direction.

There’s absolutely no scientific evidence for my theory, although bits and pieces of it could be said to be rooted in tradition, or the law, or culture — even in biology. We allegedly reach the age of reason at the age of seven — so now we can start to commit sins. Puberty has really kicked in at the age of 14 — even more capacity for sins, at least in the teaching of my youth and for thoughts about sins (they were ok as long as we didn’t take pleasure in them).