`` have i told you recently how much i admire a capable woman ? '' he studied the greatest matches , sometimes staying up all night or calling in sick to work so he could watch the masters of the sport for hours at a time . `` not sure i like him , '' he muttered . alexander was going to bite me . one method he used was to recognize when past events happened and then use those as a compass to navigate forward . how do you easily acknowledge a religion that 's been in hiding for two thousand years ? 