Writing Altar and Alter

How about a writing alter? I worship words. Nothing is sacred, a sacred word. If none of this is making sense, it's because I am mixing up alter and altar. Confusing these two words is once more a matter of them sounding the same, but having quite different meanings:

alter, a verb (action)
1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.
2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).

altar, a noun (object)
1. An elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which sacrifices may be offered.
2. A structure, typically a table, before which the divine offices are recited and upon which the Eucharist is celebrated in Christian churches.

Those definitions are from the American Heritage Dictionary via Answers.com. In Latin "alter" means "other" and thus we have the phrase "alter ego" -- another self. Don't sacrifice your credibility with an "altar ego".

Maybe you can remember the differences this way: Alter your wedding clothes before you stand at the altar.