THIN AND ASHEN wEDNESDAY

[Ace]

IT IS now ASH WEDNESDAY A TIME FOR ATONEMENT PENITENCE SACRIFICE AND FASTING
Kinda like new year's resolutions.  Probably last up till HAD ENOUGH JEUDI.
And, no, I did not mispell "Jedi." dangit

Hey; here's an attempt at a French joke:

My impression of Goober Pyle from Andy of Mayberry:
"Jeudi!Jeudi!Jeudi!"
heh.

I think it's Absolut, with the "e" invisible.  I don't know; I've never tried it.  I only touch vodka with a bloody mary, and I go for the ok quality in a glass bottle (a Six bottle) but not high priced, since I don't think I could tell if it was.  I can't do the Osco brand plastic bottle type stuff, though.  It eats through the plastic after awhile...  I think the last I got is "Svedka" or something like that, from Sweden.  It was on special.

SO: for this Lent I am giving up:

1. Celibacy
2. Celery
3. Playing Quake IV
4. Riding my bike
5. Reading on the way to the bathroom
6. Gin
7. Unless it's in a Long Island Iced Tea; then I couldn't confirm it, anyway
8. Thai food
9. The Olympics
10. Getting involved in Civil Wars
10. White Zinfandel, but not merlot.

That should set me up for a spiritual reawakening and promote healthy moderation in all things.  You'd think.  It's ironic that I'm in the desert in the Neverwinter add-on, just when I'm entering a symbolic spiritual desert trek of 40 days and whatever number nights.  If the weather warms up and I start running, I also hope to give up groin pulls because those are getting pretty darn tiresome.

I'll have to check out Wolfschmidt.  I think that's German for "A Wolf, named Smith."  I could just as easily give up German, as much as I remember of it.

Anyway, I'm off on my Lenten Quest.  That one year it ended with me leaving, from Palm Sunday into Easter.  I guess I could try that, again.  I guess I could give up trying to be funny...
TOO LATE!  HAH!

Ace; it's funny that a lot of people who take off into the desert for spiritual rebirth don't really want a jester to accompany them.

[Bill]

Typically, I don't have to worry about vodka eating through plastic containers....

I think it would also be worthwhile to give up trips to the ER, shoveling snow, hangovers and gout.  

And ja, Lent started today.
http://www.nwicatholic.com/

Bill

[Ace]

Be careful if you're around the parking lot or streets outside; people could be fasting and driving like maniacs.

I fasted to work; got here pretty quick.

I'd probably do better with a plastic liver, at this point.  And ABS instead of copper plumbing.

Ace; I haven't eaten anything since breakfast.  And no snow to shovel; cool.

[pat]

I?d be ok with giving up celibacy, but not celery, no way.
Cheetos  can go, especially those crazy Cheetos games.

Who needs that anyway?

[Ace]

I didn't know there was a Cheeto game.  The only game I've found with Cheetos and Doritos is the "how much orange stain can I get on my fingers" game.

I don't need it.  I really don't care for celery, personally.  I used to eat it as a kid, with salt on it, and one day it struck me like Gin and that was that.  Never again.  You get sick on it, and that's the end of it for you.  I'm glad I never got sick on pretzels, or beer.  Well, I've gotten sick on beer.  I worked through it, though.

There were a lot of people with smudged foreheads yesterday.  I tell ya what's embarrassing; somebody who still has one, today.  Probably should mention personal hygiene to them.

I'm still trying to figure out where Pgh is.  I'm thinking the "p" is silent.

Ace: "It's" = "It is"  "Its" = possessive, of it

[pat]

It is truly amazing the many wonderful and varied facts you learn right here in the good old funny bone.

Cheetos games. The ability to use the simple word "it" in so many fascinating ways and grammatically correct, I might add.

One has to wonder; what could be next?

[Ace]

You know, not to go off on a food poast or anything, but I just do take out now at the local Chinese place.  Or do my own stir frys.  I'd just as soon dine in.  I never had a reaction to msg, though.  I had a reaction to actually biting into one of those shrivelled black peppers they use, once.  Once was enough.

Talk about a fingered mess, I once was in front of a guy at a Colts game who had BBQ ribs in the stands.  That's even dumber than trying to do nachos in close quarters.  I don't remember which quarter it was in.

Pretzels at least don't rub off on your hands.  I'm glad I don't do any substances that go into my brain and wind up in my heart.  I'd just as soon they pick one organ, and stick with it.

Ace; there isn't meat in Cheetos, usually, so I guess they're ok on Fridays.

[pat]

Yeah, just stick with the pancakes.

That got me thinking though. How about a new snack? Puffed meat. You could call them Meatos. Offer them up in several tantalizing flavors.

That?s sure to be a big hit.
Or not.

[Ace]

Follow it up with a pork cola, and a stick of beef gum.  Haagen Daz "ChickPeaNut Surprise" icecream... chicken and peanut.

Ace; or just fry the potatoes in beef fat, like MacDonalds.