tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post1326331924943759835..comments2024-02-05T19:38:05.808-05:00Comments on Vita Brevis: It's Ash Wednesday, Y'all!MJenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-42146411778244644172009-02-25T13:31:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:31:00.000-05:00Bummer about the giant cross. Most of the time my...Bummer about the giant cross. Most of the time my church just kinda dabbed you. It was little more than "Hey, you've got a little something on your forehead...no, to the left...there, you got it" size.words...words...words...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02441563723665841808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-16142486972095635782009-02-25T13:50:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:50:00.000-05:00So what are you giving up this year?So what are you giving up this year?redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215626415816734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-47062196031628801792009-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:00Also, is it just me or is "Huzzah!" one ...Also, is it just me or is "Huzzah!" one of the greatest words ever?redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215626415816734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-88201696992191548172009-02-25T13:57:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:57:00.000-05:00ohhhhhhh gosh. I grew up Catholic, so this made me...ohhhhhhh gosh. I grew up Catholic, so this made me laugh. I used to love Ash Wednesday cause I thought it was fun putting ashes on your head and wearing it around all day (guess I didn't much like being a clean child).Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16802037284331960206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-76745402858776579532009-02-25T14:15:00.000-05:002009-02-25T14:15:00.000-05:00I've been laughing all day at the people with ...I've been laughing all day at the people with the ashes. I think most get them to be show offs.Dr Zibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570006777738622727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-43059784974951140702009-02-25T14:16:00.002-05:002009-02-25T14:16:00.002-05:00@ Words^3: It wasn't so traumatic. A couple ...<b>@ Words^3:</b> It wasn't so traumatic. A couple of our other mutual friends got almost the same routine from Fr. Jeff. Theirs were slightly smaller because they were girls, but still.<br><br><b>@ Red:</b> Crap, I knew someone would go there. I think I'm giving up eating out...or at least I'm going to <i>try</i> to give up eating out. Some nights are emergencies. Also, the caveat of it not including coffee is in there. Plus, I think I'm going to give up sweets/desserts/cakes/whatever. Again, coffee caveat exists.<br><br><b>@ red 2:</b> It is one of my favorite words. I, quite literally, use it all the time. Also, post on it to come eventually.<br><br><b>@ Ashley:</b> It's for that same reason that I didn't mind the huge cross so much. I was mostly shocked because I'm used to the smaller "dabs", like what words words words referenced above. Still, it's kind of a fun memory.the iNDefatigable mjenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-71270662089143740592009-02-25T14:16:00.001-05:002009-02-25T14:16:00.001-05:00@ Zibbs: Exactly. Like I said, "Eff you, pa...<b>@ Zibbs:</b> Exactly. Like I said, "Eff you, pagans".the iNDefatigable mjenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-4182509872971161052009-02-25T14:19:00.000-05:002009-02-25T14:19:00.000-05:00So, did Jeff have to go to confession after he did...So, did Jeff have to go to confession after he did that?<br><br>LOLGiggle Pixiehttp://caffeineandcabernet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-26131631417933088002009-02-25T15:14:00.000-05:002009-02-25T15:14:00.000-05:00Congrats on reaching 400!Even though I'm a pag...Congrats on reaching 400!<br><br>Even though I'm a pagan I've given things up in the past just to see if I could do it. I can't remember any of them but I think I actually did it one year.Gwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100388190136741782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-40969706692059169572009-02-25T15:24:00.000-05:002009-02-25T15:24:00.000-05:00Well I find this all too amusing.I, too, am giving...Well I find this all too amusing.<br><br>I, too, am giving up eating out.<br><br>Do with that what you may.Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01254165746352156499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-8956284385327748732009-02-25T16:20:00.000-05:002009-02-25T16:20:00.000-05:00For Lent, I was going to give up my sanity, but Ma...For Lent, I was going to give up my sanity, but Mama said I have so very little of it anyway. She's making me give up shoes, but I don't know if she meant buying them or wearing them, so to be on the safe side, I'm walking around barefoot. So sanity and shoes...two birds with one stone.TishTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04518645982745771359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-7123126296388563282009-02-25T16:29:00.000-05:002009-02-25T16:29:00.000-05:00@ Giggle Pixie: I don't think he did. But he...<b>@ Giggle Pixie:</b> I don't think he did. But he did offer an apology in the vein of "Sorry if that offended you." So, it wasn't really an apology.<br><br><b>@ Gwen:</b> I think it's kind of good to reset for a while. Like, can I give this up? Makes you enjoy it more when you can do it again. <br><br><b>@ Sass:</b> I'm going to say...good luck. I know I already want to stop on the way home and get a pizza rather than cook the ones I have in the freezer.<br><br><b>@ TishTash:</b> I always used to say I was giving up abstinence and sobriety. And, of course, with today's story, you can see I went the other way.the iNDefatigable mjenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-80979325729189889502009-02-25T16:46:00.000-05:002009-02-25T16:46:00.000-05:00See? Apparently the priests were right when they ...See? Apparently the priests were right when they said God rewards all suffering. You gave up the single monkey spanking and He rewarded you with two twin peaks on a hot redhead that you get to spend eternity playing hanky-panky with. Damn, makes me wish I was Catholic. <br><br>WOW 400!! Hell even the Spartans couldn't match that :-) Congrats to my favorite mad scientist and his feline side-kick The Wiz.Lisa-tastrophieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087582850469993109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-86532737365261930672009-02-25T18:20:00.000-05:002009-02-25T18:20:00.000-05:00Happy Ash Weds!!Happy Ash Weds!!Alex Galvezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445041389906974463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-64442189191595439592009-02-25T18:32:00.000-05:002009-02-25T18:32:00.000-05:00Seriously, Sass. I don't think he's catch...Seriously, Sass. I don't think he's catching on to exactly the same thing I thought when I read what he was giving up. Either that or he is faking it. Either that or NEITHER of you are thinking what I'm thinking.<br><br>This has been one of my favorite posts of yours ever, just FYI.Sassy Britcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00346700962941797782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-74345997920494208792009-02-25T19:56:00.000-05:002009-02-25T19:56:00.000-05:00@ Lisa: Thank God you're back among the blogg...<b>@ Lisa:</b> Thank God you're back among the blogging commenters. I've missed you propping up my ego. And the Wiz just rolled over and mewed something about when are you sending him the airport mouse. One track mind, that little bastard.<br><br><b>@ Alex:</b> And a Happy Ash Wednesday to you, too, my friend. I hope that it finds you well!<br><br><b>@ Sassy Britches:</b> Honestly, do you <i>read</i> my blog? You think I can't pick up on a little double entendre? I mean, seriously, I write in entendre all the time. I just wrote an entire story revolved around punching the priest. Two of them, in fact! C'mon!!! Have some faith.<br><br>Oh, and thank you for the compliments.the iNDefatigable mjenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-29964588323096635182009-02-25T21:19:00.000-05:002009-02-25T21:19:00.000-05:00I have noticed you've been terribly clever all...I have noticed you've been terribly clever all week with the comments. :-)<br><br>And now, I'm stuck with knowing that masturbation is actually something given up (hadn't thought of it) for Lent<br>and<br>the song "Catholic Girls" by Frank Zappa is circling the edges of my mind.<br><br>Don't make a fuss<br>just get on the bus,<br>PearlPearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-16169780540141312972009-02-25T22:02:00.000-05:002009-02-25T22:02:00.000-05:00I grew up a heathen, without a bit of Catholic in ...I grew up a heathen, without a bit of Catholic in me, so in high school (and now with my roommate) I always made to sure to find out what all my friends were giving up for lent and then indulge in that activity (be it eating a Milky Way or egregiously masturbating) in front of them just to piss them off.Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14790581079702348943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-83018957287212552672009-02-25T22:53:00.000-05:002009-02-25T22:53:00.000-05:00Well....give up all the eating out you want...just...Well....give up all the eating out you want...just dont give up the "eating in" wink wink nod nod yada yadacoolred38http://www.blogger.com/profile/07502256532402473484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-52313265692364344802009-02-25T23:43:00.000-05:002009-02-25T23:43:00.000-05:00Congratulations on 400. Without the roids, no less...Congratulations on 400. Without the roids, no less.<br><br>I would give up sanity, but it would be hard to tell.Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-67044558342306970162009-02-26T10:10:00.000-05:002009-02-26T10:10:00.000-05:00As a non-Catholic, I always call Ash Wednesday &qu...As a non-Catholic, I always call Ash Wednesday "that day I tell people they've got something on their forehead and they just roll their eyes and look at me funny, like I'm the one walking around with crap on my head."<br><br>It's unwieldy but effective, I think.pistols at dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05200353078639769169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457515953341334959.post-78046382526940671072009-02-27T15:19:00.000-05:002009-02-27T15:19:00.000-05:00My son's daycare provider was devoutly Catholi...My son's daycare provider was devoutly Catholic and decided to surprise me one year by giving me ashes on Ash Wednesday in an empty baby food jar "in case I didn't get a chance to make it to church". She knew darn well I don't go to church! Anyway, I put them in my car and totally forgot about them until I sucked the jar up while vacuuming my car at the car wash. Probably going to hell for that...Fancy Schmancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820338705876627799noreply@blogger.com