Lent (the Teutonic word for springtime) begins on Ash Wednesday (this year, 3/9) and many Christians around the world will begin observing 40 days of prayer, penitence, alms-giving, fasting and self denial.
For many, Lent's main component is depriving one's self of things one enjoys. It is a period of "giving up" things like chocolate, alcohol, cigarettes or other pleasant activities.
Then, there are those who "give up" doing things that they should have never been doing in the first place. Some of those activities are:
1. starting wars.
2. listening to Rush Limbaugh.
3. believing what Rush says.
4. wearing crocs in the snow.
5. selling automatic weapons to Mexican drug lords.
6. swimming with sharks.
7. reading Donald Rumsfeld's memoir.
8. watching "Dancing with the Stars."
9. waiting for the wealth to "trickle down" to the middle class.
10. thinking that your 748 Facebook "friends" are really your friends.
11. building bonfires on a frozen pond.
12. believing the US Supreme Court makes "non-political" decisions.
13. selling Super Bowl tickets for non-existent seats.
14. purchasing a tattoo of Ann Coulter on your derrière.
15. damaging your credibility by repeating something you heard on Fox News.
16. making fun of the child obesity problem in the US.
17. asking Brett Favre to email you photos of himself.
18. sending out your wedding invitations on Facebook.
19. answering questions with a question.
20. naming your daughters Bristol, Willow and Piper.
21. using the electric hair dryer in the shower.
22. suggesting that "death panels" are part of the new Health Insurance Law.
23. blaming public employees for budget deficits.
24. going to a casino and gambling with your rent money.
25. writing your memoir when only 20 years old.
Personally, my Lenten resolution is to stop making up stupid lists. We'll see how that goes. If you would like to add to the list, do so in "post a comment" section below.
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