Ash Wednesday and Lent

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  • Thorns2010 wrote:
    I am on my way in a bit to grocery shop where I'll be buying all kinds of yummy ice cream!



    Its good to see that you have found the error in your ways. :lol:
    i knew the error... but I'm lazy!
    oh and I had cheese so everything was ok!
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Ash Wednesday has to be one of the creepiest religious observance traditions ever. It's so weird to see otherwise normal people walking around marked with smeared ashes on their foreheads like cult zombies.
    what's even creepier is holy week in spain, some towns have the processions wearing black robes and hoods. eek!

    the creepiness and ritual is something that kinda appealed to me growing up though. had to find something fun out of the whole ordeal lol
    Hmm...ironically Locke was shown in a black robe and hood in tonight's epi of LOST. Coincidence? I think not! :lol:
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    pinot768 wrote:
    This is an observance in the Lutheran faith as well, so I will be giving up my Diet Coke (and all other pop) as well as candy for Lent this year. Last year it was all sources of caffeine, including chocolate. I guess I like reflecting on all the blessings I really do have when I have to consciously not get something I'm used to. I almost bought soda twice today and caught myself.
    I'm afraid if I gave up caffeine I really would be on the road to hell in short order! :lol:

    I think the hardest thing I ever gave up was caffeine. I went through serious withdrawal and people in my old office stayed away from the first week or so. I had the shakes and got really pale for a few days.

    I used to average 3 cups of coffee and about a 6 pack of soda a day so I was really hooked on the caffeine ... lol.
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  • i prefer Hash wednesdays....

    but thats just me....

    hehehehehe.....................
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    I am giving up Jesus for lent!
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    Solat13 wrote:
    I used to average 3 cups of coffee and about a 6 pack of soda a day so I was really hooked on the caffeine ... lol.

    holy crap!!! i bet you were in the bathroom every 5 minutes!! :shock:
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Solat13 wrote:
    I used to average 3 cups of coffee and about a 6 pack of soda a day so I was really hooked on the caffeine ... lol.

    holy crap!!! i bet you were in the bathroom every 5 minutes!! :shock:

    Nope, have a super bladder. In college one of my nicknames was the Camel because I'd drink all night and never break the seal.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Solat13 wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Solat13 wrote:
    I used to average 3 cups of coffee and about a 6 pack of soda a day so I was really hooked on the caffeine ... lol.

    Nope, have a super bladder. In college one of my nicknames was the Camel because I'd drink all night and never break the seal.
    TOO MUCH INFO!!!!!!!!!!!

    hehehehehehehe....................
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • i prefer Hash wednesdays....

    but thats just me....

    hehehehehe.....................
    mmmmmmm

    one thing that is still ingrained in my psyche is the no meat on fridays deal. sometimes i forget though.
  • I'm gonna give up watching Eddie on youtube. In fact I'll give up youtube completely. That will probably make it a little easier.
    I hope I can make it.
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • pinot768pinot768 Posts: 295
    Solat13 wrote:
    pinot768 wrote:
    This is an observance in the Lutheran faith as well, so I will be giving up my Diet Coke (and all other pop) as well as candy for Lent this year. Last year it was all sources of caffeine, including chocolate. I guess I like reflecting on all the blessings I really do have when I have to consciously not get something I'm used to. I almost bought soda twice today and caught myself.
    I'm afraid if I gave up caffeine I really would be on the road to hell in short order! :lol:

    I think the hardest thing I ever gave up was caffeine. I went through serious withdrawal and people in my old office stayed away from the first week or so. I had the shakes and got really pale for a few days.

    I used to average 3 cups of coffee and about a 6 pack of soda a day so I was really hooked on the caffeine ... lol.
    The caffeine was really hard, but I am finding the soda harder to give up!! At least when I gave up caffeine, I had non-caffinated sodas :(
    "I was born, and I know that I'll die...the in-between is mine."
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,484
    What a ridiculous concept. : mad :

    P.S. I absolutely hate the supposed "mad" smilies....but there's no smiley to convey that....just the "evils." : mad :
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