MJE is still recovering from mardi gras in the big sleazy, whoof.! It gets harder to bounce back from debauchery every year. However, it’s required. Curious how seriously christians take a festival that originated in pre-christian rome as saturnalia. There are undeniable similarities between the two… A mock king is chosen and honored during theContinue reading “mardi grawwwww and beyond”
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benevolent sinning
I was just reading an article in the local rag about the observance of lent. The piece reported that Pope Francis, in his annual Lenten message to the faithful, said that just giving up something you like is not enough. You need to do something that benefits others. Well, as my loyal readers know, MJEContinue reading “benevolent sinning”
my jaundiced eye 