Saw this in our local paper. Guess it's all over the place. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2009/02/25/Ash_Wednesday.DTL&o=22
huh? Its not some rare thing. I went Wed night, its pretty common, I saw a bunch of people over here with it on their forehead.
The caption: David Capes, arms, an elder at Ecclesia Church, marks the sign of the cross in asses on the forehead of John Starr, missions pastor for the church, during a lunch time Ash Wednesday service outside the church in the Montrose neighborhood Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, in Houston. (Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle)
We should start a cult. Or are we a cult? "A Cult may refer to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding population considers to be outside the mainstream." I like the word cohesive. I don't know why. I just think it sounds cool.
I always want to go around and tell people I see on that Wednesday every year, "Hey - You been working on the car? You still got some shit on your face... I always forget, and instead, end up making loud noises about how fucking satisfied I am with my steak at the restaurant, while I know my less fortunate, dogmatically-bound, fellow religious patrons are forced to order from the shitty Lent menu. Not to knock fish - when you've got the right catch, and it's prepared correctly, it should be a treat in anyone's diet. I just laugh at these restaurants that only offer it during that 'loophole period' that every Catholic has, where they can't repent their sins each week if the sin itself involves eating red meat.
One year, my catholic buddy said he missed getting his ashes.. so I put my cigarette out on his forehead. Not only did he get his ashes, he got a mark that stayed around for a week!
It is the cult of the fish, you can tell who they are by the fish insignia on the back of their cars.
I celebrate the same way every year. I smash a dirty ashtray in the face of a stranger at the local bar.
