Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Ash Wednesday: Choosing Joy for Lent

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Posted by listener at 1:00:00 AM

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  1. listener2/17/2021 01:02:00 AM

    Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead
    https://www.wcax.com/2021/02/16/winters-wrath-bitter-cold-no-power-and-a-deadly-tornado/

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  2. listener2/17/2021 01:16:00 AM

    We didn't end up having pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, so I'll make some for Wil for breakfast on Ash Wednesday. None for me, since pancakes are bland without maple syrup, and I'm not consuming sugar just now. I'll have an omelette or something. We don't fast, but we do watch our diet.

    So, it's Ash Wednesday. I serve as spiritual guide for a number of clergy and lay leaders for whom this will be a strange, busy, not busy enough day. Some are creating DIY kits complete with a little consecrated bread and wine (or grape juice), and a little dose of ashes made from burning last year's Palm Sunday palms. Folks pick up their DIY kits on the church steps. Then the clergy will offer services online.

    I'm thinking it will be very meaningful for many. Truly, we have already had 11 months of "going without." I suggest, rather than giving up something for Lent, that folks choose to keep watch for and participate in Joy throughout Lent. After all, the point of Lent is to turn toward God.

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  3. Alan in CA2/17/2021 10:51:00 AM

    I suppose that in medieval times pancakes were far coarser food than today--generally food for peasants. Maybe more akin to corn dodgers.

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    1. listener2/17/2021 06:13:00 PM

      The less coarse the better! It was supposed to be a feast of fat things.
      "Making pancakes was the last chance to indulge in sweet treats before the 40 days of Lent began.
      The day also proved a perfect opportunity to use up any foods that couldn't be eaten during Lent."

      Today, I would think a more fitting meal would begin with steak and end with ice cream sundaes! LOL.

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    2. Alan in CA2/17/2021 10:34:00 PM

      I stand corrected. My memory is sometimes a little spotty that far back...

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    3. listener2/18/2021 12:07:00 AM

      😆 Yeah, it's hard to recall our earlier days so far back, eh?

      Now you're reminding me of Moms Mabley:
      "My husband was old. Old!
      He was so old he was older than his birthday!"

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  4. Alan in CA2/17/2021 11:21:00 AM

    WaPo: Disasters in Republican-run places keep somehow proving how bad Democrats are at running things [Click]

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  5. Alan in CA2/17/2021 11:55:00 AM

    Humour over rumour? The world can learn a lot from Taiwan’s approach to fake news [Click]

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  6. Alan in CA2/17/2021 12:07:00 PM

    Perseverance rover: Nasa robot heading for a bulls-eye landing [Click]

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  7. listener2/17/2021 01:51:00 PM

    Rush Limbaugh et mort.

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  8. Catreona2/17/2021 02:23:00 PM

    I listened to the President's town hall on the repeat. He did a wonderful job.

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  9. Alan in CA2/17/2021 02:27:00 PM

    USA Today: Spare us: After Trump, seven Republican lectures Democrats never need to hear again [Click]

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  10. Susan Davidson2/17/2021 02:29:00 PM

    COVID; CASES 945,107 and 16,513 deaths.

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  11. Alan in CA2/17/2021 03:28:00 PM

    If Planet Nine exists, why has no one seen it? [Click] If either of these ideas pans out, I might be willing to forgive them for Pluto.

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    1. Catreona2/17/2021 07:37:00 PM

      Thanks, Alan. That was a most enjoyable read.

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    2. Alan in CA2/17/2021 10:47:00 PM

      I rather enjoyed it myself. Not sure whether to pull for the black hole or the planet. But I think they ought to refer to it as Object X, by way of a nod to Pluto being Planet IX. Nice that there is potential for it to be figured out within the next several years.

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  12. Alan in CA2/17/2021 04:25:00 PM

    How the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act is being used in this latest Trump lawsuit [Click]

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    1. Catreona2/17/2021 08:06:00 PM

      More power to them. Sounds to me like the KKK act was tailor made for this application. Also, I like the idea of hitting Trump in the wallet. Probably far more effective than any criminal penalty.

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    2. Alan in CA2/17/2021 10:43:00 PM

      It being a civil case, the standard of proof is not "beyond a reasonable doubt," but "more likely than not." Then the allocation of responsibility has potential for considerable amusement. Sometimes it is allocated by defendant, a set percentage to each. Another choice is make not just all, but as well each responsible for the whole thing. And the defendants can file cross-complaints against one another-- telling the court "Sue him, not me!"

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  13. listener2/17/2021 05:11:00 PM

    VT cases: 13,996-13,917 = 79
    2733 active cases
    191deaths(0)
    Recovered 11,072 (79.1%)
    Hospital:44(+7) ICU:8(-4)
    Tests 320,798 (+1288)

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  14. Catreona2/17/2021 08:54:00 PM

    Gravitational Wave Background Discovered? - click

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  15. Alan in CA2/17/2021 11:06:00 PM

    [More Than] Million-year-old mammoth genomes set record for ancient DNA [Click]

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