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  • Lent 2026, Day 20: Gog & Magog.

    It’s a slog.

    March 12, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 13: It’s a death cult.

    “We are the only true believers. The outside world is full of enemies who want to destroy us.”
    — Jim Jones

    March 4, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 9: When Sean Penn got “political.”

    “So though we are in danger, we never despair
    Cause we know that where there’s danger he is there!
    (He is there, on the land, on the sea, in the air!)”

    February 27, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 7: When Orson Welles got “political.”

    “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul”.

    -Orson Welles

    February 25, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 4: Wanna be on top?

    Na na na na na na, na na na na
    You wanna be on top?

    February 21, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 3: With dignity.

    Charmed, Steamy, & Euphoric.

    Rest in peace.

    February 20, 2026
  • Lent 2026, Day 2: Toxic Empathy.

    “It’s getting late to give you up
    I took a sip from my devil’s cup
    Slowly, it’s taking over me”

    February 19, 2026
  • Lent 2026: Ash Wednesday.

    Whoa. I didn’t blog at all during Lent last year. I felt like the whole of last year was Lent. Still no Easter, though. But this year, I’m going to write. Or…

    February 18, 2026
  • Lent 2024, Day 39: I’m not a prop.

    This post did not cost $14 million to be published.

    March 29, 2024
  • Lent 2024, Day 37: Man gotta tell himself he understand.

    ‘Tiger gotta hunt,
    bird gotta fly,
    man got to sit
    and wonder
    why, why, why.

    Tiger gotta sleep,
    bird gotta land,
    man got to tell himself he understand.’

    Kurt Vonnegut

    March 27, 2024
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