What's Lent, you ask? If you are a follower of the Catholic religion, they believe a man named Jesus Christ fasted in the desert for 40 days, and 40 nights. So ... that religion implores you to sacrifice something for the same period, leading up to Easter. Or just watch the movie #40Daysand40Nights - your choice. Well, I'm not Catholic by any means, but I consider myself a religious man nonetheless. I gave it some thought. "What would I give up for Lent?" I didn't know where to start so I started a Google search. The usual answers of coffee, chocolate, etc were a majority of the search results. While I'm a ginormous coffee fan, in which the withdrawal symptoms would be significant. I can only imagine the headaches, the mental fog and nausea. No. What sacrifice would rip my heart out completely? Give up music for Lent! As a matter of fact, I'm listening to my extensive iTunes library while I type this entry. I'm fairly certain I would ...
My observations and thoughts while being a passenger on Spaceship Earth