It's been a busy week, with coming back late on Monday night from Quebec (check out the alter-blog for more, truncated, info on that adventrue), to return to work where the illustration department is busier than ever. A couple interesting things of note this week, maybe not least of which is this first paragraph of an article I just read on the CNN website:
CENTENNIAL, Colorado (AP) -- A 53-year-old woman who claimed she received spiritual messages from geese before allegedly stabbing her toddler granddaughter to death was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday.
Not much to comment on there, only that I wish geese would talk to me too. I just hope they don't try to convince me to kill someone. That said, if I were a goose I would tell people to do all kinds of crazy things, cause I think anyone that would listen to a goose would be up for a bit of craziness.
Ash Wednesday was on Wednesday. I haven't asked Wednesday what he thinks about that. Before we came to NY I'd never truly witnessed the results of the celebration of this Catholic holiday. A large black ash thumbprint or cross on the brow distinguishes the followers of this Christian sect for the only time of the year. We are very aware of it here mostly because of the number of people you pass on the sidewalk and subways here, somewhat because of the number of Catholics in this city. It's a little disconcerting for us non-religios to suddenly one day start passing people (who otherwise bare little resemblance to each other) who all look like they've hit their heads on the fireplace flue. My first reaction is to give them a heads up: "You got a little somethin..." but I think that would be considered rude, despite my best intentions. More power to them I say, if you have one chance per year to wear your religion on your proverbial sleeve, why not look like a chimney sweep while doing it? My own favorite Catholic consultant, M, who was raised in the second most Catholic country in the world (behind Italy, but they have the advantage of having the Pope surrounded) thinks the practice is strange too. In Poland they also have the ash, but it is sprinkled, not smudged, on your dome.
What kind of marks would Zorroastrians wear on their foreheads do you think? Go to the head of the class.
Posted by ian at February 24, 2007 7:52 PMclearly, zoroastrians would wear sword gashes on their foreheads.
Posted by: brap at February 26, 2007 10:19 AMIt was interstering