Lent: Give Us Not Our Daily Bread

This is it folks…It’s Mardi Gras…Fat Tuesday…the last day of joy until Jeebus is resurrected on Easter morn. Lent begins tomorrow, Ash Wednesday.

And this year during Lent, instead of giving up meat for 46 days, I am giving up bread, and bread related food. For 46 long, long days…

No bread, no pasta, no mac n cheese, no bun for my burger, nothing. It’s as if I am being crucified, but instead of brutish Dagos and uptight Heebs hanging me upon the cross, I am doing it to myself. Mea Culpa.

Ironic, this entire thing…In fact, I was discussing it with Jeebus Monday night when he stopped by to wish me luck and toss back a gallon of Manischewitz (God, I hate kosher Bagwine) with me.

I said to JC:

“It’s as though our journeys are mirror images of the other’s.

My Last Supper is Tuesday and my culinary crucifixion on Wednesday start at the beginning of Lent whereas your Last Supper and crucifixion take place at the end of Lent. Pretty Wild, no?”

Jeebus laughed, and said:

“Ha. I guess that makes you the Anti-Christ, Matt-Man. Bada Bing. I’ll be here all week ladies, and gentlemen. Make sure to try the veal and tip your waitress. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Damn…I’m funny, Bitch!!”

After saying, “Good luck with your breadless shit, Matt-Man.”…He patted me on the back, threw up on the cat, apologized, and left. He’s cool like that.

Anyhoo…

Today, Tuesday February 16, 2010 is the last day that I shall consume any bread until Easter Morning April 4th.

However there is a caveat. I weigh 174 pounds now. I told my BFF/OSP Schmoop, that if before Easter I hit 165, I shall once again eat bread as I do not want look to like a centerfold for Men of Auschwitz Quarterly.

But, there is some manna for me prior to this maelstrom of bread deprivation.

Thanks to my buddy Rat, as soon as I get off work tonight at seven, I am headed straight to McDonald's and purchasing fifteen dollars worth of bread wrapped grease for my Last Supper.

Quarter Pounders w/ Cheese, Filet O’ Fucking Fish, and of course…Big Macs. Oh how I love that middle section of the Big Mac bun that has grease, sauce, and a goodly and Godly dose of heaven on it.

I have no doubt that consuming these items will give me the first hard-on that I’ve had in a long time that occurs without me fondling myself. Praise Jeebus and pass the special sauce, my friends.

Enjoy your Mardi Gras…Mine will be spent consuming calories for Christ. And with that…I must reflect, gather strength for my breadless journey, and read my Bible.

I think I’ll begin with Genesis 19: 30-38. Damn, that always makes me hot.

Cheers!!

Freaks Take a Holiday

Wow…I am stupefied.

It’s Memorial Day Weekend, and we are going to be having three days of good weather.

I cannot remember the last time that has happened in Bagwine, Ohio.

It’s exciting, and also more than a bit disturbing.

There will be far too many Bagwine freaks emerging from the shadows to participate in the weekend wackiness.

I can envision the west end hookers standing on the corners, showing off parts of their bodies that should be forever hidden.

I can smell the noxious aroma of the meth labs wafting through the gentle late May breeze.

I can hear the police sirens splitting the serenity of the spring sky as officers respond to yet another Old Milwaukee induced domestic violence call.

And those are things that are happening along the parade route!!

Oh well, today is my only day off during this long weekend, so it really doesn’t affect me that much.

I will spend this morning with Ryno, and then head back here to the Bagwine digs.

Schmoop, her brother, and I will pound copious amounts of fermented beverages, and get incredibly shit-faced.

And then later, hopefully, Schmoop and I will check out the bedroom, and I will get incredibly pie-faced…if ya know what I mean. Wink, wink.

That’s what I will be up to. I hope you will have a much better holiday weekend than I.

And now, our Bagwine Ruminations Comment of the Week…


We need to travel all the way back to last Sunday’s video post to find this week’s COW.

Last Sunday, I took you on a short road trip between the Bagwine digs and where my son lives.

Part of the journey led us through fast food row. Every major fast food chain was represented.

Roger, of Idaho Daily Photo, was particularly taken by one of the restaurants that he saw, and commented:

“That McDonald’s looks familiar.”

Ha. As a fan, of simple, minimalist humor, I laughed out loud when I read that.

So here’s to Roger for ropin’ this week’s COW. Please stop by and congratulate the crazy bastard by clicking HERE.

Enjoy your Saturday everyone, and wish me luck on my search for pie.

Cheers!!