kerewin's whine cellar

Profanity Filter

Giving up swearing isn't anything like giving up caffeine. Caffeine you have to think about consciously and when you don't have it you've made a choice. Swearing happens a little more automatically and it isn't until after you've sworn (sweared?) that you realize. Ugh. St Vincent de Paul is going to be happy after this 40 days I can tell you.

Score after six days:

kerewin - 39
AmigaBoy - 49

I am pretty much already up to what I thought would be the total for the entire time. Darn!

$^&*#())!!!!

For the first time in my memory my birthday landed on Fat Tuesday, which means that Lent starts today. Not being Catholic, or even particularly religious it would seem odd that I am choosing to participate. However, this little cartoon sums it up well:

No, no, I am not giving up candy. I thought I would give up something that might actually be more difficult than when I gave up caffeine (just for Lent!) two years ago. Swearing.

Except that when I woke up this morning I forgot that Lent had started. I can't really recall swearing up to this point but really, is that a very safe assumption? Anyway, everytime I swear I am going to charge myself a dollar and at the end of Lent, donate that money to a charity. Probably the St Vincent de Paul to which my inlaws donate a large chunk of their time. Since their Catholicism is to blame for my going down this Lent path.

And you know, it is nice just once a year to challenge your power to resist temptation.

UPDATE: AmigaBoy is joining in, looks like St Vincent de Paul, thereby guaranteeing that St Vincent de Paul is going to get a fat check in about 40 days.