The start of Lent or those 40 days that it's socially acceptable to be anorexic

You know who you are. Are you giving up sweets, or bread, or calories this Lenten season? Perhaps my CoC roots have skewed my notion of Lent; I won't even pretend to know enough about the biblical and historic groundwork for the observance. My wikipedia-esque knowledge derives from conversations with MDiv friends and the bits of early morning sermons in which I was miraculously awake.  I've only observed it once, my freshman year in college when I gave up carbonated beverages, though that self-denial was brought on less by my spiritual asceticism and more by the fact everyone I knew was doing it (Spirtuality through peer pressure is the BEST kind!). I've made several half-hearted attempts since then, but I usually caved within the first two weeks "accidentally."

Penmanship Permutations

Every time a child reaches a milestone in his program with us, we try to celebrate his success. Though I am prodigious at giving high fives, most of our parents enjoy a more tangible accolade, i.e. fancy certificate on equally fancy paper. So after I had compiled a list of student's and their accomplishments, I turned to by co-worker and said, "Would you  mind writing these. My handwriting isn't really certificate-worthy." My boss' head appeared from around the corner and shouted, "Great idea, Courtney, your handwriting is TERRIBLE!