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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.
— Alan Clark, diary entry [November 30, 1990]
Ash Wednesday
Remember That You Are Dust, And To Dust You Shall Return
"Remember, man, that you are dust and to dust you shall return."
On the first day of Lent we heard these words (adapted from Genesis 3:19) spoken as a priest dipped his thumb in ash and made the sign of the cross on our foreheads. They served as an outward sign of an inner penance […]
