Vikar’s Rant

Samhain (pronounced sow-en or sav-in) comes from the old Irish for “summers end” or, according to some sources, “November”. To the ancient Irish, there were two seasons - Summer and Winter. In agricultural soccieties, winter could be a very scary time indeed. If there were not enough provisions stored families could starve to death. So, throughout the summer, crops were tended, were harvested, sold and stored for later use. Samhain was the last great harvest. [...]

While the fishing stuff was a good idea, my wife, the animal rights activist, did not feel comfortable contributing money to a manufacturer of fish death. My immediate, and to some extent correct, reaction was, “Fine, put it down and let’s get out of here.” No, no, that would have been waaaay too easy. She wanted me to pay for it. There’s one thing about going along with nonsense, it’s another thing having to finance it. [...]

Lovers do what rabbits do. Lovers might like a good aphrodisiac like chocolate. You know to help fertilize some eggs. Plus all of that new green grass that seems to pop up right after the snow has disappeared for good. Does any of this sound [...]