ALERT ALERT: DISPENSATION AHEAD

Mardi Gras (Un)Officially Extended.

Somehow when I was writing the newsletter this week I misread March 4th (the actual date of Mardi Gras) for February 4th (um, today). (Thanks to Friend of the Wow Chris Kent for keeping me honest, as always.)

Now, when I was working as a priest from time to time people would ask me to give them a dispensation for things like eating meat on St. Patrick’s Day. Really, this is a thing that would happen, and you would be right to think I was never not shocked to have grown adults seriously asking my permission to do things. If you knew the contours of my life, I thought, you would not be so quick to give away your power!

While I am not working as a priest now, and so my canonical capacity to offer a dispensation for anything is questionable at best and probably nil, given my mistake and any canonical juice I have stored up over the decades I think it’s only right that you all consider the entire next month as your Mardi Gras.

You’re welcome. Enjoy the cake!