We Interrupt This Blog…
As many of you know, the best way to describe my religious affiliation is Agnostic-Islamic. I pray five times a day, I just can’t remember when to do it. (Insert drum roll here).
I bring this up because Ramadan begins tomorrow. My parents are pretty orthodox observers and my father at 74-years old still has the ability to lay a fairly effective guilt trip on his oldest son, especially since he’s had his recent health issues. So he’s convinced me to do it this year, but as always, I am the consummate deal maker.
So with that said, for a period totaling 30 days, your favorite political pundit/blogger is giving alcohol, cigars, red meat and junk food. I know Ramadan is a little more involved than that, but this is Abdul, remember. And I can can do whatever I want. Also giving up my vices means I will be a pleasure to be around. So if the blog gets a little more snarly than usual in a couple weeks, you now know why.
Oh, and an interesting sidebar, my lovely wife who is a practicing Baptist asked me what was the point of doing “Ramadan-lite” and if I wasn’t going the full 45, why bother? I then told her that if I did old-school Ramadan there was a lot more I’d have to give up for 30 days. She’s since then stopped asking questions.
