I am very religious!

I wanted to give up something for Lent this year, even though I am not Catholic. Why should they have all the fun? Communion, Ashes, Palms, Wine...The Crusades, their own city, Priests who rape little boys, The Pope Mobile... The list goes on and on of shit they can do but we can't! That is why, this year, I have decided to give up something for Lent to show my Faith in God.  I am giving up something that no one else dare go without. It is both extremely difficult, and can get you in a lot of trouble. No Catholic will dare try it, because they don't have enough Faith! I, however, do! See, ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to give up...

stopping at red lights for Lent. It fits the profile perfectly. It is something I do every day, something that would be very difficult for me to do, and, most importantly, not doing will ultimately make me a much happier person.

I came to this conclusion of red light fasting after it took me about 25 minutes to get to new Hartford via Genesee Street in Utica. I must have missed EVERY green light. I am fed up with this bullshit. I read that the average person spends 9 months of their lives waiting for red lights to turn green in their lifetime. 9 months!!! That’s a basketball season. A lot can happen in 9 months, that’s a whole fucking pregnancy. I consider red lights more of a suggestion than a law. If an intersection is packed, and there are cars coming all four ways of course Ill stop if a light turns, in the name of safety. But if there is no one coming other direction, I simply treat it like a yield sign. I also don’t stop at stupid stop signs anymore, I don’t even slow down, if there is a stop sign in a place that makes no sense, I just blow right by it. I’m a busy man, understand, and I can’t be wasting my time stopping at pointless places just because the DOT deems it appropriate. Sometimes, at crowded lights, if I miss the green, ill simply turn right into a parking lot of a corner store, then pull back on the road again, to kind of skip the light. SO far, so good in terms of getting stopped.