Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last hurrah before the Catholic season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Get your fill of Fat Tuesday debauchery at any one of these parties around town: Grove Park Lounge — Grove Park Lounge, located just outside the historic Houston Heights on Waugh drive, is offering all-you-can-eat crawfish, $10 domestic buckets. Fat Tuesday is billed as a time to feast and eat (or do?) all the "bad" stuff before beginning the sacrifice of the Lenten season.

Seven parades will roll in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes today as Carnival season reaches its peak on Fat Tuesday. The weather forecast looked promising Monday evening, with only a 10 percent chance of rain and highs predicted to be in the 70s.

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Ash Wednesday

Churches plan Ash Wednesday services. Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date. Ash Wednesday is this week, a time in which many will take time out of their busy day to sit in peace with other Christians to sing in unity, pray and reflect.

The 40 days of Lent that lead to Easter are the most sacred and spiritually powerful in the Christian calendar. From the Ash Wednesday reminder to 'remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

With days in the schedule such as Fat Tuesday, only an Ash Wednesday can help those overindulging in king's cake, the polish paczkis and an impressive number of guilty pleasures.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection.

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Gas Prices

Surging gas prices threaten to derail economic recovery. Just as the recovery is finally looking real, surging fuel prices are once again looming as a major threat to the financial health of US consumers and the broader economy. Gas prices shoot up all along the West Coast and Canada. The average price of unleaded in Orange County is now $4.06. Southern California gasoline prices, already topping an average of $4 per gallon, may climb at an even higher rate.

The average retail price of gas in Savannah increased 3.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.57 per gallon on Sunday.

Patterico's Pontifications » Barry Antoinette faces higher gas prices.
Obama wanted higher gas prices– as did his energy secretary, Steven Chu — so count this as Mission Accomplished. Policies that force higher gas prices were a complement to the crony capitalism of “green tech“.

Find the lowest gas prices in your city and nearby cities. Gas prices include regular gas, midgrade, premium and diesel.

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George Washington

George Washington, celebrated today by federal holiday, was (of course) our first president. When he died, the phrase which spread the country as part of the myth-making around Washington was: "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." While this may be almost universally true today, it was not when the man held office.

It turns out that George Washington, whose birthday is being celebrated today, was actually a richer man than Republican contender Mitt Romney. According to the Washington Post.

One of the reasons we have such a high sense of religious liberty in America is because the man whose birth we celebrate today--George Washington--valued religious liberty as the first of our political institutions.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
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Manny Ramirez

Manuel Arístides "Manny" Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972) is a Dominican -American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. Reports said that Manny Ramirez Officially Signs with Oakland A's, Athletics Nation. Manny Ramirez and the Oakland Athletics agreed on a minor league contract Monday that is worth approximately $500000 if he's added to the big league roster.

 Slugger Manny Ramirez told ESPN's Pedro Gomez that he has signed with the Athletics. According to ESPN, the contract is worth and confirmed "about $500000." Ramirez, 39, will miss the first 50 games of the regular season, as he retired last season.

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