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We Interrupt This Blog?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

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.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on August 10, 2010 (boomark / email).