It's that day when you're supposed to express your irreverence (hey, wait a minute, isn't that every day and every minute?), and if you think there is something you should do that's better than just wandering around uttering foul imprecations against gods and their priests, try supporting the Irish campaign to get their blasphemy law off the books.
But whatever is done in the spirit of weakening religious dogma is fine with me. I had some plans, but I may have to do a belated blasphemy…it's another day of travel for me.
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