It's Mardi Gras Somewhere

Thanksgiving happened so late last year that ever since then I have felt like I am chronically behind and every holiday sneaks up on me. Which is to say it did not occur to me until very very recently that today is the most obese of Tuesdays. Happy Mardi Gras! Here’s what’s happening down in New Orleans, and here’s what people of a certain vintage like to listen to today:

And here is your annual reminder to not be alarmed tomorrow when you see people walking around with ash on their foreheads. It’s a thing.