What people typically give up for Lent starts with what they eat (chocolate), drink (alcohol and soda), speak (profanity), and use (social media). The top 100 list goes on from there. Number 90 is vegetables. That’s it, give up vegetables for Lent. Morning Fresh Bakeries has a sign in the window saying on Monday and Tuesday they will only have paczkis available, not donuts, and they apologize for any inconvenience. Not having donuts is an inconvenience? Aren’t paczkis just giant jelly donuts? They will continue to sell paczkis for several days into Lent, after donuts have resumed, no doubt to the people who gave up vegetables for Lent. We are having asparagus for dinner. I had better eat it now before Lent begins.