cinco de mayo

the fifth of may is tomorrow, which typically means that 67% of americans will be calling in sick this friday due to tequila-related injuries. but this year, us lucky folks in the US-of-A have the opportunity to celebrate not one, but two distinct events:

• cinco de mayo, the day mexico celebrates its victory over france (but really just an excuse to drink like you’re still in college), and
• the national day of prayer, a nice – but ultimately useless – attempt to get certain people to be all spiritual-like.

but wait! you can’t just pray to any old deity of your choice:

However, our expression of that involvement is specifically limited to the Judeo-Christian heritage and those who share that conviction as expressed in the Lausanne Convenant. If peoples of other faiths wish to celebrate in their own tradition, they are welcome to do so, but we must be true to those who have supported this effort and volunteered their time to promote it.

ah, those crazy christians. we love everyone, but not you! do what you want, but stay away from us! it’s enough to get me all teary-eyed… or maybe it’s the cuervo?

if you’re having trouble thinking up your own list o’ prayer, here’s a handy guide provided by the nice people at the “national day of prayer task force”, which makes them sound like God’s military intelligence.

in any case, I’m pretty sure I won’t be dedicating any prayers to W or leeza rice. the last thing they need is more encouragement.