Oulipians of the world, unite!
You have nothing to lose but your descenders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo
Members of the club who are dead are excused from attending meetings. So Italo Calvino is off the hook. I mean, he was already like totally off the hook, but he’s also clear on the Oulipo meetings, as well.
Also, pataphysics, sourcing a line from "Maxwell’s Silver Hammer" that always puzzled me, but not enough to look it up.
I’m surprised that I’ve never heard a Lent joke about this stuff. You know, "I’m giving up lipograms for Lent," that kind of thing.
In the Boston area, where Catholics assume that everyone is Catholic, including Jews, this is the time of year for giving up stuff. My wife’s hairdresser solemnly assured my six-year-old that he was going to have to give up meat on Fridays, "except for chicken. It’s just red meat that counts."
My wife’s family are Unitarians. Unitarians give up committees for Lent, or will, once they reach consensus.
As an atheist, I gave up a long time ago.
