The jesuitical Mojo has declared a Lenten sacrifice: for 40 days he will forgo gaming on his Nintendo DS.

As with all things Mojo, the sacrifice comes with an out: all the good games are on the Wii. Giving up handheld gaming leaves a loophole large enough for Mario to drive his Kart through.

But last night brought a further Motion for Relief: Mojo wanted to play a GameBoy game, and wanted to do it without breaking his faux Lenten resolution. At first, I misunderstood his request:

"Well, it hardly seems consistent with giving up handheld gaming on the DS to then just do all your handheld gaming on the GameBoy. But since it is a different platform, I guess you'd still be within your commitment."

But I had it wrong. He wanted to plug the GameBoy game card into the DS and play it that way. (Apparently the platform is backward-compatible.) The rabbinical court of Mastandrea promptly ruled this technique out of bounds.

Got a pot full of beef shanks and meatballs simmering in the stovetop. Berea-Rose is filled with a heavenly aroma -- perfect for a sacred Sunday morning (even one that has Mojo sitting in a living room corner furiously thumbing the controls of his GameBoy).