Time's up… and Jared gets a big fat "F"

Two weeks ago on The Catholic Guy Show, this four-minute conversation started things off:

Since then Lino Watch has been doing its part to keep Jared on track by counting down the days at the top right of our page. Well, the day is now upon us. Will today's show open with a new theme? What kind of flimsy excuse will Jared offer if the new open doesn't materialize today? Will Lino even care, given that he's about to leave for vacation? (And if he doesn't care, why would he give up such an easy opportunity to mock Jared?) Tune in to Sirius 159 / XM 117 at 4:00pm ET for the exciting conclusion… or to hear absolutely nothing about it!

UPDATE 4:01pm ET: Show opened with the old theme. Probably shouldn't have expected them to spring it on us, but it would've been an interesting surprise.

UPDATE 4:06pm ET: Hey, at least they're talking about it. That's progress.

UPDATE 4:11pm ET: No new open. Jared gets a big fat "F". Lino's prediction was after Labor Day. Shall I resume the countdown?

UPDATE 4:13pm ET: Listening to Jared's excuses. Blah, blah, blah…

UPDATE 4:15pm ET: And so it ends. We'll leave the countdown box on the page for a few days so that Jared can continue to be mocked for his procrastinating ways.

Lino's Lenten workout

So, after the listener voting for what Lino should do/not do for Lent ended in a three-way tie between giving up Chipotle, attending daily Mass, and being nice to Jared and/or Gus Lloyd, it came down to Christine to break the tie. What she came up with is intriguing:

1. Lino has to attend daily Mass
2. He can't eat Chipotle on any days of the week containing the letter 't' (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
   
3. He can't insult Gus Lloyd on the other three weekdays (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)

Personally I like what Christine came up with, but I don't know if Lino's going to be able to handle a schedule like this. Of course, this just gives him plenty of opportunities to entertain his listeners by screwing the whole thing up. As Lino pointed out, though, the real person who gets screwed in all of this is Jared, who sadly was left out of Christine's decision entirely. Poor guy... I shall eat an Italian BMT from Subway tomorrow on Thursday in his honor.

UPDATE 2/26: Yesterday he added the Liturgy of the Hours to his Lenten obligation. Now I'm really interested to see if he can keep this up.