One in Thirteen Thousand (Giving Up Twitter For Lent)

Apparently 13,937 people gave up twitter for Lent. According to someone who's used Twitter's API to calculate this. A classic of selection bias if you ask me, but of course being an atheist, I'm the last person you should trust on matters of religion.

I'm one of them. But when does Lent end? I was taught in Sunday School and Church-sponsored primary school that it was 40 days from Ash Wednesday, to commemorate 40 days in the wilderness, but others tell me it lasts until Easter.

Ash Wednesday was on Wednesday, 22 February 2012. Easter this year is on April 8th. There's 46 days between them. This is one of many things that I find Christianity confusing. Perhaps that's why there's a whole field of study (exegesis) telling us why the bible doesn't mean what it appears to mean at first glance.

Anyway, I reckon my 40 days of ignoring the best source of news about the subjects and people I care about is over on Monday 2nd. It's been an interesting experience of determining the difference between savoir and connaitre in terms of habits and giving them up. However, I haven't suddenly started phoning people more or asking to see people in person - as some would think you might.

So what did I miss in my 40 days in the social media wilderness? Anything worthy of note?