Easter Notes

This is my favorite Easter candy.

These always sell out before Easter, but I’ve gained a few pounds and my pancreas has gotten a workout from eating way too many of this egg that’s far superior to the foil-wrapped ones.

One of the things I’m interested in is going to Mexico during Holy Week. I hear it is one hell of a party. I’ve been in Mexico on a couple of big holidays, and Benito Juarez’ birthday, the only official holiday named after a person, was a loud celebration that packed the streets of the town where we were staying on Baja. Easter is apparently the biggest celebration of them all.

Speaking of Mexico, here’s Claudia Sheinbaum showing off her technocratic temperament:

I’m a broken record on this, but her Instagram is a master class in simple, direct, smart communication. She generally doesn’t share anything personal, but this week she’s put out a couple personal pictures. How many politicians put out posed pictures with their families at this time of year?

Bluesky was full of people saying that Vance was snubbed by the Pope, but he had a short meeting with Francis today, and Francis has been deathly ill, so there’s no snub here. As someone raised by a Mexican Catholic, and like most of my family and peers, lapsed, these weirdos who convert are just the worst. Francis should take a page out the Jewish playbook and make converting to Catholicism a lot more difficult.

Finally, speaking of resurrection, apparently Trump resurrected his “I go to church” schtick and attended services somewhere. Biden did that regularly and got basically no political credit from the Bible humping evangelicals. That’s because, let’s be honest, regular Catholicism (not that Opus Dei nonsense) is pretty unpopular with the Republican base.