Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, but it also happens this year to be Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent when many Christians have their foreheads marked with ashes while "Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris," is said. (Actually it's usually said in the local vernacular "Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return" is the English). I bring this up because a very unkind thing often happens - folks are teased for the mark on their forehead. Not nice. Whether you follow this religious practice or not, the kind thing to do is respect those that do follow this.
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