{"id":4022,"date":"2010-02-09T06:28:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T06:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/theres-a-little-black-spot-on-my-head.html"},"modified":"2010-02-09T06:28:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T06:28:21","slug":"theres-a-little-black-spot-on-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/theres-a-little-black-spot-on-my-head.html","title":{"rendered":"“There’s a little black spot on your head…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So goes the latest ditty by a Catholic comedian Nick Alexander — dubbed by the National Catholic Register the “Catholic Weird Al.”<\/a> I confess this guy is new to me, but his work is clever and pretty funny. (You can find out more about him at his self-titled website.<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Meantime, his video on Lent, below. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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