...and down once more.

Leaving tomorrow for a long weekend in the NC mountains with my boys and their cousins, so another short period of postlessness this way comes. Quick hits in the meantime...

Think all the talk of American theocrats is hyperbole? Guess again. A Christian (and GOP, of course) judge in Indiana tells Wiccan parents they aren't allowed to teach it to their child.

"The history of comedy is the history of ancient peoples, rich in culture and learning, hitting each other in the balls."

"The source of the world's biggest sperm bank may soon run dry if Danish authorities decide to tax donors, Cryos International Sperm Bank said on Wednesday." Perhaps they could work out an arrangement with this NC (former) dentist who seems to have plenty extra and now probably needs the money. (registration-free link here, but the other one contains much more detail).

Darth Vader is busy busy busy these days.

Monkey see, monkey Hindu.

West Virginia sometimes seems like another planet. Then sometimes other planets seem like West Virginia.

Juan Cole: "Sometimes You Are Just Screwed"

Mark Longmire's romance novel cover remixes. Very, very funny, and the reader-submitted ones may be even funnier.

And finally, to Congressman Jones (NC-3): Nice of you to finally notice, you halfwit.