Link, link, and link

I've really got nothing to say, but I would like to direct your attention to a few links.

Link #1: A story in USA Today about the creators of South Park taking on Scientology. As you might have heard, South Park ran an episode poking fun at Scientology and Tom Cruise. Isaac Hayes quit the show in protest, citing "bigotry" as one of the reasons, though as the creators pointed out, Hayes didn't have trouble when they made fun of everybody else's religion.
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"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" the South Park creators said in a statement Friday in Daily Variety. "Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies... You have obsructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!"
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Link #2: If you think making fun of Scientology is for you, then so is this site, with lots of kooky videos. My favorite, of course, is the Dark Side Lightning one.

QUICK NOTE: While I think that all this stuff is very, very funny, keep in mind that you're reading the words of a guy who believes in an invisible man who lives in the sky who has been around forever, is omniscient, omipotent, and omnibenevolent, and still lets bad things happen to me. Once a week I gather with other people who believe the same thing and eat the flesh and blood of His son, who has literally been to Hell and back. And since I'm Catholic, that's just the tip of the iceberg, boys and girls.

Link #3: If you're a fan of a) sabermetrics, b) savage writing, or c) bashing Joe Morgan, then the Fire Joe Morgan Blog is definitely for you. The site started as a way for a group of frustrated fans to vent about the things he said they thought were stupid. It's evolved into a site where they trash all the stupid sportswriting and analysis about (mostly) baseball that they can find. If you haven't read Moneyball, then some of their stats and arguments won't mean much. I've read it, and still have questions about some of their stuff. I recommend the book, by the way.

I used to really like Joe Morgan. Then I started paying attention. My dad always said he talked too much. I've started to notice that he contradicts himself, and then he contradicts what's happening on the field. He'll explain what just happened according to why he thinks it should have happened, instead of according to reality. And if you dare--dare--question his unquestioned knowledge of the game, then you're dead to him. As a matter of fact, you probably never existed. The FJM blog is great.

BONUS LINKS SECTION: Even if you've read it a hundred times before, it's always worth checking out the Darthside blog. One of the best fan fiction works I've ever seen.

And there's also a great online art/experiment thingy called Postsecret. People send in anonymous confessions on postcards, and some of them get posted on the site. A few are pretty funny, but many are really serious and depressing. It says something about the site that there's a link and number for the suicide hotline. But it's definitely worth checking out.