Damn. I've built up quite a backlog of stuff to post. [Just be glad I didn't go for the obvious pun with 'backlog.']

1. Mmm...self-referential.

2. Kentucky, you make me sad.

3. Only the stories of dead religions can be appreciated for their beauty. Living religions require much more of you.
--Salman Rushdie

Some good stuff. Some neutral stuff. Some stuff I disagree with. But good overall.

4. Paint sandwich!

5. This is starting to look like an advertisement for a career in jazz anthropology.