Wednesday whiffles

Hunting the mysterious hum.

Planting false memories in mice.  Where could this possibly lead?

What teachers make.

Flying Spaghetti Monster statue in front of Tennessee courthouse.

Genetically altering oranges in order to save them.  Not all GMO food is bad.  Chipotle restaurants first ones to try and not serve any GMO food.

Fascism on the rise around the world.

9th Grade Science Project Finds Plants Don’t Grow Near Wi-Fi

Pastafarians unite!

Ramen!

An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".

Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.

Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.

The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.

The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.

A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.

President Barack Obama is not a Muslim

Nor a Christian! (Ignore all that rumpus about Reverend Wright, that was a clever diversion!) He's a ... a... PASTAFARIAN!!!11! He worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Here is proof!



Update: Two articles somehow appropriate: Obama's mother's history. And how to build a pirate cave.

The FSM makes an (brief) appearance

In a pie.

Manicotti, rigatoni, fettucini, and thou

Bryan of Why Now? reminds us it is Holy Pasta Week, starting with the birthday of Marco Polo and including Talk Like A Pirate Day on the 19th.

Pastafarians rejoice!