Flooded Lizard Kingdom

Slacktivist reminds me of my mom (in a good way) in "A Game For Goats":

I get the gag, and like I said, it's pretty funny. But it's bad theology. "Is this Jesus or is this a homeless street person?" is a misleading question because, as far as we're concerned, a homeless street person is Jesus...

Jeanne D'Arc writes so many good posts, but "Old Jokes" really struck me:

In 1959, a British movie could build a joke on the idea that the most powerful country in the world had standards that limited its power. My daughter still thinks that's funny. Apparently, I've over-protected her, because she still lives in a world in which good guys refuse to do bad things. To me, the joke makes no sense anymore. It comes from a world we no longer live in.

danah boyd posted a party invitation sent out by friends that includes a timetable of events to assist guests with planning their arrival time:

8:00 Jason threatens George with lawsuits for being funnier than him
9:00 George threatens to delete Jason's flickr account

Heather writes about parenting the child she actually has in "You can't always get what you want":

A part of me feels like this is the Universe’s way of putting me in my place. I never thought my kid would be this kid. I used to see kids like Leta and think, “Why don’t they stop her? If I were her parent I would be able to stop her.” I used to think that a good parent would be able to take any type of kid in public and that kid would behave. I used to be an idiot. I used to need a good bat to the head.

Eric Ringham helps out Kansans in "How intelligent is your design?":

Beginning in 2008, public school students in Kansas will be tested under that state's new science standards, which open the door to criticism of evolution. Here are sample questions - some new, some adapted from current biology exams - to help them get ready.

Greg at The Talent Show posted the full text of "Thou Shalt Debate" by M.J. Ellington from the Decatur Daily:

When 25 state senators signed a bill to put protections for Ten Commandment displays in the state constitution, they said they were doing what voters want. Yet a survey of 10 of those senators who backed the measure in the special legislative session that ended Monday found only one, the bill sponsor, who could name all 10 of the commandments.

And finally, as Sour Duck's Link Blog put it, a "shockingly-named" blog had a funny bit on the "See Error Club." I just can't bring myself to use the name of the blog due to my fears about what my search engine referral traffic would look like for the next few months. There aren't many words in this entry, but I'm calling it good writing anyway because they're used so well.