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While walking past the under-construction Newsuem™ on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning (located in the heart of D.C. between the Canadian embassy and a Starbucks) I dawdled by a long board which presents the front page of a newspaper from every state and a dozen countries. With some dismay, I noticed that Utah has seen the Deseret Morning News replace the Salt Lake Tribune. Then I realized I didn't care, which was a freeing thought.

Then I noticed this front page article in today's Des News:

In perfect deadpan [Bobby Hendersen, a 25-year-old Oregon State grad] wrote [to the Kansas State Board of Education] that although he agreed that science students should "hear multiple viewpoints" of how the universe came to be, he was worried that they would be hearing only one theory of intelligent design. After all, he noted, there are many such theories, including his own fervent belief that "the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster." He demanded equal time in the classroom and threatened a lawsuit.

Soon he was flooded with e-mail messages. Ninety-five percent of those who wrote to him, he said on his Web site, were "in favor of teaching Flying Spaghetti Monsterism in schools." Five percent suggested that he would be going to hell. Lawyers contacted him inquiring how serious he was about a lawsuit against the Kansas board. His answer: "Very."

Click here to read Hendersen's letter and learn more about his church. Oh, yeah.