The $80,000 Pasta Bible

No, this is not another rant about Italy, but about another of my favourites: remember the "pastafarianism" that was supposed to pose a challenge to "creationism" and "Darwinism" at the same time? No? Let me refresh your memory:

Meatballs. Noodly appendages. An invisible monster made up of these exact materials...

Nothing? Well, then I have a book recommendation for you! Villard, a member of Random House Publishing Group, has been reported to pay "...an $80,000 advance to the creator of a religion designed to make fun of intelligent design. This summer, Bobby Henderson, 25, an unemployed slot-machine engineer, posted a much-forwarded open letter to the Kansas State Board of Education declaring that “there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design” on his Website. He contends that a huge, invisible beast made of spaghetti and meatballs created the world about 4,000 years ago (pasta of that vintage has been found in China, he points out). The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which will codify Pastafarianism, is set to come out on Valentine’s Day." (from: NY Magazine, www.newyorkmetro.com).

And I promise, as soon as it's out, it will appear in my new spin-off blog, PolarLitBlog ;-)