Insane, Membrane, etc.

Some days I think the world must have gone insane. Just slipped across that thin, thin line sometime in the night whilst I was sleeping. In the morning I get up, turn on my computer, make a cup of tea, and sit down to the headlines on the BBC. Here's what tipped me off today: A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam's Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Seriously. You can't make this stuff up. Sad, but hilarious in a way at the same time.

With other headlines, I'm convinced there's still some sanity left, but it's only just starting to organize itself in the face of greater neglect: India's 'pink' vigilante women; They wear pink saris,... go after corrupt officials and boorish men, and brandish sticks and axes when the push comes to shove.

Although Trent Lott did announce his resignation today, which is brilliant. Of course, there's got to be some controversy about it, but check out Seattle's The Stranger's blog where they slog it out. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with women in pink saris.

Comedy and tragedy are so closely linked, as John Cleese once pointed out, and some days it rings more true than others.

Case in point:

From one of my favorites, The Perry Bible Fellowship.