Swedish Government Recognizes File-Sharing Faith as a Religion Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/gear-up/swedish-government-recogn

From Rollingstone:

The Church of Kopimism, a new faith focused on file-sharing, has been officially recognized as a religion by the Swedish government. The church developed from the Young Pirates, a young movement of the Pirate Party in Sweden, who have pushed for the free flow of information online.

What Santa is doing while you sleep

More here.

Two guitar players missed

BCL (and others) have been discussing Rolling Stone's recent list of the top guitarists, pointing out glaring omissions, including Django Rheinhardt. Here are another two who were somehow passed over.

Why punctuation is important

So, the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop…

The dog barking that keeps you awake at night…

… is not what you think.

Orwell as Nostradamus

George Orwell, 1984:

"She had without exception the most stupid, vulgar, empty mind that he had ever encountered. She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her."