Just in case you've been able to resist those "News" alerts that show up on the major commercial websites, there's an AP story today about the growing import of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
The appearance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the agenda of the American Academy of Religion's annual meeting gives a kind of scholarly imprimatur to a phenomenon that first emerged in 2005, during the debate in Kansas over whether intelligent design should be taught in public school sciences classes.
Love Him or hate Him, the FSM is going mainstream. You can go here to get the latest (assuming new traffic doesn't crash the site), and you can go here to check out the group discussing Him. Has the FSM touched your life in any way? Share your stories in comments!