And the Theologian of the Year Award Goes to… Buffy?

The Door (a religious humor magazine) deems Buffy the Vampire Slayer to be the Theologian of the Year. Our nation’s season of trial influenced The Door’s selection of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Theologian of the Year. Let’s face it. In perilous times, we need someone who can not only deconstruct the problem of evil, but kick its hiney. And that means Buffy and her Scooby Gang. Read all about it!

In an interesting coincidence, Annals of Improbable Research (a science humor magazine) has just issued the 2002 Ig Nobel prizes amityville horror the divx movie online to honor people whose achievements “cannot or should not be reproduced.” [update: the official 2002 list is online with references]

Among this year’s winners are Karl Kruszelnicki, a Sydney University researcher who wrote the paper on belly-button lint. Dr Kruszelnicki, at his own expense, studied 5000 belly-button lint samples. He concluded the lint was a combination of clothing fibres and skin cells that were led to the navel, via body hair, “as all roads lead to Rome”. “Your typical generator of belly-button lint or fluff is a slightly overweight, middle-aged male with a hairy abdomen,” he said. (source)

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