IT'S NOT ON GROUND ZERO AND IT'S NOT JUST A MOSQUE. PLEASE TO SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Thanks to Balloon Juice for this awesomely succinct image.

Here's a a post from 30 Mosques in 30 days which takes you inside and lets you see how benign and boring the place really is. Like any church, no matter what the silly name and no matter how big a hyperbole vomiting dickweed people want to be about it.

Why Is Sven Hoek Funny?

I remember hearing about the Ren and Stimpy episode "Sven Hoek" secondhand when I was in high school. Didn't catch it while it was on the air, but I remember having a visceral reaction to the name. It just sounded so funny to me, and I couldn't explain why.

On John Kricfalusi's blog a while back, he took some time to meditate on stereotypes in general and possible reasons why noone complained when he made about his funny little Nordic cartoon pal.