SKIRMISHER

* Alligator tells the world, “God is on my side.” Which seems to be the moment’s buzzphrase of choice, as “Die! Die! Die!” is so 2003.

* Pope to check if rag really had Jesus’ face, and not just the cum stain of some repressed altar boy cleverly made to look like Willy Nelson.

* America panders once again to fundamentalists’ whims with a sneaky nonmention of “evolutionary biology.”

* Michael Shermer assures you there’s so much joy in living without God. Aside from having all the side-splitting fun of seeing the majority of humanity clinging to divine faith, is the sheer pleasure of witnessing believers’ reactions when you tell them for the umpteenth time there’s an ape, and not a white male god, in their dark, murky past.

* And now, here’s something *not really* completely different: the staggering heartbreaking hunt for the Metal Library.

Stumble it!