Sure, everyone’s anxious over the economy these past couple weeks but there are days like today when you just feel like the world’s spun off its axis:

— police in Texas have made an arrest for the possession of child pornography. They arrested a 13-year-old boy.

— the government of India refuses to decriminalize gay sex because, says a spokesperson, “We cannot compel our society to follow the trend of Western society.” Except for outsourced call centres, of course!

— Michael Jackson takes his kids out to the comic store like any normal dad. Sort of.

— while scientists debate whether circumcision is a necessary defense against HIV, one enterprising company has developed a bizarre back-up plan.

— I used to have trouble in geography class remembering which country was Iceland and which one was Greenland. Now it’s easy: Greenland is melting and Iceland is bankrupt!

— my guidance counselor was so wrong: the newly promoted VP of casting at a Hollywood production company got his start performing in gay porn. The other candidates would only kiss ass.

— John McCain and Sarah Palin keep insisting that Barack Obama is “pals with terrorists” and the crowds are eating it up with a spoon: