Random
...Maps showing religious presence by US region. And here is one more. (via)

...Baptisms are way down.

...Google Calendar is now live.

...Yesterday's Rocketboom had an episode on a new way to bring podcastng to the masses -- podcastready.com.

...Fastfood restaurants are experimenting with outsourcing some of the order taking. The person you attempt to talk with at the beginning of the drive-through line might not actually be in the restaurant -- but in Santa Maria, California. Pizza places have utilized call centers for quite awhile.

...Tourism to the US has taken a steep dive. I wonder why that could be.

...Some Episcopal Churches are really getting into the U2 Eucharist thing.