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(music cue) Good morning, Mr Phelps. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to seek out and subscribe to blogs on the cutting edge of culture. If you should be apprehended, Mother-Lode will deny all knowledge of your activities.

First suspect: Regenerate Our Culture (ROC) is a conspiracy of Christian teen bloggers, who have enlisted 15 cutting-edge cultural blogs written by their peers, to collaborate on a webzine. Stated purpose: Regenerate Our Culture. Conspirators include Agent Tim (not his real name), the Rebelution, Mission 3:6teen, SmartHomeschool.com, Spunky Jr, and CatchWord. This is not an exhaustive list, but should give you a core of contacts which will allow you to move among them freely without raising suspicion. This mag is scheduled to launch on March 15, which means that you will have a chance to infiltrate and observe this very subversive group from the very start. Be sure you wear lime green when you visit this group, and if they offer, be sure to take their sidebar button and their screen-saver. Password: You ROC!

Next suspect: Lark News is a newspaper from the serrated edge, satirizing typical American evangelicalism with devastating accuracy. Today's headlines include such shockers as: "Creepy Greeter Remembers Everything", "Prophet Downgrades Earthquake Forcast", and "Jabez Descendents Sue for Royalties". You can download a Horoscope & Personal Prophetic Word, or order PAM: quick-annointing oil. Check your first aid kit before venturing into this region and count your teeth before leaving.

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