The following was originally posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 12:14 AM.

According to The New York Times, the universe might be shaped like a doughnut. I can imagine the new translation of the Book of Genesis:

In the beginning God created the griddle and the dough. Now the dough was raw and had a hole and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the pan. And God said “Time to make the doughnuts!” And there were doughnuts...

In related news, Charles Murtaugh found a link to Homer Simpson's cosmology.