MONDO EXTRAS

Oh, dear -- I do hope I don't offend a bunch of ancient Romans or Greeks out there by saying so because if do, they'll probably stuff my inbox with irate emails which I couldn't possibly read without Pliny the Elder's help. I mean, judging by the obnoxious email I got after my last recap, haranguing me for saying that Mathra was in Park City, Mormonia, there are tons of people out there just gagging to be offended. For the record, I was NOT insulting Mormons, the Church of LDS, or the state of Utah. It happens to be fact -- and not something my recapper's mind just pulled out of thin air -- that the state of Utah is heavily populated by Mormons. Just like Romania has Romanians, Albania has Albanians, Australia has Australians, California has Californians -- do I need to go on? The freeze-dried fact is, I said nothing derogatory about the religion or its followers. If I had said "Mor-mania," I can see how that might give rise to heated emotions, but as it happens, I didn't, so before you start doing The Pee-Pee Dance (tm Wing) Of Righteous Indignation, give two seconds of thought to what I actually wrote! I mean, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on a cracker, people -- get a sense of humor!