Scientology : During my initial obsession with Veronica Mars, I learned that one of the actors was a Scientologist. So I tried to learn what exactly that means. Luckily for me, Tom Cruise chose exactly that time to go a little nutty, trying to recruit people (even it means marrying them, perhaps?) If you want to read more about it, Salon has a four part series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 is forthcoming). And then there are the angry responses to the series.