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Finnish MP proposes week-long "love vacation" law

March 16, 2008 7:52am

Circa the mid-nineties (if memory serves me), the Finnish government issued a policy statement, urging Finnish companies to give their employees sex holidays -- paid time off for vacations with their partners -- because happy sex lives make productive employees.

Finland was, at that time anyway, run by the Women's Party. As they say, "The women are smarter."

Mens sana in corpore sano, baby ....

Source: The Wall Street Journal (print edition).

Man arrested for toad tripping

November 16, 2007 8:18am

The perp was charged with ... what?

"There is no current federal law or legislation which prohibits the selling or distribution of Bufo alvarius." (Source: Wikipedia.)

The toad is legal. Possessing the toad with intent to lick is not legal?

I'm reminded of a George Carlin routine:

"Selling is legal. Sex is legal. Selling sex is not legal. Go figure ...."

-kgj

Poker bots could destroy online poker playing

November 12, 2007 8:57pm

In related news, colossal Transformer-like killer mega-robots could destroy offline poker -- details at ten.

War on the Unexpected -- Schneier's dynamite essay on the War on Terror

November 1, 2007 8:35am

I was involved, for several years, with an online database of school architecture. The intent of the site was to document best practices. Architects uploaded data about the schools they designed, along with floor plans and exterior photos.

In recent years, a number of schools requested that the floor plans be removed, citing security concerns.

KJ

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