Music Label Cashes in by Sharing. Magnatune is trying to turn the music industry on its ear by encouraging file sharing and giving artists a large chunk of the proceeds. It seems to be working. By Chris Ulbrich. [Wired News]

5:49:28 AM    

Get a load of this report from Reuters...I was just howling...

German women fed up with their partners' grumbling on weekend shopping trips can now dump them at a special kindergarten for men offering beer and entertainment.

"The women are issued a receipt for their partners when they hand them in and can pick them up again when they return to us later," Alexander Stein, manager of the 'Nox Bar' in the nothern city of Hamburg told Reuters today.

The men are given a name badge on arrival and for 10 Euros ($11.80) they get two beers, a hot meal, and televised football and games.

Read the full article at abcnews.com: Kids, Beer, and Football

{GM - Bone Lace}

5:47:12 AM    

Progressive Voices: 'Let It Begin Here'. I haven't added to my Progressive Voices list lately, but I've got a great one tonight - Toby Sackton's 'Let it Begin Here'. I really can't describe Toby's blog any better than he does himself: I am from Lexington, Massachusetts.... [Channeling Cupertino]

5:18:32 AM