From the BBC:

Spain’s lower house of parliament has voted in favour of allowing gay couples to marry and adopt children.

And Canada is right behind.

The Roman Catholic Church wields great influence in Spain, but the BBC’s Katya Adler in Madrid says that since the Madrid bomb attacks in March 2004, Spaniards want unity among their people more than anything.

Granted, that’s one person’s opinion, but it illustrates in sharp relief how differently our countries have reacted to terrorist attacks. Maybe they saw the US as an example of what not to do.

Finding that people eventually become immune to their own alarm clocks, this guy invented clock that wakes you with the smell of sizzling bacon. Hallelujah!

Robot Dick To Appear At Con

This should be a great con.

Wait. Philip Dick? Awwww.

…by this. Just check it out, and give it a second.

Hello, hospitality suite. The new thing in Taipei is an industry of upscale hotels that caters to patrons who want a short term poon pad. They call them love “motels” but these places are far from the seedy velvet painting Knotty Pine types. From the article:

Normally, a receptionist sits in a booth at the entrance of the building greeting drivers and directing them to a room. A garage door automatically opens and closes once the car enters. Any room service is delivered to a special area outside the door, after which the wait staff leaves and notifies the guests by telephone that the food has arrived. I MORE has a separate hallway accessible only to the housekeeping “or guests in need of an escape route”

And for those that don’t quite know their shit:

The motel also hired two actors to demonstrate 48 positions for an instructional program that plays on one of the many available adult channels.

The city of Dortmund, Germany is installing drive-in wooden “sex huts” for prostitutes to ply their trade during next year’s World Cup. According to a city spokesperson, the city’s official red light district on the outskirts of town wouldn’t be able to handle the boom in business. From the Reuters article:

Dortmund plans to arrange the Dutch-designed huts, which have been introduced in the city of Cologne, another World Cup venue, in an area with condom machines and snack bar.

“Men have to get used to them of course, but a high percentage accept them because they can protect their anonymity,” the official said.

“That said there will always be those who want to go behind a bush, under a bridge or into the woods.”

It is highly unlikely that I will ever post anything Tony-related in the future. We saw Spamalot this past weekend and had a great time. Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce were very good, but I think Hank Azaria stole the show. Also of note, the audience was a lot less geeky than I expected. Or maybe, I’ve just become relatively more geeky.

Oh, and I stole the headline from Slashdot.

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