Subsequently, PublishAmerica apparently found out what was going on and rejected the book, explaining that after having accepted the book for publication based on its high quality someone actually read it and discovered that it sucked.

Oh, that's beautiful. And, of course, I must now buy this book.

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain. Be careful.

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain.

I had to try very hard to stifle my laughter, as my boss was near....

I think I need to buy it too....

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain. Be careful.

Yes. Pain. Soooo much pain. Pain. lol

I have real coffee. this could turn out very badly.

How come we never have goddess circles? ita, Allyson?

I feel so cheated.

I love the idea of a goddess circle with ita, for her goddess would kick ass.

Aww, Lee, next time you're up here, we'll have a goddess circle. I promise.

t /Not here

Let us pick Ishtar as our goddess, and get circling.

I spent the morning catching up on the Scandinavian news and I had to share an English translation of this article from yesterday's Aftenposten newspaper. I wonder if the Bush administration would support efforts like this to support America's declining rural areas?

F**k for the boondocks

Echoing the notorious 'Fuck for Forest' stunt that combined public sex and fundraising for the rain forest, an organization of rural youth are trying to find ways to raise the population in Norway's outlying districts.

The "Fuck for bygda (rural areas/boondocks)" campaign from the Norwegian young farmers league (NBU) is a humorous - yet serious - attempt to focus attention on the exodus from Norway's rural areas, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.

Besides a declining birth rate Norway's outlying districts also see their residents moving to urban areas, and small local schools have begun to disappear.

Six years ago the residents of little Gloppen held a high-profile 'community reproduction effort' in a local gymnasium that embodies the spirit of "Fuck for bygda". The endeavor was a big success according to organizer Per Svein Reed, who told NRK that the school is now "nearly bursting" with kids.

Gloppen's snow-hole project was less of a hit. Gloppen businesses dug out cozy little caves in the mountainside snow and put out hundreds of torches to add to the romantic atmosphere. The effort did not result in a noticeable rise in the local population nine months later.

"Fuck for bygda" will encourage rural youth to get together and reproduce to help maintain their local societies.