Soccer Dad

New social arrangments

The Almanac of Miscellaneous Merriment tells of a new way for singles to meet. At speling bes.

Meanwhile Jack's Shack tells of a lovely resort that only accepts people with convictions. No I'm not talking about people with strong beliefs. I mean people convicted of crimes.

The Web site reads like an advertisement for a holiday home.

"Is Bastoy the place for you?" it asks next to photographs of a sunset sparkling off the tranquil waters of the Oslo fjord and horses pulling sleighs over packed snow.

This wooded island could be -- if you are a rapist, a murderer, a drug trafficker or have accepted a large bribe.

(This isn't the same thing as this.)

Jack's Shack also tells of the 250 year old tortoise who just died. No word if it had a hippo as a companion.

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