Google local

Just tried the new Google local search, which is still in beta. It was smart enough to see that I am from Germany (everything was in German), but it failed to give me any results for pizza in Frankfurt (or Germany in general), which is a shame, because I know of at least 2 pizza places right around the corner. 🙂

Trackback added

I have added Trackback now, see if that is of much use…
And I also added a counter (invisible – I don’t want anyone to see the desastrous low number of visits).

False story alert: Women in Germany probably not being forced into prostitution by welfare state

OK, I am relieved to read: False story alert: Women in Germany probably not being forced into prostitution by welfare state.
I have not read or seen anything on the German news to confirm this story about women having to take up jobs at a brothel in order to not loose their benefits, either. And with Alison’s research result I do think the telegraph story was wrong.

Musings

Sometimes I really wonder what people think they need to tell the community. Over at Musings, the guy let’s everyone know about the last 10 songs played on his iPod…

Off Topic

Even though I think it was a good move to change the law, in order to let those already working in brothels benefit from our social security system, I have to say it completely backfired. If it’s true what the Telegraphwrites.