the happiest place on earth (no, not Tijuana)
screw Canada, let's everyone move to the land of Guinness! from the Guardian via Salon.com:
Ireland is easily the best country in the world to inhabit, according to a quality-of-life survey that relegates Britain to a second-division ranking. The ambitious attempt to compare happiness around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction.
The index of 111 states, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit and released Wednesday, combines data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality and what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life."
Displayed on a notional scale of one to 10, rain-washed Ireland emerges with a gleaming top score of 8.33, well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which manages 8.07.
i think i'm starting to see it: lush, verdant landscapes, potatoes 36 ways, leprechauns delivering your mail....paradise. for the record, the US ranked 13th.
happy in life, happy in death
Comments
Is the guy in the coffin a cousin? Those eyebrows (or lack thereof) are a dead giveaway.
Posted by: jake | November 19, 2004 01:58 PM
not that i'm aware of. just some random picture from that there wyrld wyde wyb.
Posted by: jamie | November 19, 2004 02:53 PM
He looks like Bill Clinton. I spent Friday up in Mass working on an exhumation/autopsy so it was really weird just now to see this pic on your site. Bizarro and sad story, I'll tell you about it if you're interested...
I'm SO up for moving to Ireland.
Posted by: Claire | November 22, 2004 12:12 AM