Living in a Box

*Representatives of about 300 Islamic madrassa schools meeting in New Delhi decided that Muslims could not buy health insurance because the Quran forbids gambling (!) They do say they will continue to "explore" ways of reconciling Sharia law with health care financing...

* When Albert Einstein was getting estranged from his wife, Mileva Maric, he proposed a "contract" in which they could continue to live together under certain conditions:
a) You will make sure
1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
b) You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons…“you will stop talking to me if I request it.”
And he vowed, “In return, I assure you of proper comportment on my part, such as I would exercise to any woman as a stranger.”