] Finally, instead of dissembling behind ambiguous notions
] of Gallic joie de vivre, someone in this leisurely land
] has declared outright that the French should eschew the
] Anglo-Saxon work ethic and openly embrace sloth.
]
] Corinne Maier, the author of "Bonjour Paresse," a sort of
] slacker manifesto whose title translates as "Hello
] Laziness," has become a countercultural heroine almost
] overnight by encouraging the country's workers to adopt
] her strategy of "active disengagement" -- calculated
] loafing -- to escape the horrors of disinterested
] endeavor.

[ My hero! ;) -k]