Wet Spots

· Italian government approves 25% "porn tax" to help pay for "family-friendly policies like tax breaks on babysitters (and) handouts to families that have babies"; why do we feel there are more than a few lawmakers here in the US who are watching this story very, very closely? (ansa.it)

· AVN looks at the recent spate of porn documentaries on the Sundance Channel, including one which made the startling claim that "60 gallons of semen are ejaculated for the cameras every year" in the US porn industry. We just feel bad for the poor research assistant whose job it was to come up with that figure. (avn.com)

· The peek-a-boo action on this page isn't anything you haven't seen at a tacky souvenir shop in the form of a novelty pen or heat-activated coffee mug—but standards-compliant code gets us horny, and this features strict CSS and XHTML! Excuse us for a moment while we take the laptop into the bathroom and, uh, "view source". (biocandy.dk, via OOKEE) - J. West

· Fleshbot crush object Eva Angelina to retire from porn and join the Navy; readies self for several years of fielding cracks about still being surrounded by seamen. (contactpornstars.blogs.com - thanks D.; more on Eva's career history here and here)

· You wouldn't think that a student-written sex column in a college newspaper would engender much controvery in this day and age ... unless you're talking about Alabama, that is, in which case it apparently has. (ledger-enquirer.com)

· This just in from our friends at Flaunting It: "As a workaround to the 2257 laws, all future erotic photography will be of flowers and plants." (And let's not forget the fruits!) (pbase.com, via Flaunting It)

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