We don't vacation enough

According to an article in forbes.com, Americans get an average of 14 days of vacation time per year compared to 24 days for the Brits and 26 days for the Germans. And of the 4,100 people surveyed 35% leave an average of 3 days on the table at the end of the year. All this means that we, as Americans are either stupid or not as lazy as most people think. Here are a couple of reasons to take advantage of your vacation days. First, you take it because you can. If they didn't want to give you 14 days of vacation each year they wouldn't. Save those three left over days when you need to get drunk or you've got a chance to go to some concert or titty bar you've always wanted to see. Second, you take vacation because you can't find a reason to go to work. I'm still waiting for my long-term, yet curable illness to hit so I can be out of work. But it's the kind you have to do lots of physical therapy like, oh I don't know...golf. The kind of illness that I recover from yet still need full retirement benefits.

In case you're wondering, that's a picture of Jessica Alba from one of her good sides. Imagine that vacation--except mine includes a leash, handcuffs, and a ball gag. Dare to dream, gentlemen. Dare to dream.