An oldie but a goodie

I have a whackload of links sitting around, so instead of trying to make sense of them, it's time for everybody's favourite List of Links!

• Apparently, the web is only 1% porn. It leaves us with a couple of questions though:
  
  • Isn't this number a bit low?
  • Who got paid to go through every website to determine if they were "sexually explicit"
  
  
• A bunch of kill-joys who happen to work for MI-6 explain that their work isn't quite as glamourous as teh James Bond films would have you believe. What's next, pro wrestling is fixed? (On the bright side, Q is actually a real person.)


• Time released a list of the All-TIME 100 Albums. Most notable on this list is their willingness to include compilations for artists instead of choosing a particular album. That's one thing that I always agreed with when it came to "essential album" lists. Sometimes an artist is important to include (like Elvis) but has no standout album to include. So kudos to Time for thinking outside the box, so to speak.


• An example of what bothers me with some baseball writers:
  

  "Who would you rather have?" the exec asks. "Thomas or (Carlos) Delgado?"

  
  (Okay this is coming from an unnamed baseball executive, but the general point still stands.)
  Of course the Blue Jays would rather have Carlos Delgado over Frank Thomas. But Carlos Delgado was not available to the Jays this off-season. When he was available to the Jays, they could not afford to pay him what he wanted. If you want to make a comparison of Carlos Delagdo to, say, Frank Catalanotto, then make it. But leave Delgado out of it.


• 'Tis a sad day in Vegas when slot makers aren't looking for a way to make a 1 vs. 100 slot machine.


• Coming soon to Victoria, BC - the open urinal, which rises from the ground.


• Make sure you read the eBay auction carefully before placing a bid.


• Just what I expect from my politicians - a public discussion about the benefits of wearing silk.


• You know, I will watch almost any game show at least once, but this is a bit much for me even.


• In what I wish was more than just specuation, David McKee notes that the Sirens of TI will reduce their shows during the winter and even go dark for about a month. From there, he speculates that the Sirens could possibly not be long for this world.


• Finally, a position that I hearby endorse completely: Pink Slip Sam.