The other day, I mentioned (but did not watch) the Fox special “101 Things Removed from the Human Body.”

Today, I have twenty-six search requests for pictures from the special in my referrer logs. That’s twenty-six people who wanted pictures (or one person who, let’s face it, would therefore be a little obssessed). My favorite version of the requests, which are all otherwise pretty similar, is “101 things removed from the human body anchor”. While it’s possible that this refers to an anchorperson who hosted or reported on the special, I suspect the explanation here is a bit more nautical in nature — opening up frightening possibilities that this is also somehow connected with all pirate pornography requests I get every week.

There’s also a search request today for “in a man’s stomach”, although I don’t think I want to know how a man gets an anchor into his stomach in the first place. What I would like, however, is to welcome those of you who are here by mistake — who thought I could in any way tell you about the special, much less a “rare tolkien cover misprint” or that perennial favorite “the best bland long hair vagina gallery” — to leave a comment anyway and say hi.

Unless, of course, you really are just one person who searched twenty-six (or -seven) times. Then you probably ought to turn off the computer and get out a little more.

About seventy-five percent of the e-mail I get every day is spam. And, time travellers notwithstanding, most of it is exceptionally stupid and dull and more than a little pornographic. And yet, despite the praise of what I consider some fairly reliable sources, I’ve still been a little hesitant to try Knowspam‘s free trial. Today, I’m putting it to the test. So, if you send me an e-mail (and you’re encouraged to do so), you’ll be asked to quickly and painlessly prove you’re human by answering a simple question online if I haven’t already added your address to my list of good senders.

As I’ve noted only recently, I get a number of strange search referrals every day. This is due, in no small part, to the lack of finesse some people bring to their search engine requests, and it usually ends up being quite amusing. Yesterday, for instance, saw requests for a “floating head of death”, “photographs of monkeys masturbating”, the “effect of great depression on american dream”, “sermons on aliens”, and the “the appeal of monty python”. Sadly, no “crossdressing Veronica Lake” just yet — although rest assured, Nyssa, the chances of that happening just get a whole lot better.

But, speaking of the appeal of Monty Python…I was very unexpectedly interviewed once again by BBC Radio earlier this evening. This mp3 is about three times as large as the last one at 8.72 MB, and they understandably spoke more with guest Martin Lewis than with me (he has, after all, met and worked with the Pythons), but it was again a lot of fun.

I suspect I’ll be genuinely disappointed if they don’t call me again in another two months.