I was wondering to myself what posts from 2006 still get significant views. After poking around in the statistics, here is what I found (in order of visits as of May 22nd): pictures of polar bears & mutant beasts from Maine, penis parasites from Grey's Anatomy, Ann Coulter as dashund (I was going to type "weiner dog" but ...), rainbows, shipwrecks that feature cannibalism, clouds, girls playing Tic-Tac-Toe, dumb Americans, and killer wasps. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what the public wants.
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