Not that I'm a fan, but I was surprised to see that foxnews.com wasn't even in the list, but cnn.com was. I'm sure that the popularity of websites differs from that of their cable news shows, but I wouldn't have expected it to differ that much. The CNN icon is clearly visible and Fox doesn't even show up? I can't help but think that might be a mistake.

In Frank Herbert's Dune series, the quasi-religious Bene Gesserit are buried vertically with trees planted directly on top of them to use their bodies as fertilizer. Seems equally pragmatic and poetic to me. I would like to become a tree.

Not to distract from your overall point, which is well taken, but in the interest of fairness and accuracy, I feel I must point out that it was Tonya Harding who sabotaged Nancy Kerrigan.

This comment was clearly written by someone not "trapped in the morass of Silicon Valley" or he'd know that there are very good commuter train services here. http://www.bart.gov/

Uh. You are aware this is an Australian website while Tom's is in the US? They have their own money system and everything there. Check it out: http://www.google.com/search?q=970+australian+dollars+in+us+dollars Thus, "nearly a grand" in gameplayer.com.au money amounts to about $700 in Tom's money. So it's not so far off after all.