posting for the sake of posting

It's been too long since I've posted something. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I'm definitely going to sit down tomorrow and post something. But for now,,,

here’s something that I’ve noticed for a long time and have always found amusing. If you go to the New York Times website and scroll about halfway down the page, you’ll see three tabbed lists on the right side of the page.

The first one lists the 10 most e-mailed articles on the website.

The second one lists the 10 most blogged about articles on the website.

And the third one lists the 10 most popular search terms used on the website.

The lists are fairly current. They change every day, I’m not sure how often they reset the count, but the lists change daily. They usually change during the day as well.

The search terms usually relate to some popular current event or issue, for example some of the top 10 search terms at this moment are: immigration, china, google, college, iraq, india, and energy. But no matter what is going on in the world, one particular search term is always at or near the top of the list.

"Sex."

"Sex" once held the top spot for several months in a row. When the Dow first broke $13,000, "Sex" was the number one search term. After the Virginia Tech shooting, "Sex" was the number one search term. And after the first round of Presidential debates, "Sex" still held onto that top spot.

"Immigration" is at the top right now, with "Sex" hanging back in second place. I wonder how long it'll be until "Sex" snatches up that top spot again. (P.Inc.)