...this listing for 40 Years Of The Amazing Spider-Man - *NEW for $20.54.

Why did it win the award for most confusing (nominated, selected, and awarded by me, and I'm not interested in doing any actual research to find anything even worse)? Was it because 11 CDs of Spider-Man comics are listed under Books > Nonfiction Books? No, lots of eBay listings are filed under the wrong category.

No, the problem is that the category is right. It's the title that's wrong. Here's the revised description of this book:

Description (revised)

The Spirit of Islamic Law
Item Specifics - Nonfiction Books
Author: Bernard G. Weiss Category: Law & Government
Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
ISBN: 0820328278
Format: Softcover Condition: New
Publication Year: 2006
Special Attributes: —

And then there follows a great-big splash page that describes the book in detail; and trust me, Spider-Man is not mentioned anywhere on that splash page.

Look, I know it probably costs, like, a dollar to cancel an eBay listing and create another one. But there's just no reason I can see to leave this listing up under such a misleading title. No one who wants The Spirit of Islamic Law will find the book under that title; and anyone looking for 40 Years Of The Amazing Spider-Man is not going to be happy when they open this listing. Amused, perhaps, but not happy: you see, the asking price for this book is half the original price of 40 Years Of The Amazing Spider-Man; and since the CD set is now out of print (drat!), secondary sellers on Amazon are charging $90 and up. $20.54 is a really exciting bargain... and then you find that you're looking at the wrong book.

P.S. And yes, Epee Bill, they have issued this title as well. And since it's in PDF format, it should work on that niche computer platform you prefer (though there are some user comments that indicate problems on Macs, including possible incompatibilities with Mac's built-in PDF reader).

I think my head's going to explode. It can't contain this concept. I must still be asleep, because only in dreams does this make any sense. Opinion Journal (editorial arm of the Wall Street Journal) has a guest editorial by... Pamela Anderson.

...even when you know the show has to be a turkey.

Now the Sci-Fi Channel does some quality shows; but they also make more than their share of turkeys. Their stock in trade seems to be low-budget monster films; and you can usually tell it's a turkey when the name of the film is just the name of the monster. That's almost a sure-fire indicator. Case in point: they're promoting a film called Rottweiler, complete with a dog with metal teeth. It smells like Thanksgiving dinner to me!

So you have to know that their big premier tonight, Mammoth, just has to be a turkey.

But then I keep seeing the ad, which opens with one very serious character saying, "We have an alien-posssessed mammoth on the loose, and if we don't stop it, the government will kill all of us."

And just when you're thinking how this is classically bad, cliched turkey dialog... the other character looks at him, and just bursts out laughing.

It may be a turkey, but at least it knows it's a turkey, and isn't afraid to laugh at itself. That sounds like a lot more fun than, say, Rottweiler.