Links for today

• This Bible You Sold Me Is Clearly Defective, And I'd Like To Return It, Please; (McSweeney's, via kottke.org)
• Call Centre Confidential tells us how to deal with spam phone calls, but in the absence of a permalink, I issue a quotation below: (Call Centre Confidential)

There's a sure-fire manner of dealing with unwanted telesales calls. It works and comes free with this master-class. Until the next lesson, I want you to practice the following approach in front of a mirror:

1) Listen politely and wait for a pause...
2) Say politely: "Thanks for telling me about that (name). It sounds really good. Goodbye."
3) Put down the phone.
4) Continue watching Bargain Hunt.

The adviser will be so confused ("were they interested or not?") that they will make sure you are never called again.

• A wonderful compare and contrast exercise on Daily Mail front covers! (Pete Ashton, via Wherever You Are) (Here's a link to Wherever You Are)
• Is Russia inching back towards dictatorship? (Economist)