Links to sites that amuse,
educate, appall, or just make you wonder
about the large number of people who have too much time on their
hands.
New Selections at the top of the list.
Hats of Meat
After vanishing into the ether, this site is back on the menu. It still has the classics--the Brisket Yarmulke, the Porkpie and the Canadian--and great new additions like the Ham Helmet and the Rib Hoodie.
The Complete Bushisms
Throw away your Bartlett's. Here is a collection of choice phrases from the silver-tongued Shrub himself, collected by Jacob Weisberg of Slate.
http://www.slate.com/id/76886/
Metacritic
Tired of the snotty reviews of Pitchfork? Think the movie critic on your favorite
news site is a moron? Here's a great site that shows you what critics over a
wide range of media wrote about recent CDs, movies, books and television pilots.
Worst Album Covers
Some truly hideous and hilarious album covers.
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/
Bow Wow in Japanese
A wonderful site that plays sound clips of animal sounds recorded
by children around the world.
Play Ball!
Here's just the thing to settle all those bar bets: an award-winning
baseball almanac.
http://baseball-almanac.com/mgrmenu.shtml
Pitchfork and Pitchformula
First read the reviews, then read the analysis and listen to
the perfect Pitchfork songs. Wow, they sound like Death Cab for Cutie.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
http://www.pitchformula.com/
Shakespearean
Insults
If you are tired of calling the far right self-righteous,
smarmy-assed bigots, this site provides a fresh supply of high-toned invective.
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
Letterman's
Top Ten List Archive
Now you can get to bed early and still
check out the Top Ten lists. Searchable by date and subject.
Late
Show List
Artcyclopedia
Searchable by artist, artwork's names, museum or art movement.
A prze-winning site where you can order posters or just right click to get new
wallpaper for your computer.
Frank's
Vinyl Museum
Listen to some truly mind-bending and ear-rending
stuff. Ali and His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay, Sebastian Cabot covering Dylan, Mrs.
Miller covering the Beatles and lots more.
http://franklarosa.com/vinyl/default.jsp?Title=Music%20From%20Hai
Cooking
Light
Not as restrictive as the name implies, just excellent
and varied recipes using sane amounts of fats and meats. You can search by the
name of the dish or by checking off ingredients. There are bulletin boards where
you can swap recipes or join a dinner club. Check out the cooking 101 articles:
how to make a basic stock, rolling your own sushi, cooking Chinese dishes and
a bunch more.
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/home
Powers
of Ten
This site works like the world's most amazing zoom
lens, sweeping from a view of the Milky Way from 10 million light years from the
earth and tightening the focus until you're viewing things at the subatomic level.
Heady stuff and very cool.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Bring Out Your Dead
Find the graves of Jim Morrison, Richie Valens, Dorothy Stratton
and many more in this site. You can also find grave records for the not so famous.
http://www.findagrave.com/
Wayback
Machine
Can't find that site with the dancing hamsters? The
wayback machine resurrects dead sites and links.
http://www.archive.org/
Duct
Tape
It's not broke. It just lacks duct tape. Check out the duct
tape prom dress.
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/
Hoax
busters
Where to look when you get that official-looking
e-mail that tells you to remove files from your computer or you hear the one about
Richard Gere and the gerbil.
http://www.snopes2.com/ulindex.asp
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HoaxBustersHome.html
Lileks.com
A wonderfully designed site with everything from
motel and restaurant postcards from the fifties to baby pictures. Drill through
The Institute of Official Cheer to the Dorcus Collection for fashion tips. Check
out the strange Pin-up art of Art Frahm and the world's worst comics.
http://www.lileks.com/index.html
Updated: April 26, 2007