At least it is to me. Your mileage will vary, as if I care.

The Obscure Store and Reading Room

Daily Stuff

• Freedom Forum - Freedom of speech and press issues.
• internet.com - Real-time Internet news and resources.
• Techsightings - Daily reviews of high-tech sites.
• Animated GIF of the Day
• Cartoon of the Day
• Cruel Site of the Day
• Dog Site of the Day

Tasty Bits from the Technology Front

WebFringe

Pokey the Penguin

One of the strangest cartoons on the web.

Slow Wave

Another strange cartoon based on dreams.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Another nugget for my cartoon fixation this week.

The Weird Places

What it says.

Ten Alternative Sites the Mainstream Media Doesn't Want You To See

From the NetEffects column of the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

• Flabjab - Ad busting and cultural commentary.
• The Fray - Important stories told "compellingly."
• Ditherati - Silly quotes from the big boys.
• Tabloid - Hunter S. Thompson-esque stuff.
• The Drudge Retort - An antidote to the Drudge Report.
• Harry Shearer - Funny guy.
• Simpleton - Funny stuff from Tim Cavanaugh.
• Stating the Obvious - Tech news.
• The Media Culture Review - Non-web alternative press info.
• Decipher. - More ad busting.

Verbivore

The linguistic site of Richard Lederer, a purveyor of puns and other grammatical crimes against the commonwealth.

The Underground Grammarian

A site dedicated to preserving the books and newsletters of Richard Mitchell, the underground grammarian and a curmudgeon extrordinaire.

Antics and Mayhem Page

Learn how to blow things up real good.

The Onion

Satirical stories that aren't quite true.

Cult Film Site

Everything you want to know about the true classics of cinema, i.e. the plots, who's in them, and how to get them. Trade in "Citizen Kane" for "Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend" and you'll never look back.

BRETTnews

More wiseassery.

BOFH

What being a sysadmin is all about.

YMMV

A daily zine with "all the dirt that the corporate trade journals are loathe to cover for fear of upsetting their advertisers."

Virtual Museum of Computing

All the good stuff concerning the history of computing.

Web Tools Review

An entertaining site about such things put together by Philip Greenspun of "Travels with Samantha" fame.

Etext Archives

An archive established in 1992 to save electronic texts ranging from "the sacred to the profane", although most of them are more than a wee bit on the cranky side.

AMS Journals Online

Online hypertext and PDF versions of JPO, BAMS, etc.

Advanced Book Exchange

Spiffying marvey online index of over 50 used book stores from around the galaxy.

Slashdot.Org

A daily round of spiffing good news about the decline and fall of microshaft and its satanic leader.

Suck

An invigorating daily dose of wiseass cynicism.

Smug

Another four-letter "S" word just brimming with promise.

Fitschaced

The online magazine that gives society a boot to the head. Don't go here expecting warm and fuzzies.

FringeWare

Stuff from the nooks and crannies comprising the fringe.

Negativland

Adbusters

Culture jamming at its finest.

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

A hypertext version of Brewer's 1894 edition. Pure browsing pleasure. It can also be searched. One of the many offerings of the fine folks at Bibliomania.

The On-Line Books Page

The largest and best index of books available on-line. You can search or browse by author, title or subject. There's also a new book listings section.

The Secret History of the United States

All the nasty poop scraped of the soft, white underbelly of recent U.S. history.