LITERATURE

• archy and mehitabel -excerpts from Don Marqius' stories of archy (cockroach) and mehitabel (alley cat) adventures in the early 30's. Daily column in the New York Sun. Excellent!

• the archy and mehitabel page -adventures of a cockroach named archy and mehitabel an alley cat, created by Don Marquis in 1916 for the NY Evening Sun

• Letters from the Earth -Mark Twain's controversial piece on christian religion, not published till 1962

• Mark Twain at Large -his travels here and abroad

• Edna St. Vincent Millay -selected poems, nice illustrations

• The Siren -the interesting life of the poet, Edna St. Vincient Millay

• Aesop's Fables -393 fables, online exhibit

• Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors -selected short stories of Zen wisdom

• Bohemian Ink -source for literary information

• Frankensite -Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, in print and on the silver screen

• Transylvania -the legend of Count Dracula

• Grimms' Fairy Tales -multimedia presentation of a collection of early 1800's stories by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

• Dot City -Dorothy Parker's New York City, photos, audio, links, and more

• Atlas Shrugged, the Movie -mini-series of Ayn Rand's book planned for TNT cable TV network

• Truman Capote -a black & white tribute

• Patricia Cornwell -official website for this mystery writer

• Anne Online -realaudio interviews with mystery writer Anne Perry, biography, and links (Heavenly Creatures movie)

• Oprah's Book Club Selections -monthly selection by Oprah with brief reviews

• BookRadio -book reviews in RealAudio over the net

• EveryPoet -archive of world poetry, poetry encyclopedia, resources

• Women of the Word -a salute to women writers, bios, articles

• femaledetective.com -the best in mystery novels and thrillers featuring female investigators

• Hemingway Adventure -Michael Palin's journey to recapture the world of Ernest Hemingway

• The Beat Page -biographies, photos and works of major writers from the Beat Generation

• Gutenberg Digital -Gutenberg Bible, all 1,282 pages digitized, illuminated copies on vellum

• Modern Library -selected 100 best nonfiction books of the century

• BookTV -C-SPAN2 programming, webcasting, video, author chats, on non-fiction books

• Abika -get any book or magazine for free

• The Online Book Page -over 12,000 books available for reading online, organized by title, author, subject, and serial

• Great Books Online -fiction, non-fiction, references, poetry, all free

• Bookface -free online books, discussions, and more

• Bookhive -large depository of online books

SOUNDS

• Wurlitzer Jukebox -museum of jukeboxes, classic ads, all time hits, souvenirs, and current models

• Radio Days:A Soundbite History -sounds of radio from the 20's thru the 50's

• Early Recorded Sound & Wax Cylinders -history, selected old recorded sounds from talk to music

• Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine -vintage music from early 20th century (RealAudio)

• History and Politics Out Loud -archive of audio recordings of politically significant speeches

• Sounds of History -over 200 recordings in this collection of historical events

• Lost and Found Sound -NPR recordings of historical stories (RealPlayer)

• FindSounds -search the web for sound effects and sample sounds

• Bembo's Zoo -fun with the alphabet and animal sounds

• Laura's MIDI Heaven! -over 3000 MIDI music files

• Banjo Midi -classics with banjo

• MIDI Music Short List -to the best MIDI on the net

• Digistream -music portal for listening to all types of music

INTERNET RADIO/VIDEO

• RealGuide -Realaudio/video program listing around the world

• AudioNet -a guide to more radio programming on the internet

• Virtual Tuner -guide to live radio and TV on the internet

• WindowMedia -guide to audio and video on the internet

• StreamBox -guide to streaming video and audio on the internet

• Mike's Radio World -a guide to worldwide radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio

• Radio on the Internet -links to stations around the world

• Police Scanner World -RealAudio live police broadcasts from several major cities in US

• Commercial Archives -sampling of television advertising 1998-1999, picks of the best, uses Realplayer

WEBCAMS

• Live Cam Worldwide -large list of cameras on the net

• FlyOnTheWall -webcam and streaming video portal, spanning the globe

• EarthCam -comprehensive and easily navigated reference directory for locating live video cameras on the Internet

• EarthViews -satellite webcam, day and night views of cities around the world

• KremlinKam -webcam pictures of the Kremlin in Russia, updated every minute

• Loch Ness Live! -from Scotland, can you spot Nessie on the webcam?

• Dealey Plaza Cam -web cam located at the sniper's perch from the 6th floor window of the former Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX

• VolcanoLive -Volcano cams, images, types, travel, much more...great site

• EagleCam -eagle's nest, watch them feed their young, refreshes every 5 seconds

• WolfCam -pictures of wolves den, updated ever 15-30 seconds

• Virtual Yosemite -webcams in Yosemite National Park, live shots from Yosemite Valley

• Wild BearCam -McNeil Falls, Alaska, world's largest gathering of bears

• Messiah Cam -waiting for the return of Jesus on the Mount of Olive in Jerusalem

• CamVu -Webcams from around the world

• Multi-Cultural Recycler -live web art recycled, compiled from web cams

OTHER

• The Postcard Store -send a colorful postcard to a friend on the net for free

• Personality Tests -collection of free online tests

• AllTheTests -take IQ, EQ, career, personality and many more tests online

• Rorschach Inkblot Test -according to my score, I need to see my doctor immediately! :-O

• IQ Test Lab -a 10 minute timed, online IQ test

• ColorQuiz -5 minute personality test using color swatches

• Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks -funny uses of quotation marks

• Logical Fallacies -errors in reasoning, indexed

• Creativity Pool -the flow of ideas both good and questionable

• Banished Words -words that have fallen out of favor, many through overuse

• A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia -many interesting and unusual words

• Murphy's Laws -all the laws of Murphy in one place

• Email Folklore -collection of frequently forwarded email

• Web of Culture -the meaning of body gestures in various countries, more

• Abercrombie and Fitch -photos of models for their new catalog (so what's all the flap about?)

• CowBlog -group web log all about cows

• binLaden -clever animation on the enemy

• Dubya Says... -home of the George W. Bush quotes, humor

• Hillary! -humorous political cartoons of her and husband Bill

• Internal Memos -collection of many corperate memos and internal communication

• Rush Limbaugh Online -humor (if you are a fan of this guy then maybe you don't want to go here)

• Mental Discharge -humorous human stupidity, eccentricity, perversion, and insanity

• Cybernetic Poet -bring out the poet in you, poetry generator

• International Chindogu Society -weird tools, useless but clever inventions

• Fantasy Stock Market -play the stock market with imaginary money using real information, company reports, trends, and charts

• EduStock -what the stock market is, how to invest, a simulation in realtime

• The Motley Fool -investment advice, stocks and bonds

• Economist -World business, finance, market, science, technology, arts, more

• The Power Fifty -50 most powerful women in business today, Fortune magazine

• America's Most Admired Companies -Fortune magazine's list of the top 10 and bottom 10 companies, and other interesting information

• Forbes 400 Richest Americans -1996 to present, with many more statistics

• ESPNET SportsZone -current sports news and scores

• CNN/SI -the ultimate address for sports news, from CNN and Sports Illustrated

• Find-A-Grave -alphabetical and geographical listing of noteworthy people

• City of the Silent -post-mortem pages, sites, booklist, history of cemeteries

• Dead or Alive -large list of famous and semi-famous who have died

• DirtNap -photo essay of cemetery and graveyard statuary

• Wills on the Web -Last Will and Testaments of famous and historical figures

• The Ghoul Pool -predictions for celebrity deaths

• Celebrity Morgue -dead celebrities, photos from the crime scenes and death beds with details of their deaths

• The Los Angeles Grim Society -celebrities grave sites, maps and photos, chat room, and more

• CourtTV Wills -wills of famous people

• Last Words -collection of last words, epitaphs, obituaries, farewells, and last stands

• Road Side Memorials -a photographic documentary of memorials created along highways of those lost in travel related accidents

• PlaneCrashInfo -aircraft accident database, famous people killed, pictures, and more

• The Ultimate Christmas Site -all things pertaining to Christmas, good site

• Christmas Freebies -free samples, cards, software and more

• Wildfire! -Canadian Wildfire Network, forest fire news, pictures, stories, etc., also including extensive aviation links, excellent webpage design!

• glassdog! -beautiful personal homepage with flair

• The Dumb -incredibily dumb laws, criminals, acts, facts, and warnings

• Dumb Laws -humorous laws from around the world

• Royal Scandals -history of how Kings and Queens make quite a mess of things

• Stupid Laws -senseless laws still on the records, state by state

• Bonehead of the Day Award -documented stories of dumb things people have said and done

• Ye Olde English Sayings -origins of words and phrases used today

• GOD.com -believers on the internet, AltaVista returned 683,643 documents for the word "sex" and 1,772,945 for the word "God"

• Christian Mystics -monthly ezine of traditional and contemporary thought

• King Features Syndicate -newspaper cartoons, columns, games, and more

• The Ultimate Martha Stewart Collection -living parody, photos, odditorium, fans, and more

• Ultimate Etiquette and Manners Resource Page -for all situations

• Jesse's Word of the Day -history of various phrases

• Dear Abby -official Abby advice site

• Disgruntled Housewife -humorous look at the modern woman

• HerSalon -Cyber Themepark for women

• Theodote's House of Rhetoric -stories of women who overcame shady pasts to achieve politcal or social influence

• Hissyfit -what ticks off Wing Chun, can you find an issue here that ticks you off?

• DreamStop -analyze your dreams, find out about other peoples dreams, journals

• ebay Treasures -one person's trash is another's treasure, unsual items listed on ebay

• Culture-Jammers -encyclopedia of hoaxes and pranks

• Official Darwin Awards -evolution in action, humor people stories

• May the Chad be with You... -great political cartoons from newspapers around the country

• 3bp -funny and odd headlines, pictures and video clips from around the world

• First Electronic Church of America -we are one because we are linked together electronically

  Unholy Roller -a 1971 Cadillac hearse modified to look like a mobile Gothic carthedral...you got to see this one!

• Freaky Links -paranormal happenings, you got to see this one!

• Strange Vending Machines -unusual things that have been sold from vending machines

• Amused.com -got time to waste?...spend it here

• What a View! -outhouses across America, photos

• Interview with a Search Engine -Ask Jeeves satire, a journalist holds a natural language conversation with Jeeves

• Crumpled Papers -coffee break inspiration on all manner of things

• Spark -exploring electronic consciousness

• Journal E -real stories and real photos from planet earth

• Barnum's Kaleidoscape -Barnum and Bailey circus experience

• The Googie Page -roadside peek at the architecture and signage of the 50's and 60's

• Taco Bell Dog -official site of Dinky the Chihuahua dog, sound and video clips, and more

• Duct Tape on the Web -holding your world together with duct tape, guide to the ultimate power tool

• International Museum of Toilets -what you always wanted to know about toilets

• Billboard Liberation Front -encouraging masses to commandeer existing media and alter it to their own design

• Kodak PhotoQuilt -add your own photo and story, PhotoQuilt Project 2000

• French Silk Scarves -history of silk, tutorials on tieing

• Art Faux's Fine Art Gallery -political satire using head shots pasted into fine art

• Madame Gabrielle's Astrology -listen to horoscopes in RealAudio format

• Ask Sister Rossetta -tongue 'n cheek advise straight from the Bible

• Martha's Religious Humor Page -number of the beast and other jokes

• Ship of Fools -a humorous look into Christianity

• Most Popular 100 Internet Search Words -no comment!

• Stormi -ragtime music, 19th Century Victorian courtship, send electronic cards, and more

• Ambit -entertaining site with varied content and links

• Vot Der Dumboozle? -a nostalgic look at some long-lost relics of popular culture

• Urban Legends Reference Page -circulating email story hoaxes

• Sweet Fancy Moses -daily journal of wit, fiction, poetry, short stories, novel excerpts

• It's All in the Head - restroom graffiti around the U.S.

• Kooks Museum -crackpots and kooks, and their theories

• Jesus of the Week -paintings and drawings of the Man with clever comments

• Bureau of Missing Socks -need help finding that missing sock?

• Wacky News -weird news from around the world

• Weird News -weekly, weird but true news from around the globe

• Wacky Uses -uses and facts on hundreds of well-known products

• Absolute Trivia -totally trivia search engine, more than 5,000 facts, updated daily

• Land O'Useless Facts -interesting and entertaining, submit your own

• Popular Urban Legends -hoaxes of all types

• The Phobia List -complete list of phobias with definitions

• Useless Knowledge -a most useful site of useless knowledge

• Useless Information -over 60 true stories to choose from

• Web Yachtzee -play online

• Yahoo Games -play games online, with others or alone

• Spades -free card game online

• The Physics of Pool -the nitty gritty of playing the game of Pool

• Jim Rose Traveling Circus Sideshow -freaks and more, bazaar but interesting site

• Joe's Freak Show -carnival sideshow freaks, banners, burlesque, and more

• Bizarre! -all the news that's twisted to fit

• Bigfoot -fact or fastasy?, history, film, conclusions

• The Skeptic's Dictionary -guide for the new millennium, definitions on the occult, paranormal, supernatural, and pseudo-scientific ideas and practices

• Cropcircles -online entertainment magazine

• Catalog Mart -10,000 free catalogs on many topics

• ZD Net University -online computer courses for a small fee

• The Mall of Catalogs -Many catalogs for free from many sources...order catalogs online

• Burma Shave Slogans -not much of a looker, but lists slogans seen along America's highways from 1927 to 1963

• The Onion -online magazine, satire on american politics and beliefs

• Salon -great online magazine of news and interesting articles

• Crackerbox Palace -commentary, art, links, and more, nice page

• Chinese Horoscopes -history, interpretations of the 12 signs

• What's in Your Name -analysis of first names

• Book of Famous Quotes -quotes from well known personalities through time

• FAQ Finder -frequently asked questions about many subjects

• The Ultimate Crash Site -fatal air crash videos, audio, and cockpit transcripts, voice recordings

• The Virtual Bar -huge drink database, tips, games, music, and more

• License Plates of the World -photos and historical notes

• Vanity License Plates -what does that mean, personal stories behind the plates

• Museum of Unnatural Mystery -slightly bizarre science

• Lost in the Translation -a collection of mangled English from around the world

• BioWEB -chart your biorhythm on the web, also shareware program for off-line charting

• Keirsy Temperament Sorter -find out your personality type by taking this test (long)

• Facade -Tarot cards, Runes, Biorhythms, I-Ching readings on the web

• Mental Relativity -foundations of self-awareness, articles, illustrations, and more

• Timothy Leary -the LSD guru's official homepage

• Whole Moon Page -a very nice page devoted to all things about the Moon

• Old Farmers Almanac -long range weather forecasts by region, moon phases, and more