More Fun Websites

Some sites are both fun and functional. Movie websites certainly fall into this category. I use Rotten Tomatoes (www.rottentomatoes.com) all the time to get a good idea about which movies are worth seeing. It aggregates scores of professional reviews to determine a movie's freshness or rottenness rating. I've found it a more reliable source than the individual opinion of my local newspaper's staff writer. In the same vein I love the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com). You can find comprehensive information about almost any movie or television show ever made. Of course there's also Apple's movie trailer site but I don't need to tell you about that one.

I heard a rumor that if you look up "satire" on dictionary.com a picture of "The Onion" shows up (www.theonion.com). Steve Martin titled one of his albums "Comedy is Not Pretty." Indeed it's not. The Onion is strong comedy it will bring tears to your eyes, but sometimes you may feel like you need to scrub off the offending oils. Nevertheless, when they nail an article, you're on the floor again.

Yahoo! News posts a fun news site in conjunction with Reuters called Oddly Enough (news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=573&/). It's quite amusing, and it's different from The Onion in that all of the news articles are true.

Well, I've had about as much fun as I can handle writing this month's newsletter. I've pushed myself well past "The Far Side Effect" and need to recuperate. But just in case your tolerance for fun is greater than mine I'll leave you with a few links to completely random fun sites that you might enjoy. If you come across any more fun sites let me know I'll check them out once I get up off the floor.

Political fun: www.jibjab.com

Amateur film fun: www.savethewheel.com/melville

Weird RISD kid fun: www.tomthinks.com - (www.tomthinks.com/liveaction.php)

Video Clip Fun: www.stupidvideos.com

Urban Legend Fun: www.snopes.com - check out www.snopes.com/humor/lists/insurance.asp