These are the Links that
Carrie Hoffman Recommends:
People I Know
Rusty Spell Dot Com - the homepage of the boy who makes candy fall from the sky, linking you to his eight million projects and interests.
PiaZE Dot Com for Pia-ness: stories, thoughts on books, crows, et cetera. You'll love my big sister, if you don't already.
Quaggas.com- The webpage of Noby Nobriga, the manliest of men. Now he lives in Hattiesburg.
Kim Chinquee - Kim Chinquee's bliggidy-blog, the place to find out what Kim's publishing.
Lunchbot - Your cafeteria tray talks back to you, in robot form. Read about the life of Mr Jason B. Bell.
The Bleeding Heart Show - Neola pie.
Confessions of a Southern Yankee - the man with a letter for a first name talks about crawfish, buggies, and more.
La Mama - the wife of the Southern Yankee discusses domestic life.
Our Own Rooney - Mary Todd Lincoln updates you about the process of adopting an Ethiopian child, and more.
Art Pages
Loretta Lux's photography, so gorgeous I can't bear it.
Picture Stories - photos and stories by Frederick Barthelme.
My guys - the art of Meredith Dittmar
Ephemera Now - for ads from the 1950s. Cool art, charming stuff.
Secret Fun Spot -lots of fun retro memorabilia.
Images of 19th Century Albinism - sepia-toned photos of publicly exhibited albinos from the 19th century.
Typewriter Museum - the sexiest museum of old images involving secretaries and typewriters.
Post Mortem Photography - pictures that interest me for some morbid reason.
Hand Shadows to be Thrown Upon the Wall - an illustrated book from 1859 that includes "A series of novel and amusing figures formed by the hand."
Literature Pages
Alice's Adventures Underground - the manuscript of Lewis Carroll's precursor to Alice in Wonderland.
Pindeldyboz - a lovely journal, available online and in print.
Mississippi Review - the best prize competition in the world of literary journals.
Entertainment Pages
Conan O'Brien - maybe one day we will know why he had a baby with his wife instead of me.
Mitch Fatel Dot Com - I saw this comic live in New York City and he charmed me.
We Like Media - click weekly for movie pre-judgements.
Fun Pages
Boing Boing - I stole a lot of these links from there.
Hollywood is Calling - hire C-list celebrities to call your friends and family on their birthdays.
The Gender Genie will tell you if your writing is male or female.
Disturbing Auctions Daily - updated links to the most disturbing auctions on the internet phenomenon known as "E-Bay."
Postal Experiments - a group of people who had fun seeing what the U.S. postal service would actually mail.
Tall or Not - see how your height compares to that of famous people.
Useful Pages
Babelfish - free translation if you're forced to take a language class.
Official U.S. Time - click your time zone and learn.
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine - travel back in time and see websites that no longer exist...or see how your favorite sites used to look.
Visual Thesaurus - the visual way to find synonyms and antonyms.
MSN Calendar - designed by my brother for your busy schedule.
Google - beloved. You know what to do here.
The Circle:
Maud Newton's Blog - for literary links and news on important writers like Pia Z. Ehrhardt and Stephany Aulenback.
Claire Zulkey's diary - always funny, with lovely interviews every Friday.
The Ludic Log - the blog of a man I call "Leonard."
Kerouac Says - the blog of Louella.
Claudiaweb - Claudia Smith's page for stories and fanciness.
