Links

For when you've had enough of this place.

Humor

Laugh already, willya?

• Avant News
  Deadpan satire from plausible futures.
• The Joy of Tech!
• Alien Loves Predator
  Two aliens + one apartment + NYC = outrageously funny stuff.
• VGCats
• Twisted Kaiju Theater
  Because poop jokes are funnier when they're said by tiny plastic Godzilla toys.
• Count Your Sheep
  A tale about a mother, a daughter, and their sleeping aid.
• Bitter Waitress
  True tales of terrible tippers.
• Computer Stupidities
• Baby's Named A Bad, Bad Thing
  Child abuse isn't always physical.
• Jesus' General
• Lileks.com
  Looking at the nostalgic past with a cynical eye.
• Acts of Gord
  Hypnotically lyrical tales from a video game store.

Entertainment

Movies, books, and all that jazz (jazz not included).

• Rotten Tomatoes
  Movie and game reviews.
• Luxo
  A blog dedicated to Pixar Animation Studios.
• Upcoming Pixar
  Because you can never have too much Pixar goodness.
• UltimateDisney.com
  If it's a DVD and even slightly Disney-related, it's listed here.
• Watchmen Annotations
  A guide to the subtle touches of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' groundbreaking graphic novel.
• Jim Hill Media
  Gossip-mongering from the Mouse House.
• All the Rage
  Gossip-mongering from the world of comics.
• The Brothers Brick
  A showcase for the most creative Lego creations around.
• The Life of Reilly
  A detailed look at Marvel Comics' Spider-Man "Clone Saga" fiasco.

Transformers

Because you can take the fan out of Transfandom, but you can't take the Transfandom out of the fan.

• TFU.info
  The one-stop reference for every Transformers toy ever made.
• BWTF
  The granddaddy website of the modern Transformers revival.
• TFArchive.com
• TFormers.com

News, Politics, and Current Events

None of that fluffy "infotainment" crap here.

• Think Progress
• Daily Kos
• Newshounds
  Watching Fox news -- so you don't have to.
• Democratic Underground
  Home of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots (updated Mondays).
• Fark.com
  It's not news, it's fark.
• Pre$$titutes
  Tracking the media whores.

Geekery

Five nines of geekdom.

• MacSurfer's Headline News
  If it happens in the Mac world, you'll find it here.
• Ars Technica
• Engadget
  Your daily dose of nerd toy news.
• Daring Fireball
• InterfaceLIFT
  Pimp your GUI.
• As the Apple Turns
• AtariProtos.com
  Rare, incomplete, and unreleased Atari games and gear.
• System47
  Wicked cool screen saver turns your computer into a Star Trek LCARS display
• Strat Wars
  Another cool geek screen saver; stage 3D space battles, then make your own ships and scenarios.

References

This ain't your father's encyclopedia.

• Wikipedia
• Media Matters for America
  The right-wing media watchdog.
• Godchecker
  A factually flippant one-stop reference to the myriad of gods in world mythology.
• Open Secrets
  Who owns your Congresscritter?
• The Memory Hole
  All the stuff that people want you to forget.
• The Acts of the Democracies
  How the democratic countries of the world violate their own standards in their dealings with other nations.
• Propaganda Critic

Grab Bag

• The Straight Dope
  Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 (It's taking longer than we thought)
• Memepool
  Random stuff from the collective unconsciousness.
• Fazed.net
  More random stuff from the collective unconsciousness.
• PeterDavid.net
• Wil Wheaton dot Net
  Wesley blogs!
• The Dilbert Blog
  Scott Adams' assorted musings.
• Tales of Future Past
  Predictions for the future that never came.
• The Hacker's Diet
  The free, no-gimmick, no-hassle, guaranteed effective math-based approach to weight control.