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Profile of a suicide bomber - Cartoon

Absinthe:The liquor so notorious it was banned in 38 countries.

Looking for environments to confront your moral ambivalence? Try these on for size. ( Source)

(Warning: adults only for some of the first batch below.) Your hotness may vary.

Naughty

  • Susie Bright’s Site – The reigning Ms Manners of the Jack & Jill-off Set.
  • Cranks galore – Crank.net chronicles the “cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons” of the Net. Did we leave anyone out?
  • Erotic Art Webring – It’s amazing what the human imagination can come up with.
  • Nigerian Money Scams – More than you ever wanted to know about the story behind those emails and faxes promising riches.
  • ASSR – If the Internet has done nothing else, it has unleashed a never-ending wave of amateur dirty fiction. God help us.
  • Spain Rodriguez - This ought to go under the Art heading, but the erotic quotient lands it here. One of the comix greats.
  • Girdlebound.com - This site is positioned halfway between being an online girdle shop and a girdle-fetish site. Impressive retro feel to it all.
  • Spank You Very Much - The Unofficial Assville Netring of mostly non-commercial amatuer spanko sites. Tsk tsk.
  • Comic Book Bondage Cover of the Day – Who comes up with these ideas? Extensive archive of vintage comic book covers, though calling it “bondage” is stretching it, in some cases.
  • The Realist Archive Project – Holy smokes! Scans of the complete run of Paul Krassner’s groundbreaking underground magazine, The Realist, are going online at the rate of four per month. Now, when will someone get around to doing that with New Left Notes, the old SDS

Nice

  • MacSurfer’s Headline News – The top site to keep up with Macintosh-related news: links and headlines from all other Mac news sites.
  • PhilipKDick.Com – Once upon a time, he was just a S.F. cult author. Now he’s the most influential S.F. writer of our era.
  • Kinks Site – Dave Emlen’s “unofficial” site devoted to one of the all-time greatest British rock bands.
  • Grand Lodge of California – Ignore the conspiracy theories. Freemasonry is a great fraternal organization, worthy of investigation. Here’s one place to begin. And here’s the outstanding Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website. An incredible collection of info.
  • Masonicinfo.com – On second thought, don’t ignore the conspiracy theories. Dissect and refute them.
  • Bird On a Wire – The Leonard Cohen Home Page. Well, not his home page, mind you, but lyrics, interviews, and more.
  • Beyond the Pale – Procol Harum is another timeless band that continues to make exemplary music. A knockout site for fans.
  • The Daily Grail – Alternative history, new & fringe science, updated daily links to obscure news.
  • Athletics Nation – Premiere gonzo Oakland A’s fan blog and board. Good supplement to the official A’s site.
  • David Perdue’s Charles Dickens Page – Good looking, well organized, info-loaded site on my favorite Victorian writer.
  • Absinthe, It’s Time for Change – Well, the prices are ridiculous, but the bottles look great.
  • GasBuddy – This site rocks if you want to track down the cheapest gas in your area.
  • Turkey Photos – A selection of photos of Turkey, past and present, from the Turkish community site wowturkey.com.
  • Cats That Look Like Hitler – Kind of sweet in a sick kind of way. Not sure if this is nice or naughty, but the cats are cute.
  • 60s Garage Bands – Mega-source for interviews, pictures, and more on the golden era of garage bands.
  • Beyond the Beat Generation – Slightly misleading name for a cool site with 24/7 streaming radio of obscure garage and psychedelic bands from 1964-1968.
  • Comics Curmudgeon – Ongoing commentary on the sorry fodder we have to put up with for daily comic strips these days. A scathing romp!
  • Snopes – Vast and stellar site investigating and debunking Urban Legends. The Internet at its best.

Word of Mouth, and How to Get It : TP Wire Service