Summer may be over but that doesn't mean Mark's Reading Club has to end!
Get ready to be amazed at the power of the Internet, be reunited with old TV friends, mock elected leaders and laugh until your sides ache. Can I back that up? Check these out:
• I would like to see cubicles decorated a little bit differently begining tomorrow. All you need is a picture of your favorite person - politician, corporate leader, relative - on your desk top and then you can make an actual Old West wanted poster of him or/and her. Give it a try! Make a Wanted Poster of Anyone!
• Maybe you have one of those refrigerator magnet sets at home with all different words that allows you to make up goofy sentences. Well, here is the Internet version featuring the speeches of the guy NOT very high on my list these days: President Bush! George Bush Build-A-Speech
• Here's a new addictive site to keep you busy until the wee hours of the morning: TVObscurities.Com. Sure, there are loads of websites devoted to good shows that lasted seasons and seasons - but where are the sites devoted to short-lived shows like "It's About Time" or "The Girl From Uncle?" Did you even remember the "Ferris Bueller" spin-off? Go here: TV Obscurities
Here is a great site with a title that says it all: FreeDrinkRecipes.Com! FreeDrinkRecipes.Com
Ever wonder what's on TV right now in different countries? Well, wonder no more! This portal features links to tons of TV offerings from all over the world. We truly do live in a global information age...Thank you, Al Gore! TV4All Portal
If you had fun making that wanted poster, you'll love this. Have you seen those puzzles which are pictures of one image made up of tiny images (like a giant Elvis face made up of smaller images of Elvis)? Well, the geniuses at Vizog.com are now allowing you to make a mosaic collage out of any picture on your desk top by using a google.com image search.Make your favorite picture a collage using Google!
Mary found this one in a magazine: Are you tired of getting your knees bashed when the moron in the seat ahead of you on an airplane pushes his/her seat back? Well, those days are DONE thanks to this handy device that no traveler should leave behind. KneeDefender.com
I love the dry humor found in the old National Lampoon magazines, some of James Thurber's early work or those classic Monty Python or Saturday Night Live sketches. I have a rule of thumb on SNL: I only like the comedy from the era before any of the current cast was born. But that's just me. Well, if you like your humor dry, like your martini, then McSweeney.Net is for you. If you don't get it, it's OK. There's a reason SNL is still on at 10:30 p.m. on Saturdays: The death of humor. McSweeney.Net
No one needs MORE acrimony in his/her lives... Well, that's not true. We all love a good fight, as long as it involves someone else; preferably someone we don't know. Here's a site dedicated to one man's ongoing narrative about the many, many things that he and his girlfriend have fought about. Apparently, there's no Dr. Phil overseas... Did you see that picture this week of the python that tried to swallow the alligator? It's a lot like that... Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Finally, the funniest film I have seen on the net since "Tom Cruise Kills Oprah." View this at work, if you still only have dial up at home. Someone decided to have some fun and re-edit the movie trailer for "The Shining" to make it seem like an entirely different movie. This is OUTSTANDING! The Shining trailer redited to look like a different movie
Enjoy!
More later!
Mark
